No criminal findings against Macquarie Bank for Elmie deal: ACMA investigation

21 November 2007 The Australian Communications and Media Authority has found that Macquarie Bank Limited (MBL) and Macquarie Regional Radioworks (MRRW) were in breach of the media control...

Radio politics in the election campaign’s final week

21 November 2007 The politics of appearing on radio were again part of the campaigning this week as election day approaches on Saturday. And, as usual, the advertising...

Vision listeners press forward to raise $224,360

21 November 2007 National Christian radio network UCB, Australiaâ€™s Vision Radio Network, ended its fundraiser appeal, Visionathon: Pressing Forward, at midnight AEDT on Sunday 18th November, with a...

i98’s Marty and Erica raise over $180,000 for Camp Quality Illawarra

21 November 2007 i98 FM's Marty and Erica's Camp Quality Convoy for Kids, now in it's third year, was held last Sunday 18th November in the Illawarra. ...

Which party spent most on Radio?

21 November 2007 According to AirCheck, the company that monitors music, advertising and other activity on Radio, the ALP has outspent the Libs by a considerable margin –...

New home for ABC Brisbane at Breakfast Creek

21 November 2007 The ABC Board has decided to build it's new Brisbane premises on a vacant site at Newstead, to the north of the city, near the...

Macquarie Regional Radioworks scoops ALL the prizes

21 November 2007 Despite its size, MRR has so far been unable to completely dominate the ACRAs. But at the Golden Governor Awards, its own internal excellence awards...

Queensland Radio swimming champs raise $70,000 for cancer kids

20 November 2007 The Inaugural Swim4kids event, an 89 kilometre tag team swim from the Gold coast to Brisbane has been hailed an astonishing success by event founder...

Great Christmas gift ideas for the Radio tragic

19 November 2007 With a unique collection of radio books, DVDs and memorabilia to choose from, the Radio Heritage Foundation says it has the perfect gift for anyone...

Ad for RACV wins Round 3 of 2008 Siren Awards

19 November 2007 An ad for RACV car loans for RACV Financial Services has won the overall and single categories for round three of the 2008 Siren Awards....

92.7 MIX FM wants to feed a Politician to the sharks

19 November 2007 There are plenty of election promotions ahppening around the country, but one of the more novel ones is being laid on by 92.7 MIX FM...

John Howard dials in to Bay FM Election Forum

19 November 2007 Having knocked back invitations to be heard on some of the biggest FM stations in metro markets, Prime Minister John Howard was a surprise 'guest'...

George Grljusich remembered with a Sport Broadcasting Award in his name

19 November 2007 Legendary sports broadcaster, George Grljusich who passed away earlier this month is to be immortalised through a new award for broadcasting students at the West...

ABC makes for more caring, sharing listeners

18 November 2007 While the trend for commercial statios promotions is to bung on big prizes for listeners making fools of themselves, the ABC is inviting their audience...

Laws pays homage to John Kerr’s 50 years on air: Audio

15 November 2007 Although all the current fanfare is about John Laws' imminent departure after 55 years in radio, the great man was willing to share centre stage...

Sparks expected at Macquarie Radio Network AGM

15 November 2007 Sparks will fly at Macquarie Radio Network’s Annual General Meeting as angry shareholders, some of them high profile 2GB staff, voice their anger over the...

No sparks at Macquarie Radio Network AGM

15 November 2007 Despite rumours within 2GB that sparks would fly at today's annual general meeting, nothing of significance happened in the 20 minute formal meeting. A...

Merrick & Rosso add a third person for 2008.

15 November 2007 From next year it will be Merrick & Rosso & Ritchie - or some combination thereof. Nova 969 has today announced Kate Ritchie will be...

ABC 702 appoints Millar as Manager

14 November 2007 Head of ABC Local Radio Michael Mason today announced Jeremy Millar as the new Local Radio & Online Manager for ABC Local Radio NSW. ...

Tracy and Tim leaving Melbourne’s Mix: Bridget Duclo tipped as replacement

14 November 2007 Melbourne’s Mix 101.1 breakfast team Tracy Bartram and Tim Smith will say farewell to listeners on November 30. ARN will launch a new breakfast show...

Public Float for MCM Entertainment

14 November 2007 MCM Entertainment Group is planning a public float of the company to gain new capital for expansion beyond radio, into TV and online production. ...

Wodonga Students Take To The Air

14 November 2007 Wodonga TAFE broadcasting students will be showing off their skills they have learnt in the Diploma In Broadcasting (Radio Course) as they take part in...

Austereo’s solid start to financial year

14 November 2007 Austereo says it expects “a solid start” to the current financial year with 8% to 9% growth expected, according to chairman Peter Harvie at the...

Meet David Beckham courtesy of Nova

13 November 2007 In a radio exclusive, the Nova Network has pulled off what could be the prize coup of the year by giving listeners the “money can’t...

A new Mix for breakfast in Adelaide

12 November 2007 The speculation, and Adelaide’s worst kept secret, is over – the new Mix102.3 three person breakfast line-up has been revealed. Jason “Snowy” Carter began...

Enough Rope for Laws to admit depression

12 November 2007 John Laws has told Andrew Denton there are days when he is too depressed to get out of bed. He also revealed to Denton,...

Penultimate piece of the Laws replacement puzzle in place

12 November 2007 John Laws is leaving the business at the end of this month with no clear successor to his 70+ station network. The plan, announced some...

Libs pledge $375,000 for new 98.5 SONSHINE FM Christian broadcaster

12 November 2007 The Treasurer, Peter Costello, and Steve Irons, Liberal Candidate for Swan, announced a re-elected Coalition Government would commit $375,000 towards a new premises in Como...

Greens back Community Broadcasters

11 November 2007 The Greens will provide the community broadcasting sector with an additional $1 million a year according to Greens lead Senate candidate for Queensland Larissa Waters....

Historic joint Brisbane conference for ethnic and indigenous broadcasters

11 November 2007 The Indigenous and Multi-Cultural broadcasting sectors held a joint conference in Brisbane over the weekend, where both organizations met together for the first time to...

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