Virginia Trioli hosts a QandA style panel during today's conference. See the tweets below. #radioalive2017 Tweets !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https...

Amongst a range of announcements at the national Radio Alive Conference in Melbourne today, Joan Warner announced a five-year extension of GfK’s radio audience measurement contract. The contract extension includes a new multi-million-dollar...

The reason more people don't enter contests, even those that are free, is because they feel the chance or winning is so low they just don't bother. Well here's a contest you where you have great odds of winning  your choice of a brand new...

Candy Hertz has been reading radioinfo since she studied at Swinburne. We have covered her career progress through various stations, and now she has moved back to Melbourne, where she does weekends on Fox FM, is a voiceover artist and has also...

The largest gathering of ethnic and multicultural community broadcasters will meet in Canberra on the 25th November. Ethnic broadcasters play a key role in shaping and developing community radio in Australia, contributing to media diversity, and...

Love the competition idea...and I reckon I could do with that fancy iPhone!   Congrats on such a long and proud history...radioinfo is always my go to website everyday...Ok several times a day, but don't tell my boss! That's one of the...

Next month radioinfo marks its 20th birthday.   As part of our birthday celebration you will have a chance to win the latest smartphone of your choice: iPhone X or Samsung Galaxy Note8. Read on to find out how.   In the last twenty years...

Echoing the sentiments of Peter Finch in the 1970s movie Network, Public Broadcasters are as mad as hell and they're not going to take it any more. For too long they have either not responded, or issued low-key corporate press statements, politely...

Analysis from Steve Ahern For the past decade or more, public service broadcasters have found it necessary to justify their existence in the face of increasing competition, new technology and attacks from the private sector.   Now, in the age...

Opening this year's Media2020 Conference in Sinaia, Romania's Culture Minister Lucian Romascanu said the conference is "more than having a technical discussion. This conference is about building bridges between cultures. We bring together our souls...

The money's there to boost podcast production, aimed at supporting emerging community-based podcasters and extending the range and diversity of content. The Podcast Fund was launched at the opening of the second annual podcasting conference ...

Osher Günsberg has joined forces with podcast platform Whooshkaa. Günsberg, who is set to anchor the Australian podcasting conference, Ozpod 2017, this Friday, is already known nationwide as the host of The Bachelor, The Bachelorette , seven...

Women in Media Powerhouse; Trust, Transparency & Brand Safety, plus Real News in a World of Fake Facts  These are the three key sessions announced today by Commercial Radio Australia for this year’s Radio Alive 2017 conference,...

The Australian Podcast Conference OzPod 2017 is less than two weeks away. While the last handful of tickets wait to be snapped up, OzPod announces its third and final line-up along with the addition of small-group workshops, presentations and a...

Community Broadcasting Association CEO Jon Bisset has told the Senate Inquiry into Public Interest Journalism, "community radio is producing more local content compared to other sectors... we play more local music and support a greater diversity...

Will you be holding one of the coveted Australian Commercial Radio Awards this year? Find out just after midnight this Sunday morning, when radioinfo reveals the finalists for the 2017 ACRAs. This year's ACRAs will be held in Melbourne on 14...

Successful discussion panel program Q&A will headline Radio Alive 2017, the radio industry’s annual national conference in Melbourne on 13 October.  Two-time Walkley award winner, ABC News Breakfast co-presenter Virginia Trioli will host...

 It’s a well worn business truism: If you stand still you’re dead. Comment from Peter Saxon That’s always been true for radio. Never more so than now.  The last time we saw k.d. lang was in 1995 at the State Theatre. Built...

Acclaimed international soprano, award-winning social entrepreneur, creative innovation catalyst, global speaker and spiritual journeywoman Tania de Jong AM, has been named at this year's CBAA conference keynote speaker. Tania will begin...

The CBAA Community Radio Awards celebrate excellence in community broadcasting, recognising the achievements of stations, their programs, initiatives and individual contributors that increase their capability and improve the services offered to...

Most HR recruiters will tell you that Broadcast Engineers are as rare as hens’ teeth. If that’s so, then last weekend’s Technorama conference held at the Campbelltown RSL was a rare event indeed with more "hens’ teeth" gathered in one room than...

Comment from Peter Saxon. Today, Wednesday, is to be an “unprecedented” occasion. Never before have all the major operators of television, radio and press united with one voice - a voice of deep concern. 25 captains of Australian main...

The explosion of content and innovation are the key factors influencing broadcast businesses today, and businesses need to adapt to survive. Speaking at the Broadcast Asia 2017 Conference in Singapore, Eric Bruzek and Brendan O’Shaughnessy outlined...

TPG’s first offer for Fairfax Media was rejected, but the second bid is now being taken seriously by investors. A slightly higher bid by Hellman & Friedman is now also on the table. TPG is an American investment fund, that has combined with...