12 December 2019 The winner of Round 4 of the 2020 Siren Awards has been decided, with advertising agency The Royals named overall winner after securing victory in...
12 December 2019 Commercial Radio Australia has welcomed the Government’s response to the ACCC’s Digital Platforms Inquiry. The Government’s immediate response includes: Investing $26.9 million in a new...
11 December 2019 Wil Anderson and Charlie Clausen, who produce the cult hit podcast series TOFOP (Thirty Odd Foot of Podcast), are among three new publishers that will...
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...
17 October 2019 CRA has made a third announcement at the opening of this year's Radio Alive conference, revealing a new partnership with Google to make it simple...
17 October 2019 Australia's radio industry has launched a national podcast ranker at today's Radio Alive conference in Brisbane. The top ten commercial radio podcasts in the first...
14 October 2019 Advertising revenue for metropolitan commercial radio stations plunged by 10.2 percent to $181.432 million in the September quarter of 2019, from $202.109 million a year...
1 October 2019 New York-based digital prophet David “Shingy” Shing will feature with radio stars Kyle and Jackie at the upcoming Radio Alive 2019 national radio conference. The full...
12 August 2019 Commercial Radio Australia has launched a new marketing campaign to promote the high return on investment of advertising on radio, working with national brands such...
5 August 2019 Advertising revenue for metropolitan commercial radio stations totalled $209.223 million in the June quarter 2019, according to data compiled by Deloitte and released today by...
16 July 2019 Advertisers targeting consumers in regional Australia will for the first time have access to a new reach and frequency tool for regional radio. The service, launched...
12 June 2019 Meerkats’ creative team Luke Williams, Maya Halilovic, Rikki Burns and Josh Edge have taken out the single, campaign and overall win in round 1 of...
27 May 2019 The speaker lineup for Radiodays Asia will combine the best of the European Radiodays conference with a range of speakers from Asia. The two day event...
26 May 2019 The radio industry has welcomed the appointment of Paul Fletcher as the new Federal Minister for Communications, Cybersafety and the Arts in the Morrison Government....
12 May 2019 Commercial radio metropolitan advertising revenue declined by 2.6% to $181.612 million in the March quarter compared to $186.518 million in the same period a year...
1 May 2019 Radio has retained its place as the most used audio platform, while awareness and use of podcasts has increased steadily over the past year, and...
17 April 2019 Finalists for the best radio ad for 2019 have been announced with 11 of Australia’s leading agencies vying for the coveted Gold Siren to be...
3 April 2019 The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Communications and the Arts has presented its report on the Australian music industry. The committee has made 16 recommendations...
14 March 2019 The commercial radio industry has welcomed the bipartisan support by the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee for the modernisation of broadcasting laws that...
10 March 2019 On the eve of the first radio survey results for 2019, entries are now open for the 31stannual Australian Commercial Radio Awards (ACRAs). They'll be...
27 February 2019 The commercial radio industry has welcomed changes to outdated regulations restricting how parliamentarians can use their annual office communications allowances to communicate with their constituents...
25 February 2019 CRA's Joan Warner responds to James Cridland James Cridland’s article on CRA’s submission to the Digital Platforms Inquiry misunderstands the issues surrounding content protection and...
24 February 2019 Commercial Radio Australia has laid down (what they hope will be) the law on a range of measures to protect broadcasters’ content and limit the...
13 February 2019 Earlier this week we published Michael Miller's comments on Google's new strategy to deliver radio news on smart speakers. He wasn't happy with the idea,...
12 February 2019 Each year commercial network chiefs band together under the CRA umbrella and make their way to Canberra to rub shouders with lawmakers and put the industry's case...
20 January 2019 Commercial radio audiences reached an all-time high in 2018 and have grown by 12% over the past five years and by 22% over the past...
19 December 2018 Commercial Radio Australia has released more than 100 detailed market profiles of regional and metropolitan commercial radio areas to stations and advertisers nationwide to provide...
10 December 2018 Commercial Radio Australia has welcomed recommendations by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission for greater regulatory oversight of Facebook and Google. CRA chief executive officer Joan...
28 November 2018 The commercial radio industry is joining forces with leading digital radio brand Pure to launch an aggressive retail campaign aimed at putting DAB+ radios high...
12 November 2018 Wollongong commercial radio stations Wave FM and i98 FM will focus on the release of the region’s latest radio survey today to see how the...
