Year: 2025

The Capital Radio Network has announced that Kevin Blyton, owner of the network and the Blyton Group of companies died on Sunday October 19 at Cooma Hospital, after suffering a cardiac arrest. Kevin purchased his first radio station, 2XL when he was just of 19 in 1978. The Capital Radio Network now includes XLFM and SNOW… Read More
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Australians may have been wrongfully accused of killing or harming a baby due to an outdated and flawed medical theory, a new four part podcast…
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The skies above Canberra’s Lake Burley Griffin will light up again in 2026, with free event Skyfire returning next year on Saturday, March 14, with the support of Hit 104.7 and Mix 106.3. Skyfire has been a beloved feature of the Canberra calendar since 1989, when FM104.7 (Now Hit 104.7) first delivered the event. Since… Read More
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SCA’s Melbourne newsroom has been heavily impacted by the company’s recent restructure and latest round of redundancies, with Head of Broadcast News James Royce and sports journalist Josh Conway both among the confirmed casualties. One of the country’s most experienced radio journalists, Royce joined the company in 2018 and was central to SCA’s news leadership,… Read More
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The verdict is in – book lovers across Australia have crowned Brisbane author Trent Dalton’s Boy Swallows Universe as #1 in ABC Radio National’s inaugural Top 100 Books of the 21st Century countdown. With almost 300,000 votes cast, readers celebrated stories across both fiction and non-fiction, from the court of King Henry VIII and post-revolutionary… Read More
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There’s a reason why Lucy Holmes and Kel McWilliam are the longest-serving on-air duo in the Melbourne radio market. In an often hostile and polarising media space, the Lucy & Kel Breakfast Show on 89.9 TheLight has long been a beacon of positivity. You won’t find any on-air argy bargy, shock jockery or explicit content… Read More
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