5+ hour, 4+ min ago   (332+ words) This time last year, KIIS 97.3 Breakfast trio Robin Bailey, Kip Wightman and Corey Oates were not far away from hearing the news that they’d been sacked. They were the highest profile victims of radio’s “killing season” in 2025 — until they received…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (582+ words) A Facebook post from a friend advises me that Shotgun Sam and his World Famous Blues Band will be among the acts playing in the BASEQ Memphis Blues Challenge final at Lefty’s Music Hall on August 23. I know nothing about…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (507+ words) I just discovered Jasmin and James. But it turns out that I’m very late to the party. This young dancing duo are bona-fide superstars on the internet, with 40.3 million followers on YouTube, 3 million on Instagram, 2.4 million on Facebook, and 4 million…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (404+ words) Update: Dean Miller and Sofie Formica said goodbye, then played a Beatles tune. “What happens when you come to talkback radio is you open yourself up to people… It’s cutthroat and we were up against it from the very beginning....

2+ mon, 15+ hour ago   (510+ words) As Oscar Wilde might have said if he were alive today, to lose one mainstream media gig may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness. As I write, it’s being reported that Karl Stefanovic has parted…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago   (333+ words) Gardening expert Annette McFarlane has taken her longtime 612 ABC Brisbane audience by surprise by announcing her immediate retirement after 35 years of talkback radio. Saying she never intended to be on air for so long, McFarlane told a shocked Saturday Breakfast…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (521+ words) I interviewed hundreds of famous people over my many years as an entertainment journalist. Among them were two people who’ve been in the news over the past week. I’d like to say I have outstanding anecdotes about them both. The…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago   (306+ words) Before I start: This is not an article about politics; it’s about the media business. There’s a lot going on in the radio, TV and online world this week, and some of the strands come together in interesting ways. Many…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (351+ words) When Nikki Osborne left Nova 106.9 at the end of last year, she said she’d be back after a trip to America. Well, according to a media release, Nova Entertainment has announced “a major expansion of its content offering with the…...

5+ mon, 4+ day ago   (909+ words) Just about everything that can be said about the Kyle Sandilands case against ARN Media has been exhausted by now. As things stand, we may have to wait for a court hearing in June before there are more facts to…...