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The Lowdown
There has been a bit going on in radio this week with surveys coming out around the country. So now it's the weekend and you have a few moments spare, we wanted to just make sure you were across ...
Duffy leaves Radio National
Radio National has announced the resignation of Michael Duffy, the co-host of the Counterpoint program. Duffy has presented the program since 2004, and co-presented since 2007 with Paul Comrie ...
New GM for Bundy
After a long search, Grant Broadcasters have appointed a new General Manager to their recently acquired Bundaberg Duopoly. Trish Mears (pictured) has been appointed to the role of General Manager ...
Wilko farewells Star 104.5
Following the news last week that he is battling an eye tumour, Wilko from the Star 104.5 Breakfast Program on the Central Coast finished with the station this morning to focus on his medical ...
Huggy trades gags with Billy Connolly
Billy Connolly is a vocal star in the new Pixar movie 'Brave', which opened yesterday across Australia and New Zealand.  So like any good movie star, Connolly is doing the media round of ...
Is it me you’re looking for?
SmoothFM have continued their heavy focus on weekend personality shows, with the news that Lionel Richie will commence a program from 9am on sundays. The new program replaces the Seal show, which ...
SCA make programming changes
Changes at Southern Cross Austereo in the Melbourne and Sydney programming departments. Matthew Eggleston, who is presently Music Director at Fox FM Melbourne, will relocate to Sydney to become ...
Save The Date: 28 June
Radio Today was launched, amongst other reasons, to provide the industry with a forum to only not explore the 'what happened', but the 'how' and 'why'.   And we subscribe to the principle of ...
96FM make hay from Hay St.
96FM in Perth have had a big week. After 100 surveys exactly in the overall #1 position, Mix 94.5 were knocked off by 96FM by a margin of 0.1%. The 96FM growth has come after a rough couple of ...
The Vault: 2WL Wollongong
From 'The Vault' comes this story from Wollongong in 1980; the full story, or at least the details that are known, can be seen here. 2WL, now known as Wave FM, was an iconic radio brand in the ...
CEO’s rug up tonight
Rhys Holleran from Southern Cross Austereo, Mark Scott from the ABC, and Brett Chenoweth from APN are preparing to rug up to sleep rough tonight. This year the Vinnies CEO Sleepout is aiming to ...
Poise
Cam Barber is a professional speaker and CEO of Vivid Learning, who conduct Presentation Training, Message Consulting and Media Training. Cam has conducted workshops with some major companies ...
The Day the Earth Moved
For Victorians, last night saw a 5.5 earthquake rumble across the state, thankfully causing minimal damage. A great opportunity for radio to reflect the event; and Jon Vertigan from the Ace ...
Sea dominate Central Coast
The first, and only, Nielsen Media Research survey for the Central Coast in 2012 has given Southern Cross Austereo's Sea FM a big win. Sea FM have taken a massive leap, of over 5%, to move from ...