Trust in Australia’s commercial media continues to slump despite the industry’s insistence all is well.
Radio
My Cup Of Tea: A digital avenue for Australian musos on the Jays
Triple J’s new digital radio station — specifically devoted to new and emerging Australian contemporary music — is a step in the right direction for Australian content.
Broadcast love and audio intercourse on the wireless
In radio, a problem second can feel an eternity — will someone find their tongue? Has the guest frozen up? Oh god, is it boring? W H Chong discusses his recent spot of audio intercourse on Melbourne’s RRR radio station.
It’s time to revisit media diversity laws
Our national media has been reduced to six dominant groups. In the face of shrinking media diversity and an evolving media environment, it’s time to reconsider how and why we regulate media ownership.
Media briefs: Plugging holes at The Fin … latest radio ratings
The turmoil inside Fin Review has been plugged by a spate of new appointments inside the paper. Radio ratings: talk leads in Sydney and Melbourne rival emerges, plus other media news of the day.
Vega: a bright star ahead of its time?
Vega, that contemporary music for older listeners station, has closed after four years and $158 million dollars in license fees. It’s a great concept, it just needed a few more years, says Camille Alarcon.
Can digital save FM radio?
Digital radio offers radio with no interference and superior sound quality… but that’s about it. Will it be enough to get the iPod generation re-enthused about the wireless and reinvigorate declining FM listener numbers?
The butt of Rush Limbaugh’s jokes
Conservative political commentator Rush Limbaugh remains fixated on political humiliation — his, and other people’s — and it’s amazing how frequently such humiliation focuses on the hind quarters…
Nova and Vega FM defy GFC
DMG Radio Australia increased its profits and grew its underlying revenue by 1%, despite a 4% decline in the radio advertising market in Australia.
The dumbing down of Radio National
As Fairfax loses its way, Radio National had been cementing its place as one of the very last refuges for civility and fresh inquiry in the media landscape. That’s all set to change, writes Andrew Dodd.
Media briefs: Spam bust … Community radio listenership explodes
Community radio listeners on the up … Canberra Times not for sale … Journalists Should Follow President Bush’s Example … Victim blaming or same old scare tactics? … Citizen Media Leaders: The Journalist With a Business Edge … World’s largest spam bust linked to Australia
ABC’s Jon Faine treads a fine line with nowwearetalking
Jon Faine, 774 ABC presenter, is an intrepid interviewer, able to spot a conflict of interest at 20 paces. But his travel blogging raises interesting questions, writes Jane Nethercote.
The tangled web of 3AW, Fairfax and footy
Can what Fairfax says about Fairfax radio be trusted? Perhaps not suggests the once-bitten Ralph Horowitz.
Survival of community broadcasting at stake
More distress from community broadcasting as the new Government apparently prevaricates over the sector that needs decisions perhaps more than any other if it is to survive, writes Margaret Simons.
Community radio loses the fight for digital
Community radio stations have been locked out of ownership of digital radio, and therefore a large part of the future of the medium, writes Margaret Simons.
Will digital kill the community radio star?
A mixture of stone-walling and high hurdles is threatening the ability of Australia’s community broadcasting sector to make the leap into the digital age, writes Margaret Simons.
And the Wankley goes to … radio jocks
Well-known psychic to the stars Derryn Hinch has been doing his old “I know how he died” routine. But he’s not our winner, writes Jane Nethercote.
Are we witnessing the death of the shock jock?
Crikey / Tuesday, 27 October 2009
The position of the shock jock on our airwaves is becoming increasingly precarious, writes Luke Williams. Is radio heading towards a younger, user-generated and more democratic style of broadcast?