Steve Ahern, Author at Radio Today

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What's New 24 Mar 2026

Christian O’Connell: Radio ratings are ridiculous

After the ratings results last week, Christian O’Connell has come up with a way to promote his national show, and at the same time, had…

What's New 24 Mar 2026

“Deliberately outrageous and often offensive” Kyle says termination was unconscionable

Documents, filed with the Federal Court this week, want the court to declare that the “purported termination” of ARN’s contract with Kyle was “invalid and…

What's New 4 Mar 2026

What’s next after the Kyle and Jackie O show’s demise

Australia’s radio industry has woken up to a seismic change this morning. The Kyle and Jackie O show is no more.

What's New 2 Mar 2026

Kyle’s love letter to Jackie: I’m sorry

Steve Ahern talks to Kyle Sandilands. “If I could wave a magic wand and turn back time I would reverse it all,” a contrite…

What's New 12 Feb 2026

World Radio Day 2026: Letter from Paris

This year I am writing my 2026 World Radio Day letter on the way back from Paris. I have been in Europe covering the…

What's New 30 Jan 2026

Ace Radio lease not affected by Nine Radio acquisition

Many questions are flying around the radio industry after today’s Nine Radio acquisition by the Laundy family. Two most asked questions to us today are: What will be the new radio ...

What's New 29 Jan 2026

The Australian Audio Awards are open. Now it’s up to you.

When the ACRAs were cancelled, I was deluged with calls, texts, emails and comment posts asking what radioinfo and RadioToday could do to keep the…

What's New 8 Jan 2026

John Kelly steps down from CEO role as newly merged SCA & SWM companies resume stock exchange trading

The Southern Cross / Seven West Media merger was implemented yesterday when Southern Cross acquired all of the issued shares in Seven West Media Limited…

What's New 11 Nov 2025

Leigh Hatcher on how radio was first with news of The Dismissal 50 years ago

Fifty years ago today the Whitlam Labor government was dismissed by the Governor General John Kerr for its inability to pass the federal budget and…

What's New 25 Sep 2025

End of an era: From Rawards to ACRAs

The commercial media industry has changed, with more competition and less revenue than it had in past eras. In this context, the annual radio awards…

What's New 12 Sep 2025

IBC Trend 1: Growth, not cost cutting is the recipe for AI success #IBC25

Steve Ahern reports from the IBC Conference & Exhibition in Amsterdam. The rain cleared and a rainbow appeared above the conference complex in Amsterdam…

What's New 25 Aug 2025

Radio a strong base, digital audio will bring growth: SCA’s John Kelly

Southern Cross Austereo (SXL) is “fully focused on being the best-in-class audio company we can be,” CEO John Kelly told Steve Ahern after the company’s…

What's New 31 Jul 2025

Changes ahead for Gold’s Sydney breakfast

The last time we reported a rumour about Jonesy and Amanda we were able to correct the speculation from other publications pretty quickly. We reported…

What's New 17 Jul 2025

Generative AI is reshaping how consumers discover news

A new study by Similarweb confirms the continuing click theft trend happening to news publishers. As users shift from traditional search to AI tools like…

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