Peter Saxon Comment

ABC Chair defends Aunty from political interference

21 November 2021 Comment from Peter Saxon..When Scott Morrison, early in his Prime Ministership made his first “captains pick,” to anoint Ita Buttrose...

How the internet is remaking AM Radio

18 October 2021 Comment from Peter Saxon.When it launched about a decade ago, DAB+ was seen by some as radio’s answer to digital...

Exclusive: Ben Fordham chats with Peter Saxon

13 September 2021 In this exclusive chat with radioinfo’s, Peter Saxon, Ben Fordham reveals… What he thinks of surveys and why he wasn’t fussed...

High Court rules media outlets are responsible for comments on their Facebook pages

9 September 2021 The High Court has passed a ruling about news outlets being legally responsible for the comments left on their Facebook...

Are streaming apps making DAB+ redundant?

6 September 2021 Comment from Peter Saxon – The other day, after just eight years of faithful service, the Pure DAB+ digital radio in...

The new ‘karma’ variant of Covid only affects anti-vax Radio hosts

10 August 2021 Comment from Peter Saxon.Around the world, in countries where authoritarian governments brook no dissent, radio presenters and journalists are being...

Rights minus Responsibility does not equal Freedom.

8 August 2021 Comment from Peter SaxonEver since primary school, when I first spoke into a microphone to address an assembly of kids...

Is Alan Jones serious about joining 2SM?

1 August 2021 Comment from Peter Saxon.Ever since Alan Jones’ on-air chat with John Laws last week, speculation has been rife about whether the former...

Hadley takes another dig at Jones. This time, it’s personal

27 July 2021 “Half of what Alan says is very well researched, the other half is bullshit,” Ray Hadley.There’s always been rumours of...

Miracles large and small

26 July 2021 Comment from Peter SaxonAll the hype and manufactured enthusiasm in the world seemed futile going into these Olympics. These...

It takes determination and courage for an Australian to land job as a journalist at the BBC

25 July 2021 Ruth and Brian Liebovitz had high expectations of their only child, Amie. And she hasn’t disappointed them. Sydney born...

Is not saying sorry the responsible thing to do? Ask the PM.

21 July 2021 Comment from Peter Saxon.In some circles, Scott Morrison is known as “Scotty from Marketing.” It’s not meant as a compliment. Rather, it suggests...

Rex’s Rant unbecoming a professional broadcaster

8 July 2021 Comment from Peter Saxon.It was 1972, on the third night of my first job in radio at 2XL, Cooma that...

The news is good for those who want a career as a journalist in radio

4 July 2021 Peter Saxon speaks with Zac de SilvaFor many commercial stations, especially those with music formats, a three minute news bulletin...

Forcing music quotas on radio is not an “encouragement” Ms Herd

27 June 2021 Comment from Peter SaxonNow that ARIA’s new CEO, Annabelle Herd, has had time to put her feet under the desk,...

Who rules on what is acceptable in political radio advertising?

13 June 2021 Comment from Peter SaxonLast week saw an intriguing incident involving a Clive Palmer radio ad that aired across Grant Broadcasters’...

I’ve joined the Tidal shift in music streaming and show no remorse

3 May 2021 Comment from Peter Saxon. I’ve done it. After I said I never would. I’ve gone over to the dark side....

Mamamia discovers what women really want

25 April 2021 This is what women are actually talking about. “Loss. Pain. Politics. And hair,” is what women are talking about writes Holly Wainwright Mamamia’s...

The future of radio is in the community

11 April 2021 Peter Saxon asks for directionsThe European Broadcast Union’s (ABU) Ezra Eeman recently wrote about the Great Unbundling of Radio. ...

Did Facebook Blink?

18 February 2021 You’d blink too if you’d shot yourself in the foot.Comment from Peter Saxon. Yesterday, my good wife, Pauline, gently...

Is it okay for this man to tell lies on his radio show to win an election?

1 February 2021 That’s a $1.3 Billion question.Comment from Peter Saxon In America, the first of the court cases against those who...

Another Australia Day, another controversy

25 January 2021 Comment from Peter Saxon A few years ago, I defended triple j’s decision to move the Hottest 100 Countdown from...

If Twitter can dump Trump, so can Radio and other MSM too

11 January 2021 Comment from Peter Saxon Watching the mayhem at the Capitol as it unfolded on Thursday morning, AEST, one observer noted...

How did it come to this? And what can Radio do about it?

10 January 2021 Comment from Peter SaxonWelcome to 2021 If we were hoping for a more positive, more stable, more peaceful year...

Would you hire this man as a talk presenter for your station?

8 November 2020 Peter Saxon asks three CDs.In a radioinfo article back in 2015, soon after Donald Trump announced his candidacy for the U.S....

MAGA: Make Audio Great Again

27 October 2020 Comment from Peter Saxon with special guest Valerie Geller.Two things upon which most Americans can agree are that: The United...

Tunnel vision about digital radio could cost lives

20 September 2020 Comment from Peter Saxon. It’s been about seven years since Jason Morrison presented his hard-talking Breakfast show on 2UE. Now...

Hey Google! Show us the money

13 September 2020 Comment from Peter Saxon. The way Google Australia CEO, Mel Silva tells it, Australian news media owes the global behemoth a...

Taking the Radio journey is not just going along for the ride

10 August 2020 Comment from Peter Saxon.As a young man, I auditioned for NIDA straight out of high school. Much to my parents’...

Know your audience

3 August 2020 Comment from Peter Saxon. Ita oughta know better. “Karen of Bunnings” hasn’t got a clue.Craig “Huggy” Huggins knows what he’s talking...