Creator advertising trends evolve

28 January 2026 Fabulate, an advertising platform that used Ai to help agencies buy social media creator content, has examined social media marketing stats on its platform during...

Coolangatta e-bike owner gifted brand-new bike on Triple M after viral theft

28 January 2026 Coolangatta local Nick Harvey has received a brand-new, upgraded e-bike, after a Gold Coast business owner listening to Triple M Gold heard the awful and...

SEN teams return for 2026, Nine purchase increasingly likely

27 January 2026 At the start of 2018 Crocmedia merged with Pacific Star Network (PNW) to become what is now the Sports Entertainment Network (SEN). Viburnum Funds Pty...

Vision Australia Radio and JOY Media unite for Midsumma Carnival broadcast

27 January 2026 Midsumma Carnival Day was once again filled with colour, laughter and community pride. At the heart of the celebrations were Vision Australia Radio who united...

Google settles voice assistant privacy case, ChatGPT will scan your prompts to insert ads

28 January 2026 Google has paid $68 million to settle a privacy lawsuit that claimed its voice-activated assistant spied inappropriately on smartphone and smart speaker users. The class...

Mark Eckel inducted into the Australian Country Music Broadcasters’ Hall of Fame

27 January 2026 Oz Country Music Radio presenter Mark Eckel has been inducted into the Australian Country Music Broadcasters’ Hall of Fame. Mark travelled from his Mildura home...

CBAA’s Powerd Media lead Eliza Hull awarded OAM

27 January 2026 Award winning musician, writer and producer, disability advocate and Powerd Media lead for the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA), Eliza Hull, received an Order...

KIIS gifts fans a backstage iHeartLIVE experience with OneRepublic

27 January 2026 KIIS and iHeartLIVE have announced an exclusive, money-can’t-buy experience with OneRepublic, where a select group of lucky listeners will be invited behind closed doors for...

Nova 100’s Jase & Lauren go global with colossal Californian adventure

27 January 2026 Nova 100 Melbourne Breakfast hosts Jase Hawkins, Lauren Phillips and Clint Stanaway are taking Jase & Lauren global, broadcasting from California as part of an on-air promotion with Visit California and Qantas, giving listeners the chance to win the ultimate California getaway. The team will take the show on the road across some of California’s… Read More

iHeart Women’s Sports Network bulletins go live across ARN’s metro and regional stations

27 January 2026 Women’s sport just got louder as the iHeart Women’s Sports Network’s news bulletins go live across ARN’s metro and regional stations. Announced at ARN’s Upfront26 event last year, iHeart Women’s Sports provides dedicated daily coverage, podcasts and content focused on elite to amateur athletes from around Australia and the world. It aims to change the… Read More

2026 Radio and Podcasting events calendar to plan your year

27 January 2026 We know from our out of office bounces and readership analytics that the last batch of you are back at work today after the Australia...

Media people awarded Order of Australia recognition

26 January 2026 The Australia Day honours list for 2026 has awarded recognition to several media people. Mr Mark Charles ARMSTRONG (NSW) - Officer of the Order of...

Kate Collins joins FIVEaa’s news reading team

26 January 2026 Kate Collins will become part of the FIVEaa Breakfast Show news reading team after being let go from Channel 9 in November last year...

triple j’s 2025 Hottest crowns Olivia Dean, Playlunch goes from Unearthed direct to 4th place

25 January 2026 Olivia Dean's ‘Man I Need’ is number one in triple j’s 2025 Hottest 100. A Melbourne-band named Playlunch jumped from Unearthed obscurity straight to number...

Vale Colin Humphreys

26 January 2026 Colin Humphreys has died at the age of 94. He was a radio journalist working in various stations in Queensland and NSW from from the...

Tia Davis appointed General Manager – Radio for WIN Corporation

23 January 2026 WIN Corporation has announced the appointment of Tia Davis (pictured) as General Manager – Radio, effective from February 4 and replacing Gen Gordon. Tia has...

Changes at ABC Gold Coast with Trevor Jackson to present Breakfast

23 January 2026 Trevor Jackson returns to the ABC after eight years away as the host of Gold Coast Breakfast in 2026. Nicole Dyer shifts from the early...

Andrew Thain to host 4MK breakfast

23 January 2026 Former host of ARN's national Retro 20/20 Countdown, Andrew Thain, has shifted in the network to host 4MK breakfast in Mackay. The show has mostly...

26 debutants in Saturday’s triple j Hottest 100

23 January 2026 The votes have been counted, the final list confirmed, and the Hottest Weekend kicks off tomorrow, Saturday 24 January, live around the world from midday...

ABC team selected for 2026 Creator Program

23 January 2026 Nine creators from more than 550 applications have been selected by the ABC as part of its innovative Creator Program producing digital-first content across its...

Will Nine sell its radio stations or not?

22 January 2026 Nine Entertainment has set itself an internal deadline of early February to make a decison about whether to sell its radio network or not. The...

ABC Radio pulls its stations from the iHeart App

22 January 2026 ABC Radio stations will not be heard on ARN's iHeart Radio App from next month. All ABC stations now have a message saying they will...

‘We can choose goodness’ – Daughter of Bondi victim speaks with Jase and Lauren on Nova 100 on National Mourning Day

22 January 2026 On the National Day of Mourning for the victims of the Bondi Beach terrorist attack, Thursday January 22, Sheina Gutnik (pictured), the daughter of Reuven...

‘A Very Different Podcast’ – The Karl Stefanovic Show launches Sunday with Pauline Hanson

22 January 2026 Karl Stefanovic is stepping into the podcast space with a show in his name launching this Sunday January 25 at 2pm AEST with inaugural guest...

Special programming as SCA joins tributes for National Day of Mourning

22 January 2026 SCA is running special tributes today as part of the National Day of Mourning to honour victims of the Bondi Beach terror attack Triple M will broadcast a one-hour national special from 6pm today, followed by a minute’s silence at 7.01pm. The special will be hosted by Anthony Maroon and will feature interviews with members… Read More

3CR’s Indigenous broadcasters marks Australia’s Invasion Day January 26

22 January 2026 Indigenous activists have broadcast on 3CR since the station began 50 years ago, in 1976 from studios in High Street, Armadale. Annually, 3CR's independent Blak...

“It’s just such an amazing medium.” Newstalk ZB’s Raylene Ramsay celebrates 40 years in radio

22 January 2026 This week marks a significant radio milestone across the ditch, with Newstalk ZB’s Raylene Ramsay celebrating 40 years with New Zealand Media and Entertainment (NZME). Ramsay began her radio journey back in 1976 as an intern at 2ZB Wellington. She later became a network newsreader for Radio New Zealand. Since then, Ramsay has co-hosted 2ZB’s… Read More

World Radio Day 2026 theme: Radio and Artificial Intelligence

22 January 2026 On February 13th, the world will celebrate UNESCO’s World Radio Day (WRD) under the 2026 theme: “Radio and Artificial Intelligence.” Proclaimed in 2011 by UNESCO…

Kyle & Jackie O return to Melbourne with a $100k Ball Drop

22 January 2026 Kyle & Jackie O are heading back to Melbourne this month with the $100k Ball Drop, where $100,000 in cash and diamonds will be dropped...

Brodie Kane’s Kiwi Yarns moves to rova

22 January 2026 Broadcaster, journalist, and much-loved Kiwi personality Brodie Kane has brought her acclaimed Kiwi Yarns podcast to MediaWorks and rova, with more Brodie Kane Media projects...

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