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PETER HARVIE RETIRES FROM SCA BOARD

After 44 years with the company in its various incarnations, Peter Harvie has retired the board of Southern Cross Austereo. Coming from an ad agency background, he joined as MD of the Triple M network. In 2001 he became Executive Chairman of Austereo and drove its merger a decade later with Southern Cross Broadcasting.

In 2011, he returned to the ad agency he founded, CHE, as non-executive Chairman. He was inducted into the Commercial Radio Hall of Fame in October 2014.

SCA Chairman, Peter Bush, said, “SCA has benefitted greatly from Peter’s 50 years experience in the Advertising, marketing and media industries. He has been an informed and forthright contributor to board deliberations.”

SONY/ATV HIRES IAN HOLDER AS NEW VP CREATIVE

Sony/ATV has appointed Ian Holder as Vice President, Creative, based in New York.

In his previous role as Director of Writer/Publisher Relations at US performing rights organisation BMI, his signings included Frank Ocean, Action Bronson, Desiigner, Pusha-T and Grammy-winning production team The J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League made up of Rick Ross, Drake, Nas and 2 Chainz.

LINDA WAYMAN DEPARTS SCA WA

After 15 years steering the fortunes of Southern Cross Austereo’s Perth operations and managing Mix94.5 and Hit92.9 Linda Wayman has left. Once famously quipping she planned to give out free condoms to staff because so many of them were going on maternity leave, Wayman has stepped down to focus on her family.

MARCUS SEAL JOINS M AGENCY

Former Shock Records CEO and Live Nation Head of Commercial Marketing, Marcus Seal, has joined The M Agency as National Head of Marketing and Business Development

The appointment is to expand the operations in Melbourne and around the country of the creative agency. It has been in 20 years in the entertainment and creative spaces.

Emma Triggs, founder and Managing Director of The M Agency, said: “We’re delighted to have Marcus on board. He was a client of the agency for more than 15 years, so he knows first-hand what we do and what sets us apart from our competitors.”

NEW GM FOR 2RPH

NSW community broadcaster 2RPH, which serves the disabled community, appointed Sancha Donald as GM. She comes from a background of working with volunteers serving that community and recently was CEO at Accessible Arts.

FRESH LINEUP FOR 3PM PICKUP

Australian Radio Network’s 3PM Pickup show has announced three new hosts. Rebecca Judd, making her radio debut, and Katie “Monty” Dimond host it on Mondays. Then Dimond and Yumi Stynes take over from Tuesdays to Fridays.

ASH GRUNWALD ON SMALL SCREEN

Roots singer-songwriter and surfing enthusiast Ash Grunwald (left) has joined the cast of new Fox Sports two-part series Latitude Zero. He joins Luke Egan, Rabbit Bartholomew and Mark Philippoussis to the Latitude Zero resort in the Telo Islands to focus on what surfing means to them.

The series, produced by surf filmmaker Andrew “Shorty” Buckley, will air in April.

STEPHEN GOODHEW FACES MIRROR

Former FBi Radio Music Director Stephen Goodhew has joined Sydney artist management and label Mirror Music Group (MMG).

He will serve as Head of A&R and as an artist manager as MMG’s Director Kurt Bailey remains based in New York. MMG’s management roster includes Gang Of Youths and Middle Kids.

CLUBS ACT LOSE TOP SENIOR EXECS

Canberra-based Clubs ACT, which represents the ACT clubs industry, faces yet another crisis after President Athol Chalmers and Vice President Rob Docker resigned after four months in the positions.

The association has been in turmoil since it borrowed money to fund $240,000 worth of unsuccessful election campaigns – to stop the ACT Government from introducing pokies in the casino, and Richard Farmer standing for election.

There is talk of a new association being started by the powerful Tradies group (owned by the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union), which quit Clubs ACT along with the Labor clubs and the Burns club.

MEDIAWORKS RADIO HEAD QUITS

Wendy Palmer, CEO of New Zealand’s top rating MediaWorks Radio for the past 12 years, is leaving at the end of April. In recent times, the division has posted its best financial and ratings results.

David Gibbs takes over as Head of Radio.

JABEN RYAN AT 2DAY FM

Jaben Ryan replaces Ellie Angel-Mobbs as 2Day FM’s afternoon announcer / operations as she moves from the role after eight years to content assistant and producer roles.

RANDO, PRICE, JOIN COLLARTS

Songwriter and touring guitarist Tommy Rando and creative director, designer and publisher Patrick Price have joined the staff of Collarts aka the Australian College of the Arts.

They head two new courses introduced this year by the college, respectively, the first-of-its-kind Bachelor of Arts in Music Production and Diploma in Content Creation.

FORSTER DEPARTS ARN NEWSROOM

Sarah Forster has left as breakfast news presenter for Jonesy & Amanda at ARN’s Sydney station WSFM to spend more time with her family. According to Radio Today, she’s landed a role presenting weekend bulletins at Nova’s smoothfm.

NEW GM FOR ACE RADIO GIPPSLAND

ACE Radio in Gippsland has tapped David McDonald, current CEO of Queensland’s children’s charity Variety, to take over as GM of Gippsland stations 1242 and TRFM after GM Johnstone shifted to heading its new ACE Digital division.