9 May 2006 The Government is renewing targeted funding of $7.2 million over four years for the Community Broadcasting Foundation, mostly focusing on ethnic programming, but has not...
8 May 2006 ACMA has collected $271.5 million in licence fees from commercial broadcasting radio and tv stations in the 2004-05 financial year, an increase of 11.7% on...
8 May 2006 Advertising revenue for Australia’s metropolitan commercial radio stations increased by 7.1% in April to $47.7 million. The data, compiled for Commercial Radio Australia...
8 May 2006 The Friends of the ABC has accused the government of hiding the debate on axing the ABC's staff elected director by scheduling it to be...
8 May 2006 The ABC has had its triennial funding renewed and has gained a boost in additional funding in the federal budget, including an extra $13 million...
8 May 2006 The Australian Communications and Media Authority has decided to extend current Eureka 147 digital radio trials in Sydney and Melbourne until 30 June 2007. The...
8 May 2006 The Australian Communications and Media Authority has decided to make a new high power open narrowcasting radio service available by auction in Canberra, to operate...
7 May 2006 60 Minutes reporter Richard Carleton has died of a heart attack while covering the story about the trapped miners at Tasmania's Beaconsfield Gold Mine....
7 May 2006 Austereo CEO Michael Anderson has told the Business Sunday program, the radio as a device is almost dead, but the radio business is still...
5 May 2006 The Australian radio industry has lost one of its commercial radio pioneers. Bert Button OAM, died on April 29 aged 98, following a short...
3 May 2006 Coffs Harbour’s Andrew ROBBO Roberts is trying for a world record for the longest radio shift. Roberts, CHY FM’s Sales Person and Drive Announcer,...
3 May 2006 Dubai’s International Radio Conference takes place at the end of May. IRC Dubai is a conference aimed at an international audience of radio professionals...
3 May 2006 The 2006 AFTRS Program Director’s residential weekend was held in Sydney this weekend, with speakers including Macquarie Regional Radioworks CEO Rhys Holleran, Southern Cross Broadcasting's...
3 May 2006 Today's APN Annual General Meeting reported increased profits for its radio division companies ARN Australia and TRN New Zealand. Radio accounted for 20% of...
3 May 2006 2SER's Radio School provides CBAA accredited media training through a series of short courses that cover everything from Radio Presentation to Production, Interviewing, News and...
3 May 2006 A conference for regional, rural and sub metro community broadcasters is beign held in Shepparton Victoria this Friday 5 – Sunday 7 May. The conference aims...
3 May 2006 Small business, particularly in regional areas, is the fastest growing industry in the country, and a new radio syndication segment will target small business people...
3 May 2006 Macquarie Regional Radioworks' owner, the Macquarie Bank media investment fund, has been given the all-clear to acquire the cable TV and broadband provider Taiwan Broadband...
3 May 2006 National television is the most trusted news source, ahead of newspapers and public radio, but the internet is gaining ground, especially among the young, according...
3 May 2006 The Senate Committee enquiring into Communications Minister Helen Coonan’s plan to axe the staff elected director position from the ABC board has backed the Minister’s...
3 May 2006 Media Monitors has announced the acquisition of rival monitoring company Rehame. Both companies have close links to the radio industry with Sydney radio broadcaster Ian...
3 May 2006 This week marks 30 years since Melbourne community station 3CR’s first test broadcast back in 1976. 3CR has celebrated its birthday with special programming featuring rare archive...
3 May 2006 30th Anniversary Goldies and Radio Reunion Finalists have been announced for the Queensland Goldie awards. Queensland’s Goldies awards are in their 30th year and organisers this...
1 May 2006 Football legend Ron Barassi flicked the switch at 7.15 on Monday to change 3AW from its AM 1278 frequency to its new position on the...
1 May 2006 Former Macquarie announcer Ben Starr has landed a plum job presenting a Saturday night program in the United States. Starr is hosting a new program...
1 May 2006 The Australian Communications and Media Authority has imposed additional licence conditions on Perth youth community broadcaster Groove 101.7 FM whose service is provided by Youth...
1 May 2006 The Financial Review reports that advertising industry executives have mixed opinions about ad spending for the remainder of 2006. Most optimistic is Harold Mitchell...
30 April 2006 Two important regional surveys have been released today, the NSW Central Coast and the Queensland Gold Coast. Gold FM won the Gold Coast survey...
30 April 2006 Radioinfo’s Ian MacRae reports from NAB 2006 in Las Vegas. NAB2006 estimated attendance figures have been released showing there were around 25,000 visitors from overseas...
27 April 2006 RadioInfo’s Ian MacRae reports from NAB 2006 in Las Vegas. Pacing the stage and ignoring the autocue, Wall Street Journal technology columnist Walt Mossberg entertained...
