Veteran Adelaide journalist Murray Nicholl has lost his battle with cancer. Murray Nicholl was diagnosed with leukaemia in September last year and died at his own home on Sunday morning. He worked at the Adelaide News, 5DN, 891 ABC Adelaide, Fiveaa and Channel 7 Adelaide. In the mid 1980′s he replaced Mark Day on 3AW [...]

AirCheck, the leader in broadcast monitoring, today announced expansion into the Newcastle and Central Coast markets with Songs and Commercials now monitored on all 7 commercial radio stations in the two cities. The seven radio stations are NX FM, KO FM, New FM and 2HD in Newcastle and Sea 101.3 FM, 2GO FM and Star [...]

In a act of complete stupidity Hans Bruechle gave away $10,000 and gave away his job. Nova Radio presenter Hans Bruechle has been dismissed after a caller named Ashlea phoned the station on Wednesday claiming to have spent all day counting songs to correctly guess the 99th and win the competition. The DMG Radio Australia [...]

It pokes fun at the mythology surrounding the music industry, classic radio shows, music journalism and real-life musicians. In each episode, try-hard British DJ Captain Blow (Hansen) picks a classic year in rock and examines the making of a landmark (but fictional) album. It’s laugh-out-loud radio comedy; completely silly and absurd, in the British tradition. [...]

CRA RELEASE: The search for new and emerging Australian independent artists is on again with entries now open for the New Artists 2 Radio (NA2R) competition. The program has been evolving over its nine years of operation. The initiative aims to discover the next big music star to be played on commercial radio throughout the [...]

The ABC is recognising the significance of ANZAC Day 2010 by creating ABC ANZAC Day – a one-off event broadcast on digital radio. On April 25, a very special 24 hour-only digital radio station will be broadcasting – ABC ANZAC Day – collaboration between ABC Radio National and ABC Local Radio showcasing their best ANZAC [...]

The Australian Old Time Radio website has under gone a number of changes recently making it much easier to navigate. The site is a fantastic resource for information on the early years of Australian radio and is well worth a visit. One page you are sure to enjoy is the audio page of early Australian [...]

Melbourne’s newest radio station MTR 1377 is now on air. The station went to air this morning with welcomed time pips up to the 6.00am news which was read by Christie Kerr. Steve Price handled breakfast until 10.00am before handing the baton to Steve Vizard who is on air until 1.00pm. Check out their new [...]