Commercial Radio Australia

Metro radio revenue is up by 0.7% for July: CRA

18 August 2022 Commercial radio ad revenue for the five major Australian capital cities increased by 0.7% to $48.916 million in the month of July compared to $48.571...

CRA shares new Audio Unlimited strategy as digital audio hits all-time high

10 August 2022 CRA chief executive officer Ford Ennals today unveiled a renewed strategic direction for the peak radio industry body, with a greater emphasis on the booming...

John Musgrove is now head of research for CRA

20 July 2022 SCA’s Head of Insights and Research, John Musgrove, has been appointed to a new role as Head of Research for Commercial Radio Australia. Announcing the...

Town Square wins Siren Awards Round 1 for St John Ambulance Victoria

7 July 2022 Melbourne creative agency Town Square’s confronting Know First Aid - Warehouse radio ad for St John Ambulance Victoria has won Round 1 of the 2023...

Radio still dominates audio listening in Australia: Edison

28 June 2022 The number of Australians listening to online audio each week has climbed by 8% over the past year, according to the sixth annual Infinite Dial...

Commercial radio ad revenue up 11.2% in May

15 June 2022 Commercial radio ad revenue in May was up 11.2% compared to May 2021, continuing months of sustained growth in the sector. According to data from...

Commercial radio ad revenue climbs in March as audience numbers hit a record high

21 April 2022 Commercial radio revenue increased in the March 2022 quarter, while Australian radio audiences in the major metros reached a record high with 11.6 million listeners...

CRA CEO Ford Ennals looks to the future

14 April 2022 Ford Ennals has now established himself in the new role as CEO of Commercial Radio Australia, replacing Joan Warner as she hangs up the gloves after close to 20 years. ...

CRA says stronger actions may be required for Google and Facebook content deals

28 February 2022 Commercial Radio Australia says the Federal Government’s review into the operation of the News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code would be an opportunity...

Media agencies are embracing programmatic audio: IAB

22 February 2022 Advertisers are leaning into programmatic audio according to the IAB Australian Audio State of the Nation Report released today. The Report, which is in its sixth...

GfK summer listening study shows high levels of radio consumption over COVID-impacted holiday period

21 February 2022 Nearly nine in 10 radio listeners consumed as much or more radio over summer as they do during the rest of the year, as surging...

Commercial radio revenue is up by 4.7% in January

16 February 2022 Commercial radio ad revenue saw a positive start to the year with revenue up 4.7% in January compared to January 2021, according to data released...

Trade associations around the world launch the World Radio Alliance

11 February 2022 On the occasion of World Radio Day and at the initiative of egta, 14 trade associations in Australia, Europe, the USA and Canada are joining...

Commercial radio listening hits a record high

3 February 2022 Commercial radio performed strongly in another year impacted by COVID, with weekly audiences up by 1.3% to a record 11.2 million listeners in the five metropolitan...

Australian Podcast Ranker 2021 insights: downloads hit half a billion and comedy tops the list

16 December 2021 Australians downloaded more than half a billion podcasts in 2021, 28% more than the year before. Comedy was again the most popular category, followed by...

Commercial radio ad revenue is up 14.2% for November YOY

13 December 2021 Commercial radio ad revenue recorded positive growth in the month of November with revenue up 14.2% compared to November 2020, according to data released by...

CRA calls for an urgent review into election blackout rules

6 December 2021 The commercial radio industry has called for an urgent review of the media blackout rules before the next federal election, arguing the current system is...

CRA award winner on Friday, employed on Monday

19 November 2021 Edith Cowan University Post Graduate Broadcasting graduate Adam Di Tullio has been awarded a $2000 2021 Commercial Radio Australia award for the student with the...

Major study finds over 80% of consumers are less likely to buy or lease cars without a built-in radio tuner

10 November 2021 Broadcast radio continues to dominate as the most preferred source of in-car entertainment across the globe, according to a new international study released today by...

ACRA’s Live event in February has been cancelled

5 November 2021 Commercial Radio Australia announced today that the live Australian Commercial Radio Awards event (ACRAs), to recognise work across 2020 and 2021, will not proceed as...

CRA confirmed to negotiate with Facebook and Google for news content payments

29 October 2021 Commercial Radio Australia (CRA) can collectively negotiate with Facebook and Google over payment for their member stations’ news content featured on the platforms following an...

Metro ad revenue climbs 12.7% YOY in September: Milton Data

21 October 2021 Advertising revenue for metropolitan commercial radio stations reached $53.149 million in September, reflecting a year on year rise of 12.7%, according to data compiled by...

ACCC finds that Google’s dominance in ad tech supply chain harms businesses and consumers

29 September 2021 An ACCC inquiry into the ad tech sector has identified significant competition concerns and likely harms to publishers, advertisers and, ultimately, consumers. The report concludes...

VW expands DAB+ across the 2022 range

28 September 2021 Commercial Radio Australia has welcomed news that Volkswagen Australia has added DAB+ digital radio across most of its model year 2022 vehicle range, including its...

Australian Commercial Radio Awards to go ahead in February

24 September 2021 The ACRAs will be held as a live event on Sunday, February 13, 2022 with CRA chief executive officer Joan Warner saying that holding the...

Joan Warner will stand down as CRA CEO in 2022

23 September 2021 Commercial Radio Australia chief executive officer Joan Warner has advised the CRA Board that she intends to step down early next year. The search for...

Ad revenue grows by 16.8% for the five major metro markets: Milton Data

20 September 2021 Commercial radio ad revenue continued to grow in the month of August despite ongoing lockdown restrictions, with revenue up 16.8% compared to August 2020, according...

Survey 6 results delayed by one week due to COVID

16 September 2021 Commercial Radio Australia has announced today that the release of the sixth metropolitan radio survey of the year will be delayed by one week to...

CRA announces the evolution of GfK radio ratings to hybrid audience measurement system

13 September 2021 Australian metropolitan radio ratings will undergo a major evolution in response to the rapid digitisation of audio consumption in Australia, with live streaming data to...

ACCC proposes to authorise CRA to collectively bargain with Google and Facebook

10 September 2021 The ACCC has issued a draft determination proposing to authorise Commercial Radio Australia (CRA) to collectively negotiate with Facebook and Google over payment for their...