Commercial Radio and Audio

Revamp for Siren Awards

22 April 2024 Commercial Radio & Audio (CRA) taking a new approach with the Siren Awards with two new partnerships aiming at reflecting excellence across all audio platforms,...

Wendy Searle leaves CRA

11 March 2024 Commercial Radio and Audio (CRA)'s Communications Manager Wendy Searle is leaving this week to set up a feature series podcast company and follow a writing dream....

A hike in radio’s music fees would harm radio’s financial sustainability: CRA and MEAA

4 March 2024 The Private Member’s Bill Fair Pay for Radio Play has public hearings starting this week with the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) and Commercial...

Podcast ad revenue nearly cracks the $100 million mark

26 February 2024 Audio advertising in Australia continues to grow year on year with podcast ad expenditure up to $99.1 million according to new figures released by IAB Australia...

The CBAA helps you find your community radio DAB+ station

21 February 2024 The Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) has created a directory of community radio DAB+ stations. Some are also simulcast on AM or FM radio,...

Celebrating World Radio Day 2024

13 February 2024 Today is World Radio Day. In 2013 UNESCO’s Executive Board recommended to a General Conference the proclamation of this day, chosen because of the formation...

Senate inquiry toward free-to-air television access needs to include radio: CRA

12 February 2024 Commercial Radio & Audio (CRA) have submitted an amendment to the Senate inquiry on the Prominence and Anti-siphoning Bill. The Bill is aimed at ensuring...

First data from the GfK MediaWatch shows radio listening strength over Summer

11 February 2024 The first data showing the listening habits of people wearing the MediaWatch has been released Commercial Radio & Audio (CRA) and compiled by GfK, with some...

Radio ad revenue down, digital audio ad revenue up in 2023

1 February 2024 Commercial Radio and Audio (CRA) have released their annual and quarterly ad revenue figures with both down a small amount for broadcast radio but significantly...

Audio event HEARD 2024 launched by CRA

29 January 2024 To highlight the value and power of audio, Commercial Radio and Audio (CRA) have launched HEARD 2024, a free event to be held on February...

More chat less music: What will Australian radio look like in 2024?

23 January 2024 There’s a story about Coldplay, at the height of their fame, sending a song to David Bowie in the hope of a collaboration. Bowie turned...

Australian Podcast Ranker reveals more than 1 billion podcasts were downloaded in 2023

17 January 2024 Australians still have a voracious appetite for podcasts, according the newly-released December 2023 Australian Podcast Ranker.It reveals that we downloaded 1.03 billion podcasts in 2023, up 26% for the year.Released today by Commercial Radio & Audio (CRA) and Triton Digital, the Ranker is a monthly snapshot of the top 200 podcasts listened to by Australians,… Read More

Australian Podcast Ranker to provide demographic data and audience profiles

28 November 2023 Triton Digital and Commercial Radio and Audio (CRA) have launched Podcast Metrics Demos+ in Australia. Podcasts published in the Australian Podcast Ranker can now access audience profiles and demographic data each month, giving them insight into the number of listeners and downloads, age and gender, purchase history and intent, interests, and the media consumption behaviours… Read More

Hamish and Andy No 1 and Blake’s new podcast debut: Australian Podcast Ranker

15 November 2023 It’s business as usual on this month’s Australian Podcast Ranker, the 50th released by Commercial Radio and Audio (CRA). LiSTNR’s Hamish and Andy was No...

How Muriel blazed a trail for women in radio

15 November 2023 For almost as long as commercial radio has been operating in Australia, women have been working in it.Now, as the industry prepares to celebrate 100 years, today we speak to one of the trailblazers – Muriel Cooper, the first woman to become No. 1 on a prime-time radio talk show.Muriel never set out to be… Read More

CRA figures show commercial radio revenue steady

26 October 2023 Figures released today by Commercial Radio & Audio (CRA) show ad revenue across Australia’s five major metropolitan markets is mostly steady for Q3 2023, down...

Where is my music radio, KIIS?

25 September 2023 KIIS 1065 Sydney's #1 Hit Music Station. Not really.

Daneie Geddes winner of 2023 Brian White Scholarship

13 September 2023 University of Newcastle journalism student Daneie Geddes is the winner of the 2023 Brian White Scholarship and receives a four-week paid placement in one of...

Star studded Aussie lineup for 2023 ACRAs, tickets on sale now!

4 September 2023 The 34th annual ACRA Awards, held on October 14, will feature an all-star Australian musical lineup, with tickets on sale now for industry participants. Four...

GfK Radio 360 Survey 5 out tomorrow

28 August 2023 There are two more GfK Radio 360 metro surveys due before 100 years of radio is celebrated at the 2023 Australian Commercial Radio Awards held...

And the finalists are…….2023 ACRA Awards

24 August 2023 The finalists have been announced for the 34th Australian Commercial Radio & Audio (ACRA) Awards, with the winners revealed at the ICC in Sydney on...

2023 ACRA Awards finalists to be announced today!

23 August 2023 The 2023 ACRA Awards finalists from more than 1200 entries from across the nation will be announced today Thursday August 24,. Finalists in new categories...

Record entries, new awards and 100 years of commercial radio to be celebrated at the 2023 ACRAs

15 August 2023 The 2023 Australian Commercial Radio & Audio (ACRA) Awards will shine bright with more entries, nine radio hosts, a lineup of Australian music talent and...

Referral of bill to amend copyright laws welcomed by commercial radio industry

11 August 2023 The referral for review by the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee of Senator David Pocock’s private member’s bill to amend Australia’s copyright laws covering...

Apple Music and Spotify introduce new features to encourage Australians to explore music via their platforms

10 August 2023 In a week where Senator David Pocock has sought to introduce a bill seeking to remove 1% cap on broadcast sound recordings, with an immediate...

The commercial radio industry responds to bill seeking to remove 1% cap on broadcast sound recordings

9 August 2023 Senator David Pocock has introduced a private member’s bill seeking to amend the Copyright Act to remove a long standing 1% cap, which limits the...

Judy Shaw leaves CRA

9 August 2023 Commercial Radio & Audio's long-serving Head of Communications Judy Shaw has left the organisation after seven years. Shaw said: "It's time for me to find a...

Communications Minister Michelle Rowland celebrates 100 years of Australian radio

6 August 2023 Communications Minister Michelle Rowland acknowledged the commercial radio industry’s upcoming 100th birthday with a speech at Parliament House recalling the launch of 2WS in Seven...

Commercial radio’s billion dollar boost to Australian economy

3 August 2023 With commercial radio in Australia turning 100, a new report has shown the industry contributes $1 billion to the nation’s annual GDP, which includes a...

GfK Radio 360 Survey 4 – commercial radio listening surges

12 July 2023 The latest GfK Radio 360 Survey 4 shows people are listening nearly an hour longer each week than in 2022. Commercial Radio & Audio...