AFTRS, the national screen and broadcast school, and Commercial Radio Australia (CRA), the industry body representing Australian commercial radio broadcasters, have announced that Melbourne student Nicola Sitch is the recipient of the CRA Podcast Scholarship for 2020....read more

The Australian Podcast Ranker for May, released today, features a new Top 10 Publishers list as well as podcasts from Audioboom and West Australian Newspapers, who have joined the ranker for the first time....read more

The 32^nd Australian Commercial Radio Awards (ACRAs) will now be celebrated in 2021, with event organiser and industry body Commercial Radio Australia making the decision to pause proceedings for 2020 and bring the event back bigger and better next year....read more

Peak industry body Commercial Radio Australia said a collective licensing-fee arrangement would provide the best framework to enable commercial radio broadcasters to share in the ad revenue that Google and Facebook generate from radio-created content....read more

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