Christian O'Connell will host a new national nightly show across the ARN Gold network, All 98 SCA stations will carry the ANZAC Day Dawn Service from the Australian War Memorial encouraging listeners to stand in their Driveways at Dawn, High-end smart-speaker manufacturer Sonos has launched Sonos Radio offering access to 60,000 radio stations and original programming Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 22, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 51
PodcastOne's 'The Briefing' has had a strong start with Annika Smethurst's inside account of the AFP raid on her Canberra home last year, Community radio has produced a radio documentary series analysing this year's summer bushfires, ARN has sold its digital media and marketing arm - iNC Digital Media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 21, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 50
The ACCC says Google and Facebook must pay for news they acquire from Australian media, Survey shows time-spent-listening to radio is up by 4 hours a day as people work from home during COVID lockdown, SCA has launched an on-demand in-depth daily news service to be hosted by Tom Tilley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 20, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Metro radio advertising has dropped 12.4% in the first quarter of 2020 and next quarter could well be worse, Pacific Star Network - the operators of SEN and Crocmedia - has requested its shares be suspended from trading for a further two weeks, Caralis' Superadio Network praised for its community connection during the Crisis, Stevie Jacobs will host breakfast on Nine's revitalised music stations Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 19, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 48
News/talk stations are the big winners but all stations are putting their spin on Survey 2 hoping to sell a story to the few big advertisers still spending, Survey 2 shows listening is up but most FM networks have had mixed results, SCA is offering eligible shareholders the chance to buy shares in a $170-million capital raise. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 16, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 47
The Federal Government has stepped in to help Australian media with waived licence fees and a journalism fund, CRA wants more help from the Government to support Radio during the COVID Crisis, Mediacast's Creative Director says the way Australians consume Radio is changing rapidly and we need to adapt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 15, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 46
New figures from GfK and CRA show in-home listening has exploded in popularity during the current shutdown, ARN research shows increase in TSL on KIIS, Pure Gold and The Edge networks and massive increases in social user engagement, The cancelled NABShow in Las Vegas has re-emerged as an on-line experience - NABShow Express - now scheduled for May. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 14, 2020•2 min•Season 1Ep. 45
CRA is pushing strongly for the Federal Government to help out commercial radio stations crippled by the collapse in advertising, Community Station 88.9FM Tamworth has been given permission to extend its coverage area with an new repeater, ABC's long-running Grandstand program is powering on despite most major sporting events being suspended indefinitely. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 13, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 44
Radio stars from different stations have join together to reassure listeners the industry is there to support them and keep them informed, CRA & Eardrum have released a radio campaign aimed at keeping businesses advertising throughout the current crisis, CBAA is producing an all-Australian music program entitled Australian Music is Bloody Fantastic to give exposure to artists who lost their income with the cancellation of live events. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...
Apr 08, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Communications Minister Paul Fletcher asks State authorities to exclude radio personnel from COVID-19 restrictions, SCA says it's seen a 15% increase in on-line radio streaming in just 14 days with 9-million hours of listening clocked up during March, Mt Isa's HIT 102.5 gains ground in the latest survey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 07, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 42
SCA has announced $169M fully underwritten capital-raising to keep the company operating through the COVID-19 Crisis, Cost-cutting at ARN in response to the advertising collapse but on-air teams will still broadcast five days a week, Media Heads produces ANZAC Day radio vignettes to help Australians celebrate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 06, 2020•2 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Radio surveys will be suspended until the end of the COVID-19 crisis, once Survey 2 is in mid-April. Metro radio sales teams are wooing advertisers that are continuing to trade through the crisis. Pacific Star and SCA extend their trading halts as look for certainty moving forward. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 05, 2020•2 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Radio networks now focussing on previously untapped advertisers to boost flagging revenues, Community stations offer free access to National Radio News during the COVID-19 crisis, The JobKeeper initiative saves Grant Broadcasters staff jobs that would otherwise have been made redundant Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 02, 2020•7 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Radio networks in the U.S. have begun to respond to the advertising slump from Coronavirus with many staff being furloughed for 90 days, Staff at Mediaworks in New Zealand to take an immediate 15% pay cut as advertising takes a dive, FIVEaa Breakfast reveals the human emotion of the COVID-19 crisis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 01, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Redundancies and cost-cutting have started at Grant Broadcasters as radio advertising crumbles in response to COVID-19, Elton John's Living Room Concert to raise money for U.S. Coronavirus charities is now on YouTube, With RadioDays Europe postponed to December, new speakers have been announced for the Lisbon event. