Guest Content

One more time with feeling
Rob McCasker is a former radio programmer and now freelance writer, here he gives his perspective on Smoothfm. There’s a buzz on smoothfm. Little to do with the logo looking like somewhere ...
the art of the interview
96five is one of the smallest FM stations in Brisbane, yet punches above its weight when it comes to obtaining guests on the Breakfast Show. In the past fortnight, they have chatted with Scott ...
30 seconds with Sinkers #1
Peter Sinclair is the ARN Sydney Creative Director, 21 years Industry experience, over 70 National and International Radio Awards.30 seconds with Sinkers #1 Here’s a thought to strike ...
The Endangered Newsroom
News, and Journalists, have been discussed significantly over the last few days with the removal of four journalists from DMG's newsrooms in Melbourne and Sydney (here). Chris Rieger gave his ...
The value of News
  Radio Today reader Chris Rieger gives his perspective of the importance of 'news' to radio stations and their listeners.   Everyone in the business understands and accepts that ...
The true cost of mobility
John Parikhal and Taran Swan are founders of 'The Media Fix', a group that helps organisations stay on top of change, anticipate opportunities and take effective, competitive action. With their ...
The Lesson from ‘The Voice’
Rob McCasker has 20 years of radio experience, and now lives on The Great Ocean Road in Victoria as a freelance writer. How good is ‘The Voice’? Rhetorical because the evidence is ...
Being Real
Liam Renton is the PD and Breakfast Host of 96five in Brisbane and writes for Radio Today on 'being real'.    I was trained under some of the best PD’s in the country Brian Ford, ...
Managing Creative Talent
  Mark Hales is a former Program Director of Nova 919 in Adelaide, and Nova 937 in Perth. He is the founder of RadioConnect.net – a free online community for new radio talent in ...
Boy Bands : a tweenie love story
Wendy Harmer is an author, journalist, and editor-in-chief of The Hoopla website My little girl has left the building. Or at least she’s hovering at the door of womanhood. How do I know? ...