Russel Howcroft

Second GfK radio survey for 2024 out this morning

17 April 2024 SURVEY RESULT OUT NOW. GfK Radio 360 Survey 2 is out this morning with Nova Sydney, Perth and particularly Melbourne hoping to consolidate growth...

Russel Howcroft and Freddie Young make AdMissions

20 February 2024 Australian ad guru Russel Howcroft and up-and-comer Freddie Young from Good One Creative have launched an experimental, no spin advertising podcast, AdMission, in partnership with...

Radio salaries – how much is too much and how much isn’t a living wage?

18 September 2023 Speculation is again mounting that there is some sort of bidding war going on between the Australian Radio Network (ARN) and Southern Cross Austereo (SCA)...

Commercial radio’s billion dollar boost to Australian economy

3 August 2023 With commercial radio in Australia turning 100, a new report has shown the industry contributes $1 billion to the nation’s annual GDP, which includes a...

The Big Wide World of Russel Howcroft

6 March 2023 He’s an Ad Man, a Business Man, Author, TV Producer, TV Presenter, a board member of the Melbourne Demons AFL club and Chair of the...

AFTRS new five year plan is about Creating the Future

18 February 2022 At last night’s Digital Futures Summit on The Business of Australia’s Digital Future, the CEO of the AFTRS, Nell Greenwood, introduced a new five-year plan for the...

Ben Fordham wins Best Talk Presenter, Kyle and Jackie O named Best On-Air Team #ACRAs 2021

1 December 2021 In a big year for talk radio, 2GB’s breakfast host Ben Fordham has won Best Talk Presenter in the 32nd Australian Commercial Radio Awards (the...

There is more appetite for information: Nine Radio’s latest research for advertisers

28 October 2020 “Talk radio informs, and also helps people make decisions for their lives.” Talk radio audiences are “informed, knowledgeable, empowered and influential,” according to research...

End of an era at 3AW

30 July 2020 Friday marks the end of an era when John Burns co-hosts his last shift on 3AW’s top-rating breakfast program. Burnso, as he is affectionately known, has...

Advertise to people who have money… talk radio

9 July 2020 Incoming 3AW breakfast presenter and advertising executive Russel Howcroft has told a virtual presentation at The Big Ideas Store: “If you’re not advertising on talk...

Russel Howcroft re-appointed as AFTRS chair and Fremantle CEO Chris Oliver-Taylor joins AFTRS council

16 June 2020 AFTRS Council Chair Russel Howcroft has been re-appointed for a second three-year term, commencing July 1. In August he begins a new role co-hosting 3AW’s Breakfast...

Russel Howcroft to replace John Burns on 3AW

13 June 2020 Russel Howcroft will join the top-rating 3AW Breakfast program when John Burns retires next month. To take up the demanding breakfast shift, Howcroft has resigned...