3 August 2005 Speculation continues about who will be Vega Melbourne’s breakfast presenter when the station opens in September. Red Simons has been reported to have...
3 August 2005 The MEAA is backing ABC Radio news reader John Greaves in his battle with management about a voiceover he did for Media Watch after being...
3 August 2005 Subscription tv, internet and interactive gaming revenue will grow faster than radio in the next 5 years, according to an annual PricewaterhouseCoopers report on Australia’s...
3 August 2005 Triple J’s current affairs program Hack has been investigating whether payola exists in the Australian music industry and has ignited a feud between Hack...
2 August 2005 WIN Corporation, owner of radio stations i98 and C91.3 has a new chairman, Andrew Gordon who succeeds his father at the top of the...
2 August 2005 South Australian former Law Society head Barry Fitzgerald will receive almost $100,000 after being defamed on 5DN two years ago. A District Court judge...
1 August 2005 John Doyle will deliver the 10th annual 702 ABC Sydney Andrew Olle Media Lecture for 2005. Before creating the now iconic character "Rampaging" Roy Slaven...
1 August 2005 While commercial heavyweights open their new stations, Melbourne's SYN 90.7 is broadcasting again after a massive renovation. For the past fortnight, SYN has been running...
1 August 2005 2UE Lawyer Guy Reynolds has asked the Administrative Decision Tribunal to strike-out a villification claim against John Laws. Reynolds says the claim is vexatious...
1 August 2005 As of yesterday, Fred Armstrong’s “Air Media” and Grant Broadcasters’ “Countrywide Radio Sales” became The Radio Sales Network.(TRSM). The creation of TRSN in Sydney, Melbourne...
31 July 2005 DMG's new station, Vega FM95.3, will launch in Sydney today. It is currently playing sounds of birds and the bush before its launch at 11...
31 July 2005 Lachlan Murdoch has resigned his duties at News Limited to come back to Australia with his wife and young son. While he will remain...
31 July 2005 Sydney's newest radio station is now on air. Vega 95.3 opened at 11 o'clock this morning to the sounds of Angela Catterns and Van Morrison.
30 July 2005 The Fat 30 has been replaced by… a checklist: * Tell everyone we start from 1st August 2005 * Take a wee before the show...
30 July 2005 23 staff have left struggling Melbourne sport-talk station SEN after its takeover by Pacific Star Network, its former landlord and also owner of 3MP. Among...
30 July 2005 The 702 ABC Sydney Knit In saw a record number of wraps and squares created for the Wrap With Love cause last Friday. Simon Marnie...
30 July 2005 Newcastle’s second survey for 2005 has been released. KO and NX remain the market leaders, with New FM, 2HD and ABC1233 all increasing.
30 July 2005 Triple M will celebrate its 25th birthday tomorrow and isn’t letting the milestone go unnoticed. Triple M legends of the past will return to countdown...
30 July 2005 Well, for 100 kids it’s about to become Ashley Bradnam from Nova 106.9’s breakfast team. Ash is getting Nova 106.9 to throw a big birthday...
28 July 2005 This week is a particularly important one for environmental organization Planet Ark - with two monumental undertakings. Friday 29th is "Schools Tree Day" which...
28 July 2005 After the announcement of ACRA finalists earlier this week, proud networks are congratulating their achievers and crossing fingers in the hope their staff win the...
27 July 2005 Bruce McAvaney and Kieran Perkins will join the Southern Cross Broadcasting commentary team for 4BC’s coverage of the 2006 Commonwealth Games. 4BC General Manager David...
27 July 2005 At last week’s SMPTE conference ACMA’s Acting Manager of Broadcast Engineering in the Broadcast Planning Branch, Alastair Gellatly gave the regulator’s perspective on digital...
27 July 2005 At last week’s SMPTE exhibition a range of radio technology businesses showcased their wares. Amongst them were Paol Kirk, John Innes and Greg Watson.
27 July 2005 Recent reports that long running station WVUV in American Samoa may have finally disappeared from the Pacific airwaves for ever, aren't yet the end of the...
27 July 2005 2SER 107.3 FM is holding its annual radiothon next week. The station celebrates 26 years on Sydney’s airwaves and has been through a rough...
26 July 2005 There hasn't been a name cloaked in so much secrecy since Rumplestiltskin tried to have his way with the miller's daughter. Yet in a clever...
26 July 2005 Sony BMG will pay $US10 million to settle an investigation into pay-offs by record labels to ensure radio airplay. Under the agreement, Sony BMG have...
26 July 2005 Communications Minister Helen Coonan is considering a bundle of changes to media law including scrapping restrictions on foreign ownership and allowing companies to control more...
26 July 2005 The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has put Macquarie Regional RadioWorks on notice that it is watching its licencing compliance and expects some action...
