ABC move to FM in Perth is seen as a threat to commercial licences

2 August 2021 Perth stations 6PR, 6iX, ABC Radio Perth, Radio National and ABC News are hopeful of being able to move from the AM to the FM...

ACMA is offering up vacant FM frequencies in WA

26 May 2021 On 25th June 2013 Bunbury TV stations moved to UHF allowing 87.5 – 92, 94 – 108 MHz available to FM radio. Now, the ACMA is...

Alan Jones and 2GB broke commercial disclosure rules

26 May 2021 The ACMA has found that 2GB breached commercial radio disclosure rules in 2019, during broadcasts of The Alan Jones Breakfast Show, by not informing its...

Funding steady for national broadcasters, more money for community broadcasting: Federal Budget

11 May 2021 Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has delivered the federal budget with a focus on "creating jobs and rebuilding the economy," as Australia continues to recover from the...

ACMA to get $4.2 million for the News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code

4 May 2021 The Morrison Government is providing $4.2 million in the 2021-22 Budget to the ACMA to support the implementation and administration of the News Media...

ACMA won’t adapt proposed deeming principles for digital expansion

18 March 2021 The ACMA has released the outcome of its consultation on proposed deeming principles for regional radio licence areas. In June 2020, the ACMA consulted on adopting...

John Laws and 2HD breach radio code on suicide

4 March 2021 An ACMA investigation has found The John Laws Morning Show breached the rules around decency and the treatment of suicide during a segment in March...

ACMA opens applications for News Media and Digital Platforms Bargaining Code

3 March 2021 The ACMA today opened applications for Australian news businesses wishing to register for the News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code. The code has been...

An Adelaide Hills radio station is fighting to get back onair

28 January 2021 Hills Radio failed to gain an ongoing broadcasting licence from ACMA in September last year with the exclusive broadcasting rights for the Mount Barker district...

Controversial Rolleston Mine transmitter off air

16 October 2020 The controversial self help transmitter at the Rolleston Mine is currently off air. In an article last month, radioinfo raised the issue of the...

ACMA tells narrowcasters to ‘Use it or lose it’

15 October 2020 Holders of low power open narrowcasting (LPON) services have been told by the ACMA to ‘Use it or lose it.’ The new direction comes in...

Federal Budget implications for broadcasting sectors

6 October 2020 The federal government’s delayed 2020/21 budget, released tonight, is a high spending stimulus plan that hopes to maintain economic activity long enough for Australia to...

ACMA blames administrative error for Rolleston Mine relay

19 September 2020 The regulator has responded to yesterday's opinion article by Brad Smart, citing an administrative error for the broadcast of an out of area Triple M...

Hills Radio to go off air after ACMA licence decision

18 September 2020 The ACMA's decision to award a full time community licence to Lofty Community Media in the Adelaide Hills will mean the other applicant for the...

ACMA makes a Lofty decision for the Adelaide Hills

18 September 2020 The ACMA has allocated a long-term community radio broadcasting licence in the Mt Barker area of the Adelaide Hills to Lofty Community Media Incorporated (Lofty). The...

Mining decision the pits: Is ACMA playing fast and loose?

17 September 2020 Opinion from Brad Smart. Can someone please tell me what the hell is going on? Why is Triple M Brisbane being relayed into the...

Kyle & Jackie O breach the decency standards

7 September 2020 An ACMA investigation has found KIIS 1065 in breach of rules relating to generally accepted standards of decency due to comments made by Kyle Sandilands...

Proposed deeming principles for regional radio licence areas

30 June 2020 The ACMA is proposing to adopt a set of principles to use as guidance when considering whether to deem a community licence area under subsection...

ACMA releases guidance to digital platforms

25 June 2020 The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released a position paper outlining its expectations for a voluntary code or codes of practice on misinformation...

Liverpool Plains have access to their first community radio station

22 June 2020 Tamworth Broadcasting Society’s (TBS) new high power transmitter on Who’d-A-Thought-It lookout at Quirindi began broadcasting on Monday, 22nd June at 12 noon. ACMA granted TBS a full broadcast...

ACMA finds Hadley in breach for being a grandpa while on air

21 June 2020 Comment from Peter Saxon If you find that headline misleading, my apologies. In truth, it was not Ray Hadley that last week was found...

Ray Hadley comments breach decency rules

15 June 2020 An ACMA investigation has found radio station Triple M 105.1 Central West breached decency rules for comments made by Ray Hadley in which he allegedly...

Jones’ Breach Finding: Is Free Speech now under attack?

31 May 2020 Opinion from Brad Smart So, here we all are, having waved 2GB’s Alan Jones goodbye for the last time. No doubt, some may have had a...

Alan Jones’ impeccable timing on investigation

21 May 2020 Just a few days ago Alan Jones announced his impending retirement. Today the ACMA announced the findings of its investigation into Jones’ breaches of decency...

ACMA finds Alan Jones breached broadcasting rules

20 May 2020 Alan Jones has provided an on-air correction following an ACMA investigation that found the licensee of radio station 2GB in breach of broadcasting rules due...

ACMA finds FAB FM is in breach of its licence

7 May 2020 The ACMA investigated Port Douglas station, FAB FM, following a complaint that the station was not providing open narrowcasting in accordance with its licence. Under law, open narrowcasting...

Will regional stations get a pass on local content quotas?

6 May 2020 Gathering local content for regional radio stations is becoming more difficult as the COVID-19 crisis affects the ability of station staff to assemble content as...

Commercial radio says disclosure requirements should be modernised

30 April 2020 Commercial Radio Australia has recommended that disclosure requirements should be reviewed and modernised in line with the Government’s aim to move to a more platform-neutral...

Immediate COVID19 relief for Australian media

15 April 2020 The Morrison Government today announced a package of measures to help sustain Australian media businesses as they do their vital work of keeping the community...

Tamworth’s 88.9FM gets the go ahead to broadcast into Quirindi

10 April 2020 Community Radio station 88.9fm Tamworth and Liverpool Plains Shire Council have signed a MOU for the commencement of broadcast services for Quirindi and the Liverpool...