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Where the real fake news lies

6 July 2020 Comment from Peter SaxonIt is impossible to write an article about “fake news” without crediting the man who has done...

ABC Radio chastised for what James Valentine didn’t do or say

28 June 2020 Valentine hits back at critics.First a Comment from Peter Saxon I’ve often pondered in these pages how it is that...

Parliament must level the playing field for Aussie Radio v US Social Giants game

8 June 2020 Comment from Peter SaxonThe development of self-driving cars is well advanced. Early examples of the software have been fitted to...

Why spotify is only 40 per cent effective for advertisers

24 May 2020 Comment from Peter Saxon.Spotify’s uber-ambitous CEO, Daniel Ek has broadcast radio firmly in his sights. “Both short and long term,...

My Last Word on Alan Jones

17 May 2020 Comment from Peter Saxon.Imagine, if you will, you’re trying to sell a rare and valuable motor car that would be...

Why Ray Hadley won’t be doing Breakfast on 2GB

12 May 2020 Tom Malone tells Peter Saxon Just after 8:00 am yesterday, Alan Jones finally dropped the bombshell that many in radio...

Tell Spotify they’re dreaming if they think radio’s dead

10 May 2020 Comment from Peter Saxon.Last week in an interview with Music Ally, Spotify’s CEO Daniel Ek laid bare his company’s ambition: “Both short and long term,...

The Theory Behind Conspiracies

3 May 2020 Comment from Peter SaxonLast week, the federal government released the COVIDsafe app. At time of writing, over four million people,...

I drank cheap prosecco at a NOVA cocktail party but that’s all I could afford

19 April 2020 Peter Saxon gets socially distanced.When the invitation arrived in my inbox, my heart skipped a beat. My first thought...

Chris Smith starts a real conversation on talk radio

7 April 2020 Comment from Peter Saxon.On his Sunday morning program on 2GB and the Nine Radio Network, Chris Smith did something extraordinary...

Alan Jones continues to send wrong message about COVID-19

22 March 2020 Comment from Peter Saxon Last week Alan Jones found himself in hot water once again.This time from a new strain of...

Coronavirus: Does Radio have a Responsibility?

2 March 2020 Comment form Peter Saxon.Just a little over a year ago, I was at Darling Harbour near Sydney’s China Town with...

Radio Power Rankings – are they for real?

23 February 2020 Comment from Peter Saxon The print media, whether online or on paper, loves a list. Those sponsored links at the...

Could radio fall victim to the “ticket clippers?”

9 February 2020 Comment from Peter Saxon When UBER entered the “taxi” market a few years back, it presented consumers with a...

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...