Journalist and presenter is the host of ‘Sexism in the City’ and co-host of ‘The Few Who Do’, Jan Fran will host of this year’s OzPod conference. Read more...  

Regional media needs to consolidate to survive and the government needs to act fast by removing more ownership restrictions to make sure Australians outside metropolitan cities won't be "living in the dark", Antony Catalano said. "If there isn’t...

Radio Tomorrow with James Cridland If there's one thing being talked about a lot over the last year or so, it's 5G. It's a new technology for mobile broadband. 5G is interesting to large public broadcasters because, I think, it's the...

The First Nations Media Conference, Converge, to be held at Alice Springs this November, has announced a number of pre-event workshops for attendees.   There is no cost registration cost associated with these workshops, but delegates will need...

Radio Tomorrow with James Cridland It’s 40 years since Trevor Horn wrote the Buggles’ ”Video Killed The Radio Star”. Video didn’t, of course. 9 out of 10 people listen to the radio every week, in countries as diverse as Malaysia, the US...

With trust in media a hot topic at present, the subject was on the agenda at last week’s Radiodays Asia conference in Kuala Lumpur.   While there has been much discussion of the journalistic requirements for building trust, not a lot has been...

One innovative highlight of the first Radio Days Asia conference was the ' Topical Meet-ups'. During the mid-morning coffee and tea break on day one delegates got the hands on opportunity to discuss their favourite aspect of radio with like minded...

The CBAA has finalised the program for this year’s conference in Melbourne.   Among highlights is the Walkley Foundation Journalism Masterclass on newsgathering and verification, supported by the Google News Initiative.   This is a...

Radio Tomorrow with James Cridland As Google knows, I’m in Kuala Lumpur today, in Malaysia. Google knows exactly where I am. It knows where I was yesterday; what airline I used to travel here; what news stories I read this morning; what’s...

There is real hype about Audio and Content at the moment, be it Podcasts, Streaming or Smart Speakers. There is an onslaught of platforms taking a bite and further disrupting Radio’s share of ear. Despite that, is this radio’s next golden age, asks...

Radio Tomorrow with James Cridland Recently, I was at Podcast Movement in Orlando. It’s the largest podcast event in the world, I’d think, with a variety of tracks covering almost everything you needed to know about podcasting. The event...

SEE THE FULL LIST HERE Finalists in the 31st annual Australian Commercial Radio Awards (ACRAs) have been announced today with Australia’s top radio presenters competing for the coveted Best On Air Team in both the AM and FM (Metro) categories....

It was 2012 when Keegan Bakker, an announcer on Melbourne’s Fox FM decided that instead of dealing with the daily frustration of outdated promotions management software, he would create his own.   Three years later he has added CEO to his job...

Early registration for the CBAA conference in Melbourne closes tomorrow (Wednesday).   Prof Peter Greste will deliver the keynote presentation focusing on the AFP raids on Australian journalists, and what this means for community broadcasting...

The SMPTE Media & Entertainment Tech Expo is being held in Sydney this week. Steve Ahern checked out the exhibition for radioinfo.     Some of the more interesting new innovations on display were some 3D microphones and Rode’s podcast...

Radio Tomorrow with James Cridland The radio ratings in Australia come out every six weeks, which I still find slightly amazing. I’m much more used to the UK’s sedate pace of a set of figures every quarter. The local TV news bulletins...

High profile human rights lawyer Amal Clooney has warned that leaders of oppressive countries were looking at Australia’s actions against journalists, suggesting that the recent police raids on the media could be used by less open countries as an...

Steve Ahern is in Kuala Lumpur planning Radiodays Asia.   It’s been a busy week. I’m in Malaysia as part of the planning committee for Asia’s inaugural Radiodays event, which will happen here on 27 & 28 August, just seven weeks away....

Radio Tomorrow with James Cridland I’m in Malaysia, planning for Radiodays Asia - a new radio conference for Asia, to be held at the end of August in Kuala Lumpur. Radiodays Asia might sound familiar, if you’ve been to Radiodays Europe - as well it...

 Radio Tomorrow with James Cridland At the recent Podcast Day in London, I was asked to share three of my favourite podcasts, and as always I decided to slightly subvert the brief to really be three podcasts that we can learn from....

Engagement and participation, governance, content creation and technical streams will be the workshops be covered over two big days at the 2019 CBAA Conference in October, from 24 - 27 October at the Pullman on the Park, Melbourne.   The CBAA...

iTunes will be replaced by a trio of new apps — Apple Music, Apple TV, and Podcasts — with the next version of macOS. Although long expected, Apple formally flagged the desktop platform's imminent demise on Monday at its annual developer's...

Nominations for the CBAA Awards closed this week with the winners announced at the annual conference in Melbourne later this year. The Awards program offers an inspiring snapshot of the achievements of stations with programs, initiatives or...

The speaker lineup for Radiodays Asia will combine the best of the European Radiodays conference with a range of speakers from Asia.   The two day event will be held in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia on August 27-28.  Register here  for early...