In the UK, the number of women nominated for this week’s Sony Radio Academy Awards, popularly dubbed “The Radio Oscars”, has increased by 50% since last year. How come? Certainly the number of women in Radio in all sorts of jobs – with, perhaps, the exception of technicians – has grown steadily over many years, but 50% in one year? Maybe the available female talent has improved that much since last year. Or are listeners’ tastes changing?

But that’s in the UK. What about Australia: does gender bias still exist in Radio?