On Yer Bike, Fordham tells boss Greg Byrnes in Paris

2 August 2024 An early morning phone call from your breakfast presenter is the last thing a Content Director wants to hear. But 2GB's Head of Content Greg...

Nine and ABC join forces to extend radio coverage of the Paris Olympics

8 July 2024 A deal between Nine and the ABC will extend the radio coverage (AM/FM and DAB+) of the Olympic Games to ensure every Australian can access live broadcasts of our athletes competing in Paris.Under the deal, the ABC Local Radio network will bring its listeners the Games action using its own expert commentary.Coverage will include every… Read More

Will the Olympics benefit radio broadcasters and podcasters?

6 August 2021 In 2019, ABC Radio controversially decided not to take up the non-commercial rights to broadcast this year’s games, breaking a 67 year tradition of coverage....

Miracles large and small

26 July 2021 Comment from Peter Saxon All the hype and manufactured enthusiasm in the world seemed futile going into these Olympics. These Olympics, forced to postpone to...

SEN is covering the Olympics across eight channels

21 July 2021 Sports Entertainment Network’s live and exclusive coverage of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Game has begun across eight simultaneous radio channels. Chief sports commentator Gerard Whateley headlines SEN’s...

ABC Radio will not cover the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

13 November 2019 ABC Radio will not be covering the Olympics next year, due to cost pressures. For the first time since the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, the ABC...

Aussies ready for top radio games coverage

7 August 2008 Aussie radio reporters are at fever pitch in Beijing today as they make their last minute preparations for the next 17 days of blanket Olympics...

ABC Local Radio at the Games

6 March 2006 ABC Radio has assembled a top team of sports broadcasters and experts to present a comprehensive radio coverage of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth games. This...