Peter Saxon Comment

Is your Smart Speaker really a Smart Listener?

23 September 2018 Comment from Peter Saxon. Hands up those in the room who don’t immediately grasp the practicality of every new hi-tech...

For a talk presenter, there’s nothing worse than being silenced

16 September 2018 Comment from Peter Saxon.This Wednesday is Yom Kippur, The Day of Atonement, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. ...

Will Kyle and Jackie O come roaring back in the radio ratings?

9 September 2018 Comment from Peter SaxonFunny how footy teams only ever blame the umpire when they lose. Due to the complex...

The high cost of free speech

2 September 2018 Comment from Peter SaxonHaving won through three rounds of the under 11s inter-school public speaking contest, I was eliminated in...

Why radio surveys still use paper diaries

26 August 2018 Comment from Peter SaxonOn the eve of survey 5, it’s appropriate to ask why radio persists with pen and paper...

Why the soundtrack of our lives ends at 30

6 August 2018 NOW UNLOCKED – Comment from Peter SaxonIt’s kind of a fake truism: Life Begins at 40. Unless you’re closing in...

How a screwdriver could solve Ray’s problem

5 August 2018 Comment from Peter SaxonIt may come as a surprise to many that Ray Hadley is quite humble about his talent.He...

2UE set adrift as 2GB sails on to greater glory

15 July 2018 “We had a very good day,”MacRadio CEO Adam Lang told radioinfo after Survey 4 results were revealed last week. It was a good day,...

Radio Rivals: Enemies no more

7 July 2018 Comment from Peter Saxon: NOW UNLOCKED.At one of those radio drinks and nibbles functions, I was chatting to a veteran Content...

Why the ABC will never be ‘Fair and Balanced.’ And won’t be sold either.

17 June 2018 Comment from Peter SaxonOver the weekend at the Liberal Federal Council meeting in Sydney a resolution to sell off the...

Meetings and throw away lines we should throw away

11 June 2018 Comment from Peter SaxonRadio is a creative endeavour that requires the collaboration of disparate personalities. Collaboration requires meetings and lots of...

Why Em Rusciano’s days at 2Day are numbered

20 May 2018 “I don’t think I’m suited to Breakfast radio,” says Em.Comment from Peter Saxon.In a wide ranging 90 minute chat with...

Could Radio Lose Control of its Content?

29 April 2018 Comment from Peter Saxon.A few weeks ago I logged on to the newly revamped online version of The Sydney Morning...

Live to air still best but…

8 April 2018 Comment from Peter SaxonLast week James Cridland posted a provocatively titled article: Live Radio is Lazy Radio. It drew considerable backlash from some of...

Intern Pete receives death threats

30 March 2018 Comment from Peter SaxonIn an ironic twist Pete Deppeler’s tone deaf stunt at the Steve Smith media conference has backfired...

Is Helen Razer really a wanker?

25 March 2018 Comment from Peter Saxon.Helen Razer must have been really hard up for a topic when she decided to devote her...

How could this man save ARN millions of dollars?

18 March 2018 Survey comment from Peter SaxonAny professional national CD worth their salt has learnt to accept responsibility for their stations’ losses as...

Where would radio be without newspapers?

5 March 2018 Comment from Peter Saxon.It’s no secret that while FTA television and print has been severely disrupted by digital media, radio...

Radio people do it with frequency: Survey results

25 February 2018 Last week we ran an opinion piece from Peter Saxon about whether office romances in the radio industry should be...

No sex please… we work in radio

18 February 2018 Comment from Peter Saxon.Ever since the Harvey Weinstein affair went public in October last year, followed by a slew male...

Smooth talk buried in funeral ads

11 February 2018 Comment from Peter Saxon I have a confession to make. I’m one of the 3.5 people in every hundred who...

Best of British luck, ARN

4 February 2018 Comment from Peter SaxonWhen I spoke to ARN heavyweights CEO, Rob Atkinson and Content Director Duncan Campbell just before Christmas...

For all the wrong reasons Burke is good for Gender Equality

29 November 2017 Opinion from Peter SaxonFor over 5,000 years of civilisation humankind has been trying to work out a construct that will...

Is triple j moving Australia Day, or just The Hottest 100?

27 November 2017 Comments from Emily Rolfe and Peter SaxonEmily Rolfe says: The ABC’s decision to move its annual Hottest 100 countdown has been...

Restructure can’t come soon enough for ABC’s flagging radio stations

19 November 2017 Comment from Peter SaxonFor many years, survey results for Sydney and Melbourne were reported in the media as if they...

Let’s sell the ABC. See what happens.

4 November 2017 Comment from Peter Saxon now unlocked.When a media reform package was first raised in parliament by Communications Minister, Mitch Fifield,...

Why I want to throw a brick through my radio when they talk about gender equality

29 October 2017 Comment from Peter SaxonLast week we featured an article about the incredibly talented women on radio entitled Sisters are Doin’...

Advice for radio from the Shark Tank

24 October 2017 Comment from Peter SaxonThis week, respected broadcast magazine, Radio Ink ran an interview with Daymond John, one of the Sharks...

Sisters are doin’ it for themselves

17 October 2017 Comment from Peter SaxonWhen I first joined 2WS1224 (AM) in 1978 it was the first new commercial licence awarded in...

I enjoy being confrontational: Ray Hadley

15 October 2017 His last word on Triple M, OrangeComment from Peter SaxonLast Tuesday morning, radioinfo broke the story of how SCA showed...