AU & NZ

Vale Jan Deane

Former ABC journalist and 3SR breakfast show host Jan Deane is today being remembered as a much loved and talented radio professional, following news of her death at the age of 70.Jan was a Shepparton girl, from a well known local family in Victoria’s Goulburn Valley.After starting out in amateur theatre, Jan hosted her own… Read More
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AU & NZ

Healthy cume for Sydney, healthy share in Melbourne: Smooth FM’s Peter Clay on Survey 5

It wasn’t everything they’d hoped for, but for Smooth FM’s Head of Programming Peter Clay, there are silver linings to be taken from GfK Survey 5.Whilst Smooth 95.3 went from being Sydney’s #1 FM station to #3, its cume of 1,244,00 was the highest of any station in that city. In Melbourne, Smooth 91.5 is… Read More
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AU & NZ

Duncan Campbell: “I think it’s too early to call this thing. The battle is still on”

“I can’t say this forever, but I think it’s too early to call this thing. The audiences haven’t made up their mind. They’re still becoming familiar with Kyle and Jackie O.”ARN’s Chief Content Officer Duncan Campbell remains unwavering in his belief that Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O Henderson will grow on Melbourne listeners. It’ll just… Read More
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AU & NZ

Fresh and different approach pays off for Nine Radio

Putting a younger female voice into the Drive shift on a station whose audience traditionally doesn’t like change was always going to be a gamble, as Nine Radio’s Head of Content Greg Byrnes himself suggested at the start of the year.But – after a baptism of fire for Jacqui Felgate – it’s a gamble that… Read More
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