News October 27, 2015

On The Dial: September 09, 2013

NEWS

What did the Fox say to Nova ?

Nova 100 posted a status on Facebook which led to a cheeky comment from the team at Fox FM. See it here

Dear Diary ….

Another insightful piece from Eriks Celmins. A must read. Read more

Radio Today’s Sunday Soapbox

A breakfast announcer went off all social media for the month of August – and he’s written about what he learnt from it. Read more

Which political parties spent up big on radio

Aircheck has revealed the top advertisers on radio during the federal election.

There are some fascinating snippets in the information; some stations that received advertising from only one or another of the parties. See all the graphs

SCA centralise their digital content teams

We hear that some changes to the structure of Southern Cross Austereo’s digital content teams have occurred over recent weeks. We caught up with their Director of Digital & Innovation Clive Dickens who gave us the lowdown. Read more

Revenue spikes in August

Metropolitan commercial radio stations have registered their seventh consecutive month of growth in advertising revenue in August. Read more

SCA programmer leaves after 23 years

Rex Morris has announced he will be leaving SCA at the end of the month to spend more time on growing the business he co-founded in 2008, Resonate Broadcasting. Read his memo to staff

Rudd & Abbott agree on one thing

Both Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott were surprised on Friday when they appeared together on the Kyle & Jackie O show. But it did lead them to agree on one thing. Read more

i98 do it for the kids of Wollongong

I98FM in Wollongong has been conducting their impressive Camp Quality Convoy since 2005, and have announced the 9th event for 2013. Read more

SCA engage in Hobart

Last week Southern Cross Austereo hosted the inaugural ‘SCA Engage Live’ event in Hobart. SCA Engage Live is designed to explore how the digital space is defining the future of media. Read more

10 radio women in Cosmo awards

Cosmopolitan Magazine have launched their Fun Fearless Female Awards. There are 8 categories :- Singer, TV personality, Blogger, Sportswoman, Fashion Designer, Author, Role Model and…..Radio.See who’s on the radio list

Major lineup changes at Mix in Perth

Mix 94.5’s breakfast lineup of Fred Botica and Lisa Shaw are finishing up on breakfast on October 25 before moving to do drive in 2014.

Who is replacing them on breakfast ?

Day 1 of Triple M Perth: “96 is boring”

Hear the imaging Triple M Perth aired on their first day, including the attack on AM football coverage and on 96FM, using the line “96 is boring”. Read more

Breakfast host crashes Rudd’s presser

Browny & EJ from Hot FM in Central Queensland crashed Kevin Rudd’s press conference in Gladstone. Hear what happened

RADIO TODAY – MOVES

After 23 years with SCA, Rex Morris is leaving to spend more time on growing the business he co-founded in 2008, Resonate Broadcasting

David Konov has resigned after 12 months as producer of Mix 102.3’s breakfast show, Jodie, Mark & Snowy in Adelaide.

Brooke Bayes is the new EP for Mix 101.1’s breakfast show Chrissie & Jane and the 3pm Pick-Up.

6mm in Mandurah WA have announced they will now, for the first time, have their own locally produced drive show. The Drive Through will be hosted by Peter Rowe.

Peter Maynard is the new General Manager of dmg’s Adelaide station’s FIVEaa and Nova 919.

Labby, Stav and Abby’s newsreader on B105, Alissa Thibault, is making the move to Nova to read drive news for Meshel, Tim and Marty on Nova Sydney and Brisbane.

Mix 94.5’s breakfast lineup of Fred Botica and Lisa Shaw are finishing up on breakfast on October 25 before moving to do drive in 2014.

Replacing The Bunch on Mix 94.5 breakfast from October 28 will be the current drive show, Clairsy, Shane & Kymba.

Sophie Monk and Dave Thornton will host a new weekend breakfast show on the Today network from September 14.

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JOBS

ARN has a vacancy for a publicist based in Melbourne

River 94.9 in Ipswich is looking for a new Program and Content Director

2UE has a vacancy for a Senior Executive Producer working on a prime time program

SCA has a vacancy for a Radio Journalist with B105 and Triple M Brisbane

River 94.9 in Ipswich has a role for a Promotions Manager/Coordinator

Nova 96.9 are looking for Casual Weekend Announcers and Panel Operators

Hot Tomato on the Gold Coast are looking for a Media Account Manager