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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
7 April 2020 After reading the Australian Communications and Media Authority’s final report on the Future Delivery of Radio earlier this month, based on 22 submissions (including the one...
26 March 2020 The ACMA has released its Future delivery of radio report, that lays out its priorities for the future delivery of radio and underlines the vital...
16 March 2020 The ACMA is inviting applications for transmitter licences to provide high-power open (HPON) narrowcasting services in Gosford, New South Wales (747 kHz) and Hobart, Tasmania...
12 March 2020 As SCA takes control of the Spirit Network in Western Australia, there is one station still left with an uncertain future, Spirit FM in Bunbury,...
16 January 2020 More than 8 in 10 Australian adults are concerned about large advertisers influencing the news, according to new research from the ACMA. The research was...
18 December 2019 The ACMA has given prior approval for a transaction that will result in breaches of the media diversity rules, involving a proposed merger between Seven...
25 October 2019 ACMA Authority Member James Cameron spoke about the regulator's recent consultation on the Future of Radio at today's CBAA Conference. “Changes in media have prompted...
10 October 2019 The ACMA is proposing to move Armidale’s 2AD off it’s current AM frequency to a new FM transmission, giving station listeners clearer and better quality...
10 October 2019 The Commercial Radio sector has criticised the Community Broadcasting sector in its submission to the ACMA's Future of Radio consultation, for the overuse of temporary...
4 October 2019 Earlier this year the ACMA released an issues paper and opened consultation on the future delivery of radio services in Australia. The ACMA received...
23 September 2019 An investigation by the ACMA has found SEN+ has breached gambling advertising rules. The investigation found SEN+, owned by the Pacific Star Network streamed a...
17 May 2019 Listeners of the commercial radio station 5MU in Murray Bridge, Mount Barker and Victor Harbor may soon be retuning their radios if the ACMA accepts...
30 April 2019 The ACMA is seeking feedback from Australian broadcasters and audio content providers about emerging technologies, the impact on their businesses and the choices these create for...
28 March 2019 Listeners of commercial radio stations 2EC Bega, 2XL Cooma and 2GN Goulburn may soon be retuning their radios if the ACMA accepts proposals by the...
28 March 2019 The ACMA has found that Harbour Radio Pty Ltd, the licensee of radio station 2GB, breached the Commercial Radio Code of Practice in an Alan...
