1 August 2011 It was always on the cards and now it’s official, long time Austereo Chairman, Peter Harvie has been appointed to the Southern Cross Media Group...
1 August 2011 Brightly coloured Sydneysiders will be gathering en masse at the ABC’s Ultimo Centre this Friday 5 August from 7am for the 9th annual 702 ABC...
1 August 2011 Nova 100 has landed a deal with the Victoria Racing Club (VRC) as official FM radio partner for the 2011 Melbourne Cup Carnival. Nova 100’s...
31 July 2011 It was 30 years ago today (August 1, 1981) that MTV was launched. The first video clip it famously telecast was the Buggles’ Video Killed...
31 July 2011 It’s been drawn out for almost as long as Masterchef, but the big day to test the much vaunted 10.5m high, 20 tonne Bob KatterPult...
31 July 2011 The winner of the 774 ABC Melbourne Evening ‘theme’ competition is frequent listener and professional composer, Niko Schauble of Kew. His winning entry will be...
31 July 2011 The headline in the respected Times of India (online) reads Australian radio host calls India 'shit hole', Ganga a 'junkyard'. The pulication was reporting on...
28 July 2011 NXFM scored the biggest increase in Newcastle survey 2, released today, jumping into top position with a rise of 3.5 share points overall. ABC1233 also...
28 July 2011 The baton has been passed from Paul the Octopus of Germany (who correctly predicted the outcome of the 2010 FIFA World Cup) to ‘Lego’, the...
28 July 2011 2SM and Super-Network Breakfast host Grant Goldman has beaten bowel cancer. The 40 year vetran of radio and voice of the Sydney 2000 Olympics has...
28 July 2011 Former Nova 100 General Manager Sam Thompson has been appointed to a newly created role of Group Content Director at MCM Media, reaffirming the company’s...
27 July 2011 Todd Campbell will not continue as Program Director for Nova 100 Melbourne. A dmg announcement says “Todd Campbell and dmg Radio Australia have mutually agreed...
27 July 2011 How Green Was My Cactus airs its 5000th episode this week on affiliate stations throughout Australia. The show, produced by Grace Gibson Productions, started as...
27 July 2011 In our final report on last week's conference, radioinfo enlisted SMPTE's John Maizels to visit a range of radio product stands and prepare a special...
27 July 2011 Alan Jones is standing by his statements on climate change and has told the activist group GetUp to “get stuffed.” GetUp made a complaint to...
27 July 2011 Ugly Phil O’Neil has resigned from 96fm Perth, and was not on air this morning. Fans on the show’s facebook page began talking about Phil’s...
26 July 2011 Fairfax Radio head Graham Mott addressed a meeting at 2UE this week, telling staff there is some “misinformation” being put around to advertisers about the...
25 July 2011 As the saying goes “A champion team will always beat a team of champions.” While that may hold true for ball sports, 2UE GM, Tim...
25 July 2011 The client of the winning 2012 Gold Siren Award for the best radio ad of the year will be going to Cannes alongside the creatives...
25 July 2011 MCM Media is hoping that ear-infected Kyle Sandilands will be well enough by Friday to host the Party People, launch event for the dance show's monthly...
24 July 2011 You may recall the old story about the psychiatrist and the proctologist who went into business together and were looking for a simple name that...
24 July 2011 Heidi, one half of the WA HOT FM Rob and Heidi brekky team, challenged the other half, Rob to be a cheerleader at a men’s...
24 July 2011 Answer: FM radio’s ability to tie-in to his Tour de France win. Quickest off the mark was 96 9 Star FM’s Ali and Jordan who,...
23 July 2011 At the 2011 Northern NSW Journalism Awards, 1233 won five awards from six nominations, as well as 1233 Breakfast Presenter, Aaron Kearney, winning the Best...
21 July 2011 The Hot30 with Matty and Maude will replace the Hit List in Southern Cross Austereo’s regional markets, beginning in September. The Hit List TV show...
21 July 2011 SMPTE 2011 was well received this year with larger visitor numbers, especially on day one and two. Radio console manufacturers were out in force to...
20 July 2011 Derryn Hinch will have plenty of quiet recovery time after his liver transplant. He has been sentenced to five months home detention after being convicted...
20 July 2011 The new name for the merged Austereo and Southern Cross Media companies is hardly a surprise. It makes sense that the new image combines the...
20 July 2011 Keith McGowan will present his final show on 3AW tonight, 54 years after he walked through the doors of 3UZ to begin his radio career...
20 July 2011 Austereo’s Entertainment Content Solutions (ECS) department has been renamed Flying EMU (Entertainment Media Unit) and joined with a similar integration department within Southern Cross called...
