Peter Saxon Comment

The Power of a Podcast

2 February 2020 Comment from Peter SaxonIt’s remarkable how podcasts have taken the world by storm in just a few years. True...

While you were away…

27 January 2020 Peter Saxon returns from holidays to survey the damage.Midway through last week, judging by the number of “out of office...

Radio’s Coming New Order of Stations

15 December 2019 Comment from Peter Saxon.Survey 8 results are now here.With perhaps the exception of Sydney, which has been the most predictable...

Who won Monday Night Football?

12 December 2019 Comment from Peter Saxon.Early Monday morning I posted an opinion piece titled By the End of Today One of These Men...

Communications department absorbed by giant pothole of policy

8 December 2019 Comment from Peter Saxon and special guest, Tim Burrowes.To paraphrase T.S. Eliot from his aptly named poem, The Hollow Men:...

Info Wars. Democracy is losing badly. Are we up for the fight?

26 November 2019 Comment from Peter Saxon. “The first casualty of war is truth.” Hiram Johnson “A lie gets halfway around the world...

Has Alan Jones changed his tone?

18 November 2019 Comment from Peter Saxon.I don’t mean has Alan Jones changed the tone of his voice – which yesterday was more Leonard...

The ACRAs and beyond. Who’s missing?

20 October 2019 Comment from Peter SaxonIn between the constant stream of tweeting the winners at Saturday night’s ACRAs, my wife Pauline, who remained...

Tone your radio down

29 September 2019 Comment from Peter SaxonIt’s been some time since Kyle Sandilands has caused enough controversy to trouble the radio regulator (the...

Personal tragedy played out on live radio uplifts us all

22 September 2019 Comment from Peter SaxonOnce every blue moon, a tragic event occurs that brings out the best in people and the...

What does “contemporary Australia” find acceptable on the radio?

15 September 2019 Comment from Peter Saxon.I recently drove into the dealership that delivered my now aging vehicle almost 10 years ago, hoping...

Radio talk presenter ‘Sacked for Conservative Commentary’

8 September 2019 Comment from Peter Saxon Dean Mackin (pictured) had been with 2HD, Newcastle since 2013, first as a producer, and was later...

Every presenter should know the line between what’s acceptable and what’s not

2 September 2019 Comment from Peter Saxon Back in 2012, Kyle Sandilands and Alan Jones were battling it out to see who could...

On commercial radio Money Talks…

25 August 2019 Comment from Peter SaxonRadio used to be a simple business. You created content to attract a significant segment of the...

No man can serve two masters: Matthew 6:24

18 August 2019 Comment from Peter SaxonBy now, surely someone will have written an episode of the Good Fight based on the Israel Folau saga. ...

There’ll be no jump to the left at MacRadio. Perhaps a step to the right?

12 August 2019 Comment from Peter Saxon Yesterday morning, we woke to the news that Nine Entertainment Co had finally made a firm offer to...

Can radio help heal democracy?

21 July 2019 Comment form Peter Saxon and Graham MottWe live in the Information Age – the Digital Age, as some technocrats prefer...

How 2GB was dudded by its chosen party

30 June 2019 Comment from Peter SaxonEven the most casual 2GB listener would be in little doubt as to where the station’s political leanings...

A free media vs national security. Is it either or?

24 June 2019 Comment from Peter SaxonDuring World War II, the slogan Loose Lips Sink Ships was plastered on billboards everywhere among the...

Why are Bris, Adel and Perth Music Cities while Syd and Mel are Talk Towns?

23 June 2019 Peter Saxon asks Duncan Campbell, Adam Lang and Graham Mott.Ever since anyone can remember, the number one station in Sydney and Melbourne has been...

Politicians should face their demons to do right by voters

27 May 2019 Comment from Peter Saxon While Alan Jones was celebrating the defeat of Labor and its leader Bill Shorten at the...