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8 December 2003 Neil Fox has announced he will leave the U.K. countdown program "Hit 40 UK" after 10 years, due to his...
8 December 2003 The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has fined Infinity Broadcasting $US 27,500 for a drivetime broadcast on WKRK-FM that featured explicit...
8 December 2003 At the U.K. Media Reasearch Group Conference Kelvin MacKenzie of The Wireless Group, owners of TalkSport, has threatened to drag...
8 December 2003 The Council on American-Islamic Relations is calling for an on-air apology from Harvey for his comment that Islam "encourages killing".
7 December 2003 Jack Cowen, the Jack in Hungry Jacks’, has come out in support of Tony Bell. Story from The Sunday Telegraph.
4 December 2003 WBAB Morning host John Praise has aplogized for how he said "there is no Santa" not what he said.
4 December 2003 Tony Bell says the ABA complaints are excessive and he expected the DPP would agree only technical breaches had occurred...
4 December 2003 The Daily Telegraph reports that Robert Ferrari has already started training as an astronaut in Moscow.
4 December 2003 More on the merger collapse by Wendy Frew in SMH.
4 December 2003 SMH radio reporter, Sue Javes, on 2UE’s turnaround on merger.
4 December 2003 As the ABA rattles off a fresh list of "disclosure" allegations against Lawsie, 2GB owner John Singleton, says that Southern...
4 December 2003 Elizabeth Knight comments on the on and off merger plans of UE and GB in The SMH
4 December 2003 Having walked away from the proposed merger that would have put around $2.5 mil back on the bottom line, 2UE’s...
4 December 2003 An article from Britain’s Guardian about Sir Richard’s expansion plans for the Virgin Radio brand.
3 December 2003 Staff at 2UE were jubilant at the decision to pull out of the merger with arch-rival 2GB. Story in The...
3 December 2003 In The Age, Managing Director of Sports Entertainment Network, Danny Staffieri, promises "entertaining radio" but not much detail of specific...
3 December 2003 Two stories and a comment from Mark Day, in the Media section of The Australian.
2 December 2003 The second largest U.S. radio group, in terms of number of stations, will now own and operate 287 stations in...
2 December 2003 Monitoring service Rehame says 60% of talkback callers preferred Mark Latham as the new Labor leader once it was a...
2 December 2003 A humorous look at the suggestions a radio consultant might give Santa.
1 December 2003 Morning talk host Nelson Mandura came under gunfire as he drove his motorcycle out of radio station. Story from the...
1 December 2003 The Eye in Melbourne’s Herald Sun gives the inside story of developments in the Dave Hughes breakfast competition which upset...
30 November 2003 Edge Radio has been named national community radio station of the year, and wins 4 other awards, at CBAA annual...
30 November 2003 The Sunday Telegraph says Nova and other established FM stations are about to come under threat from new, unknown competitors...
27 November 2003 Melbourne’s Herald Sun says the staff were told of changes at staff Christmas party.
27 November 2003 Story in The Age asks whether there is room for a 3rd major sport station in Melbourne.
27 November 2003 All 3 categories in Radio section of prestigious Walkely Awards for Excellence in Journalism go to the ABC. List of...
27 November 2003 Sydney Town Hall OB watched by about a thousand 2DAY Morning Crew fans.
27 November 2003 BBC split on whether song should be played or not.
27 November 2003 The NSW Government will be writing to the competition and broadcast watchdogs to complain about proposed 2GB/2UE merger. This story...
