Radio fit for a king

Martin King will present drive on the all new Melbourne talk radio station which is set to launch soon. MTR 1377's King will go head to head with Derryn Hinch who hosts drive on 3AW

The Touch wins I am with the band.

Adelaide band The Touch is officially Australia’s hottest emerging music act, beating tough competition to be crowned the official winner of Nova’s I Am With The Band competition today.

Beating a staggering 1,065 bands that entered the competition through www.novafm.com.au , The Touch won $10,000 as well as national airplay on Nova stations to help them along their journey to stardom.

Combining interlocking riffs of television with the electronic dance sounds of Bloc Party, The Touch was shortlisted by an industry-judging panel as one of the top ten bands in Australia.

ACMA declares no more automation

SCOOP APRIL 1 The ACMA will this morning issue a press release announcing that commercial radio stations are and have been in breach of their licensing conditions if they provide automated programming including where the air shift is networked from a sister station or interstate source. All shifts including mid-dawns are going to have to an announcer live to air with stations having a minimum number of 6 daytime jocks. The move will send shockwaves across the industry and station bean counters to the drycleaners. Our source for this item was Issie Joshing.

Jamie Dunn gets agro on air

We wrote over 12 months ago that Jamie Dunn was only ever going to be one person on talkback radio, himself. Since joining 4BC breakfast at the start of last year Jamie has had to find his feet and he is the first one to admit it. 2010 has seen him start to carve out his niche and he seemed to be enjoying it more, well that is until this morning.

Nehama Patkin dies

Talented musician Nehama Patkin has passed away in Melbourne at the age of 70. Nehama Patkin was the oringinal presenter of the ABC television program Play School. Her contribution to radio reached generations and for hundreds of thousands of school children she was the voice of the ABC radio schools programs which Nehama scripted and presented. SMH article

Time tunnel 5KA FM 1047

Want to design your own radio station? This TVC from 1991 gives you the basics.