Commercial radio is actually a very polite industry.With the exception of a few operators, the industry always wants to play by the rules; it’s all very civilised really.
How many rookie radio announcers have started their careers in the bush, vowing that one day they’ll own a radio station rather than work for one?Quite a few, I suspect.
Why is it that every special-interest group that comes along these days expects they’re entitled to a big chunk out of commercial radio’s hard-earned revenues?As if this industry ...
The revelations surrounding the Prime Minister’s office in this week’s Weekend Australian are politically disastrous for the government, and, in particularly, for Prime Minister Tony ...
Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s two years of procrastination on defining radio’s streaming access to the Internet should see him forfeit any right to control this issue in ...
Malcolm Turnbull is definitely under the pump and the pressure is building.As Communications Minister, he has escalating problems on his plate and many of them are of his own making.
Why do today’s Content Directors have an obsession with reality TV stars and stand-up comics when it comes to casting their on-air teams?Sure beats me!
If you work for one of the publicly-listed broadcasters, you probably find yourself asking ‘What the hell were they thinking?’ when it comes to some of the decisions that filter down ...
With the current round of staff cuts, it certainly looks like the bureaucrats at the ABC have reigned supreme and lived to fight another day.When it comes to political manoeuvres, compared to ...
So, Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has finally let the cat out of the bag.A 5% annual cut for the ABC. Given the government’s stance, Blind Freddy could have seen that one ...
There is a growing feeling amongst some commercial radio owners that the country may have backed the wrong horse at the last election.Many of them are starting to say, at least in private, that ...