Move harder and faster: Kim Williams tells ABC

8 August 2024 “We should move harder and faster and challenge ourselves,” the new ABC Chair Kim Williams said at yesterday’s Futurecast conference. Discussing AI and digital platforms,...

Century old gramophone repaired and returns to ABC Brisbane

16 July 2024 A gramophone believed to be about a century old, that once was used to play music across the Queensland airwaves, has been restored and donated...

Bruce McAvaney and Roy & HG back for ABC Radio’s Olympic coverage

15 July 2024 ABC Radio will provide coverage of the upcoming Paris Olympics in conjunction with the Nine Network across various capital city and regional stations from Friday...

Phillip Adams to retire from Radio National in June

7 February 2024 By the time Phillip Adams, ABC Radio National’s Late Night Live host, turned on a radio microphone for the first time he was already an...

Ellen Fanning joins Brisbane ABC local radio from The Drum

13 December 2023 Ellen Fanning is joining ABC Radio Brisbane in 2024 with the announcement coming less than a day after news that The Drum, the ABC television...

Happy 100th birthday Radio National!

5 December 2023 Sydney radio station 2FC aired its first test broadcast on December 5 1923, before officially going to air on January 9, 1924. 2FC stood for...

ABC’s Coronacast answers questions and delves into the medical science

11 March 2020 In the midst of the growing conceen about the Corona Virus, ABC RN’s Norman Swan and colleague Tegan Tailor have launched a podcast that examines the...

ABC RN announces 2018 lineup

6 December 2017 New programs revealed for next year. ABC RN will introduce a new daily Arts offering: The Hub. Presented by a different specialist at 10am each weekday...

Ellen Fanning joins ABC RN: 2016 program changes announced

4 December 2015 Line up changes have been announced for the ABC's RN national network in 2016. RN will "continue to set the agenda for the national...

Media Report not part of RN’s 2016 schedule

20 November 2015 ABC Radio National management this week began to make decisions about which programs will not continue next year. The 2016 line is not expected...

Music is the canary in the coal mine for copyright

30 May 2015 "We live in a remix culture, get over it!" In a session titled Copyfight at the Sydney Writers Festival, a panel of writers and commentators...

New station manager for ABC RN

30 September 2014 Deborah Leavitt has been appointed to the position of RN Manager at ABC Radio. She has been acting in the role since March this year;...

If RN was a man I’d marry him: Radio National’s facelift

26 June 2014 The Radio National floor in the ABC’s Ultimo headquarters has had a facelift. It is more than just a coat of paint and moving a...

RN’s Audio Creative Unit pushes radio boundaries

11 May 2014 ABC Radio National’s new Creative Audio Unit (CAU) launched today with two new shows – Radiotonic and Soundproof – presenting a mix of fiction and...

Adam Spencer Breaks Bad with Vince Gilligan

4 May 2014 For fans of the TV series Breaking Bad RN has an unmissable program tonight. The hit series that ran in serial from for five seasons transcended cult...

Ellen Fanning to present RN breakfast

3 April 2014 Ellen Fanning has been appointed fill in presenter of RN Breakfast, for Fran Kelly, who will be hosting Insiders on ABC TV from Sunday April 27. Ellen joins RN’s flagship morning program from Tuesday April...

Go home with a new RN Friday Drive presenter

12 January 2014 Dr Rebecca Huntley has been appointed as the new presenter for the Friday edition of RN Drive, commencing on Friday January 31. RN Drive is ABC RN’s popular flagship evening...

RN wins twice at the UNAA Media Awards

21 October 2013 ABC Radio National collected two awards at the United Nations Association of Australia (UNAA) Media Awards, held at the Grand Hyatt last Friday in Melbourne. Mongrel...