Pipicelli to leave dmg; New Talent to Watch 2014; Hutchence’s sister “angry and sad for Michael”
The Top New Talent To Watch in 2014
Last year’s list of Top New Talent to Watch had a big impact on the radio industry, many listed have taken big steps forward in their careers.
Former Austereo CEO Brad March has now released this year’s list of the up-and-coming radio talent.
All of the names on the list have the potential to be tomorrow’s biggest radio or media stars. Some are listed on their own, and others as part of an established on-air team. Some were also on last year’s New Talent list, but earned another mention.
Hutchence’s sister “angry and sad for Michael”
Meshel Laurie presented an INXS special on Nova 100 this morning: INXS – Never Tear Us Apart – The Sister, The Manager, The Friend which ran from 7.30-8am on the breakfast show.
She spoke to Michael Hutchence’s sister Tina about what she thought of the TV show, to which she replied: “I’m angry and sad for Michael, because, I mean, it’s a complete fabrication of our family”.
INXS’ manager Chris Murphy broke down and told Meshel he is doing it all for Michael, while Molly Meldrum refuted claims made that he didn’t support INXS.
ABC’s RN cover regional streaming issue
During the week, Radio National’s Bush Telegraph program covered the current regional radio streaming issue.
They spoke with Grant Cameron, Executive Director of Grant Broadcasters, and Dan Rosen, CEO of the PPCA.
Kyle & Jackie O to star in new radio show
Kyle & Jackie O have a new radio show which is distributed via Kyle’s production company King Kyle, and Bowserland Media and Entertainment (run by radio and TV production guru Geoff Bowser).
The A List features content that has aired on their KIIS 1065 breakfast show, as well as content and guests exclusive to the new show.
As the name suggests, the show will mainly be focussed on celebrity content.
The A List will air on KIIS 1065 every Sunday from 4pm to 7pm, and repeated Monday mornings in mid-dawns – but is being distributed beyond KIIS too.
The first station to pick it up is Hot Tomato on the Gold Coast who will air it Friday nights from 7pm – 10pm. We also hear plans are in place for the show to go further into regional Australia with a wider, global rollout within weeks.
Toni Pipicelli to leave dmg
One of the long standing members of the Nova family is set to leave, after 13 years with dmg Radio.
Toni Pipicelli joined as Promotions & Project Manager at Nova 96.9 shortly after their launch, she then moved into an AMD role under MD Dan ’Westo’ Bessant.
Over the years she has also been Assistant Program Director of Nova 100 and Group Music Director.
Parsons’ SCA departure confirmed
Southern Cross Austereo has confirmed the news that has been widely known for a few weeks now: Ben Parsons will leave the company.
Parsons, who is currently the Head of Television and General Manager of the now defunct ’EMU’ division of SCA, will finish with the company at the end of February – after 16 years – to launch a new venture.
Parsons said: “It has been an extraordinary journey and I have been privileged to work with some of the best media executives in the business. SCA is now one of Australia’s most diverse media brands and is well set for future growth.”
PPCA tells CRA to cough up the cash
The PPCA, representing Australian record companies, has applied in the Copyright Tribunal for a timetable to pursue a final scheme for a fee structure regarding the online streaming of radio stations.
The interim scheme was introduced from 31 January, and has been taken up by 42 commercial radio stations, with almost 200 opting to shut their streaming down rather than take the risk of excessive fees being backdated.
It has been speculated that metropolitan radio stations streaming services would also have been shut down, were it not for the ARN’s investment in iHeartRadio making the group unwilling to turn off their streaming, thus meaning SCA and DMG, understandably, retained their metropolitan streams for competitive reasons
A key concern for the radio industry is that the PPCA has said that the interim fee structure presently in place should not be regarded as an indication of what it would like the final fee structure to be, and that it believes the interim structure is inadequate.
Furthermore, any higher fees imposed will be likely to be backdated.
Take 40 add co-host
Take 40 Australia has been hosted solo by Angus O’Loughlin since August last year. Now, he’s getting a co-host.
Channel Eleven’s The Loop host Ash London will team up with Angus to present the show across the country every weekend.
Ash says: “This is a huge privilege. Ten years ago I did work experience at Take 40, doing coffee runs and writing album reviews for the website, so to be hosting it now is so exciting! All I need now is a coffee with Ricky Martin and all of my childhood dreams will have come true.”
Layton leaves radio after 20-year career
Southern Cross Austereo’s Corey Layton is leaving the network, and the industry, after a 20-year career in radio, including time with SCA, DMG and ARN.
Layton is moving to sponsorship, activations and content agency ’Ensemble’ to work in a national role as a Creative Strategy Director.
The move coincides with a new General Manager for Ensemble Melbourne, Ben Edmonds.
MOVES
SCA’s Corey Layton is leaving the network, and the industry, after a 20 year career in radio to be a creative strategy director at ’Ensemble’.
2013 AFTRS graduate Chris Nairn has landed his first radio gig as a breakfast announcer / copywriter at 5CS in Port Pirie.
3BO Bendigo announcer Sam Hargreaves is moving to Triple M Brisbane to be AMD, work on social media, and be their Sports Producer.
Mix 102.3 Adelaide have announced that local TV news personality Mark ’Soda’ Soderstrom will be joining Jodie & Snowy on the breakfast show in 2014.
JOBS
River 94.9 FM has a vacancy for an Account Manager
ARN has a vacancy for a Network Integration Specialist based in Melbourne
SCA has a vacancy for a Content Director based in Rockhampton
DMG Radio has a vacancy for a Music Marketing Director based in Sydney
2UE are looking for a News Journalist to join the team in Sydney
RadioTAB has a role available for a Broadcast Engineer based in Brisbane
Nova 91.9 in Adelaide are looking for an Imaging Gun
4AM Mareeba in FNQ are looking for a Breakfast Announcer
Nova 100 in Melbourne are looking for Casual Announcers
Light FM in Melbourne has a vacancy for a Flagship Announcer
Fairfax Radio Network has a vacancy for a Sales Director based in Sydney
Nova 96.9 has a vacancy for a Digital Content Producer based in Sydney
Nova 96.9 are looking for an Integration Project Manager for Fitzy and Wippa based in Sydney
ARN are looking for Casual Street Crew for KIIS 1065, WSFM and The Edge 96.1
The Music Network has a vacancy for a Music Media Sales Professional
Grant Broadcasters are looking for On-Air Personalities based on the Sunshine Coast
Light FM has a vacancy for a Business Manager based in Melbourne
Light FM has a vacancy for an Operations Manager-Product and Marketing based in Melbourne
Light FM has a vacancy for an Audio and Production Engineer based in Melbourne
Juice 107.3 based on the Gold Coast has a vacancy for a Director of Connections
Grant Broadcasters has a vacancy for a Sales Rockstar based in Mackay
Foxtel has a vacancy for a Program Manager on Channel [V]
Wave FM in Wollongong has a vacancy for an On-Air Personality with Audio Production Skills
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