Year: 2022

The Gold Coast’s 90.9 Sea Fm Breakfast with Bianca, Dan and Ben was missing Ben Hannant this morning as his family home was hit by the devastating floods.Ben and his family left their home as floodwater covered the property and continued to rise.Bianca Dye and Dan Anstey spoke with their missing team member on-air as he evacuated… Read More
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Australian singer-songwriter Vera Blue will be the first artist for 2022 to perform live in Nova’s Red Room on Tuesday 8 March in Melbourne.The Nova Network, in partnership with PayPal Pay in 4, will hold a special Nova’s Red Room, as part of one of the Melbourne Fashion Festival.Vera Blue will perform exclusively for guests… Read More
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Articles from our Podcasting Today newsletterFebruary 2022  And just like that…Feb 7Joe Rogan has backed down over comments considered to be misinformation about Covid in a 9 minute video on Instagram. The backdown comes as podcast publisher Spotify faced growing pressure to rein in Rogan, which we explored last week in this newsletter.A BBC fact check of 4 of the more… Read More
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Audio streaming data for the month of January reveals year on year increases of 20% for Nine Radio.The streaming audiences illustrate the accelerating trend for listeners to 2GB, 3AW, 4BC and 6PR to tune in via digital devices – anywhere, anytime on any device.In January 2022, Nine’s four talk stations secured 9.328 million streams. This… Read More
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Severe rain has flooded the Brisbane CBD and resulted in the evacuation of ABC staff Brisbane.Journalist Jessica van Vonderen and other ABC staff were forced to spend the night at the Brisbane office after floodwater met the steps to the building, blocking their exit.“Will I get home tonight?” said Jessica. Will I get home tonight?… pic.twitter.com/iiCH6oimJG… Read More
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In response to challenges faced by the hyperlocal news industry, the Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas (JNI) has partnered with the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) to develop an industry-wide capacity-building organisation, the Local and Independent News Association (LINA).Research by JNI and CBAA found the most significant challenges identified by founders of hyperlocal… Read More
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