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AU & NZ

Susie O’Neill announces World Aquatic Masters Championships individual 50m butterfly

After weeks of speculation, Nova 106.9’s Susie O’Neill has confirmed she will compete in the individual 50m butterfly at the World Aquatics Masters Championships in Japan on August 7.Susie’s return will mark her first international competition butterfly race since the Sydney Olympics in 2000. The news of the return follows her unexpected breaking of the world record at a recent… Read More
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AU & NZ

Brisbane’s first snow day 

KIIS 97.3’s Zach & Dom have helped Brisbane tackle its reported identity crisis by building the city’s first ski run which was unveiled by former Olympian Steven Bradbury. After watching a Channel 7 report suggesting the river city is struggling to lure tourists due to a lack of international identity, Zach and Dom wondered why. Brisbane is close to beaches… Read More
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US

PlayoutONE Launches Version 5

Aiir is pleased to announce the release of the newest version of its radio automation software, PlayoutONE. Version 5 of PlayoutONE by Aiir is focussed on increasing speed and efficiency, allowing broadcasters to get more things done with ease.    PlayoutONE’s industry-leading browser-based remote broadcasting tools, LiveMIC and WebVT, have had a major update. They’ve […] […]

UK

Frisk Radio develops its own cloud-based station management software

A new cloud-based software system has been created by Frisk Radio on the north-east of England for use by its own presenters and staff. The station, which broadcasts on DAB, says it built the system in-house as an alternative to getting lots of different services from different companies and making them all work together. The […] […]

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Podcast Awards Finalists to be revealed on Wednesday – and you get a say in who wins!

On Wednesday, not only will you see who’s on the judges’ shortlist from the hundreds of entries we received, but you, at home or in the studio, will be able to listen to and vote for The Radio Today Podcast of the Year in both the Major and Indie divisions.You’ll have a week to make… Read More
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US

FCC Report 7/9: Climate Change Shut Down Leads To Oxnard Upgrade

FCC Actions
The FCC is opening comment periods on petitions by Matthew Wesolowski’s SSR Communications to add three Hawaiian signals to the FM Table of Allotments. SSR seeks to have a new Class A allocations added on 102.3 in Koloa, 104.7 Puhi, and 106.3 Lihue.

License Cancellations
Centro Cristiano Vida Abundante has surrendered the license of 980 KDBV Salinas CA. KDBV had been silent since last August due to “repeated technical failure”.

Silent Notifications

Framingham State University’s 91.3 WDJM-FM Framingham MA (Lack of interest from students)
University of Northwestern-St. Paul’s 103.5 KCKZ Huntsville MO (Transmitter failure)
Nevada Public Radio’s 88.7 KWPR Lund NV (Snowstorm damaged satellite dish in March)
Americom’s 1270 KBZZ Sparks NV (Transmitter site vandalized and damaged, Classic Rock “92.5 The Hog” programming remains on 92.5 K223AL Reno now fed by 1230 KZTQ Reno while Alternative “96.1 The Zone” K241AK Reno is fed by 97.3 KOLC-HD2 Carson City).

FM Changes
Made possible by the surrender of 89.5 KCBX Santa Barbara at the end of last year “due to climate change”, Southern California Public Radio’s “LAist” 89.5 KJAI Ojai/Oxnard CA seeks to upgrade… […]