21 December 2002 The ABA has allocated a new community radio licence for Christmas Island to Radio VLU2-FM Announcers Association Inc (VLU2-FM), beginning 1 March 2003. The...
21 December 2002 The planned joint venture between RG Capital and DMG on the NSW Central Coast has been abandoned after possible regulatory problems emerged during the due...
18 December 2002 As predicted here on radioinfo last month, an Arabic broadcasting group has paid a record price for a Section 40 AM 'off-band' radio licence bought...
18 December 2002 This story has been updated with further correspondence. Use refresh and scroll down to view new entries.
18 December 2002 The Australian Broadcasting Authority has decided to impose a new licence condition on regional TV stations which will require them to broadcast local news bulletins...
18 December 2002 This Friday, Prime Minister John Howard will answer questions from Radio Australia listeners in the Asia-Pacific region. A special year-end edition of Radio Australia's Asia-Pacific...
18 December 2002 Australian building company Lend Lease has won a tender to build a new headquarters for Britain's BBC through its British subsidiary company. The new...
18 December 2002 Complaints about Internet “dumping” have increased by more than 200% since March, according to the latest statistics published by the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman. Telecommunications...
17 December 2002 Supreme Court Justice Terrence Higgins has ruled that the ABC defamed Channel 9 Journalist Richard Carleton in its Media Watch program, but has accepted the...
15 December 2002 The survey result for Dubbo has been released today. In the first survey for the region in more than a year, 2DU increased...
15 December 2002 Austereo has announced the appointment of Nick Nichles as General Manager of its Sydney stations, 2DAY FM and Triple M. He will begin on Monday...
15 December 2002 After the big launch of Nova Perth last week, General Manager Gary Roberts took a little time to talk with radioinfo about the launch and...
13 December 2002 DIG, the ABC’s first internet radio station was officially launched on Friday November 22 by Director of ABC Radio, Sue Howard, at the Queenscliff Music...
13 December 2002 In a hugely significant move, which will have far reaching effects on the community broadcasting sector, the Australian Broadcasting Authority has decided to cancel the...
12 December 2002 One of Australia’s most experienced radio industry executives, Graham Miles, has been appointed general manager of the Gold Coast’s newest radio station Hot Tomato’s 102.9FM,...
12 December 2002 The Australian Film Television and Radio School [AFTRS] has announced session details, industry speakers and other highlights of its 2003 SummerSkill program ¡V a...
12 December 2002 702 ABC Sydney has confirmed its summer schedule, which will begin on Monday 23 December 2002 and run through until Monday 27 January 2003. ...
12 December 2002 Melbourne's Print Handicapped station, 3RPH, is 20 years old this week. The station has been serving about 80,000 sight impaired listeners in Melbourne with...
12 December 2002 This year’s Human Rights Awards were announced this week. The Awards attracted 157 nominations.
11 December 2002 Michael Semmler, the former host of fishing show ‘Reel Life’, is back bringing the world of fishing to anglers all across the country with...
11 December 2002 Radio National announced its new schedule, which will begin at the end of January 2003. Peter Thompson will present Radio National Breakfast, Francis Leach will...
11 December 2002 Australian Music Biz has announced the launch today of a new website called www.ambcountry.com which gives country musicians and fans a brand new resource. The...
11 December 2002 Presenter and psychic medium, Bridget, has joined WorldAudio’s Radio 2. Known as “Australia’s best loved psychic,” Bridget is presenting a weekly 2 hour talk back...
11 December 2002 A series of community service announcements promoting the swimming safety education program, Kids Alive – Do the Five is being aired on commercial radio stations...
11 December 2002 The ABA has announced new community radio licences for various parts of Australia, giving several aspirant community groups an early Christmas present. Two of...
11 December 2002 Former NSW State Opposition Leader Kerry Chikarovski, the State Member for Lane Cove, will be a weekly guest presenter on 2NSB’s Summer Kaleidoscope, which will...
10 December 2002 After a big week of bushfires throughout Sydney and in parts of NSW, the fire threat is receeding slightly for now. Refresh this story and...
10 December 2002 Jane Marwick is no longer on 96FM breakfast with Gary Shannon. She will continue to do "special projects" for Southern Cross Broadcasting next year.
10 December 2002 The Australian High Court's decision this week to allow Melbourne based businessman Joseph Gutnick to sue an American online journal under Australian Law, for an article...
10 December 2002 A baby pulled the plug on SEA FM Gold Coast, knocking it off the air for more than an hour. According to an AAP...
