3 January 2010 The Sunday Telegraph speculates that John Laws may be planning a comeback, on 2SM. Although he has been seen in the 2SM building, Laws is...
1 January 2010 As 2010 begins, Steve Ahern gazes into the crystal ball for radioinfo and identifies some trends to watch for this year. Looking into 2010,...
31 December 2009 2009 was a big year for the radio industry in Australia. Digital radio finally launched, Lachlan Murdoch bought part of DMG, regulator ACMA got tough...
31 December 2009 Part 2 of our Year in Review story covers the months May to August 2009. August The biggest event of the year...
31 December 2009 Part 3 of our Year in Review story covers January to April 2009. April The opportunities and possibilities for digital radio were...
31 December 2009 Birmingham radio comedian Tom Binns has been sacked for pulling the Queen's Christmas Day message off air because it was "bor-ing." The station took...
30 December 2009 2GB's holiday understudy Ben Fordham fell foul of management this morning when he invited former 2UE rival John Laws on to the morning show for...
28 December 2009 US shock jock Howard Stern has told listeners he may retire when his contract expires at the end of 2010. Stern, who famously defected...
23 December 2009 Macquarie Southern Cross Media has announced a brand new drive time show on the Local Works Stream of 27 radio stations airing across all states...
23 December 2009 He's big. He's jolly.
23 December 2009 All In Media (AIM) has announced it will build a Software Developers' Kit and an associated suite of software tools to help Australian radio networks...
23 December 2009 The ACMA has completed an organisational restructure this month designed to bring additional focus to several key tasks that presently face the regulator, including...
22 December 2009 Toys are piing up under Christmas Trees as Christmas Day approaches, and Star FM's foyer is no exception. Star FM Shepparton’s I Believe in Christmas...
22 December 2009 2GB's Alan Jones has been found guilty of vilifying Lebanese Muslims in his 'Cronulla Riot' broadcasts of April 2005. The station has been ordered to...
20 December 2009 ‘You Found Me’ from The Fray was the most played song on Australian radio in 2009 according to broadcast monitoring service AirCheckTM. Figures...
20 December 2009 After an exhaustive investigation, The ACMA has found that Prime Radio, the licensee of 4EL Cairns, “breached the commercial radio advertising standard during the John...
19 December 2009 While most stations are winding down for the holiday season, Brisbane’s 96five is all “hands on deck” with the entire station broadcasting live from the...
19 December 2009 dmg has launched a long anticipated new service for those listening to Nova or vega stations across Australia on the 5th generation iPod nano from...
17 December 2009 Shareholders of Macquarie Media Group (MMG) have approved a range of resolutions which will see the company decouple from Macquarie Bank and internalise operations. The...
16 December 2009 The radio industry has received an early Christmas present. Radio listening in Australia is up on recent years, with metropolitan surveys showing an average cumulative...
16 December 2009 After receiving ten official unresolved complaints about Kyle and Jackie O's 'lie detector stunt,' the Australian Communications and Media Authority will impose a new licence...
16 December 2009 The ACMA has found that the licensee of Eastern Sydney community radio station 2RES Waverley breached its radio licence conditions by failing to keep a...
16 December 2009 Call it baby brain but Sam Mac's new co-host on Perth's 92.9 breakfast show has decided to take on the gruelling hours of breakfast radio...
16 December 2009 Creditors have accepted a proposal from a group of FM99.3 supporters to rescue the station from voluntary administration. The Chatswood community radio station went to...
16 December 2009 The Australian Radio Network (ARN) has completed a global executive search for a new CEO, appointing Ciaran Davis to replace Bob Longwell, whose contract expires next...
16 December 2009 While internet and digital radio has tried similar formats, Brisbane's 96five says it is the only FM broadcast station in Australia rolling out non-stop Christmas...
16 December 2009 A brand new digital-only radio station called The Buckle will be launched by the Fairfax Radio Network at noon next Tuesday December 22. The...
15 December 2009 Australian radio industry pioneer Jeff Rushton has died. He underwent heart surgery about six weeks ago, but suffered complications and spent much time in intensive...
14 December 2009 The results of the 8th capital city survey for 2009 are out. The survey was conducted by Nielsen Media for Commercial Radio Australia during the...
14 December 2009 These are the results for Nielsen Survey 8 as seen by each station's sales department - or more precisely how they'd like their advertisers to...
