News October 27, 2015

Kyle & Jackie O fight for social networks, Triple M launch Classic Rock Digital, ABC discover how pay data leaked

NEWS

Kyle & Jackie O fight for social networks

It hasn’t even been confirmed that the duo are going to pop up at another network but the fight for their right to take their social networks with them is apparently happening in the background.

The Daily Telegraph reported on the weekend that there is some back-and-forth over Facebook and their 194,000+ followers. While it looks as if the duo are able to use ’Kyle & Jackie O’ on-air somewhere else due to a previous arrangement, the social aspect is the challenging one.

While the Daily Tele piece talks specifically about Facebook, the same theory must surely apply to their other social networks.

Triple M launch Classic Rock Digital

This morning at 10am, the Triple M network launched Triple M Classic Rock Digital.

Triple M were planning to launch the station with a bit of cheeky fun calling it ’Kiss’ Radio (what ARN are rumoured to be calling their Mix brand in 2014).

As expected they kicked off playing non-stop back catalogue Kiss and will keep playing them for 24 hours.

Who’s Your Mentor ?

A great Programmer has great judgement.

Programmers have to make many decisions in order to build ratings & revenue. They problem solve all the time. Their job is to take in all the relevant information and make informed decisions.

There are always at least two correct paths to take in any action taken but many wrong ones that can turn into disaster. So how do programmers hone their decision-making skills and judgement calls? It simply comes down to knowledge and experience. The best way to get there is to find a great mentor.

Australian Radio Hall of Fame inductee Greg Smith reveals his mentors

Elf Radio back on-air

ARN’s pop-up digital station, Elf Radio, is back on-air with non-stop Xmas tunes until Boxing Day.

This is its fifth year playing carols and classic Xmas songs from the likes of Michael Buble, U2, Guy Sebastian and many others.

Elf Radio airs in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide on DAB+ but can also be heard at www.elfradio.com.au

triple j announce winners of J Awards

The winners of the 2013 J Awards have been announced.

Australian Album of the Year went to Flume.

His debut album was released 12 months ago.

triple j’s Richard Kingsmill said, “Flume’s self-titled debut is remarkable for so many reasons. It had equal measures of light and dark, upbeat and mellow, straightforward and obscure. Where he will take his music now is as exciting a prospect as this album has been for us all in 2013.”

The award was accepted by video message with Flume thanking triple j for their support from day one.

ABC discover how pay data was leaked

Two days after The Australian published sensitive pay information about staff at the ABC, the network’s managing director Mark Scott has told staff how the leak occurred.

Although it is unclear how the newspaper accessed the data, it is now known that a freedom of information request made from the office of the Liberal SA state minister, Robert Brokenshire (now a Family First MP), was how the figures came to leave the ABC.

The request was for simple information about staff numbers in certain regional areas and at ABC headquarters in Sydney between 2007 and 2012.

However, embedded underneath a simple one page spreadsheet were the pay figures.

The changing media revenue landscape

The two charts in this article are from PwC and were taken from the Nine Entertainment prospectus.

They outline the Australian media ad spend and how it has changed over the past decade (2003 – 2012), plus a forecast of US media revenue (2012 vs 2017).

Some headlines …..

– In the last 10 years, radio revenue has increased in Australia but has slipped slightly over 2011-2012

– In the US, the forecast is for radio revenue to grow from US$16.1 billion in 2012 to US$17.3 billion in 2017, a slight increase over the coming years

– The main growth in the US, not surprisingly, is forecast to be Internet advertising (which could nearly double).

SCA release October digital stats

Southern Cross Austereo have released their monthly digital stats which show growth for their Facebook following, now almost 4 million fans, and growth on Twitter with 72% share of the Australian social radio market.

See all the figures in their preso that also show how other networks are going in the digital space.

Why Natasha Exelby should be on Breakfast radio
Brad March

Natasha Exelby, who was surprisingly axed from the TEN breakfast show Wake Up, should be on breakfast radio. And it wouldn’t surprise me if she appears on radio somewhere in the future.

It’s no wonder Adam Boland hired her for the show to begin with. Natasha, or ’Tash’, has the intelligence of WSFM radio host Amanda Keller, the directness of 2Day FM’s Kyle Sandilands and the spunk of recording artist Pink.

Most importantly she’s got something to say.

2Day FM lodge an appeal over ACMA ruling

Two weeks after the Federal Court ruled in favour of the ACMA, allowing the media watchdog to now conclude its investigation into 2Day FM and its handling of the royal prank call, SCA have now lodged an appeal seeking to have the decision overturned.

In the station’s Notice Of Appeal, lodged on November 19, it will now argue that Justice Edmonds erred in concluding the communications watchdog had the power under the Media Authority Act, to find that a broadcaster had committed a criminal offence. It will claim that such a judgment was unconstitutional.

Robbie Buck to host ABC Sydney breakfast

The new breakfast host to replace Adam Spencer on 702 ABC breakfast will be Robbie Buck.

Buck used to host Evenings on the station in 2010 and 2011 and since then makes regular visits to many segments including Richard Glover’s Critics Forum and Linda Mottram’s Mornings program.

Robbie said, “It’s an incredible thrill to return to the 702 fold.”

19 year old scores Nova gig

He’s just turned 19, and hasn’t quite graduated from AFTRS, but Tim Wong-See has scored a mid-dawn gig at Nova 96.9.

As part of the radio course, the students toured Nova Sydney. Within 3 hours of that, Tim had sent PD Brendan Taylor an aircheck, obviously showing great enthusiasm.

He then spent two weeks doing work attachment at the station and was thrown in the deep end to do a mid-dawn shift.

MOVES

Geoff Handbury, an Owner and Director of ACE Radio, is retiring after being involved with the network for nearly 30 years

Leigh Hatcher has announced he is leaving Hope Media’s Sunday Night program Open House. The show airs on 10 stations across Australia

25th Joshua Withers, Senior Digital Producer at Fairfax Radio in Brisbane, is leaving and will focus on building his wedding business and podcasting ventures.

Crystal Vas is the new announcer on 92.9 in Tamworth. Vas was at community station Fresh 92.7 in Adelaide and recently graduated from the Australian Radio School.

Philip Clark will be the one to replace ABC Canberra breakfast host Ross Solly next year.

Belinda Heggen is leaving her Fiveaa afternoon shift and is moving to Sydney with her family.

TRFM’s breakfast duo Bryce & Tulles have exited the station.

JOBS

2XL and Snow FM in The Snowy Mountains has a vacancy for a Production and Workday On Air Announcer.

MIX 101.1 has a vacancy for a Breakfast Audio Producer.

SCA has a vacancy based in Sydney for a Campaign Response Executive for a 6 month parental leave contract.

2UE has a vacancy for a Promotions and Marketing Coordinator

2UE has a vacancy for a Promotions and Marketing Director

96FM in Perth has a vacancy for an Executive Producer in Breakfast

Wave FM in Wollongong has a vacancy for a Promotions Manager

2UE has a vacancy for a Direct Sales Account Manager