Radioinfo Podcast

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 infor...

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...

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 inf...

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.

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.

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.

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. H...

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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 Hoste...

Christian O'Connell will host a new national nightly show across the ARN Gold network, All 98 SCA stations will carry the ANZAC Day Dawn Service from the Australian War Memorial encouraging listeners to stand in their Driveways at Dawn, High-end smart-speaker manufacturer Sonos has launched Sonos Radio offering access to 60,000 radio stations and original programming Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...

PodcastOne's 'The Briefing' has had a strong start with Annika Smethurst's inside account of the AFP raid on her Canberra home last year, Community radio has produced a radio documentary series analysing this year's summer bushfires, ARN has sold its digital media and marketing arm - iNC Digital Media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The ACCC says Google and Facebook must pay for news they acquire from Australian media, Survey shows time-spent-listening to radio is up by 4 hours a day as people work from home during COVID lockdown, SCA has launched an on-demand in-depth daily news service to be hosted by Tom Tilley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Metro radio advertising has dropped 12.4% in the first quarter of 2020 and next quarter could well be worse, Pacific Star Network - the operators of SEN and Crocmedia - has requested its shares be suspended from trading for a further two weeks, Caralis' Superadio Network praised for its community connection during the Crisis, Stevie Jacobs will host breakfast on Nine's revitalised music stations H...

News/talk stations are the big winners but all stations are putting their spin on Survey 2 hoping to sell a story to the few big advertisers still spending, Survey 2 shows listening is up but most FM networks have had mixed results, SCA is offering eligible shareholders the chance to buy shares in a $170-million capital raise. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Federal Government has stepped in to help Australian media with waived licence fees and a journalism fund, CRA wants more help from the Government to support Radio during the COVID Crisis, Mediacast's Creative Director says the way Australians consume Radio is changing rapidly and we need to adapt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.