DMG radio station Vega FM is set to be renamed Classic Rock from tomorrow, The Australian reports.
The new name, affecting the two stations in Sydney and Melbourne, has been confirmed by DMG assistant group program director Dan Bradley.
The two stations, on 95.3 FM in Sydney and 91.5 FM… Continue Reading >>
Radio March 11th 2010 — 4:55 pm
Ashley Bradnam will not return to Nova 106.9’s breakfast team.
Bradnam, took time off from the show last year to seek treatment for alcoholism after being caught drink driving after a shift in November. The third spot on Nova’s breakfast program has been filled by a number of people on… Continue Reading >>
Celebrities / Personalities, Radio March 11th 2010 — 4:32 pm
Chris Page and Charli Delaney have been announced as the new hosts of Austereo’s successful Hot 30 countdown on the Today Network.
The duo replace Tim Lee, who is moving to FOX, and Biggzy, who is looking for television work.
Page has been with the network for years, with successful… Continue Reading >>
Radio March 11th 2010 — 6:04 am
The announcement of the departure last week of Prime Media Group CEO Warwick Syphers has uncovered shareholder dissatisfaction amongst three of the company’s largest shareholders, while another shareholder considers pushing for a seat on the Prime Media board.
Perpetual, Investors Mutual and Lachlan Murdoch’s Illyria Investments have expressed their concern… Continue Reading >>
Industry, Radio, Television March 8th 2010 — 5:27 pm
Content quotas on digital-only radio and regional television services could be a thing of the past as both licence holders of both mediums request that restrictions be dropped.
Commercial Radio Australia (CRA) is currently lobbying the Government on behalf of its members to have local content exemptions apply to their… Continue Reading >>
Radio, Television March 8th 2010 — 5:03 pm
Melbourne’s easy music radio station 3MP is to be re-badged as MTR 1377: Melbourne Talk Radio.
The new talk-back format is a joint venture between Pacific Star Network, owners of 3MP and SEN, and Macquarie Radio Network, owners of Sydney radio stations 2CH and 2GB.
MTR will attempt to break the… Continue Reading >>
Appointments, Radio March 7th 2010 — 12:45 am
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has called for public comment into the local content and local presence requirements for regional commercial radio stations in releasing a discussion paper identifying five key issues.
Localism provisions were introduced in April 2007, requiring the 22 regional commercial stations to provide a minimum level of… Continue Reading >>
Radio March 5th 2010 — 1:29 pm
Nova stations across the country will drop their long held policy of no more than two ads in a row from later this month – increasing the number of ads broadcast per hour from 12 to 21 during the peak times of breakfast and drive.
CEO of DMG Radio, Cathy… Continue Reading >>
Radio March 4th 2010 — 4:38 pm
News of a significant cut in services at the BBC will be welcomed by a growing chorus of rivals and politicians in the United Kingdom, many of which believe that the broadcaster has got too big for it’s boots and should be limited in the services that they operate, in… Continue Reading >>
New Media, Online, Radio, Spy Opinion, Television February 26th 2010 — 8:42 pm
The first radio ratings survey of the year has seen Triple M in Sydney and Melbourne turn their recent ratings slumps around thanks to strong performances of their sports-skewed breakfast programming while Nova appears to be the biggest loser with significant falls in Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide.
Triple M’s Sydney… Continue Reading >>
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has begun a wide-ranging review into the regulation of commercial radio, with issues such as the division between advertising and other content to be placed under the microscope.
The review will encompass the three commercial radio standards put in place after the infamous… Continue Reading >>
Improvements to the advertising market has had a positive impact on a number of media companies half-yearly results, with APN News and Media, Consolidated Media, Fairfax, Seven Network and Southern Cross Media Group reporting their results in the past two days:
APN News and Media: A profit after tax of
Industry, Print, Radio, Television February 23rd 2010 — 7:19 pm
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has granted a community broadcasting licence to 8CCC Community Radio Inc., based in Alice Springs.
The new station is proposing to serve the general community and will broadcast on 102.1 MHz.
There were two applications for the broadcasting licence. The unsuccessful applicant was… Continue Reading >>
Radio February 22nd 2010 — 9:55 pm
Australia’s commercial radio lobby group has called for changes to cross-media rules governing regional commercial radio stations, arguing that station owners require greater flexibility to reduce staff numbers.
In the lead-up to a Federal Government review of industry rules, Commercial Radio Australia’s chief executive Joan Warner said that her organisation… Continue Reading >>
Radio February 22nd 2010 — 12:13 am
Newspaper columnist, blogger and political commentator Andrew Bolt has announced he has signed up with the new talkback station being formed between Macquarie Radio Network and Pacific Star, owner of Melbourne radio stations 3MP and SEN.
Confirming the announcement on his blog yesterday, Bolt said the new station will broadcast… Continue Reading >>
Appointments, Celebrities / Personalities, Journalism, Radio February 17th 2010 — 10:53 pm