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21 January 2022 Their aim is to re-energise college radio stations and independent broadcasters around the US by providing them with a simple and easy-to-use way to dramatically increase their distribution through digital audioBroadcasters will expand their reach to TuneIn’s 30 million United States-based listeners.
20 January 2022 “I just wanna say to George Clooney and his wife Amal, and Julia Roberts, sayonara. Because you ruined my honeymoon, destroyed any bit of romance and happiness I had. And for what? For a stinking photo.”
19 January 2022 O’Brien says a restraint of trade clause in her contract is being used punitively to stop her working in a completely different role in radio.
19 January 2022 When radio presenter Spence Denny started his first on-air shift in 1988, he was so nervous he struggled to queue the song from a Cold Chisel record.
18 January 2022 The culture secretary, Nadine Dorries, is expected to confirm that the cost of an annual licence, required to watch live television and access iPlayer services, will remain at £159 until 2024 before rising slightly for the following three years. She said this would be the end of the current licence fee funding model for the BBC, raising doubts about the long-term financial future and editorial independence of the public service broadcaster under a Conservative government.
14 January 2022 Warren-Blackwood MP Jane Kelsbie presented Denmark FM station manager Matt Sivyer with a $46,953 Lotterywest grant to help fund a back-up power system and new radio equipment.
14 January 2022 It did that without an FM translator of the sort that has allowed Oldies/Classic Hits stations to proliferate in the U.S., although Australia’s more viable digital radio tier does level the playing field somewhat.
13 January 2022 GoldMX 1611AM and 88FlyFM have received a lifeline from former announcer Samele Haell after the Weekender’s board voted to wind down operations and cease its weekly print publication on December 30 after 28 years. The Barricades Media director has bought the two stations and will start broadcasting on Monday.
12 January 2022 Ever so quietly, the Murdoch family has expanded its radio interests via a separate company chaired by one of its loyalists.
12 January 2022 Sonos sued Google, and won. Now, Google is adjusting smart speaker controls in its Nest lineup, making it more cumbersome to control speaker groups.
12 January 2022 A leading media ethics expert has criticised the move for two mayors on the NSW-Victorian border to continue co-hosting a commercial radio program.
11 January 2022 The track, which is taken from his third studio album ‘Armed Forces’, has attracted criticism over the years for using the N-word, in the lyrics.
10 January 2022 Unlike most radio stations, SYN has few regular shows and fewer regular presenters; the station’s programming grid updates on a seasonal cadence with new shows premiering every 12 weeks, a model that maximises the amount of training and broadcasting experience the station can provide in any given year.
10 January 2022 My take: Most of the people my age listen to the radio. Morgan Stanley doesn’t care. It likes Spotify.
10 January 2022 LeGeyt says, “We’ve got great feedback from our core exhibitors that they’re anxious to be back in person. People really lamented the timing with what happened with the October show. Listening to all the latest health and safety information there’s a lot of optimism around April."
10 January 2022 A marketing firm claiming to work for the Labor Party is offering to pay TikTok users to post anti-Scott Morrison sponsored content. Crikey has obtained an email and campaign brief from Vocal Media, a small US-based based influencer marketing agency that has worked with other left-leaning political and non-for-profit organisations.
10 January 2022 Kids’ Podcast Predictions for 2022
10 January 2022 To switch to the FM band is to be greeted by Fifi, Fitzy, Woody, Hughesy, Jonesy, Carrie, Tommy, Jackie, Jamie, Chrissie, Browny, Smallzy
9 January 2022 Popular cricket commentator Gus Worland has made a “formal” apology to Australia after he put the mocker on Australian captain Steve Smith. Smith was dismissed on 93. His dismissal came after Worland committed the cardinal sin of declaring Smith was certain to go on and reach the century.
9 January 2022 Last fall, SiriusXM launched its biggest national ad campaign to date designed to position it as a live entertainment destination. In the week after the Christmas holiday, the satellite broadcaster brought "The Home of SiriusXM” multi-media effort to broadcast radio in a big way, running 33,794 spots. That was triple the amount aired the week prior, putting SiriusXM among radio’s top 10 advertisers for the first time ever.
7 January 2022 In recent years, NPR has taken pride in its efforts to diversify its ranks of on-air hosts, with the hiring of many Black and Latino journalists to lead its signature news programs, including voices such as Lourdes Garcia-Navarro, Noel King, Michele Norris and Audie Cornish. But now the public-radio giant is contending with an exodus of the very same talent.
7 January 2022 Ask yourself why the radio broadcasting industry would knowingly aid and abet a fierce competitor that is a stone cold threat? Of course, I'm talking about SiriusXM – satellite radio.
5 January 2022 Being a community radio rock music DJ was not the career Alaina Earl planned, especially in a small town of just 9,000 people. She said she was "born to be a writer", but after falling victim to the decline in regional media offerings, losing her job twice at local papers and magazines, she made the switch to the airwaves.
30 December 2021 ABC managing director David Anderson has revealed the national broadcaster is preparing to step up its presence in the Asia-Pacific region significantly next year, more than seven years after its cable channel dedicated to the region was shuttered. The ABC switched off its shortwave transmissions to remote parts of northern Australia and across the Pacific in January 2017 following a series of budget cuts and funding freezes.
22 December 2021 In 2021 (January to November) there have been 1.3 billion plays of radio, music and podcast on BBC Sounds, an increase of 8% over a similar period in 2020, as listeners enjoy more brilliant BBC audio on their devices.
21 December 2021 Radio shock jock Kyle Sandilands has appeared in court after police refused his application for a gun license. Sandilands, 50, is taking the NSW Police Commissioner to the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) to appeal the decision.
19 December 2021 A growing number of car companies are discretely deleting AM radio from some models because technology has moved-on overseas. But they fail to realise AM radio provides potentially life-saving alerts across Australia. The decision needs to be reversed.
15 December 2021 Talkback radio station 2GB has topped the final radio survey of the year, despite suffering a post-lockdown drop in audience share.
15 December 2021 Australian comedian Vince Sorrenti has been slammed for singing an 'outdated and unacceptable' song about Maori live on the radio - and the shame-faced star agrees.
15 December 2021 Failed former Ballarat real estate agent and FM radio DJ Luke Hemmings’s most recent business venture saw his mum, a former pharmacy assistant, paid almost $700,000 in dubious “consulting fees” in a potential “sham” which could see him pursued over white collar crimes.
