15 October 2008 What were Guy Dobson and Rex Morris thinking when they quietly bought two bush stations from Macquarie Southern Cross Radio two and a half thousand...
15 October 2008 The students in the Commercial Radio course at Swinburne in Melbourne chose the name themselves. CRASH FM stands for Commercial Radio At Swinburne Hawthorn.
15 October 2008 Eddy Current Suppression Ring and TZU join Birds of Tokyo, Bliss N Eso, The Presets, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Cut Copy and Cog...
15 October 2008 After the huge success of Caravan of Courage 1 last year - Hamish & Andy won the Best Station Promomotion for it at this...
15 October 2008 Macquarie Radio Network’s digital family continues to grow with the addition of its new platform StreetCorner.com.au a community news site where users publish news...
15 October 2008 The Rudd Government today announced a new board appointment processes for the national broadcasters to ensure “the future strength and independence of Australia's national broadcasters.”...
15 October 2008 Greg Henricks is still in an induced coma, but is getting stronger all the time according to his son, Blake who wrote the following letter...
14 October 2008 Ten percent more people than last year are tuning into community radio stations for local content and specialised music programs according to the 2008 Community...
14 October 2008 ABC Radio National Religion Report presenter Stephen Crittenden this morning let the cat out of the bag on changes to the Radio National schedule that...
13 October 2008 1116 4BC’s Breakfast co-host, Ross Davie, today formally advised 1116 4BC’s management that he would not be returning to the show in 2009. Davie flagged...
13 October 2008 Today we read “acceptance speeches” from Best On-Air Newcomers, Dicko and Brad Blissett, along with the Best Talk Producer, Provincial Networked Program, an Excellent Engineer...
12 October 2008 Seated along one side of the table at Friday’s CRA conference, as if highlighting the detail in one third of Da Vinci’s Last Supper, sat...
12 October 2008 “On Friday we thought we’d lost him, but he’s looking a lot better now,” Blake Henricks told radioinfo this morning, Monday, October 13th. Blake, 26,...
12 October 2008 With the huge number of awards to get through on ACRA’s night, traditionally few if any get to make a speech. So radioinfo lassoed some...
11 October 2008 Fox FM’s comic drive time duo Hamish and Andy have taken the award for Best-On Air team at this year’s 20th Australian Commercial Radio Awards...
10 October 2008 As the world financial crisis worsened this week, with stocks falling another 16% and the Aussie dollar crashing, the value of Australian Radio companies listed...
10 October 2008 It's the little things that matter when it comes to making sure things work. At this week's Gold Coast Radio conference two rivals got together...
10 October 2008 Pure Australia’s Managing Director Graeme Redman told radioinfo his company will have 14 DAB+ receivers available in Australia by Christmas, ready for when digital...
9 October 2008 British television talent Nigel Lythgoe will headline this year’s Australian Radio Conference, to be held on the Gold Coast today (Friday 10 October). Other notable...
9 October 2008 AFTRS’ Flexi learning students have launched their major practical broadcast this week, a non-commercial talk radio format called 2RS (Regional Station). The broadcast can...
9 October 2008 Talking about his upcoming bid for power in the next Pakistani elections, Imran Khan told Radio Conference delegates today: “In cricket I was successful...
8 October 2008 Sentinel Content and Commercial Radio Australia have successfully begun live demonstration broadcasts of real-time traffic information on digital radio and Intelematics has begun testing...
8 October 2008 Alan Jones has renewed his contract and will host 2GB breakfast until 2013. Despite his recent hospital treatment for prostate concer, Jones has decided...
8 October 2008 ABC Radio Grandstand will broadcast all four test matches between India and Australia on ABC Local Radio, beginning with the first match of the series...
8 October 2008 Police have charged 3AW presenter Derryn Hinch for allegedly naming two sex offenders. He previously served time for the same thing some years ago.
8 October 2008 The UK’s new music and entertainment brand, Absolute Radio, was the exclusive radio partner for Amnesty International's seminal comedy event The Secret Policeman’s Ball this...
8 October 2008 In 2004 45% of Australians listened to community radio every month. In 2006 it was 47%.
7 October 2008 To prove the old American adage that a breakfast announcer should be at least smart enough to ‘walk and chew gum at the same time,’...
7 October 2008 Metropolitan commercial radio stations generated advertising revenue of $164.67 million in the first quarter of this financial year, a drop of 0.52% compared to the...
6 October 2008 The 20th annual Australian Commercial Radio Awards (ACRAs) will have a definite Australian Rock flavour with The Living End, Faker and The Galvatrons all performing...
