ARIA-winning musician, Julian Douglas from the Panics, has swapped keyboards and guitars for NewsBoss, and singing on stage for radio news broadcasts.

Award-winning sports journalist Sam McClure is returning ‘home’ to Sportsday where his radio journey began, joining Gerard Healy as co-host from the start of February.
 
McClure, known as one of the industry’s best news-breakers, will join Brownlow medallist Healy and big-name regular guests including Matthew Richardson, Matthew Lloyd, Leigh Matthews and Caroline Wilson to dissect all things sport every Monday – Thursday from 6-8pm.
 

Crocmedia has reaffirmed its commitment to tennis and Melbourne’s Australian Open, signing a three-year deal to call the action courtside as the official domestic radio broadcast partner.

AFL Trade Radio jumped to the top of the Podcast rankings for October according to the Australian Podcast Ranker.
 

Acclaimed Australian sports broadcaster and 1116 SEN Chief Sports Caller Gerard Whateley has re-signed for a further three years, taking him through until 2022.
 
Since joining SEN and Crocmedia in 2018, Gerard has shared his astute sporting insight and opinions, as well as his engaging live sport commentary with listeners, achieving a string of accolades during his time with the station.
 

More than a decade since its inception, the Crocmedia produced AFL Trade Radio has smashed all previous audio, digital and video metrics in a record year of consumption.
 
In 2019, Telstra AFL Trade Radio broadcast 156 hours of radio and 130 hours of live video across AFL.com.au and the AFL Live app, with syndicated windows on 1116 SEN, 1377 SEN+, 1629 SEN SA, SEN.com.au and the SEN app.
 

Crocmedia have officially launched Football Nation ahead of the opening round of the 2019/2020 Hyundai A-League season, with former Melbourne Victory head coach Kevin Muscat to join the commentary team alongside a stellar line-up of former players and football experts.
 

Crocmedia will broadcast all Australian Test matches and Big Bash games this summer, with SEN’s Gerard Whateley to head the commentary line-up.

Test matche coverage will be live on 1116 SEN in Melbourne and 1629 SEN SA in Adelaide, with ball-by-ball coverage also streamed live on SEN’s digital platforms.

Crocmedia has acquired broadcast satellite company, Rapid TV with the acquisition spearheading its expansion into live outside broadcast, streaming, satellite and distribution services.
 
This will now complement the existing branded-content and studio services currently delivered by in-house agency, Rainmaker, creating new service offering titled Rainmaker Live, which will deliver live satellite and internet-based vision transfer services in Australia and around the world.