Full list of 2008 Commercial Radio Award finalists
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The ACRA finalists have just been released, and a full list is below. The contest for Best On-Air Team will be fiercely contested this year between The Hamish and Andy Show (Fox FM 101.9), The Kyle and Jackie O Show (2Day FM), Merrick and Rosso and Kate Ritchie (Nova 969) and Michelle and Smallzy in Brisbane (Nova 106.9). Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O have won this award for the past two years and Nova’s Merrick and Rosso are also past winners.
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2 HOT Cobar turns out the lights
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Tomato puts Veg on menu
Having just announced their new breakfast team of Paul Holmes and Sean Flanagan, the Gold Coast’s 102.9 Hot Tomato now tell us that they have a new Drive duo, Luke Badnam and Mal Lees.
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22 Jul 2008
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Low Powered Open Narrowcast auction in Gawler sets new record price
A Low-Power FM 88 MHz licence in Gawler sold at an ACMA auction for a record-breaking price of $7,600 last month. The winning bid was placed by a Perth-based media consultant Philip Smith, who specialises in Open Narrowcast licences.
22 Jul 2008
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Hamish and Andy party on and on and on…
When Hamish and Andy decide to drop in on a few parties they don’t do it by halves. In one weekend they covered three states for a grand total of 42 parties in one hell of a Party Marathon. All in a good cause, of course - ratings for their network.
20 Jul 2008
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Nasal delivery helps keep station revenues up. But at what cost?
Despite the CRA media release that boasts a 5.76% rise in revenue for commercial radio in metro markets, the fact is that many stations outside of Perth are struggling. Nowhere is the pain being felt more than in Sydney where the market as a whole lost ground to the tune of 1.17%. Doesn’t sound much, but given that some stations are still raking it in, others must be losing a poultice.
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Latest update: 21 Jul 2008
Brett Phillips of Bapcom has been appointed by Australian Independent Radio News to produce and present their Olympics reporter service.
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