SMPTE conference focus on digital and training

18 July 2007 Digital switchover, technical training and IP technology were some of the items of interest to radio people at this year’s SMPTE conference in Sydney. ...

ComCare agrees to accept ABC Cancer Cluster workers comp claims

18 July 2007 Workplace Relations Minister Joe Hockey has welcomed Comcare’s decision to accept workers’ compensation claims from nine women who worked at the ABC studios in Toowong,...

Professor Graeme Clark to present this year’s Boyer Lectures on RN

18 July 2007 Professor Graeme Clark AC will present the 2007 Boyer Lectures, to be broadcast on ABC Radio National in November and December. Professor Clark led the...

Wanted: short stories from regional Australia for ABC Radio competition

18 July 2007 If you're a regional writer eager to be discovered, the 2007 ABC Radio Short Story Project could be the opportunity you've been waiting for. ...

Zemanek laid to rest

17 July 2007 Perhaps Stan Zemanek himself never knew he had so many friends when he was alive. But they were there in their hundreds.

Australia launches world first DAB+ Broadcasts

17 July 2007 This week's SMPTE conference has heard that Australian radio broadcasters have just switched on the world's first test transmissions of digital radio using the new...

Newton conviction quashed

17 July 2007 A conviction against entertainer Matthew Newton for assaulting his former girlfriend Brooke Satchwell has been quashed. Whilst pleading guilty to attacking Satchwell,during a violent...

Politicians hangin with the FM kids

17 July 2007 The Australian newspaper has paid particular attention to the technology divide between John Howard and Kevin Rudd. Recently Rudd has embraced the world wide phenomenon...

Staff shake up at SBS Radio

17 July 2007 SBS Radio has seen a shake up of its management structure over the past six months as new Head of Radio Paula Masselos begins a...

SMPTE Conference on this week

17 July 2007 The 2007 SMPTE conference and exhibition is on this week at Sydney's Darling Harbour Convention Centre. The SMPTE07 Conference will focus on better technology...

Paul Terdich resigns as Community Broadcasting president

17 July 2007 CBAA president Paul Terdich has resigned from his role at the head of the community broadcasting sector's peak body to pursue a career change overseas....

ACMA finds Groove FM failed to comply with additional licence conditions

16 July 2007 The Australian Communications and Media Authority has found the Perth youth community radio station Groove FM breached three of the additional conditions on its licence....

Hamish and Andy Re-Sign contract for 3 years

16 July 2007 The Today Network’s top-rating drive duo, Hamish and Andy, have re-signed with the network for three more years of mayhem. Hamish Blake and Andy Lee...

New series of ads for radio brand campaign

16 July 2007 The commercial radio industry has launched its latest series of ads as part of its multi-million dollar brand campaign, highlighting the ability of radio to...

Golden Tonsils minus Golden Microphone

16 July 2007 Veteran broadcaster John Laws went to air yesterday minus one regular tool…his golden microphone. Police are treating as suspicious the disappearance from his office of...

Stan Zemanek loses fight: Funeral Details

15 July 2007 Stan Zemanek has lost his year-long battle with cancer. Stan's Funeral will be held next Tuesday 17 July at 10.30am at St Mary's Catholic Church...

Roger Summerill retires

15 July 2007 The ABC's Local Radio Manager for NSW, Roger Summerill has retired after a long career that spanned both commercial and ABC Radio. At an...

Kyle a headache for Big Brother

15 July 2007 Kyle Sandilands has left the Big Brother house early after suffering a migrane and arguing with Big Brother. 2Day was planning to broadcast the...

John Hartigan to deliver Andrew Olle media lecture 2007

12 July 2007 702 ABC Sydney has announced that John Hartigan, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of News Limited, will deliver the annual 702 ABC Sydney Andrew Olle...

Another former Brisbane ABC employee diagnosed with breast cancer

12 July 2007 The 14th case of breast cancer at the ABC Toowong has been discovered. Angela Eckersley worked at the ABC’s Toowong studios for around seven...

Macquarie Regional Radio works gives five

12 July 2007 Throughout the month of June, scores of generous hands were onboard as 45 stations across Macquarie Regional Radioworks pulled all stops to raise money for...

ACMA invites applications for two new community radio licences in Perth, WA

12 July 2007 The Australian Communications and Media Authority is seeking applications for two new community radio licences for the Perth area of Western Australia. Chris Chapman,...

Do your part for National Glaucoma Week: Radio CSA Available

12 July 2007 You too can do your bit to help Glaucoma National Awareness week, which aims to highlight the critical importance of having regular eye examinations. ...

Alan Jones Comments coming to a computer near you

11 July 2007 Alan Jones daily video editorial returned to the screens this week via a computer screen. In Alan’s first day week back from holidays,...

Sydney youth community station claims 219,000 listeners

11 July 2007 Sydney’s community youth metro station FBi 94.5FM this week announced the results of its first ever Audience Ratings Survey following its launch in August 2003, reporting 219,000...

Mac Bank triggers new laws as stations are set to be sold

11 July 2007 As reported on radioinfo last week, Macquarie Media Group, will be forced to sell 14 to 29 stations after it closes the $1.35 billion deal...

Music charts get new spin

11 July 2007 radioinfo and our long-time sponsor RCS have joined forces to provide our subscribers with a new style of music chart that’s sure to become a...

CRA set to argue against rival entry into digital radio market

11 July 2007 The commercial radio industry will argue for an extended 10-year ban on new entrants to digital radio. It is clear some networks are well...

Fairfax Austereo to become rivals but not in cyberspace

11 July 2007 radioinfo reported recently on news that Austereo and Fairfax Digital announced they would share online content and technology, including all Austereo websites being hosted...

Radio industry goes to tender for ratings

10 July 2007 The Australian commercial radio industry has invited expressions of interest from research companies to tender for the next radio audience survey measurement contract to commence...

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