Consumers have increased their consumption of radio via smart phones, smart speakers and podcasts in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
 
CRA chief executive officer Joan Warner said early figures showed there had been a lift in the number of Australians listening to radio via the industry’s RadioApp as well as a strong increase in podcast listening.
 

Commercial Radio Australia has called on Federal and State/Territory Governments to ensure radio broadcast operations and broadcast staff are exempt from any lockdowns due to the coronavirus crisis and are able to stay on air to provide essential information.
 
CRA chief executive officer Joan Warner said that CRA has contacted the office of the Prime Minister, Communications Minister, Premiers and Chief Ministers today.
 

The ACMA has released its Future delivery of radio report, that lays out its

Creative agency The Monkeys is the overall winner of Round 5 of the 2020 Siren Awards and has taken top spot in the single category for the DrinkWise ad 'www.PeteGotPissed.com.au.' 
 

Commercial Radio Australia’s CEO, Joan Warner, says the role of radio during the coronavirus outbreak is more important than ever.
 
In a newsletter to the industry today, she says,
 

Final year broadcast, media, communications and journalism students and recent graduates from across the country are invited to submit their applications for the 2020 Brian White Scholarship, with the Australian commercial radio industry’s initiative now open for entries.
 

The 32nd annual ACRAs will return to the Gold Coast on Saturday, October 10, with the who’s who of commercial radio set to hit the red carpet at The Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre.
 
Entries for the awards open today, with more than 1,000 of the industry’s stars, personalities and executives from around Australia expected to attend the event.
 
Awards will be handed out in 39 categories, covering all areas of radio broadcasting, including news, talk, sport, music and entertainment.
 

Commercial radio stations are calling on the Federal Government to spend $80 million in an accelerated roll-out of DAB+ technology.

The commercial radio industry’s advanced ad buying platform RadioMATRIX has processed more than 1 billion items of radio inventory since launch in October 2017, according to figures released by CRA.
 
RadioMATRIX allows buyers to easily connect with every commercial radio station on one powerful platform and is now being used by 190 media agencies to manage radio campaigns running across 360 stations.
 

GfK and Commercial Radio Australia have released the Finance & Investments category report, providing media agencies and radio sales teams an overview of some of the additional survey data available to them via Gold Standard software.
 
Key Insights include: