80’s at the top for Survey 8: DAB+

13 December 2022 For the final survey of 2022, the 80s stations (WSFM,GOLD,97.3 KIIS,Mix,96FM) lead the DAB+ stations with 373,000 listeners in the five metro areas. The 90s...

The 90’s are at the top of the DAB+ table: GfK Survey 6

27 September 2022 The 90s stations (KIIS,97.3,Mix,96FM), remain as the top digital DAB+ stations across the five metro markets with 365,000 listeners in Survey 6. The 80’s stations...

TikTok is trending near the top in Survey 4: DAB+

5 July 2022 TikTok trending has picked up 289,000 listeners across the five metro areas to move behind the 80’s Gold stations of WSFM,GOLD, KIIS & Mix in...

The 80’s stations stay at the top of the DAB+ stations: Survey 3

31 May 2022 The 80’s (WSFM, GOLD, 97.3 KIIS, Mix and 96FM) stations have strengthened their grip at the top of the DAB+ table nationally with 346,000 listeners...

8 new SCA DAB+ stations launch on Gold Coast

4 April 2022 Eight new DAB+ digital radio stations are on air on the Gold Coast from today. In addition to its two FM stations, 90.9 Sea FM...

DAB+ coming to the Gold Coast next week

28 March 2022 DAB+ digital radio will launch on the Gold Coast next Monday April 4, bringing nine new commercial radio stations to Australia’s sixth largest city. The...

The 80’s stations lead the way on DAB+

10 March 2022 The 80’s (WSFM,GOLD,97.3,Mix,96FM) stations have the biggest cumes for the DAB+ market in survey 1 with 288,000 listeners nationally. Coles Radio is still near the...

DAB+ is confirmed as standard in new cars across Europe

17 February 2022 DAB+ radio came as standard in 95% of new cars sold in key European markets in 2021, according to figures released today by WorldDAB. These...

Pure and Frontier lead the way with radio evolution

11 February 2022 Pure has launched an innovative suite of new products for the iconic Evoke range that are built on Frontier’s leading Venice X platform, offering the...

MMM rocks up the survey of DAB+ stations, but the 80’s are still on top

14 December 2021 The 80's Group of stations, WSFM, GOLD, 97.3 Mix and 96FM are still on top of the Metro DAB+ survey with 305,000 listeners MMM Classic...

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...

Coles radio retains its position on the top shelf

31 August 2021 Coles Radio serves up another top shelf survey result leading the DAB+ stations across the 5 metro survey areas. With 274,000 listeners, Coles Radio leads the...

ABC Melbourne is upgrading its DAB+ service next week

27 May 2021 The ABC is upgrading its DAB+ service in Melbourne on Tuesday June 1 and are expecting service interruptions and breaks of up to 30 seconds....

Reducing driver distraction on the digital dash

13 May 2021 WorldDAB is working on features to give digital radios in the car's dashboard the same voice control functionality as voice enabled smart phones. With driver...

Latest digital radio standards explained at #DBS2021

5 April 2021 The BBC’s Lindsay Cornell delivered a Digital Radio technical update covering DAB, DRM and RadioDNS. Cornell is Chair of the World DAB Technical Committee and...

ACMA won’t adapt proposed deeming principles for digital expansion

18 March 2021 The ACMA has released the outcome of its consultation on proposed deeming principles for regional radio licence areas. In June 2020, the ACMA consulted on adopting...

Weekly listeners for DAB+ exclusive radio stations climb to 2.35 million: GfK

1 March 2021 Australia’s DAB+ digital radio-only stations attracted a weekly audience of 2.35 million people in 2020, an increase of 15% from 2.04 million in 2019, according...

WorldDAB turns its attention to voice control in the car

10 December 2020 The world body behind DAB+, WorldDAB, continues to plan the future of the in-car user experience for digital radio and is now turning its focus...

2CH is at the top of the DAB ladder in Sydney

7 December 2020 Double J has jumped to the top of the DAB+ stations nationally for the final survey of 2020, just in front of Coles Radio. The performance...

SCA and Soundcloud launch Soundcloud Radio on DAB+

17 August 2020 SCA and SoundCloud have extended their exclusive advertising partnership to bring SoundCloud Radio to the Australian market on 24 August via DAB+ and on live...

Proposed deeming principles for regional radio licence areas

30 June 2020 The ACMA is proposing to adopt a set of principles to use as guidance when considering whether to deem a community licence area under subsection...

Good Times for Nine Radio in Perth

23 April 2020 One of our regular readers, the sharp eyed Marcus Fitz-Gerald, noticed something strange in our recent article about Steve Jacobs' new breakfast show on the...

Kath Brown leaves Commercial Radio Australia

7 April 2020 Kathryn Sabel Brown (Kath Brown) has left Commercial Radio Australia. Looking back on her 25 years with the industry body, Kath has told radioinfo...

Cars & Trucks top the ad categories for radio: AirCheck

3 April 2020 This week AirCheck Australia have compared the top categories between FM/AM and DAB+ radio for the first quarter of 2020. Cars & Trucks was the...

ACMA’s report on the future delivery of radio

26 March 2020 The ACMA has released its Future delivery of radio report, that lays out its priorities for the future delivery of radio and underlines the vital...

DAB+ digital radio coming to Mandurah for Christmas

17 December 2019 Mandurah will be the ninth city in Australia and the first non-capital to have DAB+ digital radio, when the free to air broadcast technology is...

DAB+ Ratings: Elf Radio a Christmas Gift for ARN

16 December 2019 Coles Radio (249,000) is still at the top nationally in the latest survey of DAB+ stations, and while Elf Radio (23,000) has added some tinsel...

Edge Radio gains access to DAB+ service in Hobart

8 December 2019 Youth broadcaster, and community radio station, Edge Radio, will be allowed to provide a DAB+ digital radio service in Hobart despite being in the RA3...

Commercial radio launches largest DAB+ consumer campaign to date

1 December 2019 The commercial radio industry has launched a landmark consumer-focused DAB+ digital radio campaign, which highlights that “radio is the ultimate soundtrack to any situation”. The new...

SCA Podcast Division now in profit: Grant Blackley

27 November 2019 SCA’s podcast division PodcastOne moved to its break even point a few months ago and is now beginning to make profits, according to CEO Grant...