Cada’s voice cloned workday presenter ruffles feathers at ARN

19 April 2025 CADA's workday presenter is a real person. But she doesn't present the afternoon shift live and is not employed as a radio presenter.

ARN celebrates 9th year in partnership with Sydney Royal Easter Show

31 March 2025 ARN is celebrating its ninth consecutive year in partnership with the Sydney Royal Easter Show and KIIS 1065, GOLD 101.7, CADA and WAVE FM will all be spreading the cheer.2025 sees the return of Kyle & Jackie O’s Haunted House, featuring the new Neon Nightmare room, which looks like a party but feels like a trap.The… Read More

Growth in digital radio listening, iHeart Australia No 1 in Sydney – GfK Survey 1 2025

27 March 2025 Digital radio listening at the start of the year is quite different to other times of the year as it incorporates part of school holiday...

Guess CYRIL’s mystery mixtape on CADA

11 March 2025 After a breakout and hugely successful 2024, DJ CYRIL has teamed up with CADA for their Mystery Mixtape, Celebrity Edition. CYRIL has created a mixtape just...

CADA, Coles and smooth the top for DAB+: Survey 8, 2024

12 December 2024 CADA showed strong DAB+ listening in Sydney in the final GfK survey of 2024. In the other metros, smooth DAB+ continued to be the most...

Gold, smooth and CADA top of the DAB+ stations – GfK Survey 7, 2024

14 November 2024 In GfK Radio 360 Survey 7 results of DAB+ listening it was a win for the easy listening, classic hits stations with smooth top in...

Radio still loves Australian music

31 October 2024 When speculating on what 2024 would look like in Australian radio land I hedged that there would be more chat, less music, in part if...

CADA climbs, Disrupt Radio departs: GfK Survey 6 DAB+

1 October 2024 GfK Radio 360 Survey 6 of DAB+ listening saw CADA climb to near the heights of the days of its early inception (and full complement...

Is DAB+ the place for conversations?

12 September 2024 Today, Thursday September 12, the UK’s Global will launch 12 new radio stations, sister stations to what they have, which is very similar to what...

CADA and Coles Radio the winners in DAB+ – GfK Survey 5, 2024

27 August 2024 CADA is the DAB+ leader again in Sydney in GfK Radio 360 Survey 5. Coles Radio leads in Melbourne and Brisbane, and smooth in Adelaide...

Ups, downs and disruptions for DAB: GfK Survey 4, 2024

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...

Deep dive into DAB+ sees audiences dropping: GfK Radio 360 Survey 3, 2024

4 June 2024 While DAB+ consumption is soaring globally, one of my jobs on survey days is to take a closer look at those results across the metro...

Emily Copeland appointed Head of Music for ABC Audio

2 May 2024 The ABC has announced that Emily Copeland will become Head of Music for the ABC Audio team in a newly created role. Copeland was previously...

Survey 2: Digital radio drop off in Sydney

18 April 2024 I am still trying to work out how Sydney shed 166,000 digital radio listeners in just one survey when every metro audience grew. GfK Radio...

Looking to the future of radio advertising, sans cowbells

2 April 2024 It has been 25 years since Media Watch first alerted Australians that the original influencer John Laws might be receiving cash for comments he was...

How to bring young listeners back to radio: RDE24

19 March 2024 2024's Radiodays Europe conference started its final day with sessions addressing bringing youth back to radio as listeners and presenters. Familiar to Australians, Emily Copeland,...

MMM and Double J gain, DAB+ audiences up overall: GFK Survey 1

14 March 2024 The DAB+ audience size in Australia has increased in the first GFK Radio 360 survey of 2024, driven by substantial growth in Sydney and Melbourne....

CADA’s 2024 line-up announced

14 January 2024 CADA line-up for 2024 has been locked in, with a fresh face and continued focus on hip hop and R&B. Weekday mornings, Sophie Nathan (pictured)...

80s, 90s, Aussie and Smooth: DAB serves up a mix of favourites to the metros in Survey 8

19 December 2023 Analysing the DAB+ trends in GfK Radio 360 Surveys sometimes feels like having to choose a Christmas present for five friends with totally different...

GfK Radio 360 Survey 8 out today

18 December 2023 While most of the metro talent are enjoying a well earned Christmas break, and some making new plans for 2024, all eyes will still be...

Redundancies at CADA as breakfast show and Flex and Froomes go

5 December 2023 Two years after rebranding from The Edge, youth targeted Western Sydney station CADA has axed some of its lineup with more redundancies to come. CADA is part of ARN.The breakfast team of Kian, Avneesha and Yaz, who came together as a trio at the start of this year, will not return in 2024. Flex and… Read More

CADA and smooth serving their DAB audiences: GfK Survey 7

16 November 2023 Cumulative listenership to radio was down across the capital cities, but DAB+ was up with youth station CADA the leader in Sydney and the other...

Station of the Year and Best Individual Presenter among the ACRAs for ARN

16 October 2023 ARN’s impressive results at the 34th ACRA Awards ceremony saw the network take home a record 28 awards including station of the year for KIIS1065...

HT&E rebrands to ARN Media after AGM

18 May 2023 Towards the end of HT&E CEO and Managing Director Ciaran Davis’s address at yesterday's AGM, he announced that they would vote to rebrand to ARN...

Miley Cyrus puts the petal to the metal with ‘Flowers’: AirCheck

27 January 2023 Chart Highlights – January 27, 2023 Heating Up: Miley Cyrus' 'Flowers' moves up 12 spots to No. 9 Top Debut: Vance Joy enters at No.

Avneesha Martins joins CADA breakfast

25 January 2023 Avneesha Martins has joined Kian Oliver & Yaz Haddad on CADA’s weekday breakfast show, Kian & Yaz with Avneesha. Actress, Singer-Songwriter and popular social media creator...

The Flex & Froomes show podcast has officially surpassed 1 Million downloads

7 December 2022 Only six months since launch, the Flex & Froomes podcast has seen huge success, winning bronze at the Australian Podcast Awards for Best New Podcast and placing in Vogue's "10 Best...

Beyonce locks in a Top 40 debut with ‘Cuff It’: Aircheck

6 October 2022 Chart Highlights – October 6, 2022 Heating Up: Beyonce’s ‘Cuff It’ debuts at No. 24 New Leader: Elton John & Britney Spears move into pole position Big Mover:...

Lewis Capaldi sings a memorable tune on ‘Forget Me’: AirCheck

15 September 2022 Chart Highlights – September 15, 2022 Top Debut: Lewis Capaldi breaks his silence at No. 36 with ‘Forget Me’ Heating Up: Nicki Minaj’s ‘Super Freaky Girl’ makes...

A very healthy 6 months for the HT&E business: Cairan Davis

19 August 2022 Speaking to radioinfo after yesterday’s half year results announcement, HT&E CEO Ciaran Davis talked about the “healthy results" for the company in the past 6...