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 31, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Grant Broadcasters has become the latest radio network to cut jobs and running costs in a bid to survive the current crisis, ACE Radio has developed a way to keep their retail clients trading, As self-isolation continues, downloads of CRA's Radioapp surge and on-line listening grows rapidly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 30, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Self-isolation during the Coronavirus crisis has seen a huge surge in media consumption as people search for information, ACMA has released its Future of Radio report indicating support for DRM, Listening to broadcast radio reduces the surge in internet traffic that is overload technical facilities. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 29, 2020•8 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Predictions have been made that advertising could slump more than 40% over the next four weeks with big pay cuts in agencies and media to follow, SBS launches a multilingual Coronavirus news portal to help non-English speakers, and a survey has been carried out of 8 Asian nations to find out how time spent listening to radio changes as people age. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 26, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Southern Cross Austereo has cut most staff and talent wages by 10% and extended its ASX trading halt until early April, ARN has been hit two days in a row with positive Coronavirus tests with Music Director, Jason Staveley, now in quarantine, and Coles named the biggest advertiser on digital radio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 25, 2020•7 min•Season 1Ep. 33
ARN locked down its entire Melbourne studio complex after a staff member tested positive to Coronavirus, Client demand has seen the monitoring company, AirCheck, extending its coverage to all major DAB+ stations, Frustration is now starting to set in on some radio people working from their home studios. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 24, 2020•8 min•Season 1Ep. 32
SCA has gone into a trading halt after its shares fell to record lows in the midst of an unpredictable advertising market triggered by Coronavirus, The Gamechangers podcast revived to let radio people share their national shutdown experiences and discuss the future of Radio, Uncertainty over COVID-19 and 'the Shutdown' has sparked a new daily current affairs show for community radio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 23, 2020•7 min•Season 1Ep. 31
After protecting its own staff, Radio now needs to focus outwardly to serve its homebound listeners, Alan Jones taken to task for Coronavirus comments, AM/FM radio is being challenged for the its top spot in in-car listening, Nine's new music format battles entrenched competition from FM alternatives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 22, 2020•9 min•Season 1Ep. 29
The ABC has delayed the release of its 5 Year Plan and up to 200 staff redundancies until the crisis passes, Nine Entertainment withdraws it half-yearly Profit Guidance saying the current advertising market is too unpredictable, Evidence that companies that continue to advertise during a crisis perform, and then recover, quicker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 19, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Radio's role in the helping manage the Coronavirus crisis will be critical, Nova is on the hunt for a new Brisbane Program Director after Jay Walkerden exits the station, Shareholders in Pacific Star waiting to find out what impact sporting event cancellations will have on the company's performance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 18, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 28
As the COVID 19 crisis continues, more networks are protecting their high rating talent by getting them to broadcast from home. The Federal Government has put $30M behind a Coronavirus media campaign that includes a large slice for radio. Radio stations around the World are devising ways to respond to the current threat. What can we learn from them? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 17, 2020•8 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Major radio stars are now working from home to self-isolate over coronavirus, Red FM & Spirt FM stations in WA have integrated into the SCA network becoming HIT and Triple M, ACMA is offering high-powered open narrowcast licences in Hobart and Gosford Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 16, 2020•7 min•Season 1Ep. 26
People are looking for answers on Coronavirus and Dr Andrew Rochford says in a Nova podcast that 80-percent infections will be mild, Roy & HG have returned to ABC Radio in time for the footy season, and Nine Entertainment's newspapers are expanding their podcast offerings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 15, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Coronavirus is impacting widely with Smooth presenter, David Campbell, anxiously awaiting the results of testing. All signs appear to lead to Crocmedia being announced as the new owner of the former Spirit 621 Bunbury AM station in Western Australia, The operators of the World's largest broadcast technology convention, NABShow in Las Vegas, have now cancelled the April event. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 12, 2020•7 min•Season 1Ep. 24
The ABC is combating the fear of Coronavirus with a calming podcast that answers many questions, FIVEaa breakfast crashes as ABC's Ali Clarke claims the top spot in Adelaide, Applications open for community radio producers to participate in CBAA's National Features and Documentaries Series. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 11, 2020•6 min•Ep. 23
The Spin Doctors have been hard at work convincing us that every radio network is a winner from Survey 1, An expert in Broadcast Journalism wants to change the way news outlets approach the news, Facebook has been charged under privacy regulations that allegedly saw the data of 300,000 Australian Facebook users' shared illegally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 10, 2020•9 min•Season 1Ep. 22
