After 22  years, Richard ‘Chooky’ Fowler will hang up the headphones at Gold FM on the Gold Coast this Thursday.

According to showbiz reporter Peter Ford, Southern Cross Austereo's Hamish and Andy are about to sign a “massive” deal with Channel Seven with projects to include the 2016 Rio Olympics.
 
Ford tweeted the ‘exclusive’ last night.
 
The pair were at Seven in 2004 and have done projects for Nine and Ten.
 
Their Gap Year series on Nine was a hit for Hamish and Andy and won a Logie for Best Comedy Series.
 

Southern Cross Austereo (SCA) has appointed Kevin Morrell as its Head of Data & Analytics effective Monday 29th February 2016.

In this newly created role Kevin will focus on building and implementing SCA’s data strategy. 

Southern Cross Austereo has released the 2016 Half Year results showing a 25% leap in profits.

"We're delighted that we've been able to accelerate the balance-sheet repair and get to a position where the company is financially sound," Mr Blackley, who joined Southern Cross in June, told Fairfax Media.

Highlights included:

Southern Cross Austereo (SCA), has launched #thisislocal, a new digital content initiative for regional Australia.   

The concept of  #thisislocal came out of SCA’s Digital Bootcamp and is now up and running and localised in Albury/Wodonga as #thisistheborder and in Townsville as #thisistownsville.  

SCA regional sales have extended its operations further across Queensland, now providing sales services for additional Resonate Broadcasting stations.

The AFTRS Radio Content and Program Directors Course is open for enrolments.

The newly updated course written by Craig Bruce - Former Head of Content at Southern Cross Austereo and Fyona Smith at AFTRS is designed to develop students’ programming, management and leadership skills to a professional standard.

It provides an understanding of the elements involved in radio programming and requires participants to identify and apply skills and knowledge within a workplace context.