12 July 2010 Masterchef has become the ratings phenomenon of the century for television. With individual shows taking up three positions in the top 20 this week, it’s...
4 July 2010 If Media was football and The ACMA the referee, then Radio would be entitled to question the heavy penalty count against it. We have asked...
27 June 2010 We all know that Radio is a great industry. Those of us who work in it count ourselves lucky to be involved in something so...
21 June 2010 Rumours and the denials of those rumours by the rumoured parties are highly nuanced and open to interpretation - providingfertile ground for talk shows and...
15 June 2010 Regardless on which side of the mining ‘super tax’ debate you sit, you have to admit that the mining industry takes no prisoners when its...
10 June 2010 Australian radio audiences are being treated to a sample of the future of broadcasting with Hamish and Andy's Caravan of Courage. A multimedia...
30 May 2010 There’s always a media expert ready to declare that Radio is dead. Perhaps worse still, they say it’s boring.
23 May 2010 If you believe Marvin Gaye’s iconic lyric, “believe half of what you see, some or none of what you hear” then you are in the...
17 May 2010 If you think that there’s rivalry between the talk stations of Fairfax and the Macquarie Radio Network, it’s nothing compared to the enmity that exists...
10 May 2010 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...
2 May 2010 If you've lost track of your past radio buddies, leave a message and hopefully someone reading will know where they are now, and how to...
2 May 2010 Another Radio Award night has come and gone. It's the big night out for the radio industry - or at least for those lucky enough...
2 May 2010 Are star salaries - and senior exec salaries - in radio over-inflated? While everyone else at the station beavers away on a pittance, a handful...
2 May 2010 If diaries are dumped in favour of a new electronic system of audience measurement, will it help increase radio's share of advertising revenue? How will...
2 May 2010 Is Automation good for radio? How's it working for the listener? Do they know? Do they care? How's it working for you in your position...
2 May 2010 Can talk presenters really exert undue influence over their listeners? Or do people merely choose the presenter that reflects their own preconceived ideas and prejudices?...
2 May 2010 Is the quality of ads from in-house creative teams as good as it should be? Why do we hear ordinary ads on radio? Is it...
2 May 2010 Is too much research not enough? Is radio researching itself into blandness? Are program directors reading the results properly? Is there a tendency within the...
2 May 2010 You forgot to send someone in radio a Christmas card didn't you? You know everyone in the radio industry reads this site, so what better...
2 May 2010 Will there be more jobs or more jobs go at your station? From the ashes of 3AK, who is most likely to find gainful employment...
2 May 2010 There’s been a groundswell of talk lately about the new, younger, lighter and funnier talk format that eschews the blue rinse set in their 70s...
2 May 2010 Multicultural Affairs Minister Gary Hardgrave has written to Ethnic Broadcasters reminding them of their "responsibilities" in covering the hot issues of terrorism, refugees and ethnic...
2 May 2010 Will Stan rekindle the flames of success now that he is back on 2UE? How will the move affect 2GB and 4BC? What consequences will...
2 May 2010 At last years' rAWARDS, Sir Bob Geldoff berated Australian radio for playing "shite". With playlists dominated by girl bands and boy bands is radio in...
2 May 2010 While 30 second ads are the standard in Australia, in the U.S. 60s are more the go.
2 May 2010 There’s been plenty of talk on this forum about dwindling job vacancies and how tough it is to break into radio. Yet by the time...
2 May 2010 Would you like to see a topic discussed on this forum? Now's your chance. Suggest your topic and it might get a run in the...
2 May 2010 Internet radio? Digital Radio? Is it the future or just a waste of time and money? One school of thought says that being digital will...
2 May 2010 Commercial Radio Australia continues to evolve the annual three day Radio Fest in October. This year, to be held in Sydney, the industry seminar on...
2 May 2010 The following topic was submitted by Peter Whiting. I believe todays jocks rely too much on other people doing their prep.