The future use of social media by traditional media companies is likely to change following a landmark defamation appeal, Bianca Shugg to head up digital media at Grant Broadcasters, $3M has so far been allocated from the ABC Fresh Start Fund which is aimed at getting Australian productions up and running after the COVID-19 restrictions are fully lifted. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 02, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 80
Agency advertising crashed by 35.4% in Australia during April and May is also likely to be a horror month, A new guard has moved into the breakfast slots at 2GB and 4BC following the departure of Alan Jones, Sydney's community station 2SER is asking for donations to replace its antenna which was hit by lightning on Good Friday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 01, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 79
2GB's Alan Jones has signed off his 35 year radio career calling his show and its contributors 'a great big family', EON's Rod Brice says the company is ready for action if it's hit by a Coronavirus outbreak, SBS Chair Dr Bulent Hass Dallas has left the board after serving 10 years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 31, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 78
For Melburnians the question of who'll replace John Burns on the 3AW Ross & John breakfast show is critical, Nova CEO Cathy O'Connor says people across the network have been expecting her leadership team to lead during the current crisis, The daily 7AM podcast has celebrated its first birthday with a record audience. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 28, 2020•4 min•Season 1Ep. 77
Some broadcasters' home studios are suffering from poor on-air audio quality especially with phone calls, Kiama Community Radio is launching as a web-based service, To celebrate Reconciliation Week, Triple J's TOPS program is being taken over by it indigenous presenters and producers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 27, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 76
New Zealand's Mediaworks has slashed 130 radio jobs as its loss-making TV operations fail to sell, Nine Radio's publicity machine and Kyle Sandilands' self-promotion come face-to-face during Alan Jones' final week, An early sign of recovery for the radio industry as job ads begin to return Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 26, 2020•4 min•Season 1Ep. 75
Talk host Tim Shaw is pushing hard for 2CC in Canberra to reinstate him as its local breakfast host when Alan Jones retires on Friday, Radioinfo Editor Peter Saxon calls out the flaws in Spotify's 'kill radio' strategy, Ben Fordham has farewelled his drive listeners and now waits for Alan Jones to vacate the breakfast chair Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 25, 2020•4 min•Season 1Ep. 74
Grant Broadcasters has elevated Ryan Rathbone to a national role as Group Content Director, SCA has revealed its tracking results for live radio streams, smart speakers and podcasting, Radioinfo Publisher Steve Ahern has produced an analysis detailing radio's road to recovery as the nation comes out of lockdown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 25, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 73
ABC Managing Director David Anderson and his executives will be taking a 5% pay cut until September, ACMA has found that Alan Jones and 2GB breached broadcasting regulations over his Jacinta Ardern and climate change comments, Former Macquarie Media CEO Adam Lang has resurfaced producing a daily podcast for business Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 21, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 72
The Infinite Dial Australia survey has found Australian Radio is one of the most listened to in the World, ARN's radio streaming up significantly and so is its website traffic, The 2020 CBAA Community Radio Awards have opened across 30 categories even though many entries will have been produced from home studios. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 20, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 71
CRA and GfK have conducted an online survey of metro markets to track audiences during the COVID-19 shutdown, Nine Entertainment has consolidated their sales operations across all media including radio, SCA's national Shop Local campaign has been rolled out in Newcastle encouraging communities across the Hunter Region to shop locally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 19, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 70
Speculation is high over who will take the coveted Drive shift at 2GB now that Ben Fordham is moving to Breakfast, ARN has penned a three year deal with Drive Team - Will McMahon and Woody Whitelaw, International radio sales expert Pat Bryson reveals the sectors most likely to restart advertising as the lockdown eases. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 18, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 69
Nine Radio has selected Neil Breen to host the new 4BC breakfast show, While Australia's unemployment rate in April was 6.2% media jobs on offer are down a massive 60.5% in May, Triple M is the runaway leader in the latest Newcastle survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 17, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 68
Sydney shock jock Ray Hadley says his relationship with Alan Jones over 35 years was like a marriage, SEN's breakfast and morning shows have become the #1 podcasts in their categories, Canberra DAB+ services have ranked highly in the latest official survey of the national capital. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 14, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 67
Media groups are continuing to analyse the impact on Nine Radio of Alan Jones impending departure, Finalists in the 16th annual Siren Awards have been announced but the presentation ceremony will be virtual, Canadian radio giant Stingray is offering $15M in advertising grants to local businesses to kick-start the Canadian economy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 13, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 66
