25 April 2025 Car audio entertainment systems have come a long way, but there’s still further to go, as Steve Ahern found out when he visited the main...
17 April 2025 You may have seen the RCS ‘coming soon, evolution continues’ banner ads on radioinfo. We are now in a position to reveal what it is...
14 April 2025 Steve Ahern walks through the 2025 #NABShow to discover some of the equipment and programming trends at this year's exhibition in Las Vegas. Some of...
7 March 2025 Steve Ahern shares his must see sessions for RadioDays Europe. The sun is setting over Athens and RadioDays Europe is only days away.
23 February 2025 The Saudi Media Forum in Riyadh has heard three viewpoints about the enduring power of audio and the way it is adapting to the new…
10 December 2024 Alexa has introduced a Smart Speaker ‘do it yourself’ skills kit for radio stations, reports Steve Ahern. The kit, introduced earlier this year, gives radio...
23 November 2024 Macquarie University’s Professor Bridget Griffen-Foley and Dr Jane Connors have initiated a project with the National Archives of Australia (NAA) to make the ABC’s history...
19 November 2024 Lizzie Young is the new CEO of Commercial Radio and Audio. She has been quietly listening, learning and developing a strategy for the industry in...
7 November 2024 Steve Ahern spotted six important trends at this year’s IBC Conference in Amsterdam. This is his report on trend number 6 (previous reports here).
29 October 2024 This is the fifth report in Steve Ahern’s series on new trends at IBC24 in Amsterdam. Electronic watermarking has been around for a while.
27 October 2024 Analysis by Steve Ahern With just over a week to go before the American election, attention has fallen on the role of podcasting in...
22 October 2024 At IBC24 there are always a few ground breakers who are thinking further ahead than most. This year they were thinking about how AI can...
20 October 2024 As the climate is changing and power prices are rising, cost and sustainability are on every broadcasters mind. Transmission company GatesAir is responding to the...
30 September 2024 As broadcast newsrooms feel the economic pinch, News Technology suppliers are constantly trying to improve their tools to help newsrooms share content, clean up audio...
30 September 2024 Change is constant in our industry now. What does that mean for broadcasters, streamers, podcasters and catch-up services? During the massive four day IBC Conference...
12 September 2024 Today, Thursday September 12, the UK’s Global will launch 12 new radio stations, sister stations to what they have, which is very similar to what...
6 September 2024 “For the last 20 years people spoke to me as an elected representative, as a politician, now they talk to me as as a friend…
5 September 2024 Strategy, technology, innovation and monetisation were the four main topics on the agenda in the RadioDays Asia Big Discussion session when radioinfo’s Steve Ahern led…
30 August 2024 “Radio has adapted to the new audio landscape and still provides a safer environment for brands than many online digital platforms,” Steve Ahern told BFM’s…
22 August 2024 Day one of Radiodays Asia 2024 will feature a must-attend session called “Making Hard Work Look Easy – 10 ‘secret’ sauces for 20 years of…
11 July 2024 Opinion from Steve Ahern. Rod Sims makes a good point in his article about the News Media Bargaining Code, that the mere threat of arbitration...
9 July 2024 Steve Ahern analyses the big picture in this year’s first 4 radio surveys. The most significant landmark this survey is Ray Hadley’s 20 year...
9 July 2024 Commercial Radio and ABC both recorded growth in Survey 4. Australian commercial radio continues to experience sustained year-on-year growth, with 12.4 million listeners tuning in...
5 July 2024 Your invitation from Steve Ahern. More information about Early Bird prices and our special readers discount at the bottom of this article. ...
11 June 2024 The next evolution of broadcasting will be driven by three types of AI. “A combination of Artificial Intelligence, Audience Interaction and sophisticated Audio Interfaces,” according...
11 June 2024 Steve Ahern gave notice of his resignation as the Manager of ABC Radio Sydney earlier this month and will finish up at the national broadcaster...
24 November 2023 There were smiles aplenty when a host of high profile guests shared their earliest radio memories, as ABC Radio Sydney celebrated it’s 100th anniversary with a special live broadcast from the New South Wales State Library yesterday morning.ABC Chair Ita Buttrose revealed to host Sarah Macdonald that as a child, she and her brothers would… Read More
14 March 2023 What else must change, was the question asked in the opening panel session on Day 2 of ABU-Rai Days.Issues covered…
19 January 2023 Australian media executive, Steve Ahern, has been appointed Manager of ABC Radio Sydney. Ahern has been acting in the role since October 2022, having joined...
17 November 2022 Cassie McCullagh has told her ABC Radio Sydney audience that she will finish up hosting Mornings at the end of November. She told her listeners that...
