Month: April 2022

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AU & NZ

Aussie success at New York Festivals Radio Awards

April 27, 2022 radionewsfeeds Comments Off on Aussie success at New York Festivals Radio Awards

Australia had plenty to celebrate at the prestigious New York Festivals Radio Awards.We picked up 20 gongs, winning four gold, four silver and four bronze, as well as eight finalist certificates.ABC and SBS again dominated the leader board with SCA’s LiSTNER and CBAA the only other major broadcasters to receive awards.Media Heads, Broadwave and Lockdown Productions… Read More
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Tracy Bartram: From breakfast radio to podcasting

April 27, 2022 radionewsfeeds Comments Off on Tracy Bartram: From breakfast radio to podcasting

Tracy Bartram likens living through a pandemic to wading through quicksand, waiting to come out of a  bad dream.The Melbourne radio personality, singer and comedian – for years part of the top rating Fox FM breakfast show Tracy and Matt in the Morning – describes the two years of the Covid pandemic as atrocious. The… Read More
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Geelong’s unofficial Mayor Lingy finds new office at K rock

April 27, 2022 radionewsfeeds Comments Off on Geelong’s unofficial Mayor Lingy finds new office at K rock

Three-time Cats Premiership player (and the man known as the unofficial Mayor of Geelong) Cameron Ling is set to join the K rock Breakfast team on a permanent basis kicking off this Monday, May 2nd.No stranger to the media since his footy retirement in 2011, ‘Lingy’ will continue his footy commentary work with Channel Seven.However,… Read More
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Cameron Coats Joins 103.9 The Breeze

April 27, 2022 radionewsfeeds Comments Off on Cameron Coats Joins 103.9 The Breeze

Townsquare Media has announced the addition of Cameron Coats as cluster Production Director in Albany NY and morning host at Soft AC “103.9 The Breeze” WPBZ-FM Rensselaer. Coats joins the station from mornings at Commonwealth Broadcasting AC 106.3 WOVO Bowling Green KY. He has also served as PD at Western Kentucky University’s “Revolution 91.7” WWHR […] […]

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If You Can Afford Only One Local Host, Do This

April 27, 2022 radionewsfeeds Comments Off on If You Can Afford Only One Local Host, Do This

At the outset of COVID, with radio already crunched and forced to further consolidate, I outlined a plan for radio going forward that spoke to our current realities. Broadcast radio was long past the point where 15,000 radio stations could be counted on to each serve their local communities with the seven best on-air talent […] […]