Nova reunites with Susie O’Neill for Breakfast

9 April 2025 As regular Breakfast teams take a well-earned break, the Nova Network has announced Susie O’Neill is returning to the airwaves as part of the Mel, Matty & Susie O’Neill show.From Monday, 14 April to Thursday, 24 April (excluding public holidays), the new show will be broadcast nationally across the Nova Network.Joining the Olympic swimming great… Read More

Red Room goes global as NOVA announces epic international tour

10 March 2025 NOVA Entertainment is taking its live music brand Nova’s Red Room on an epic international tour, today launching Nova’s Red Room Global Tour Powered by Expedia.This marks the return of Nova’s Red Room Global Tour for the fifth time, with previous international artists on the tour line-up including Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Katy Perry, Calvin Harris,… Read More

An Aussie won a Grammy, but all we saw was the naked one

4 February 2025 When triple j revealed the Hottest 100 for 2024 most everyone, including me, had something to say about the relative lack of Australian acts (29)...

“Is red my colour?” – Mitch Churi joins Nova

26 January 2025 Mitch Churi returns to radio tomorrow morning, January 27 from 7 -10am, for a one off special across the Nova Network in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane,...

Our love is alive for CYRIL as the most played song on Australian radio in 2024

18 December 2024 The bucket hatted DJ from Darwin, CYRIL has sealed a breakthrough year by topping the 2024 Year-End Top 100 Airplay Chart. Stumblin’ In, a...

Mel & Matty on Breakfast as Nova announces its summer programming line up

11 December 2024 The Nova Network has announced its summer programming line-up, which includes exclusive Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve schedules.Following on from their partnership over the September survey break, Mel & Matty return to the Breakfast slot over summer.Hosted by Nova Workday’s Mel Tracina and Star 104.5’s Matt Baseley, Mel & Matty will air across the… Read More

NOVA stars, clients and executives turn out to support one of their own

24 November 2024 The NOVA Sydney Sales team and rival radio networks have rallied together in a heartwarming gesture to support one of their own.A trivia night – run by Sydney’s James Breko – was held at Alpha Restaurant this week, to raise funds for the grandson of Sean Jenkins – who has been diagnosed with leukaemia.Sean is… Read More

Prime Minister congratulates Nova 96.9’s Wippa on ’36 Months’

8 November 2024 The Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called Nova 96.9’s Fitzy & Wippa with Kate Ritchie this morning Friday November 8 to congratulate Michael 'Wippa' Wipfli after...

If it’s not live, or local, what’s the point of difference of radio?

5 November 2024 SCA’s Triple M Network has 40 radio stations across Australia. With the announcement last week that the network will now have two national drive programs,...

Radio still loves Australian music

31 October 2024 When speculating on what 2024 would look like in Australian radio land I hedged that there would be more chat, less music, in part if...

Nova’s Joel Creasey has a dream come true hosting the Wicked premiere

30 October 2024 Joel Creasey from the Nova Network’s Ricki-Lee, Tim & Joel, literally has all his Christmases come at once this Sunday when he co-hosts the Sydney...

CADA climbs, Disrupt Radio departs: GfK Survey 6 DAB+

1 October 2024 GfK Radio 360 Survey 6 of DAB+ listening saw CADA climb to near the heights of the days of its early inception (and full complement...

Third time’s a charm for Tones and I in Nova’s Red Room

22 July 2024 Australian and international star Tones And I will perform live in Nova’s Red Room for the third time at Howler Brunswick in Melbourne on Thursday,...

Outage yields radio innovation

20 July 2024 There was an irony to the ABC Radio Brisbane story last week about a century old gramophone being restored and donated back to the station...

Make the brand creative. Hold it for longer. Make it good: The Audio Edge, Melbourne

18 July 2024 I got a lot out of the second iteration of Commercial Radio and Audio (CRA)’s events advocating for our industry, this time called The Audio...

A Teddy Swims special marks 300 Nova’s Red Rooms

15 July 2024 I was already a fan of Teddy Swims before Sunday July 14's Nova's Red Room notched up a 300th edition of the network's live music...

Ups, downs and disruptions for DAB: GfK Survey 4, 2024

9 July 2024 June 26 2024 was one year since Disrupt Radio launched on DAB+ and streaming in Australia. They are one of the few digital stations that...

Country enthusiast or curious? Nova now has a station for you

11 June 2024 The Nova Network will saddle up its latest streaming station, Nova Fresh Country, this Friday June 14. For country enthusiasts or country-curious, the station will play...

Jase and Lauren take over Nova weekends

23 May 2024 Jase and Lauren will provide highlights from their weekly breakfast show on Mebourne's Nova 100 on Saturdays and Sundays, 8-10am, across the Nova Network. Sports enthusiasts...

NOVA Entertainment to partner with media agency Mindshare

15 April 2024 NOVA Entertainment will have a new media agency partner, Mindshare, with Carat, who have held the NOVA account since 2017, falling short during a competitive tender...

World Radio Day 2024: Looking forward, looking back and unwrapping presents

12 February 2024 The themes of 2024’s World Radio Day on February 13, is shining a broad floodlight on Radio’s remarkable past, relevant present and promise of a...

G Flip at The Espy for Nova Red Room debut

30 January 2024 Australian singer / songwriter, drummer and producer G Flip will return to where it all began for their debut in the Nova Red Room at...

Nova’s Smallzy to host summer breakfast

30 November 2023 Kent 'Smallzy' Small will step away from nights next week to host Smallzy's Summer Breakfast across most of the country. Live from 6am across the...

20 years of Smallzy

6 November 2023 Over the weekend Kent “Smallzy” Small, host of Smallzy’s Surgery, celebrated 20 years with the Nova Network. Friends and celebs surprised Smallzy with a...

Breakfast alarm set for Smallzy

23 June 2023 Nova Network’s Kent ‘Smallzy’ Small will host Nova’s national breakfast show, On Air With Smallzy, for the next two weeks, a shock to the system from...

Nova launches a new Aus Music Show

17 March 2023 The Nova Network has launched a new music show to provide a platform to support and promote Australian artists and tracks. The Maddy Rowe Aus...

The Chrissie Swan Show begins today

30 January 2023 Chrissie Swan, will launch her own national show on weekdays from 2pm to 4pm on the Nova Network, today Monday 30 January. Nova says: The...

Miley Cyrus puts the petal to the metal with ‘Flowers’: AirCheck

27 January 2023 Chart Highlights – January 27, 2023 Heating Up: Miley Cyrus' 'Flowers' moves up 12 spots to No. 9 Top Debut: Vance Joy enters at No.

Beyonce locks in a Top 40 debut with ‘Cuff It’: Aircheck

6 October 2022 Chart Highlights – October 6, 2022 Heating Up: Beyonce’s ‘Cuff It’ debuts at No. 24 New Leader: Elton John & Britney Spears move into pole position Big Mover:...

Imagine Dragons deliver a Bone-afide radio hit: AirCheck

29 September 2022 Chart Highlights – September 29, 2022 Heating Up: ‘Bones’ by Imagine Dragons adds 109 spins, surges to No. 28 Chart Leader: Post Malone & Doja Cat make...