Summer, the time for holidays, the festive season, family vacation and time to throw out your old unwanted radio line-up and fit into something new.

The ABC’s Director of Regional & Local, Michael Mason, farewells the corporation after 34 years.  
 
Today is his last day.
 
During his career, Michael worked in Sydney, Canberra and Adelaide and managed the ABC’s Local Radio and Regional networks as well as ABC RN, before becoming Director of Radio in 2014 and then Director of R&L at the beginning of this year following the corporation’s internal restructure.  
 

This Saturday, ABC Radio is supporting the ‘Band Together Farmers’ concert to raise money for rural mental health and suicide prevention with a number of Australian musicians coming together to perform at the Parkes Showground.
 

In this exclusive article for radioinfo, Michael Mason, the Director of ABC Regional & Local, writes about the place of ABC Radio in the changing media landscape and explains how Australia’s national broadcaster is rethinking its strategies to better engage with evolving audiences in the new media landscape.
 
 

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China's international radio service, China Radio International (CRI) has taken over some of ABC Radio Australia's old shortwave radio frequencies in the Pacific.

'We are currently finalising our radio rights negotiations.'

A staff email responds to the federal budget.