radioinfo - A site for broadcast professionals http://www.radioinfo.com.au News, jobs, classifieds and chat for the Australian radio industry. en-us Copyright (c) 2005 Radiowise/Andy Grace. All Rights Reserved. 2008-07-23 Radiowise Radiowise Radio, Broadcasting, Australia hourly 1 1970-01-01T00:00+00:00 Full list of 2008 Commercial Radio Award finalists http://www.radioinfo.com.au/news_item.php?id=7675The 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. 2 HOT Cobar turns out the lightshttp://www.radioinfo.com.au/news_item.php?id=7676Cobar community radio station 2HOT FM made its final broadcast after more than 15 years, turning off its transmitter for the last time on Monday. Tomato puts Veg on menuhttp://www.radioinfo.com.au/news_item.php?id=7672Having 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. Mal Lees is best known as one half of the 80’s radio legends, the wildly successful Club Veg - firstly on Triple J, then on Triple M through until early 2002. Low Powered Open Narrowcast auction in Gawler sets new record pricehttp://www.radioinfo.com.au/news_item.php?id=7674A 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. AFTRS launches new radio studios: Equipment details and pictureshttp://www.radioinfo.com.au/news_item.php?id=7658AFTRS has used the opportunity provided by its Moore Park move to build three state of the art radio studios that will set up the organisation for years to come with one of the most progressive radio training facilities in the Australia. Alan Jones resting comfortably after surgeryhttp://www.radioinfo.com.au/news_item.php?id=76732GB's Alan Jones has successfully come out of his prostate operation. Peter Lloyd arrested for drugs in Singaporehttp://www.radioinfo.com.au/news_item.php?id=7663ABC Radio and TV foreign correspondent Peter Lloyd has been arrested in Singapore for posession of drugs. Hamish and Andy party on and on and on…http://www.radioinfo.com.au/news_item.php?id=7665When 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. Howzat! Ed Kavalee misses streaker and century by just 66http://www.radioinfo.com.au/news_item.php?id=7671Nova’s Ed Kavalee, from The Wrong Way Home, put his balls on the line when he took on four of Australia’s finest female cricketers at Fawkner Park in Melbourne. Actually, it was the women bowling the hard red balls that did Ed in. 2AY opens its new Albury Wodonga studioshttp://www.radioinfo.com.au/news_item.php?id=76572AY this week opened its new premises in a former Albury chicken shop. The station was bought from Macquarie Regional Radio Network last year by the Ace Radio network and has been planning a move since that time.