Regional radio stations


The Rudd Government silent on reforming cross media rules

After missing almost the entire election campaign because I was overseas I logged onto the ALP’s website today to check out the ALP’s new communications policy. To my horror I discovered it doesn’t have one. Somehow it managed to skate through an entire election campaign without announcing one.

Regional radio content slashed again

Yesterday the Government clawed back its commitment for local radio programming in the bush, from a mighty four and half hours to just three hours.

The massive MacBank-Fairfax cross-media merger

Today’s massive cross-media merger reveals for the first time how the Government’s media reforms lead to reduced media diversity, writes Andrew Dodd.