The amazing stories of how radio is finding practical and fun ways to help listeners cope with the disruption of Covid19 just keep on coming and lifting our spirits.
Currently the Breakfast Show at Power FM in SA with Kristel Dally and DamonAdams has been split up due to social distancing measures.
“Like everyone else in the country,” says Damon, “I’ve been looking for a way to cut through the wave of information we’ve been delivering.”
In an example of radio industry cooperation during adversity, commercial network Grant Broadcasters is working with the ABC on the South Coast of NSW to keep transmissions on air during the fires in that area.
As fires raged through the area last week, the ABC’s Mt Wandera transmission site at Bateman's Bay was disabled by flames (see pictures below) and is expected to take some time to repair.
Grace Garde will join Hobart’s Hit100.9 to host workdays from 1pm-3pm from Monday June 17.
Grace began her radio career at Southern Cross Austereo Gosford in promotions before moving to her most recent gig on Power FM in Nowra after graduating from AFTRS in 2017.
Adelaide Broadcaster, Journalist and Producer Jennie Lenman has accepted the position of Journalist/Newsreader at 5MU & Power FM and host of ‘SA Today’ on 5MU, taking over from Claire Murphy who has accepted a position in Sydney.
When a vacancy came up recently at the Power FM breakfast show in Murray Bridge, the station chose a novel way of filling the position.
After receiving some exceptional applications for the Breakfast Anchor / Promotions Manager role, Power FM decided to give some of the top applicants a chance to give the job a try, “Bachelorette style”.
With Kristel Dally as the station's “Radio Bachelorette”, searching for her ultimate “Radio Husband”, the Power FM audience got to have their say as to which match they liked to wake up to.
The radio community is being encouraged to rally around POWER FM Music Director and Announcer Chris Dzelde and his announcer wife Mel.
Mel Dee, who is also the Program Director of both 5MU and POWER FM at Murray Bridge has been diagnosed with cancer - again.
This morning it's been revealed Mel has been told she has two extra tumours on her liver bringing the total to four now... so her doctors have decided to speed things up a little.
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