Peter Saxon Comment

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 Saxon Last Tuesday morning, radioinfo broke the story of how SCA...

Where radio and radioinfo stands on Same Sex Marriage

8 October 2017 Comment from Peter SaxonLast week we did a whip around of the major radio networks to see where they stood...

Aunty’s last Tea Lady

25 September 2017 Although the original edifice that houses ABC Radio was completed in 1989, the upgraded complex at 700 Harris Street, Ultimo...

FM Talk Radio: Where’s it at?

3 September 2017 Brian Carlton tells Peter Saxon what he thinks.FM Talk is a term that’s been buzzing around radio since not long...

How radio’s killing the political star

27 August 2017 Comment from Peter SaxonAnd what a star Malcolm Turnbull was! That was before he took over as Prime Minister. I...

Time to Reinstate the Radio Prank Call

13 August 2017 Comment from Peter SaxonPrank Calls were a staple of breakfast radio shows until one went horribly wrong in 2012. Who...

k.d. lang’s Constant Craving to do better

30 July 2017 It’s a well worn business truism: If you stand still you’re dead. Comment from Peter SaxonThat’s always been true for radio. Never more...

The listener is always write

23 July 2017 Every now and again we get a radio listener writes in to us at radioinfo, labouring under the misapprehension that...

triple j, a radio station for all seasons

23 July 2017 Comment from Peter SaxonInarguably, the ABC is Australia’s strongest radio brand. It’s also the most polarising. Which is a big...

Pandora and the love of good coffee

16 July 2017 Comment from Peter SaxonLike many Australians, I love good coffee. So, in a very modest way I felt a bit proud...

Talk Radio: Still a Tale of Two Cities

3 July 2017 Comment from Peter Saxon “The differences between Sydney and Melbourne is one of the great fascinations of Australia,” says MacRadio...

Kyle, you can’t make light of chest pains, mate. It’s too serious.

18 June 2017 Take it from me, I know what I’m talking aboutComment from Peter Saxon Last week, while broadcasting from a studio...

AFTRS collaborates on a new 3D recording technique for radio’s Earbud Generation

4 June 2017 Peter Saxon reviews binaural podcastA few days ago I was lucky enough to be invited to a private audience at...

Media heads to Canberra to drain the swamp of aggregators

30 May 2017 Comment from Peter Saxon.Today, Wednesday, is to be an “unprecedented” occasion. Never before have all the major operators of television, radio and...