Commercial Radio

How important are weekend listeners to commercial radio stations?

20 December 2023 The final GfK Radio 360 survey for 2023 showed an uptake in music listening, as often happens once sporting seasons wrap up and now that...

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...

Federal Budget implications for broadcasting sectors

6 October 2020 The federal government’s delayed 2020/21 budget, released tonight, is a high spending stimulus plan that hopes to maintain economic activity long enough for Australia to...

Regional commercial radio stations ‘critical to our social fabric’

17 April 2020 Labor MP for the Hunter region Joel Fitzgibbon talked about the importance of regional commercial radio today on 2SM, 2HD and statios on the Super...

Radio still the world’s most widely consumed media: CRA takes the message to Canberra

12 February 2020 On the eve of World Radio Day, Commercial Radio Australia has just finished hosting an event at Parliament House Canberra to focus political attention on...

Commercial Radio Technician mentoring programme

24 January 2019 Des DeCean is the former Director of Technology for the Austereo radio network. About a year ago I wrote an article for radioinfo entitled...