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Havoc returns to NZ radio
Last month we told you that RadioLive presenter Martin Devlin was moving to do breakfast at Hauraki (see here) As TRN continue to rebuild the station, they have announced another appointment. NZ ...
What is dmg’s big news?
An intriguing morning in the corridors of the numerous dmg stations tomorrow, as staff are told to assemble in the boardroom for 'an exciting national announcement' See the email sent to the ...
The best of the best at the ABC
The ABC Local Radio Awards are held every year to celebrate the best of the ABC. Today, the finalists have been announced. Kate Dundas, Director ABC Radio, said… “The quality of ...
AFTRS celebrate ACRA’s success
This time yesterday we were all looking over the ACRA finalist list to see if we made it, or if someone we knew was on it. You can see the full list here. When the team at AFTRS went through the ...
Meet Star 104.5’s new PD
Scott Menz recently vacated the PD seat at Star 104.5 on the Central Coast to become Executive Producer for Nova's National Shows. Who has replaced Menz ? Let's meet him….   Full name ...
SCA Melbourne GM leaving
Ben Amarfio, General Manager of Southern Cross Austereo in Melbourne, is leaving to become head of marketing at Cricket Australia. Before working for SCA, he spent 4 and a half years at the AFL. ...
Ad Revenue results for July
Commercial Radio advertising revenue for July for the five metro markets was down 1.16% to a total of $ 52.349m, compared to this time last year, according to Deloitte figures released today. By ...
The Washup: Survey 5
Like any survey day there are good and bad results, and many flat ones. The programmers are the people who wear the results, whatever they may be. For the Group Programmers, they always have a ...
Media Watch take ARN to task
Last night Media Watch had a story on a recent integrated client solution run by ARN across many of their metropolitan stations. The solution involved a quick intro before playing the full Coles ...
David Bye says Bye
David Bye has left radio after 23 years in the industry. He spent most of his time at 5RM in Berri either as announcer, PD, Group PD for S.A, or GM. For the past 5 years he was Fairfax Media's ...