Alan Jones' planned departure from 2GB has been well publicised but is there a story behind the story?, 2GB afternoon host Ben Fordham has been passed the breakfast baton but what are his risks?, Tributes from across the industry have flooded in following the death of former broadcaster Frank Crook who has died at the age of 81. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 12, 2020•4 min•Season 1Ep. 65
Alan Jones announced this morning on his 2GB breakfast show that he will retire at the end of this month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 12, 2020•2 min
ACE Radio in Victoria has become the latest regional network to be forced into cost cutting and staff redundancies, Omnicom's Jo Dick agrees with SCA that advertisers and agencies have misjudged radio listenership during the COVID-19 shutdown, Radioinfo's Peter Saxon has taken Spotify CEO Daniel Ek to task over this comments that Radio is Dead. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 11, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 64
Radioinfo Publisher Steve Ahern has pulled together the figures for all public company-owned networks to try to get an industry picture of how radio revenues are tracking, ACMA has found Port Douglas HPON, FAB-FM, has breached the programming conditions of its licence, PodcastOne in America has been sold for $18.5M but the sale won't affect SCA's PodcastOne Australia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 10, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 63
Applications are now open for regional radio news operations to apply to the federal government's $50-million grant scheme, SCA has successfully raised $169-million to fund the network through the COVID-19 crisis and renew shareholder confidence, ARN has revealed to shareholders that it is already down 40% on its direct client sales this quarter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 07, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 62
ARN's new advert technology has been launched as Audio Dynamic and will dynamically target spots in real time, Community Radio has a new website called AMRAP which will link stations and artists, Nova's Red Room is making the most of being virtual with a live-streamed performance featuring Benee next Thursday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 06, 2020•2 min•Season 1Ep. 61
Pacific Star Network has been putting its spin on the loss of the Nine Radio syndication deal, Superadio is in a showdown with the Lake Macquarie Council over a 25-metre tower that was erected without a permit, Non-English speaking people now have a multilingual national news service providing information in six languages Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 05, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 60
Nine Radio has terminated its syndication agreement with Crocmedia, Crocmedia has settled with SCA on Bunbury's AM station and SENTrack is expected to become the new format, Wide-area digital radio standard, DRM, has held several webinars to highlight its emergency capabilities. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 04, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 59
Listeners to Triple J say they'd be prepared to forego social distancing to attend a music festival even before a Coronavirus vaccine is available, A third of the music played by 2DAY and Nova is common with Triple M, WSFM and Smoothfm also having high percentages of shared music, A creative musician in the Southern Highlands has made the most of isolation by producing an on-line concert series. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 03, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 58
CRA CEO Joan Warner wants a review of Radio's disclosure standards over broadcast news to level the playing field, Big moves afoot inside ARN as it restructures to optimise its commercial operations, Hot Tomato is the #1 station on the Gold Coast at double its nearest commercial competitor. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 30, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 57
SCA Chief Executive Grant Blackley has emailed staff telling them their hours may be cut or they may be stood down if no work is available, Pacific Star's SENTrack programming is being rolled out to new stations in Queensland, CRA has asked the ACCC to look into the monopolisation of data from radio station websites by the digital giants - Google and Facebook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 29, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 56
SCA Chief Content Officer Dave Cameron says radio has to exploit its 'unfair advantage' to get itself out of the current crisis, The 32nd ACRAs were to have been held on the Gold Coast in October but will now be a virtual event, Radio gambling ads have been pulled in the UK because of problem gambling during the current lockdown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 28, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 55
Bullying allegations have been front and centre as the legal battle between 2GB heavyweight Ray Hadley and former producer Chris Bowen gets underway in a NSW court, SEN has launched a new sports and racing station on the NSW Central Coast, Commercial broadcasters are recruiting podcast-only talent as profits from podcasts skyrocket. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 27, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 54
Radio helped millions of ordinary Australians commemorate ANZAC Day on Saturday with its live coverage of the Dawn Service, Nine Radio has reacted quickly to the impact of the national overnight show on Survey 2 and reintroduced a local overnight on 3AW, Kennedy Malloy co-host Jane Kennedy is recovering from a fractured back and amnesia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 26, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 53
Australia's international ranking for journalistic freedom is in tatters after the Federal Police raids on Newscorp and ABC reporters, Developers of the digital standard DRM are holding webinars to highlight its benefits in times of crisis, iHeartPodcast Network has launched a new podcast on family life during the COVID-19 shutdown featuring Monique Dews and Robin Bailey from Brisbane's 97.3 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 23, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 52
