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MTR finances settled
The Macquarie Radio Network and the Pacific Star Network today will finalise the settlement of the financial terms around the failed Melbourne talk station MTR. The bulk of losses will be ...
Sea FM in a survey state of mind
Sea FM Central Coast's Breakfast Announcer Dan Taylor, at the time of writing, has received just under 90,000 hits in 7 days on youtube for his parody song 'Central Coast state of mind', set to ...
Mothers Day Digital Radio campaign
Commercial Radio Australia has launched a campaign targeting Mothers Day sales of Digital Radios. The campaign is specifically focused on Myer and Dick Smith. CRA chief executive officer, Joan ...
Singo announces Mining Network
It seemed an unusual acquisition when John Singleton's Macquarie Radio Network bought the Smart Radio Network in Queensland, with rumours that the move was pushed for by Gina Rinehart. Through ...
Go regional says Chrissie Swan
Mix Melbourne Breakfast host Chrissie Swan has given a wide-ranging and honest interview with Michael Lallo in The Age at the weekend. You can read the complete article here. In the article, Swan ...
3AW and Joy work together
3AW and Melbourne gay community radio station 94.9 Joy FM are unlikely partners in a joint broadcast to address teen suicide and mental health issues.  The program will have a specific focus ...
Everyone’s Caller 10!
WRIF is a Rock station in Detroit, and this week was the subject, in part, of a nearly 7 minute story on Fox Television in the US. This is a must-watch video, it's long but worth watching ...
Sea FM vs Hot FM
There is certainly a football theme this weekend on Radio Today. Following our story yesterday (here) on Triple J's Alex Dyson and his football exploits, comes another one, this time from ...
10 Questions: Richard Park
Whilst Australia and New Zealand enjoy a high calibre of radio by world standards, it makes sense to learn from the best that other countries have to offer, as written about recently in our ...
The Lesson from ‘The Voice’
Rob McCasker has 20 years of radio experience, and now lives on The Great Ocean Road in Victoria as a freelance writer. How good is ‘The Voice’? Rhetorical because the evidence is ...
Capital FM London bans One Direction
Two months ago at the Brit Awards, One Direction were onstage accepting the award for 'Best British Single', voted for by Capital FM and Heart FM listeners. During the acceptance speech, the band ...
Triple J’s Alex turns to footy
Triple J's Breakfast announcer Alex Dyson is a man of many talents.  He is regarded as quite a handy Australian Rules player, and turned out last week for Sydney University, after receiving ...
Sea FM talk footy with One Direction
One Direction might not have visited the Gold Coast last week, but Sea FM's Breakfast show visited Brisbane to see them. Simon 'Baggs' Baggot, Paul Gale and Charli Robinson interviewed the band ...
ABC get the vinyl out
Next weekend, 27-29 April, ABC Digital Radio is having a 'Back to Vinyl' weekend.  The weekend will be hosted by a number of ABC Radio's biggest names, playing their favourite tracks off ...