The Australian Radio and Podcast Industry Sector Consultation Group has issued a set of COVID-19 Safe Studio Principles to support the broadcast industry to safely produce live and pre-recorded content.
 
The Guidelines have been developed by AFTRS, in consultation with industry, to provide a resource that can assist with safety while COVID-19 restrictions and containment measures are in place.
 

Results are in for Round 1 of the 2021 Siren Awards, with creative agency whiteGREY being named overall winner and taking the top spot in the single category for the Missing Persons Advocacy Network (MPAN) advertisement ‘Missed Birthdays - Rigby Feilding.’
 

Commercial radio’s average weekly metro audiences have climbed by 7.1% to nearly 12 million people during the past four weeks, as coronavirus restrictions have eased, according to a GfK Radio Pulse e-diary survey released today.
 
The research shows commercial radio listeners are up by 786,000 people per week, compared to the second official radio survey of the year that was released in April.
 
Commercial radio reached 82.4% of Australians in the latest study, compared to 76.9% in Survey 2 and an average of 77.3% for all of 2019.

AFTRS and CRA have announced that Melbourne student Nicola Sitch is the recipient of the CRA Podcast Scholarship for 2020.

The Australian Podcast Ranker for May features a new Top 10 Publishers list as well as podcasts from Audioboom and West Australian Newspapers, who have joined the ranker for the first time.
 
The UK-based Audioboom offers US, UK and Australian titles, including Casefile True Crime, a cult-hit Australian podcast that deals with well-known murders, and is hosted by an Australian man who remains anonymous.
 

The 32nd Australian Commercial Radio Awards will now be celebrated in 2021.

Commercial Radio Australia says a collective licensing-fee arrangement would provide the best framework to enable commercial radio broadcasters to share in the ad revenue that Google and Facebook generate from radio-created content.
 

The Infinite Dial Australia 2020 study released today by Edison Research shows 82% of Australians aged 12 and over listened to radio over the air, online or via catch-up podcasts in the last week, holding steady with last year’s 83% figure.
 

GfK will move to an online survey for the five major capital city markets while the official radio ratings are on hold due to COVID-19.