AU & NZ

Judith Whelan has been appointed to the role of ABC Editorial Director, effective from February next year.Currently ABC Director of Regional and Local, Judith brings more than thirty years of journalism experience to the role.She replaces Craig McMurtrie, who recently announced his retirement.In making the announcement, ABC Managing Director David Anderson said the ABC’s editorial… Read More
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Award winning journalist Zac De Silva’s career has taken a new turn, with the 23 year old departing 2GB to join Nine Radio’s Canberra bureau.Zac announced the news on twitter, saying he’s stoked to be joining Michael Pachi, and covering politics in what’s shaping up to be a fascinating term in federal parliament.Zac began his… Read More
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Broadcasters will benefit from the Federal Budget, with the government to deliver 5 year funding terms for the ABC and SBS, starting 1 July 2023.ABC funding will return to being indexed against inflation.The Albanese government will also fund a feasibility study into the expansion of Double J on radio. fund additional Radio Australia transmitters and… Read More
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There was a lively discussion on the Ruck ‘n Roll  podcast recently, about when radio announcing started to become more computer generated and less of a ‘physical’ pursuit.The presenters cast their minds back to the nineties, when the tactile nature of radio began to disappear.Was radio better? Worse? Or just different?Is it even fair to… Read More
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For the third year in a row, The Radio Today 30 Under 30 Awards will recognise the audio industry’s rising stars across sales, on-air, production, marketing, music, content, news, podcasting, digital and more.More? You could be in reception, schedules, street crew, counting beans or PA to the boss… whatever you do in audio, if you’re… Read More
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Australia’s multilingual community radio station, 3ZZZ 92.3 FM, is running its annual Radiothon, raising money to replace its old transmitter and keep its multilingual broadcasts running.3ZZZ creates opportunities for ethnic broadcasters and caters to wider communities with diverse languages as their mother tongue. While mainstream media caters for the majority, 3ZZZ caters to the culturally and linguistically… Read More
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