Australian Radio Industry People Movements over the past week or so…
Manpreet Singh is hanging up her headphones to take up a new role within SBS. She is now Program Manager for SBS Radio’s 9 Indian languages.
Ash London has revealed that after taking maternity leave for the birth of her first child, she won’t be returning to the Hit Network. Read more…
The editor of Schwartz Media’s 7am Osman Faruqi has been appointed as the company’s new head of audio. Faruqi will oversee the expansion of audio titles, with new podcasts and a five-part investigative series expected from the publisher before the end of the year.
After a 39 year career at the ABC Anita Barraud will retire this week. She has worked at the ABC as a journalist, producer and presenter, most recently as producer of the Law Report. Announcing her retirement, Law Report presenter Damien Carrick said she has made “an amazing contribution” to the ABC and has been “a wonderful friend, ferociously committed to program quality.”
Triple M will run a new night program across its regional and provincial network, The Greatest with Dave Ferrier, 7pm-10pm weeknights. Read more.
Aunty Rhonda Dixon, a Darug/Yuin Elder, academic, cultural activist and spokesperson for environmental social justice and human rights issues, is the new Elder in Residence at the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS). Read more…
Stephen Fenech and Trevor Long have launched a new podcast, Best Movies You’ve Never Seen. Read more…