2GB Breakfast Announcer has been instructed to apologise to Sydney's Lebanese Muslim community by the Administrative Decisions Tribunal today.
In 2005 Jones referred to the community as 'vermin' who 'infest our shores'. The Tribunal has ordered that his apology be read between 8am and 8.30am on one day next week, and they have scripted the apology word for word.
The apology that Jones will read says;
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Thursday, 13 December 2012 19:00 Category: Whats New
Yesterday we told you about Brad Guy, a Melbourne guy whose inventive approach to his job application to do breakfast at Star FM Dubbo is getting talked about across the industry today.
We spoke with station Content Director Dave Evans who says:
"I had calls from mates in the industry last night telling me to get on Radio Today and check him out. When I did I was gobsmacked. They were all saying I should give him a go."
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Thursday, 13 December 2012 13:05 Category: Whats New
The ACMA have opened a formal investigation into the broadcast of last weeks Prank Call.
In the below statement they have made a point of clairfying that their "formal regulatory relationship" is with 2Day FM, and not MC and Mel.
The investigation will focus on the compliance of the licensee, Today FM Sydney Pty Ltd, with its licence conditions and the Commercial Radio Codes of Practice.
In opening the investigation, the ACMA has decided to exercise its discretionary powers under section 170 of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 to commence an ‘own motion’ investigation.
Chris Chapman, Chairman of the ACMA, noted:
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Thursday, 13 December 2012 10:16 Category: Whats New
Lewis & Lowe (Dylan Lewis and Shane Lowe) have only just started as Nova Adelaide's breakfast show but already they are going hard on the local angle.
Shane has written and performed a song called 'Adelaide' while Dylan took a tour of the city on a Segway for the video.
Watch 'Adelaide, Wheely Good' below + see what confronted the 2 when they arrived for work this morning...
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Thursday, 13 December 2012 10:03 Category: Whats New
You have to admire someone who thinks outside the square.
Points have to go to Brad Guy from Melbourne for his slightly unusual approach to his job application with Southern Cross Austereo's Star FM in Dubbo.
Check it out below.
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Wednesday, 12 December 2012 19:18 Category: Whats New
CRA have announced that the annual National Radio Conference and the ACRA's will be held in Brisbane next year.
The conference will be on Friday October 11 with the awards Saturday night October 12.
So start thinking about what you want to enter in the ACRA's next year.
Wednesday, 12 December 2012 19:00 Category: Whats New
Jake & Stav from Sydney band Bluejuice have been doing a year of mid-dawns on triple j and will now get their own summer show on Sunday nights.
The station have also started their summer lineup this week which include regular fill-ins Max Lavergne and Veronica & Lewis.
Nina Las Vegas is doing nights and Nazeem Hussain, one half of comedy duo Fear Of A Brown Planet, is on late nights.
triple j say: "It’s a really young and diverse offering"
See the lineup below and a funny Hottest 100 teaser video....
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Wednesday, 12 December 2012 16:00 Category: Whats New
A massive benefit concert for those affected by Hurricane Sandy is happening at New York's Madison Square Garden for 12-12-12 in the US.
Featuring The Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi, Dave Grohl, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Chris Martin from Coldplay, Eddie Vedder, Roger Waters, Kanye West, the Who and Paul McCartney, almost 2 billion people around the world will be watching it.
ARN will be streaming the event live on their Classic Hits websites (including Kanye ?) - WSFM, Gold 104.3, Cruise 1323 and 4KQ from 11.15am AEDT tomorrow.
ARN's CEO Ciaran Davis says:
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Wednesday, 12 December 2012 13:00 Category: Whats New
It has emerged that Jacintha Saldanha had left an apparent suicide note for her husband and children.
Keith Vaz, the Labour MP who is the one speaking on the family's behalf said:
"What the family need are the full facts. There are unexplained circumstances. The hospital needs to be more proactive, a full inquiry is needed and the family need to be included in that."
He also said that Jacintha's husband and her children knew nothing about the prank call until after her death.
"They were in the dark about the hoax call. They hadn't watched the news or seen anything about it."
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Wednesday, 12 December 2012 10:03 Category: Whats New
If you haven't yet seen the results from Survey 8, see them here along with analysis.
We spoke to Duncan Campbell (Group Content Director of ARN) and Adam Lang, CEO of the Fairfax Radio Network, to discuss some of today's results.
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Tuesday, 11 December 2012 20:04 Category: Whats New
2Day FM will start playing ads again from Thursday. They will donate all profits made from then until the end of 2012 to an appropriate memorial fund that will directly benefit the family of Jacintha Saldanha.
They have guaranteed a minimum of $500,000 AUD.
SCA CEO Rhys Holleran said:
“We are very sorry for what has happened. It is a terrible tragedy and our thoughts continue to be with the family. We hope that by contributing to a memorial fund we can help to provide the Saldanha family with the support they need at this very difficult time.
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Tuesday, 11 December 2012 18:32 Category: Whats New
Internet radio company 'Pandora' has launched in Australia and New Zealand.
It will be headed up in Australia by ex-Fairfax digital boss Jane Huxley (pictured below).
Pandora has been in the US for 12 years and allows users to personalise 'stations' based on their music preferences on the web or via an app on mobile devices.
Huxley says:
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Tuesday, 11 December 2012 17:23 Category: Whats New
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