Radio News

Spin Cycle: Survey 7, 2023

16 November 2023 The Spin is in from the PR and Marketing departments for GfK Radio 360 survey 7.

Survey 7 2023 ratings survey results: Kyle and Fordham neck and neck

16 November 2023 The 7th radio ratings survey results for 2023 have been released. Neck and neck between 2GB and KIIS for Sydney...

Survey 7 lands this morning at 9:30

16 November 2023 Get your finger poised to hit the refresh button at 9:30 am and get the latest figures on where metro...

Josh Szeps to leave ABC Radio Sydney Afternoons

15 November 2023 Josh Szeps announced on air today that he will leave ABC Radio Sydney Afternoons at the end of this year.That’s...

Entries and judges for 2024’s 2TM Discovered

15 November 2023 The star-studded judging panel for 2024’s 2TM Discovered Quest have been announced. They are Melanie Dyer, Andrew Farriss and Jarred Taylor. Entries close November 30.

Gareth Thomson: Riding the Wave of AFTRS success

15 November 2023 It was during his primary school days that Gareth Thomson first had an inkling that a broadcasting career might be on the cards for him.“My friends and I made up a fake TV station,” he chuckles. “That’s when I knew there was a certain inevitability to it.”Today, as a graduate student at Australian Film Television… Read More

Hamish and Andy No 1 and Blake’s new podcast debut: Australian Podcast Ranker

15 November 2023 It’s business as usual on this month’s Australian Podcast Ranker, the 50th released by Commercial Radio and Audio (CRA). LiSTNR’s Hamish and Andy was No 1 for a record 22nd time. Mamamia and Mia Freedman’s No Filter was the only new entry in the top 10, up four places to 9th. Hamish and Andy had nearly a million listeners and Casefile True Crime (2nd) had the most (2,377,637) downloads.

Nige! Nigel Johnson gets his own radio station

15 November 2023 Mix 106.3's Nigel Johnson has been given his own DAB+ called Nige!, where he can play what he likes with a promise of no commercials or James Reyne. Amplify Canberra have reassured listeners that this move doesn't mean he's leaving the breakfast show he hosts with Kristen Henry, it's just more Nige, more often.

Howzat! 11 new Sounds of Australia

14 November 2023 Eleven new pieces of audio that resonated with Australians have been added to the National Film & Sound Archive’s (NFSA) Sounds of Australia registry.

How Muriel blazed a trail for women in radio

15 November 2023 For almost as long as commercial radio has been operating in Australia, women have been working in it.Now, as the industry prepares to celebrate 100 years, today we speak to one of the trailblazers – Muriel Cooper, the first woman to become No. 1 on a prime-time radio talk show.Muriel never set out to be… Read More

ABC Radio Adelaide’s Stacey Lee hinted to be moving to FIVEaa

14 November 2023 Adelaide is seeing some musical radio chairs too.After two years on ABC Radio Adelaide breakfast with Nikolai Beilharz, it is speculated that Stacey Lee is departing the broadcaster and heading to take Jade Robran‘s afternoon seat on FIVEaa that she vacated a couple of weeks ago.Lee and Beilharz took over ABC breakfast from Ali Clarke… Read More

Massive growth in US spoken word audio listening

14 November 2023 The Spoken Word Audio Report 2023 released by NPR and Edison Research this week showed record highs in both listening time and audience size for spoken word audio in the US, a trend that we in Australia have, if anything, exceeded.

Former 2GB host Roman Butchaski missing in crocodile country

14 November 2023 A man who went missing while fishing in Shelburne, Far North Queensland on Sunday morning has been named as former 2GB host Roman "Butch" Butchaski.

Deb Knight to host 2GB Money News, dropped from Afternoons

13 November 2023 There have been stories circulating that Deb Knight, the host of 2GB Afternoons since January 2020, was to be axed. The announcement has come from Nine Radio that Knight will leave the show, but not the network, staying to host Money News in 2024, Mondays to Thursdays from 7-8pm.

Wonderful Wendy: Radio announcer, comedian and writer Wendy Harmer

13 November 2023 I think Kerry Packer was on to something. Part of Wendy Harmer's brilliance is her incisivity, which the Merriam Webster describes as “penetrating trenchancy”. The ability to “float like a butterfly and sting like a bee”.

