Mark Taylor

ACE-ing the radio metro markets: GfK Survey 6

2 October 2024 Grant Johnstone is the Chief Marketing Officer for the ACE Radio Network. He’s worked for the network for more then three decades as a program...

ACE radio legend Peter Headen retires

25 June 2024 After forty years in the industry, the General Manager of the ACE Radio Network's 3YB FM & 95.3 COAST FM, Peter Headen, will retire at the...

A massive summer of Australian sport on LiSTNR

13 December 2023 LiSTNR’s massive season of sport kicks off Thursday December 14 starting with Triple M Rocks Cricket live from the pitch at Perth’s Optus Stadium with a...

ACE Radio and SCA Gippsland come together to celebrate new home

28 June 2023 While normally competitors in surveys, the teams of ACE Radio and Southern Cross Austereo in Gippsland came together for a BBQ to celebrate their new...

Nine Radio aces a move with its music stations

28 October 2021 Nine and the ACE Radio Network have confirmed they have signed an option for ACE Radio to operate Nine Radio’s music stations 2UE, 4BH and...

Triple M pads up cricket royalty for the Ashes summer

28 October 2021 Triple M is set to rock every ball of the men’s Vodafone Ashes live across Australia in what’s gearing up to be an unforgettable summer...

3MP may have made the biggest move in the AFL Trade period, snaring the Coodas

25 October 2021 In what industry pundits are calling one of the most exciting trade deals in radio football history, the legendary Coodabeen Champions will be wearing brand...

Ace Radio CEO’s 40 years in radio

29 August 2021 ACE Radio CEO Mark Taylor celebrated 40 years in commercial radio last week. Mark says he "still loves the industry today as much as...

The ACE Network shuffles the programming deck

24 March 2021 The ACE Radio Network has made some changes to their programming leadership. Mat Cummins is re-assuming total control of all 18 ACE stations whilst remaining...

3MP is back in the Melbourne market

11 March 2021 Ace Radio’s 3MP made a re-entrance into the Melbourne GfK Survey this year with an Easy Music format. A cume of 76,000 (People 10+) was...

3MP relish a new role for Kate Stevenson

22 February 2021 Melbourne’s Easy Music 3MP is launching a new weekly food, wine and travel show, RELISH, hosted by Kate Stevenson. RELISH aims to explore all the things...

ACE confirms TRSN representation

28 January 2021 CEO of the ACE Radio Network, Mark Taylor, has confirmed that The Radio Sales Network (TRSN) has been officially appointed to represent the network's Melbourne...

Ace Radio makes some cuts as COVID19 cuts deep into revenue

11 May 2020 Like most regional broadcasters, Ace Radio is struggling with the effects of COVID-19. With direct revenue down anywhere from 40%-50%, the management team has had to...

Regional Radio Innovation Works for Local Businesses

29 March 2020 If there’s anything good that comes out of adversity, it is that it tends to bring out the best in us. As Australians, we...

Radio Training Institute closes its doors

27 June 2018 'We launched Australian radio's brightest new talent.' The final graduation ceremony for the Radio Training Institute (graduates pictured below) on Tuesday at Media House -...

ACE Radio goes local in afternoon shifts

25 January 2018 Ace Radio stations in Albury, Warrnambool, Colac and Swan Hill will drop the networked Tom Elliott talk show from 3AW this year. Ace CEO Mark...

ACE Network sends Blues Brothers, Bandits and Cowboys on the road

22 August 2017 The ACE Radio Network is once again getting behind the Variety Bash as major communications sponsor and media partner. Heading off last Friday, the team is winding their...

ACE in the Hole: It’s Time for Common Sense

21 July 2017 Opinion from Brad Smart It’s great to see that some common sense may be starting to make its way back into commercial radio management...

The rise of regional radio audience measurement surveys

3 December 2016 Regional radio audience measurement surveys (RRAMS) were developed by Xtra Insights, in conjunction with Commercial Radio Australia, in response to the search for a new,...

Mark Taylor ACE Radio’s new CEO

9 September 2015 Mark Taylor has been appointed as the new CEO of ACE Radio Broadcasters, replacing Stephen Everett who will officially retire at the end of February...

Horsham survey due this morning

25 November 2014 Results from the first radio industry audience measurement survey in Horsham in 6 years will be released shortly. Local Horsham radio stations commissioned Xtra Research to...