Sydney’s FM 99.3 launches 2006 subscriber drive

7 June 2006 Between 13 - 25 June, presenters and volunteers at FM 993 will be encouraging listeners to call and become a subscriber to the Chatswood based...

Radio advertising disclaimers a turn off: Toyota decreasing radio ad spend

7 June 2006 Toyota Australia’s marketing department is preparing to cut spending on radio and tv advertising in favour of increasing the company’s online spending and continuing its...

Macquarie Regional RadioWorks begins changeover to NexGen playout systems

7 June 2006 The River and Star FM Albury have converted from the Maestro system to Prophet Systems' NexGen playout software. The changeover happened at midnight last...

New Vision stations launched in Victoria

7 June 2006 Vision FM has been launched in the Victorian towns of Roebourne and Casterton, making a total of 245 religious community stations nationally in the...

Ian Walker to head new ARI acquisition in Oxford UK

7 June 2006 Absolute Radio International (ARI) has announced the acquisition of Passion Radio (Oxford) Limited which trades as Passion 107.9 FM in Oxford. The acquisition of...

BBC tvc for Jono Coleman’s breakfast show

6 June 2006 BBC London 94.9 is giving its new breakfast show with Aussie Jono Colemen an extra publicity push with a tv commercial that airs from this...

Free capsules covering environment, development, human rights and health issues.

6 June 2006 Australian Independent Radio News in association with Feature Story News, is offering radio stations the radio version of "Hands On", an exciting series that covers...

The answer to everything – India

5 June 2006 The person who started the infamous “India” practical joke on 2SM (where people called evening host Graeme Gilbert and said “India” as the answer to...

Austereo program directors get moved around

5 June 2006 Austereo has announced promotions for four program directors within the network, three of the positions relating directly to the Austereo Brisbane business covering the Triple...

Media journalist unimpressed with Vega changes

4 June 2006 A question that most marketers will face at some point...how to resurrect a product that was launched so badly...is highlighted by Neil Shoebridge in today’s...

Anti-smoking song available for radio

4 June 2006 There are more and more young women smoking in Australia. This is a concern for many young women, their families, friends and health professionals.

Melbourne’s Hamish & Andy to hit Brisbane airwaves

4 June 2006 In just a few weeks Hamish (Blake) and Andy (Lee) will be heard in the drive slot (4pm to 6pm) on Brisbane’s B105 FM. ...

Latest CRA campaign focuses on effectiveness of radio ads

4 June 2006 The radio industry has focused its latest on-air advertisements, part of its successful multi-million dollar advertising campaign, on its recent effectiveness research while still using...

Vega now where we should have been last August: DMG’s Paul Thompson

3 June 2006 Vega officially relaunches its Sydney breakfast team on Monday, with the hopes of DMG Radio Australia's new strategy riding on the shoulders of Angela Catterns,...

Reporter available for World Cup coverage

3 June 2006 Anthony Stavrinos (Stav) is in Europe for the World Cup and is offering his reporting services for a fee to stations that would like...

NSW politician named seeing prostitute on Nova’s breakfast show

2 June 2006 There were red faces and a formal apology on Nova 96.9 this morning when a prostitute rang in during a discussion on sex-workers and named...

Unwired signs agreement with Fairfax and Macquarie Radio

2 June 2006 Wireless broadband provider Unwired Australia has announced an agreement with Fairfax Digital, the online news and classifieds division of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd, that will...

US radio network first to integrate with iTunes

2 June 2006 US radio and TV station owners and operators Emmis Communications has announced it is the first company to integrate the iTunes Music Store into its...

Sun sets and makes way for new star – Shepparton StarFM

31 May 2006 Shepparton based Sun FM started broadcasting on November 10, 1990 after being granted a temporary frequency on FM 107.7, becoming regional Victoria’s first commercial FM...

Wilde times for Melbourne Vega

31 May 2006 Wilbur Wilde, best known for his crazy antics opposite Red Symons on the defunct Hey Hey It's Saturday, says he’s now ready to become a...

New community station for Moss Vale but not for Upper Murray

31 May 2006 The Australian Communications and Media Authority has allocated a new community radio licence in the NSW town of Moss Vale, but has decided not to...

ACCC will give public guidance on media mergers: Samuel at Estimates Committee

31 May 2006 In today’s Senate Estimates Committee hearing on Economics, the ACCC’s (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) Chairman Graeme Samuel told Senators his organisation is working on...

New Vega now four days old

31 May 2006 Vega’s new format is now four days old and listeners are beginning to get a sense of what the new sound will be: younger, up...

2CHY embezzled out of funds

31 May 2006 Coffs Harbour community station 2CHY has called in police to investigate fraud by an employee, who has now left the station and gone interstate. ...

FBi 94.5’s band camp

31 May 2006 Sydney youth radio station FBi 94.5 takes its listeners one step closer to the music they love this month with the FBi Band Camp. ...

ABC Radio’s Dig channel now on digital tv

31 May 2006 The ABC continues to develop cross-platform programming with the birth of a new program called dig tv on Monday nights from 9:00pm on ABC2 beginning...

2DU seeking messages from past employees for 70th anniversary

31 May 2006 2DU Dubbo will be celebrating its 70th anniversary on 3rd July 2006. If you have had any association at all with 2DU over the...

MRN board – new appointment

30 May 2006 The Chairman of Macquarie Radio Network Limited Max Donnelly has announced the appointment of Richard Freemantle as a director of the MRN Board. The appointment...

Rowan Barker’s attacker in court

30 May 2006 A 16 year old boy has appeared in Bidura Children's Court charged with the attack that left 2GB newsreader Rowan Barker hospitalised. The...

Rush for spam reporting program crashes ACMA site

30 May 2006 The website of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) crashed Wednesday, more than likely caused by excessive numbers of visitors wanting to download their...