Seven West acquires shareholding in ARN

13 November 2023 Five months after the Australian Radio Network (ARN) acquired a 14.8% interest in Southern Cross Media Group Limited (SCA) it has been announced today that Seven West Media Limited (SWM) has acquired the same (14.9%) in ARN, making it now a party of five in the ongoing who will take over who radio network saga.

Gavin Fang the new ABC Editorial Director

13 November 2023 Gavin Fang has been appointed the ABC’s Editorial Director.

Triple j’s 19th J Award winners revealed

13 November 2023 The 19th annual J Awards have been announced on triple j Breakfast with Bryce & Concetta, celebrating the best in Australian music.There were five categories including the inaugural 2023 J Award for the triple j Australian Live Act of the Year.The winners were:triple j Australian Album of the YearG Flip – DRUMMERUnearthed Artist of the YearMiss… Read More

New Power100 breakfast pairing in Townsville

13 November 2023 Power100 have a new breakfast duo in Townsville with Archie and Donny starting on air together this morning.

Optus outage proves case for terrestrial radio

13 November 2023 Comment from Peter Saxon –Keen radioinfo readers may recall that we’d spent little time mourning the death of our dedicated...

A giant of sports journalism: RIP Patrick Smith

13 November 2023 The radio industry is today paying tribute to Patrick Smith – a man considered one of the greatest sports journalists Australia has ever produced – following his sudden death at the age of 71.A three-time Walkley Award winner, Smith appeared on Hungry for Sport with Kevin Bartlett on SEN.Their hour of morning banter over twenty… Read More

Radio is All About Communicating… But How Good are We at it, Really?

13 November 2023 Content from BPRThere have never been so many ways for us to communicate with each other than in 2023.Mobile, email,...

Splish Splash – A Kiwi Broadcaster Retunes the Dial

10 November 2023 Proof that trans-Tasman rivalry is not only on the sporting field arrives this November as Australia and New Zealand mark the introduction of public broadcasting. While not an official race - Kiwis crossed the line two years ahead of their Aussie neighbours.

2TM and 92.9 Bra-B-Q a huge success

10 November 2023 2TM and 92.9fm used October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month to raise $7453 for local charity Serendipity Tamworth. Serendipity’s volunteers raise funds for the improvements of local facilities and patient needs associated with breast cancer for women in the New England and North West.

Mix94.5 Masters Milk Carton Regatta back for 2023

10 November 2023 A highlight of the Western Australian calendar, the Mix94.5 Masters Milk Carton Regatta is on Saturday November 18 with all competing teams building their vessels entirely from Masters milk cartons.

Australian Community Media proposes merger with SCA

10 November 2023 The ongoing speculative partnerships, separations and mergers between the Australian Radio Network (ARN), Southern Cross Media Group Limited (SCA), Anchorage Capital Partners (ACP) and now regional publishing group Australian Community Media (ACM) is starting to feel a little like watching Neighbours.

Jingle Bell Rock America’s top Xmas song

10 November 2023 I apologise in advance to those of you seeking to avoid Whamageddon, Mariah or the thought that Christmas is less than 50 days away. Details of a survey of US individuals most likely to listen to a Christmas themed radio station (who ARE these people?) have given a list of the America’s favourite Christmas songs for 2023.

Ash Palmero celebrates 20 years at Rebel FM

10 November 2023 Today marks 20 years at Rebel FM on the Gold Coast for Ash Palmero.

Australian radio historian Bruce Carty honoured with an award

9 November 2023 Bruce Carty PhD, broadcaster and author of Australian Radio History, headed to Canberra recently to a conference of the Australian Sound and Recording Association at the NFSA. There he was presented with an award for his sixty years (and still going) of research.

Matt De Groot leaving Nova 96.9

9 November 2023 After a decade with Nova 96.9’s Sydney breakfast show and 11 years with the Nova Network, news presenter Matt De Groot announced on air this morning he's leaving the Fitzy & Wippa with Kate Ritchie show at the end of the year to move to the UK.