CRA welcomes latest digital audio advertising data

24 February 2025 Commercial Radio & Audio (CRA) has welcomed the latest data from IAB Australia, showing total digital audio advertising revenue reached $313 million in CY24, growing by 18% year-on-year (YOY), and reaching $90 million in the December quarter of 2024.According to Milton Data, CRA members reported 30% YOY growth in total digital audio revenue1, outpacing the… Read More

Casefile True Crime trumps Hamish & Andy as Australia’s #1 podcast

11 December 2024 True Crime has triumphed over Comedy in the latest Australian Podcast Ranker, with Casefile knocking Hamish & Andy off their perch as Australia’s #1 podcast.Casefile True Crime attracted 879,550 monthly listens, putting it ahead of the LiSTNR duo, with ABC News Top Stories, Mamamia Out Loud and Shameless rounding out the Top 5.The November ranker… Read More

Comedy is still king in the latest Australian Podcast Ranker

20 November 2024 Hamish & Andy continue to hold down top spot as the nation’s most popular podcast in the latest Australian Podcast Ranker, released today by Commercial Radio and Audio (CRA) and Triton Digital.The comedy duo notched up 934,394 monthly listens.Audioboom’s Casefile True Crime sits second, with ABC News Top Stories, Shameless and Mamamia Out Loud rounding… Read More

Radio remains reliable in challenging conditions: CRA

10 May 2024 Radio is holding relatively steady despite ongoing market challenges, with metro ad revenue down 5.8% in the first quarter of 2024 compared to Q1 2023, according to figures released by Commercial Radio & Audio (CRA). The total broadcast radio ad revenue for the first quarter across the five major metropolitan markets was $146.754 million, compared… Read More

Ford Ennals resigns as CEO of CRA, effective immediately

15 April 2024 The CEO of Commercial Radio & Audio (CRA), Ford Ennals, has announced his resignation effective from Monday April 15, 2024. Ennals has been CEO for...

New Australian report finds the future sounds good for digital audio

28 February 2024 The future’s sounding good for digital audio, according to IAB Australia’s latest Audio State of the Nation report.It found 90% of agencies have used audio advertising this year, with 83% of media agencies including streaming digital audio advertising as a significant or regular part of their activity.The report also found agencies plan to increase their… Read More

Record breaking year for commercial radio and DAB+

20 December 2023 Commercial radio and DAB+ have ended 2023 on a high with record listening as evidenced in GfK Radio 360 Survey 8. Radio across the five...

Ford Ennals on Australian radio turning 100: ‘The best is yet to come’

23 November 2023 Birthday celebrations (and one heck of a lot of candles) are in order today, as commercial radio in Australia turns 100.It’s a day to reflect on how far we’ve come as an industry, and consider what lies ahead.Commercial Radio & Audio (CRA) today pays tribute to all those in the industry, past and present, and… Read More

Digital audio ad spend climbs to $51.9m, podcast spending up 21%

25 May 2023 IAB Australia’s Online Advertising Expenditure Report has revealed that digital audio advertising spending in Australia rose 13% compared with the same period a year ago, reaching $51.9...

Ciaran Davis is the new chair of CRA

25 November 2022 The CEO and managing director of HT&E, Ciaran Davis, has been announced as the new chair of industry body Commercial Radio & Audio (CRA). Davis...

GfK begins new hybrid survey system next year

28 October 2022 A new hybrid audience measurement system for the GfK metropolitan radio surveys will be introduced from Survey 1 in March 2023, Commercial Radio & Audio announced today. The new...