5 September 2024 WSFM’s Jonesy & Amanda are making tomorrow a feel-good Friday, by shouting their loyal listeners free coffee with their new initiative, Jonesy & Amanda’s Put It On The Tab.Tomorrow, September 6, Jonesy & Amanda will be taking over Bay Vista Parramatta on Church Street between 6am until 9am. Listeners who head to the café to… Read More
5 September 2024 Weird Tech, hosted by award winning technology journalists Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones, is the latest podcast offering from ARN’s iHeart.Rae and Tegan are ready to dive into the most intriguing, unusual, and downright bizarre corners of the tech world.Weird Tech begins with one simple question: “Want to hear something weird?”Each short episode features an… Read More
3 September 2024 This week marks the start of spring. For a great many living across the east coast of Australia, it also meant wild and wooly weather.
28 August 2024 Most people in our industry have strong ideas of what a commercial radio station looks like. Noosa.Radio, which launched in March and bills itself as...
26 August 2024 Comment from Peter Saxon Whatever code of football you follow, you’ll know what a gamechanger looks like on the field. It usually starts with an...
22 August 2024 ARN Media has posted flat revenue and a drop in profit for the half year to June,.The company has released its half-year results, with operational revenue up 1% to $168.1 million.Digital audio advertising revenues saw a rise of 26% to $11.0 million.But net profit after tax was down, much of this due to costs associated… Read More
20 August 2024 It has been just shy of 12 months since the last Xtra Insights survey of the Sunshine Coast and there's a new leader in town....
20 August 2024 ARN’s InspHERation Series held its third annual event in Western Australia with the theme “Empowerment”. It featured Brittany Hockley, who co-hosts with Laura Byrne the ARN...
19 August 2024 A new report suggests any deal to buy out and potentially split up SCA won’t get across the line for months yet.It comes as ARN prepares to release its half-year results this week.According to The Australian’s Business Editor Cameron England (subscription required), sources close to the talks say the company’s crowded share register, regulatory issues and… Read More
14 August 2024 ARN will continue its radio partnership with the upcoming 64th TV WEEK Logie Awards, on this Sunday, August 18, from 7.00pm. KIIS will run giveaways...
11 August 2024 If you don’t work in radio, or live in Melbourne, on November 22 last year KIIS 1065 Sydney breakfast hosts Kyle Sandilands and Jackie Henderson...
7 August 2024 While prepping stories about the finalists for this year’s ACRAs, and the Xtra Insights survey results for Darwin, I noticed that July marked ten years...
6 August 2024 On Monday August 5's episode of Media Watch, outgoing host Paul Barry took two radio networks to task. Nine Radio for a error by...
1 August 2024 The KIIS Network has initiated a national campaign where, on the first day of every month, they remind listeners to check their breasts, asking: “Have...
26 July 2024 KIIS and iHeartRadio Australia, together with Island Records/Universal Music Australia, returned in style with Sydney singer songwriter Dean Lewis the star of the first iHeartLIVE...
26 July 2024 Following Ali Clarke’s revelation of her breast cancer diagnosis to listeners earlier in the week, Adelaide’s Mix102.3 has revealed that Hayley Pearson will be keeping the seat warm on Breakfast alongside Max Burford.From this Monday, July 29, Hayley will fill in for Ali while she steps away from the show to undergo a mastectomy. At… Read More
25 July 2024 There are 71 ACRAs up for grabs at the 2024 commercial radio and podcast industries’ night of nights, with a record tally of finalists for...
25 July 2024 The finalists for the 35th Australian Commercial Radio & Audio (ACRA) Awards have been revealed, with the winners announced this year at The Star in...
24 July 2024 Amy Collett has departed her role as Network Content Director of MediaWorks' More FM and moved from Auckland to Wollongong to become CD of ARN's...
24 July 2024 Corey Pitt is departing ARN's Bundaberg Broadcasters, which includes Hitz939 and 4BU after 5 years as General Manager. Hitz was the clear leader in the...
24 July 2024 I wonder if former footballer, now golf and soccer commentator, TV presenter and, of course, podcaster, Gary Lineker, felt uneasy when the lists of BBC...
23 July 2024 It's really a two ARN horse race in Darwin in the latest Xtra Insights survey of the region with the network's Hot 100 still No...
20 July 2024 There was an irony to the ABC Radio Brisbane story last week about a century old gramophone being restored and donated back to the station...
17 July 2024 ARN’s iHeart and BlakCast have announced Ben Haywood as the winner of the Find and Tell podcast series competition.Hosted by Jamila Rizvi, the series embarked on journey to discover the most promising storytellers from diverse backgrounds.Hundreds of entries were whittled down to a final four.Ben went head to head with runner up Mark Mariano; they… Read More
15 July 2024 ARN has promoted Bec Ellem to Group Business Director of their Melbourne Independent Agency Team. Ellem has been with ARN for five years as an Account...
11 July 2024 What a difference a year makes. ARN's Star 101.9 have leapt from third to first in the latest Xtra Insights survey of the Mackay and...
9 July 2024 June 26 2024 was one year since Disrupt Radio launched on DAB+ and streaming in Australia. They are one of the few digital stations that...
8 July 2024 On Friday June 28th 2024 2ST morning announcer Graeme Day celebrated 40 years on air for ARN and 25 years at 2ST in the Southern Highlands. ...
8 July 2024 Chart-topping Australian singer-songwriter Dean Lewis will perform in an exclusive iHeartLIVE event from KIIS HQ – the first iHeartLIVE event to be held at the brand new, multi-million-dollar studios in North Sydney.The event on Thursday July 18 will showcase Lewis, known for his global hits such as Waves and All I’ve Ever Wanted, in an… Read More
4 July 2024 There seems to be a feeling at the moment that huge money sums entice listeners to radio, like The Fox's Fifi Fev and Nick's Five...
