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Melanie Withnall

Clair Weaver new LiSTNR Head of Factual

8 July 2024 Clair Weaver has been appointed to a newly created role of Head of Factual for LiSTNR. Weaver has worked with 60 Minutes as a Producer,...

SCA loses more senior staff

1 July 2024 The movements continue for Southern Cross Austereo (SCA) with Head of News and Information Melanie Withnall (pictured) returning to the ABC after just shy of...

Second season of Secrets We Keep podcast hunts the spy who betrayed Australia

2 February 2024 A second series of Secrets We Keep has been released by LiSTNR with investigative journalist Joey Watson on the hunt to find the spy who...

Trim the fat with The Politics Podcast

7 April 2022 Schwartz Media and SCA’s LiSTNR have announced their first podcast co-production, The Politics Podcast, following a strategic partnership in 2021. The Politics Podcast is a new podcast hosted by The Monthly’s...

SBS’ Andrew Clark appointed ABC Radio Sydney manager

9 December 2021 Andrew Clark has been appointed as the new Local Manager for ABC Radio Sydney. He joins the ABC from SBS News, where he was Executive...

LiSTNR now partnering with Schwartz Media

17 November 2021 SCA’s LiSTNR and Schwartz Media have entered into a partnership for Schwartz’s existing podcast titles, 7am and The Culture, along with co-production opportunities between the...

SCA appoints ABC Executive Melanie Withnall as Head of News and Information

16 September 2021 SCA Chief Content Officer, Dave Cameron, today announced the appointment of former ABC executive, Melanie Withnall to the newly created position of Head of News...

ABC raises $315,000 for NSW flood victims

31 May 2021 There were dishwashers, televisions, fridges and money donated to buy a kitchen sink.  One 94-year-old Bonny Hills resident received a much-needed window for her granny...

Chris Bath leaves ABC Radio Sydney

29 November 2019 ABC Radio Sydney Evenings presenter Chris Bath has confirmed that she will not be returning to the show next year. Chris said she told...

CBAA Vice President Melanie Withnall steps down following ABC Radio Sydney appointment

23 July 2018 Community Broadcasting Association of Australia VP Melanie Withnall is stepping down from the role following her June appointment as Manager of ABC Radio Sydney.   ...

New managers for ABC Sydney and Brisbane

4 June 2018 Melanie Withnall and Simon Scoble.  Following last week's announcement of new ABC Local Managers for Melbourne (Dina Rosendorff) and Hobart (Samantha Stayner), ABC Radio has confirmed to radioinfo that...

2SER Acting Music Director’s dilemma with EP release

10 September 2017 2SER’s acting music director Daniel Ahern avoided the dilemma of whether to program his own music on the station last week, when his first EP...

Every human language has a word that means news: @MargaretSimons #CBAAConf

12 November 2016 “Citizen journalism is seen as new, but the activity is as old as human kind,”  Margaret Simons from the Centre for Advancing Journalism told a...

Melanie Withnall appointed CBAA Vice President

11 December 2015 2SER FM Managing Director Melanie Withnall has been appointed to the position of CBAA Vice President, filling the vacancy left on the board when Philip...