27 June 2003 Senator Brian Harradine has scuttled the government’s proposed Media Legislation by proposing further amendments to the new Bill. The Bill will now go back...
26 June 2003 Smoky & Dot Dawson’s Australian Country Music Showcase, heard on Sydney community radio station 2NSB-FM 99.3 has just completed a continuous broadcasting record of 20...
26 June 2003 Rupert Murdoch's Skyradio submitted the winning bid in this week's historic auction of Denmark's fifth nation wide radio channel. Murdoch-owned Skyradio will now operate...
26 June 2003 3AK insiders have told radioinfo that John Jost has been sacked from his 3AK shift for aligning himself with ousted director Jeff Chatfield. ...
25 June 2003 The ABA has resisted pressure to delay the next round of commercial FM licence auctions and will begin with the auction of a new Adelaide...
25 June 2003 When aboriginal community station 3KND launched this week, ATSIC Commissioner for Victoria, Troy Austin, hailed the launch of Victoria’s first Indigenous radio station as “an...
25 June 2003 The Government's offer to fund the expansion of News Radio broadcasts to regional Australia is a "hopelessly inadequate" response to the need to improve the...
25 June 2003 RCS New York and United Christian Broadcasters have signed a historic Heads of Agreement, providing the exclusive use of RCS broadcast software throughout the world....
25 June 2003 Managing Director of Logan Corporation, Graeme Logan has announced that three AM commercial radio licences in WA are up for sale. The three licences...
25 June 2003 The ABC has 'pink-slipped' various state managers in a restructure of the organisation's senior management approved by the ABC board at its last meeting....
23 June 2003 After fifteen months of negotiations, the Government has reintroduced its new Media Ownership Bill into the Senate, hoping to gain support from key independents to...
21 June 2003 Radio, the oldest of the broadcast technologies, is enjoying a renaissance in popularity among Australia’s teenagers and young adults despite the rise of computer games,...
21 June 2003 The finalists in 21 categories of the 2003 Australian Commercial Radio Awards have been announced (full list below). There are a total of 28 categories,...
21 June 2003 Aboriginal community station 3KND goes to air this weekend in Melbourne. It is one of two aboriginal stations granted in the last round of community...
20 June 2003 Nick Karantzis has resigned as a director of the DCL Board and Richard Szental has been appointed, keeping the board numbers at three members....
20 June 2003 The Australian Communications Authority (ACA) has received a complaint relating to World Audio group’s authority to broadcast from AM 1611 at St Marys. The...
19 June 2003 Triple J is planning another regional concert in its series supporting youth in country areas. On Wednesday July 23rd, Powderfinger, Magic Dirt, and Jet...
19 June 2003 Nathan Morris from Big Brother Series 2 has been added to Nova 93.7’s Breakfast lineup in Perth. Morris originally joined Nova 93.7 in...
18 June 2003 East Coast Audio in conjunction with LAWO AG will present the flagship of LAWOs console product range at this month's SMPTE exhibition (1st - 4th...
18 June 2003 This week's Radio National Media Report features an edited speech by journalist Phillip Knightley addressing the topic: "Is the media in the business of the...
18 June 2003 Last month James Parkinson, the Chairman of APN (parent company of the Australian Radio Network), commented on the company's position on Australia's proposed new Media...
18 June 2003 Following the general meeting last week, which ousted Jeff Chatfield from the DCL board and confirmed the spinoff of the company’s non-radio assets to its...
18 June 2003 Free Broadcast incorporated (FBi) will be on air in just over a week for its final test transmission before beginning full time broadcasts. FBi...
18 June 2003 The NSW South Coast’s Great Southern Blues and Rockabilly Festival, has announced a naming rights sponsorship deal with Telstra and a live broadcast on Doug...
17 June 2003 Jeff Chatfield was once again dumped from the DCL board at the company’s extraordinary general meeting (Friday 13 June). The meeting was held to consider...
12 June 2003 The Australian Film Television and Radio School is currently tracking down students from the past twenty years of radio courses for a reunion to be...
12 June 2003 We've listened to your comments and revised the price structure. If you work in radio...you could be paying just $20 a year for radioinfo!...
11 June 2003 Michael Pell and Jacque Adams (pictured) have been named as RadioWest Network’s new “WA Today” hosts. Jacque Adams started in the Travel industry, but...
11 June 2003 MIX102.3 Breakfast announcer Jana Heyer has decided to hang up the headphones and take “a well deserved break from early morning radio”. After eight...
11 June 2003 DMG Radio has announced the appointment of Sam Thompson as DMG’s new Group Promotions and Marketing Director, Thompson, who is the daughter of...
