Triple M Classic Rock and Easy Hits will be available in Hobart from April 1 when Commercial Radio Australia rolls out digital radio in the Tasmanian capital.

Clemenger BBDO Brisbane has won round five of the 2019 Siren Awards, taking out the single, campaign and overall win with the ad campaign ‘Fun Money’ for Keno. 
 
Creative team Christie Luxton, Cristian Staal and Shaun Conroy from Clemenger BBDO Brisbane created three ads which include some inventive ways to spend Keno winnings with the ad “Barbershop” part of the campaign win, also winning the single category.    
 

The commercial radio industry has welcomed the bipartisan support by the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee for the modernisation of broadcasting laws that haven’t kept pace with the current media landscape.
 

Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director of Southern Cross Austereo (SCA) and Chairman of Commercial Radio Australia, Grant Blackley will feature as a speaker at Radiodays Europe 2019.

The commercial radio industry has welcomed changes to outdated regulations restricting how parliamentarians can use their annual office communications allowances to communicate with their constituents announced by Special Minister of State, Alex Hawke.
 

Commercial radio's metropolitan ad revenue grew across all markets in the 2018 calendar year, with Melbourne the strongest market.

Commercial Radio Australia has released more than 100 detailed market profiles of regional and metropolitan commercial radio areas to stations and advertisers nationwide to provide an invaluable reference tool for advertising on radio.
 
The Commercial Radio Market Profiles, collated every five years, provide details on individual radio markets throughout Australia, including all the commercial stations in the area and various demographic breakdowns.

Grant Blackley, chief executive officer and managing director of Southern Cross Austereo was elected as Chair of CRA. 

Adam Lang, chief executive officer, Macquarie Media Limited stepped down after four years but will remain on the board and retain his role as Chair of the CRA Research Committee.   

Commercial Radio Australia has welcomed recommendations by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission for greater regulatory oversight of Facebook and Google.