13 April 2009 The government has announced its plan to wire Australia up for broadband by constructing a national fibre network. Prime Minister Rudd announced the plan this...
12 April 2009 The first advertisements in a multi-million dollar digital radio awareness campaign begin this Monday. And on Wednesday this week DMG Radio will unveil the name...
12 April 2009 Legendary 2SM breakfast announcer, Ian MacRae, spent two years of his early career in “Pirate Radio,” in the mid 1960’s. First on Radio City on...
12 April 2009 Alan Jones has called in sick and won’t be returning to the 2GB microphone for Tuesday’s breakfast shift as planned. The number one Sydney announcer,...
12 April 2009 Fiji's military government has begun proceedings to deport veteran ABC foreign correspondent Sean Dorney. The ABC says Dorney has been in the capital Suva...
12 April 2009 The most common request that Australian Idol judge and vega 91.5fm radio announcer Dicko faces when he is doing Idol is to relax the age...
12 April 2009 Rugged looks, physically fit, stress-free and available on weekends - tradesmen are in high demand, and not just in the building industry. Blue collars are...
8 April 2009 While i98 holds a relatively slender lead over rival WAVE in Wollongong, Ryan Cram (pictured) dominates in the afternoon slot. In Canberra, ABC 666 rises...
8 April 2009 Finalists in the 2009 ABC Local Radio Awards have been announced. Finalists in the prestigious Broadcaster of the Year category are Kathy Bedford from ABC...
8 April 2009 Is it possible to hold a microphone whilst milking a cow? Radio students from the Australian Film Television and Radio School are about to find...
8 April 2009 A UK House of Lords committee has called for the introduction of a pool of funds to support public service broadcasting other than the BBC....
7 April 2009 The year was 1979. A time when the ABC was rating pretty much as well as it is today, thanks in large part, to a...
7 April 2009 In the early 1960’s there were just six commercial stations in Melbourne. Only one call sign, 3AW, survives today – along with a couple of...
7 April 2009 For our soldiers stationed in far away places, Anzac Day will be just another working day, but most will be able to pause for a...
7 April 2009 Fresh from the biggest hosting gig on earth, the Oscars, one of Australia’s most successful exports, Hugh Jackman dropped in on Merrick & Rosso...
6 April 2009 Figures released today by CRA show that first quarter ad revenue for 2009 for the metropolitan radio market has fallen by 2.8% compared to the...
5 April 2009 It was obvious to his listeners that something was amiss when it was afternoon announcer, Chris Smith on air at breakfast on 2GB instead the...
4 April 2009 ABC 891 Adelaide’s Carole Whitelock thought she was interviewing Russell Morris until the real thing gave the phone to Molly Meldrum. Carole wasn’t sure...
2 April 2009 Mix101.1 Breakfast comedian co-host George McEncroe has been dropped from the Melbourne ARN station. Announcing her departure, ARN General Manager Steve Rowe has...
2 April 2009 891 ABC Adelaide is now number one in the Adelaide market for the first time ever, after this week's ratings survey. The station recorded its...
2 April 2009 Hobart community radio station 7THE, known as Hobart FM, has applied to ACMA to change its licence classification from an 'E' (educational) category licence...
2 April 2009 Commercial Economic Advisory Service of Australia (CEASA) figures released this week for the 2008 calendar year show that radio continues to be a resilient media...
2 April 2009 Given the hoopla of April Fool’s Day it would be easy to disregard the Nova Network’s birthday as a joke. But no kidding, it was...
2 April 2009 In an industry this size, its inevitable that we mourn the passing of a major talent on a regular basis. Last week it was John...
1 April 2009 Adelaide radio legend John Vincent has passed away aged 67. His funeral will be held this Friday 11am at Berry Funeral Home, Magill Road, Norwood.
1 April 2009 ACMA released its revised Principles for Spectrum Management and its five-year Spectrum Outlook document at the CommsDay Summit this week. Both documents aim to guide...
1 April 2009 A new report has found that convergence is continuing, more people are going mobile and that IP protocol video use is growing. Web users are...
1 April 2009 America’s National Association of Broadcasters will hold this year’s NAB Show this month in Las Vegas. This year’s show promises a look at the...
31 March 2009 The results of the second capital city survey for 2009 have been released using a new Nielsen website based in America. There are some significant...
31 March 2009 APN lodged its final annual report paperwork with the stock exchange yesterday, detailing a poor top line result, with a reported 114% drop in Net...
