Creative agency The Monkeys has been awarded the coveted Gold Siren Award for 2020’s best radio advertisement for the DrinkWise commercial “www.PeteGotPissed.com.au”....read more

The Infinite Dial Australia 2020 study released today by Edison Research shows 82% of Australians aged 12 and over listened to radio over the air, online or via catch-up podcasts in the last week, holding steady with last year’s 83% figure....read more

Industry body Commercial Radio Australia has commissioned radio audience measurement provider GfK to undertake a special online listening survey, to be released in June while the official radio ratings are on hold due to COVID-19....read more

The Australian Podcast Ranker for April, released today, shows downloads of the top 100 podcasts hit a new average weekly high of 5.5 million in the month, up 14 per cent on the previous result, while the All-Australian Top 100 list reached 3.9 million average weekly do...read more

Canberra’s additional DAB+ digital radio stations, which include Coles Radio, My Canberra Digital, KIX Country, The Edge, Club Lime and Hit Buddha, attract an audience of 54,000 listeners every week, according to GfK’s latest Canberra radio ratings survey.read more

Finalists for the 16th annual Siren Awards, which honour excellence and creativity in Australian radio advertising, have been announced today ahead of a special virtual awards event to be held on 28 May. 14 creative agencies from across Australia will be in the running ...read more

Peak industry body Commercial Radio Australia has recommended that disclosure requirements should be reviewed and modernised in line with the Government’s aim to move to a more platform-neutral regulatory framework across media....read more

The commercial radio industry has raised concerns about Google and Facebook’s increasing monopolisation of the collection and control of customer data harvested from ads and content on digital platforms operated by radio stations....read more

The 32^nd annual Australian Commercial Radio Awards (ACRAs) will go ahead later this year but in a different format to the traditional ceremony as a result of the COVID-19 situation....read more

Radio listeners are spending more time with radio throughout COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, listening on average for around 1 hour 46 minutes longer per week compared to the weeks prior to the lockdown. This is according to a GfK analysis of ratings data collected duri...read more