27 February 1999 AMT has recently had comments on various articles from announcers and other station staff. In this report AMT looks at the current situation in regional...
27 February 1999 Arabic language commercial station 2ME (Sydney 1638 AM, Melbourne 1638AM) recently commissioned Quadrant research to conduct a survey of Arabic speaking listeners in...
27 February 1999 Macquarie Radio’s (2GB/2CH) Executive Director, Bill Currie has cut back his active role in the company, but will remain on the board. George Buschman...
27 February 1999 DMG Radio's CEO, Paul Thompson, told AMT about the priorities for his company in 1999. From a regional station point of view, he is happy...
27 February 1999 Austereo CEO, Peter Harvie spoke to AMT this week about the company's performance in the past six months and the outlook for the commercial radio...
27 February 1999 Bill Caralis has bought 2HD and NEW FM in Newcastle from the Labor Council. Industry sources put the purchase price at $11.3 million.
27 February 1999 Australians bought 2 million new computers for their homes and offices last year. This was a sales growth of 19%.
27 February 1999 In a recent survey commissioned by the ABA and ARIA, radio came up tops as the most common source of young people’s information about bands...
27 February 1999 The Australian Broadcasting Authority collected $206.5 million dollars in commercial radio and television licence fees in the 1997-1998 financial year - a 13.8% increase...
27 February 1999 The ABA plans to auction its next batch of licences in rural Queensland and rural NSW during the first half of this year pending approval...
13 February 1999 WildFM has announced its Winter broadcast dates (May 21 to June 30) and has gone to the market with a series of sponsorship packages. Weekend...
13 February 1999 The ABA has decided to do test broadcasts on the potential high power commercial frequencies in Sydney and Melbourne during March and April, as part...
13 February 1999 The Television industry is conducting its regular tender process for a company to continue ratings surveys - the radio industry concluded its tender process last...
13 February 1999 Sydney Talk Station 2GB has decided to drop Rugby League weekend coverage and broadcast descriptions of Sydney Swans AFL games. In a surprising, but logical...
13 February 1999 Smoky and Dot Dawson have won 'The Golden Mike Award' for Australian Country Music Program of the Year in Tamworth. The award in its 6th...
13 February 1999 The Fosters Tamworth Country Music Festival has finished. Winners at the Golden Guitar awards included: Song of the year - Last Man Standing,...
13 February 1999 The Phonographic Performance Company of Australia have been campaigning to increase Australian Music Content on radio. The PPCA are criticising Radio Stations for only playing...
13 February 1999 The Australian Broadcasting Authority has allocated a new community radio licence for Bourke to Muda Aboriginal Corporation. The station will operate on 106.5 MHz and...
13 February 1999 The Government has announced that it will provide the Australian Broadcasting Authority with an additional $500,000 for this financial year to facilitate the extra work...
13 February 1999 The Senate has approved the National Transmission Network Sale Bill 1998, and the Government has vowed to quickly sell the NTA to the private...
13 February 1999 During the Community Broadcasters conference the Head of the ABA, David Flint said the ABA had developed a set of principles for allocating Community licences...
13 February 1999 Charleville Station 4VL was recently sold to a small Melbourne company which is aiming to gain other outback Queensland licences to begin a regional network....
13 February 1999 Television and Radio Broadcasting Services Australia (TARBS) has begun advertising for staff. TARBS bought the microwave broadcasting assets of Galaxy and will offer reconnection to...
1 February 1999 2GB's newsroom has told AMT that their internet site has just been upgraded and now has an audio news on demand service running. "We're getting...
