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Auckland DJ suspended
An Auckland radio station, George FM, has suspended its drive announcer Thane Kirby after offensive comments were made by the presenter on his program last week.  Kirby joked about having ...
Games ‘beat radio’ say EA
The ad-tech digital marketing conference is on this week in Sydney with a raft of speakers, including Christopher Erb from EA Sports. Erb is the VP of Brand Marketing for EA Sports, with ...
Freshen your traffic theme for 2013
The start of another year is a great time to consider what production elements on your station(s) can do with a freshen up. In particular, those 'set and forget' elements that tend to sit there ...
Sea FM Rocky launches new brekky show
Sea FM Central Queensland have this week launched a new breakfast show. The 'Banksy and Brad' show started on monday, and features two local Rockhampton boys. Chris Banks (left) formerly of ...
Thumbs up to Star FM
Further to the story on Radio Today at the weekend (read here) regarding the excellent work from the 2RG and Star Griffith team on covering the floods – this is the result of it. A ...
Top 30 FM stars : the complete list
Plenty of viewpoints on the Top 30 FM stars of all-time! Below is the list in full, thanks for your feedback, and keep your comments coming in. Who have I missed? Who have I under-rated? Who have ...
Clive Palmer eyes Fairfax
Billionaire Clive Palmer has flagged setting up a blind trust funded by himself, and other high net worth investors, to take significant investment positions in Australian media groups. He is ...
From Nova to Nine
Former Nova 969 Breakfast announcer Ricki-Lee Coulter has joined Channel Nine’s ‘The Voice’ television show as one of the mentors. The structure of the show involves the four ...
Dirk Anthony leaves SBS
Dirk Anthony (left) has resigned as Director of Audio and Language Content at SBS to relocate back to the UK with his family. Anthony, an Australian with an English wife, has been in Sydney for ...
ABC’s ‘AM’ hits the road in Qld
With Queenslands election day exactly ten days away, ABC's current affairs program 'AM' will take the program on the road through the Sunshine State. From Monday 19 March, host Tony Eastley will ...
PPCA appeals radio simulcast decision
A fortnight ago the Federal Court ruled in favour of the commercial radio industry (read here) over the issue of royalties for streaming being considered separate to the terrestrial ...
Pinterest – get on it
A week or so ago, in his Radio Today article "the Top 5 must-do' list", Scott Muller wrote about how you should get your brand on Pinterest. Tourism Australia is one of the first major brands to ...