AI disclosure, content care during school pick ups and Australian music airplay among updated rules from the ACMA

10 February 2026 The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has registered updated rules for commercial radio broadcasters including new requirements for content broadcast around school drop-off and...

Copyright Tribunal of Australia’s pay for play ruling sees increase to broadcast licence rate and no change to statutory cap

14 January 2026 The lengthy document released by the Copyright Tribunal of Australia with its decisions on changes to the Copyright Amendment Act 2006, the Radio Licence Fees...

No victors in CRA and PPCA copyright stoush

16 December 2025 With the Court's full finding still not publicly available in the aftermath of the dispute between the Phonographic Performance Company of Australia (PPCA) and the...

Set your 2026 radio survey calendars

4 December 2025 Commercial Radio & Audio (CRA) and market research organisation GfK have released the metro and provincial radio survey schedule for 2026 with the additional note...

Heard Mentality explores what creativity sounds like

26 November 2025 A new podcast from Little Black Book and Commercial Radio & Audio explores how the world’s most creative brands and minds use sound to make...

GfK Radio 360 Survey 7 preview

24 November 2025 UPDATE: Results now available here. GfK Radio 360 Survey 7 is out this morning, November 25, at 9:30am.

Nova CEO Peter Charlton appointed Chair of Commercial Radio & Audio

19 November 2025 Commercial Radio & Audio (CRA) has appointed NOVA Entertainment CEO Peter Charlton as Chair of the industry body replacing outgoing CEO of ARN, Ciaran Davis....

CRA Audio ID launches, uniting for radio marketing ARN, Nine, Nova and SCA

17 November 2025 Commercial Radio & Audio (CRA) have launched CRA Audio ID, bringing together ARN, Nine Audio, Nova Entertainment and Southern Cross Austereo to allow marketers to...

Wisdom of Women in Media: Lizzie Young, CEO of CRA

23 October 2025 This is the thirteenth in a series of interviews exploring the career and life journey of women in the media industry. The aim of the...

Hamish & Andy No 1, news podcast consumption continues to grow – Australian Podcast Ranker September

22 October 2025 Hamish and Andy continue to reign on the Triton Australian Podcast Ranker with news and sports listening growing off the back of the end of...

Radio has the sounds of summer

5 September 2025 The sound of summer is playing on commercial radio. The core 25–54 has grown 5.5%, time spent listening to weekend breakfast is up with weekend...

CRA’s appeal to government to legislate guaranteed radio prominence in new cars

25 August 2025 While listening to New Zealand More FM breakfast presenter Simon Barnett on the Between Two Beers podcast he spoke about being on air during the...

‘No longer the second cousin to other industries’ – New CRA campaign showcases the Power of Audio

18 August 2025 When was the last time you actively sought to set someone else aflame with the power of audio? You do it unwittingly when you share...

Sound Start – CRA invests in national pipeline toward careers in commercial radio and audio

30 July 2025 Commercial Radio & Audio (CRA) has partnered with universities and tertiary institutions to build a national pipeline of talent into commercial radio and audio. Through...

Register now for Infinite Dial 2025

13 May 2025 The 2025 Infinite Dial Webinar, hosted by Commercial Radio and Audio (CRA) and Edison Research will be held on Thursday 19th June at 11am (AEST) with...

31 years of Show Radio – AFTRS students shine at the Easter Show

18 April 2025 On a glorious Good Friday I braved a bus packed with families to head to the Sydney Royal Easter Show. I wasn’t there to see...

BREAKING: No Australian Commercial Radio Awards in 2025

17 April 2025 Commercial Radio and Audio (CRA) will not hold the Australian Commercial Radio Awards (ACRAs) in 2025. The annual recognition of radio and audio talent, which...

Have your say on Commercial Radio & Audio’s 2025 code review

9 April 2025 This year both community and commercial radio will see its Codes of Practice reviewed and updated. The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has approved...

GfK Survey 1 2025 – Radioinfo and Radio Today your home for news, charts and analysis

21 March 2025 This has been a quieter week in radio land which usually means that a survey is just around the corner. You can almost feel the...

Podcast advertising booms in a soft market – IAB Audio State of the Nation Report 2025

26 February 2025 Podcast advertising is increasingly an agency favourite in 2025, according to IAB Australia’s Australian Audio State of the Nation Report. 79% intend to increase their...

New logo and website for CRA

19 February 2025 Commercial Radio and Audio (CRA) has had a makeover with a brand new logo and website refresh. The new site can now be found at:...

“In an emergency situation, you do turn to your local radio” – World Radio Day, February 13, 2025

13 February 2025 UNESCO announced that the theme for World Radio Day this year would be "Radio and Climate Change", a more challenging one to acknowledge than...

“Emotional connection, creative synergy, and measurable impact” – HEARD 2025 showcases radio’s ROI

11 February 2025 Commercial Radio and Audio (CRA)'s HEARD returned for 2025 in Sydney with an all-star lineup and new research from Analytic Partners showcasing radio’s ability to...

A heck of a HEARD line-up

13 January 2025 More names have been added to Commercial Radio and Audio (CRA)'s HEARD 2025 line-up, with the free audio showcase event now seeing Nine's Russel Howcroft...

Commercial Radio finishes 2024 with record audience and commercial share

12 December 2024 Survey 8 has seen the commercial radio sector finish the year with strong momentum and a record 75.9% share of listening, the highest share in...

Chelsea Boothman the 2024 recipient of the Edith Cowan University CRA prize

7 November 2024 Edith Cowan University’s Graduate Diploma of Broadcasting student Chelsea Boothman is the recipient of the Commercial Radio and Audio (CRA) prize awarded to the student...

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...

Music lineup announced for radio’s night of nights: ACRAs 2024

26 September 2024 The 35th Australian Commercial Radio & Audio (ACRA) Awards are only two weeks away. This year at The Star Sydney on Saturday, 12 October, Australia’s...

Kate Kimberley leaves Commercial Radio and Audio

25 September 2024 Katie Kimberley, the head of Communications for Commercial Radio and Audio (CRA) and a former state political reporter and newsreader for 2GB has left...

Changes to GfK Surveys in 2025

5 September 2024 The schedule for GfK metro surveys for 2025 has been released by Commercial Radio and Audio (CRA) with one key change for the final survey...