Southern Cross Austereo today announced the results of its 24th annual Give Me 5 for Kids fundraiser, this year raising a record-breaking $3,625,037.

The Kennedy Molloy Drive program will be heard on Triple M in Brisbane and on the Gold Coast beginning early next year.
 
The current Rush Hour with Luke Bradnam and Ben Dobbin will finish in December with its hosts told this week that their contract wouldn’t be renewed for the new year.
 

Speaking to radioinfo after the release of his company’s annual report, SCA CEO Grant Blackley said the company’s business strategy is working.

Like most things, from hotels and restaurants to appliances and financial products, radio networks are star-rated by consumers online.

Brisbane's HIT105 and Triple M are moving premises.

Analysis and opinion from Brad Smart

 

Southern Cross Austereo CEO Grant Blackley has been championing regional media advertising for some time, especially compared with digital and social media (see our previous reports).

'Why did they do the backflip?'

Rick Lenarcic (pictured) will leave SCA as part of an operational restructure and Stephen Haddad will move into the role of Chief Technology Officer.

In the new organisational structure the company’s core business functions will be aligned under the following areas:
 

'Facebook's claims don't withstand close scrutiny.'