2 July 2003 Britain’s BBC has been under attack from government in a similar way to the ABC recently. PM Tony Blair and his chief strategist, Alistair Campbell,...
2 July 2003 Sydney community station 2SER will embark on an innovative broadcast this month called the “Duplex project”. The program will utilize 2 separate broadcast studios...
2 July 2003 The 2SER Final Draft Short Story Competition 2003 is now on. "If you're a budding writer with a tale to tell, get cracking and get it...
2 July 2003 6GS Wagin, one of a handful of "independent commercial radio stations" in Western Australia has a second frequency. Established in 1998 on the off-band...
2 July 2003 The ABC and Fun 4 Kids announced the inaugural ABC Australian Children’s Arts Awards (ACAA) at the launch of the 2003 Warrnambool International Children’s Festival...
1 July 2003 Speaking at a session on digital radio at this week’s SMPTE conference, AFTRS Head of Radio Steve Ahern outlined some of the technical, staffing, creative...
30 June 2003 Survey 4 capital city results have been released. The survey dates were March 30-May 3 and May 11-June 14.
30 June 2003 Research on Ad Frequency, conducted last year by Austereo, has won Best International Research Paper at the prestigious Worldwide Audience Measurement (WAM) radio conference in...
30 June 2003 Commercial radio has committed over $20 million in airtime over 12 months to a major national advertising campaign targeting advertisers and marketers. The campaign,...
27 June 2003 The SMPTE Australia Section's 2003 Conference and Exhibition begins this Monday (30 June). Company displays of interest to the radio industry are reported in more...
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...
