4 August 2004 Co-host of Austereo’s successful Hot 30 Countdown, The LabRat, is moving on but not out. Effective immediately, he has taken on the morning shift...
4 August 2004 Full annual financial results for West Australian Newspapers Limited will be announced later today. Forecasts for WA News range from a profit of $76.7...
4 August 2004 ABC chief, Russell Balding, has announced the reinstatement of the cadet journalism program, scrapped last year after Federal Budget funding cutbacks. In an internal...
4 August 2004 Community broadcasters are taking their plight to local MPs directly and to the airwaves, in their campaign for significantly increased Government funding. The aim...
4 August 2004 Christian radio station, FM103.2 has raised more than $400 000 in its 'Balance the Budget' Appeal, a record result in the Sydney station’s 25 year...
4 August 2004 Albury border station, 105.7 The River, has completed its permanent daytime line up - with another appointment, hard on the heels of launching the new...
4 August 2004 Capital Radio's flagship station in London has lost 1.3% audience share in three months in the latest ratings, which translates to a loss of 200...
4 August 2004 Britain's Guardian Media Group has been rapped on the knuckles by media regulator, Ofcom, for broadcasting a generic promotion for digital radio, claiming the output...
3 August 2004 WorldAudio says it is on schedule to complete the deployment of up to 40 transmission sites across Australia for the Radio 2 national AM commercial...
2 August 2004 Results for Newcastle Survey #2 have been released, with Austereo/RG Capital’s KO FM returning as top rating station and stablemate, NX FM, coming in a...
2 August 2004 Gold Coast based Hot Tomato is celebrating its first anniversary. Despite being the only group to outbid DMG's Paul Thompson, at a commercial FM...
2 August 2004 Austereo drive co-hosts, Kyle and Jackie O, have been on the end of a 'Media Watch' spray for their treatment of Frenzal Rhomb after a...
2 August 2004 The ABA is proposing to make channel capacity available for new and improved services in the Cairns and Wagga Wagga areas. This follows consideration...
2 August 2004 A five week course for disadvantaged young people from the Oasis Youth Support Network has culminated in a one hour broadcast on Sydney's top rating...
2 August 2004 New Zealand radio presenter, Grant Kereama, says he helped save the life of international rugby union star, Jonah Lomu, because that is what mates do....
1 August 2004 Former 2Day FM breakfast crew co-host, Paul Holmes, begins his new drive show this afternoon on 101.7 WSFM. The Australian Radio Network (ARN) says...
1 August 2004 DMG is gearing up for the launch of its new Brisbane station, NOVA 106.9, appointing Sean Ryan as General Manager. Even though DMG has...
1 August 2004 Only days after Austereo received the all clear from the Supreme Court to use the disputed slogan, 'totally different,' the network plans to introduce it...
1 August 2004 Written submissions from the public, in response to applications for new community radio licences for the Lithgow and Warrumbungles areas of NSW, have closed. ...
1 August 2004 The application deadline has passed for new community radio broadcasting licences for Roxby Downs in South Australia and Swan Hill in Victoria. Acting ABA...
31 July 2004 John Cameron has been appointed as the ABC's new Director of News and Current Affairs after acting in the position since May this year. ...
31 July 2004 ABC 702's Ultimo foyer was packed to capacity last Friday, with more than 1000 people knitting quilt squares for the needy. There were so...
30 July 2004 This Sunday evening (1 August), disadvantaged young people from the Oasis Youth Support Network will take over the studios of Sydney's top rating FM station,...
30 July 2004 With 15 days to go before the Olympics, Melbourne sport-talk station, SEN1116, officially launched its coverage of the Athens 2004 Games last night (Thursday 29th)...
30 July 2004 The Queensland Police Union has questioned the media's right to listen to police radio communications, saying the information broadcast by officers can be highly sensitive....
29 July 2004 The Federal Court has upheld Austereo's appeal to overturn a decision by the Registrar of Trade Marks' about the use of the Nova slogan ‘Sounds...
29 July 2004 Clear Channel's reduced advertising schedules under its new policy (see earlier stories) have leaked out within days of the announcement. radioinfo can reveal...
29 July 2004 Townsville marketing organisation ‘Townsville Enterprise’ is worried by speculation that DMG stations in North Queensland might be taken over by Macquarie Bank. The organisation’s CEO...
29 July 2004 Let's hope this never happens with radio news bulletins in Australia! .
28 July 2004 Teeth were bared as Alan Jones returned fire on Ian Temby for his comments at the enquiry into the Penrith Panthers' financial dealings (see...
