17 September 2020 After a tough few months of stand-downs, redundancies and restructuring, where many radio industry staff in all sectors have lost their jobs, some stations are...
7 September 2020 The partnership with SCA will enable SpokenLayer Australia to access SCA’s vast network of professional voices and enables advertisers to access SpokenLayer’s growing network. SpokenLayer is a...
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...
16 August 2020 SCA today announced that it will extend its two-year partnership with its exclusive charities Beyond Blue and The Smith Family for an additional six months...
28 June 2020 107 regional publishers and broadcasters who applied to the Public Interest News Gathering (PING) Program will receive a share of $50 million in funding committed to...
18 June 2020 Over the past few months of lockdown, audiences have been forming new consumption habits. As advertisers adapt to the changes, a new report from GroupM reminds...
6 May 2020 Southern Cross Media has successfully completed its equity raising, giving it an expanded war chest of $169 million to see it through the Corona virus...
29 April 2020 SCA will stand down or reduce working hours for a number of employees this week as it makes more strategic moves to survive the ecomomic...
6 April 2020 SCA has flagged $40M to $45M savings in costs for the next year, and it is hoping to raise $169 million equity in fully underwritten...
15 March 2020 SCA’s eight Redwave Media Western Australian radio stations switch over to the Triple M and Hit brands today from 8am this morning. The regional...
20 February 2020 Speaking to radioinfo this morning, after announcing SCA’s half year results Grant Blackley says negotiations are well under way for the sale of the Bunbury...
19 February 2020 The eight Redwave Media Western Australia brands that SCA acquired last year have been rebranded to the Triple M and Hit brands. At 8...
19 February 2020 SCA has delivered its half year results for the second half of 2019, with group revenue down by 8.2%. The fall reflects the guidance given...
13 February 2020 Commercial radio stations are calling on the Federal Government to spend $80 million in an accelerated roll-out of DAB+ technology. According to the SMH, SCA’s...
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...
18 December 2019 Hamish & Andy will return to PodcastOne Australia in 2020 with their original self-titled podcast series. Hamish & Andy started their radio careers with PodcastOne...
15 December 2019 After an extensive local and global search search, Dave Cameron has been appointed Chief Content Officer for Southern Cross Austereo. Cameron, who has worked with SCA...
2 December 2019 Last week we brought you the news that SCA's Adelaide stations were trialing a new system which allowed the local breakfast hosts to be heard...
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...
25 November 2019 SCA has begun an experiment in Adelaide that puts its live local breakfast show on each of its DAB+ stations in that city. As of...
19 November 2019 Nikki Clarkson has been promoted to the role of SCA's Chief Marketing & Communications Officer. She will also join the SCA executive leadership team. Clarkson’s appointment...
31 October 2019 Southern Cross Austereo (SCA) has appointed 20 internal “innovation champions” to lead its The Lab project, calling on its people to act as ‘torchbearers’ for...
18 October 2019 At the Radio Alive conference today, Tim Burrows hosted a panel of CEOs, who tackled a number of hot topics in the radio industry in...
22 August 2019 A 2.4% increase in Southern Cross Austereo’s Audio revenue, for metropolitan and regional radio plus podcasting, to $453.4 M has contributed to a modest overall growth in...
8 May 2019 Southern Cross Austereo CEO, Grant Blackley, is joining the board of the Australian Association of National Advertisers. AANA chair Matt Tapper says Blackley’s experience in the...
5 May 2019 Peter Saxon's postcard from Audioland Last week, Mumbrella held its inaugural Audioland conference. Judging by the feedback, it won’t be the last.
6 April 2019 Southern Cross Austereo CEO Grant Blackley spoke at a Radiodays session in Lausanne, Switzeralnd, hosted by radioinfo’s Steve Ahern, where he gave insights into the...
11 March 2019 Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director of Southern Cross Austereo (SCA) and Chairman of Commercial Radio Australia, Grant Blackley will feature as a speaker at Radiodays Europe...
27 February 2019 An article published in today’s Australian Financial Review is “completely inaccurate” according to SCA’s Grant Blackley. The article comments on Southern Cross Media’s half yearly report,...
12 December 2018 A new Chair of the Board of Directors has been appointed at the AGM of industry body Commercial Radio Australia. Grant Blackley, chief executive officer...