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Capital FM London bans One Direction
Two months ago at the Brit Awards, One Direction were onstage accepting the award for 'Best British Single', voted for by Capital FM and Heart FM listeners. During the acceptance speech, the band ...
Triple J’s Alex turns to footy
Triple J's Breakfast announcer Alex Dyson is a man of many talents.  He is regarded as quite a handy Australian Rules player, and turned out last week for Sydney University, after receiving ...
ABC get the vinyl out
Next weekend, 27-29 April, ABC Digital Radio is having a 'Back to Vinyl' weekend.  The weekend will be hosted by a number of ABC Radio's biggest names, playing their favourite tracks off ...
Newcastle Survey 1 released
The first survey for Newcastle has been released today. See the complete results here. There has been little movement overall for the Southern Cross Austereo stations: NXFM has retained the ...
Price to 2GB, Wilshire shafted
It has been rumoured for weeks, and has now been confirmed. Steve Price, formerly of Melbourne’s MTR, will replace 2GB’s long-term night announcer Brian Wilshire (left). Due to his ...
Vale Greg Ham
  Men at Work saxaphone and flute player Greg Ham has died today. His body was found by a friend at his home in Carlton, Melbourne. Police were notified when a friend turned up at the ...
The Splendour Vibe
Splendour in the Grass has evolved into one of the most exciting music festivals in Australia, the strength of the Splendour 'brand' is now significant. Part of it is the event, part of it is the ...
Kyle’s Sunrise audition
Whether it is designed to cross-promote Australia's Got Talent, whether it is designed to help 'soften' Kyle's image slightly, or whether it is simply designed to generate content and publicity, ...
Fitzy nudes up
  The things Breakfast announcers will do for ratings. After a losing on-air bet last week, Fitzy from Nova's 'Fitzy & Wippa' show had to pay up by being sketched nude. If you are ...
One Direction on B105
One Direction head to New Zealand this week after what can only be described as an incredibly successful short tour of Australia. Sony CEO Denis Handlin told Radio Today:  ‘We had high ...
TV & Radio’s Dick Clark dies
American television and radio legend Dick Clark has died overnight of a heart attack. He was 82. Whilst Clark was most known for is televsion work, he had a long career in radio, and was the ...
Has Video killed the Radio Star?
In today's Daily Telegraph, Kathy McCabe has written an article on the power of television shows to make music stars such as Adelaide singer Rachael Leahcar (right). Coincidentally she has ...