2 MBS FM Radiothon 2003

24 September 2003 "Fine Music - Fine Prizes" is the theme of this year’s 2 MBS FM Radiothon. While the station has had radiothons in the past,...

TTT FM name change

24 September 2003 Hobart's TTT FM 100.9 has changed its name to SEA FM, reflecting the new ownership by RG Capital. The RG Capital Group bought into...

US Radio stunt – A town named Viagra

24 September 2003 The town of Agra Oklahoma has changed its name to "Viagra" as a result of a radio contest. It started as a challenge from...

Prime Minister on 2 NSB

24 September 2003 Prime Minister John Howard, will be interviewed on Sydney community radio station 2NSB FM 99.3 on their Kaleidoscope program next Monday 29 September at 10...

Sport weekend agreement for Capital Community Radio Perth

24 September 2003 Perth group Western Sports Media Inc. has been granted frequency sharing arrangements and is coming to an agreement with Capital Community Radio FM 90.5 in...

BBC to come under extra scrutiny in next charter reiew

24 September 2003 Tony Blair’s UK Government will put all aspects of BBC funding and regulation on the table when it reviews the national broadcasters charter in...

SWR FM official opening this weekend

24 September 2003 Newly licenced suburban community station SWR FM in Sydney’s western suburbs will formally celebrate its full time licence with a launch this weekend. On...

FREE AUDIO of Slim Dusty plus tribute from John Williamson

23 September 2003 Australian country music legend Slim Dusty has died after a lengthy battle with cancer. Here is a short clip suitable for news from a...

Slim Dusty Memorial Programming Available in Time for Friday’s State Funeral

23 September 2003 Radiowise has two remarkable Slim Dusty programs to choose from. They were both produced in 2001 on the occasion of Australia Post making Slim the...

ABC Radio broadcasting Slim’s funeral

23 September 2003 The state funeral of Australian legend Slim Dusty will be broadcast nationally this Friday from 10:25am until midday on ABC Radio. It will be hosted...

Price tells his side of the story – click on Paper Clips

22 September 2003 Yesterday's Sunday Telegraph in Sydney published an article written by Steve Price that tells of the surprise phone call he took from John Laws last...

Amazing On-Air Stoush Between Laws and Price. Is it Fair Dinkum? Mott Tells

21 September 2003 In the most extraordinary radio we’ve heard since Orson Welles’ War Of The Worlds, John Laws rang Steve Price on-air and called him...

Enquiries into Carr – Singleton stoush planned

17 September 2003 Amongst the many reactions to the Bob Carr - John Singleton stoush have been two significant developments around the issue of corruption and the wielding...

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin to speak at radio conference and luncheon

17 September 2003 Internationally renowned astronaut, motivational speaker and futurist, Buzz Aldrin, will arrive in Sydney next month as the keynote speaker at the commercial radio industry’s major...

Adelaide FM licence applications close soon

17 September 2003 Potential buyers of the new licence for Adelaide will officially know at the end of next week whether there is more than one bidder and...

Melbourne gunman listened to talkback radio during seige

17 September 2003 Melbourne police have suggested that 3AW inflamed a standoff with a gunman this week. A gunman in a van, who held police at bay...

Tony Johnson appointed to 4BC nights

17 September 2003 Brisbane Channel 7’s weather reporter Tony Johnston is the new Night Time host on TALK 1116 Brisbane's 4BC. He will be ...

BBC reporter’s evidence to Hutton Enquiry

17 September 2003 BBC investigative journalist, Andrew Gilligan has described the words he used in an on air report about David Kelly as "a slip of the tongue"....

Sharon Crosbie leaving Radio New Zealand

17 September 2003 Sharon Crosbie will leave her position as Chief Executive and Editor in Chief of Radio New Zealand in December. A new CEO is currently being...

4BH back to full power transmissions

17 September 2003 This morning at 8-8-2 AM (eight minutes and two seconds past eight o’clock) 4BH General Manager David McDonald flicked the switch that restored 4BH ...

Radio National’s watery challenge

17 September 2003 2003 is the United Nations International Year of Fresh Water. As Australia is the driest continent on earth, Radio National's Bush Telegraph program has developed an educational...

DCL’s annual report details losses

17 September 2003 Increased revenue and borrowings did not save DCL from making a loss on its activities in the past financial year. The company, which operates 3AK...

Livid Festival comp for Triple J

17 September 2003 Imagine what it would be like to be crowned King or Queen of the Sydney Livid Festival... You’d have your own special viewing platform...

Stephen Sewell’s latest play on Radio National

17 September 2003 After highly successful seasons at both the Playbox Theatre in Melbourne and the State Theatre Company in Adelaide, Stephen Sewell's disturbing drama "Myth, Propaganda And Disaster in Nazi...

New RA website has Australia covered

17 September 2003 ABC Radio Australia has launched a new website called Understanding Australia, which aims to provide international students, visitors and backpackers with information about the continent and...

Koori Media in Sydney is Live and Deadly

17 September 2003 Sydney will soon hear the newly-licensed station Koori Radio, on its high-powered 50KW transmitter, on FM 93.7. Koori Radio will give voice to the...

John Farnham Still the Voice at Gold 104

17 September 2003 John Farnham's You're the Voice is still proving popular 16 years after it first aired in 1987. Farnham was voted number one in the...

Win for Air Media

17 September 2003 Air Media has announced that it will take on national sales representation for the WIN Radio Stations i98 Wollongong and C91.3 Campbelltown. Air...

2 SER’s Radiothon

17 September 2003 2SER’s annual Radiothon will run from September 26 to October 3 this year. The station said it hopes to attract over 2000 new or renewing...

ABC Friends planning rolling actions to support ABC

17 September 2003 Delegates representing over 10,000 Friends of the ABC members across Australia met in Perth last weekend to discuss continuing action to support the ABC. ...

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