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GWR to sell DMG Radio Australia stake

Britain’s GWR has announced it will sell its 25% stake in DMG Australia. DMG may buy back the share. GWR had the option to increase its stake in DMG to 75% as a result of an earlier deal with DMG, but GWR has now decided to “leave its Australian
01 June, 2002

Balding appointed ABC Managing Director

The ABC Board has announced the appointment of Russell Balding as the corporation's new Managing Director, effective immediately. Chairman Donald McDonald says the ABC Board "unanimously agreed to offer the position to Mr Balding, following an
01 June, 2002

Red's on air at ABC Melbourne

Red Symons will fill-in on ABC 774's breakfast show while Lynne Haultain is on maternity leave from next week. Symons was recently shafted from Channel 9's game show. In the 1980s he was on air at EON FM's breakfast show.
31 May, 2002

New breakfast team at Canberra’s FM104.7

The ad was on AMT’s jobs page. The applicants are now sorted. The interviews have been conducted. Tears have rolled, and the new breakfast team has been created... FM104.7 is proud to announce the new breakfast team will feature the talents of:
31 May, 2002

2UE in the money

2UE has introduced a new Saturday morning program called Money Talk. The program, which will be heard between 11am and noon, will be hosted by money expert Greg Smith, founder of themoneyshop.com.au and money editor of Woman's Day. Each week
31 May, 2002

Sarah Macdonald to present RN’s Bush Telegraph

Former Triple J and ABC TV presenter Sarah Macdonald will be the new anchor of ABC Radio National's Bush Telegraph from next Wednesday. For the past two years she has been living and travelling in India, writing freelance articles about South Asia
31 May, 2002

2CBA opens new studios

Sydney Christian station 2CBA 102.3 officially opened its new Seven Hills studios last weekend. The building was previously the home of 2WS, which has now moved to the new ARN studios at North Ryde. Pictured at the opening ceremony are Major Chris
31 May, 2002

NTC Country station opens in Bathurst

Radio 16, the NTC Country Music Network, has begun broadcasting into Bathurst and the Central West on AM 1629 after a long period negotiating to get its transmitter up and running. NTC says the broadcast has finally begun "after a one and a half
31 May, 2002

Curtin University pulls out of Radio station

Perth’s Curtin University of Technology has decided to “hand back its community broadcasting licence to the Australian Broadcasting Authority" because the licence has no commercial value and cannot be sold. Acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor Lesley
31 May, 2002

FBi’s CD deal

New Sydney community station FBi is securing funding to get its operation up and running by the ABA’s due date. AMT has received leaked details of the station’s proposed promotional deal with various record companies. While such deals are now
31 May, 2002

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