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Sammy J Raises Over $10000 For Rent Due Inside Kyle Sandilands Head

Sammy J has left his low rating ABC breakfast program undefeated against even lower rating radio program Kyle & Jackie O on KIISFM in Melbourne.

Tagged as: Australia, KIISFM, Kyle & Jacki O, Kyle Sandilands, radio, Sammy J

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The Kyle and Jackie O Show Becomes A Management Mistake of Historic Proportions

by Paul Cashmere

The dead in the water Kyle and Jackie O show has had another ratings dip in Melbourne.

Tagged as: ARN, Australia, Kiis, Kyle and Jackie O, radio

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Kyle and Jackie O Continues To Tank In Melbourne Radio Survey 6

by Paul Cashmere

This isn’t the first time I’ve said Kyle and Jackie O was the most expensive failure in radio history. I said it in July back when Kyle and Jackie O’s first full survey in Melbourne was more flaccid than what Kyle’s dick would be like if he ever went to a Diddy party. (well, if he ever went to one that is).

Tagged as: Australia, KIISFM, Kyle and Jackie O, media, radio, survey

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Shit Show Kyle and Jackie O Continues To Stiff In Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

The Survey 5 Australian radio ratings are out and that KIIS-FM shit show Kyle & Jackie O has continued to stiff in Melbourne.

Tagged as: Australia, Kyle & Jackie O. KISSFM, radio, rating

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R.I.P. Australian Radio Legend Ron E. Sparks Dies Aged 72

by Paul Cashmere

Ron E. Sparks, one of Australia’s most respected and professional broadcasters, has died from cancer at age 72.

Tagged as: 2DAYFM, 2SM, 70s, 80s, Australia, radio, Ron E Sparks, Triple M, WSFM

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Kyle and Jackie O Is A Million Dollar Failure For KIIS FM In Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

Kyle and Jackie O’s entry into the Melbourne radio market has become the most expensive commercial failure in radio history.

Tagged as: Australia, Kyle and Jackie O, Melbourne, radio

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Taylor Swift at the MCG Melbourne 16 February 2024 Photo Credit TAS Rights Management

Australian Acts Cover Taylor Swift For Triple M

by Paul Cashmere

Australian radio station Triple M curated an incredible list of Australian artists performing the songs of Taylor Swift and it really, really works.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, Australia, Birds Of Tokyo, British India, Diesel, Ian Moss, Paul Kelly, pop, radio, rock, Sarah McLeod, Screaming Jets, Taylor Swift, Triple M, USA

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Australian Radio Legend Doug Mulray Dead at 71

by Paul Cashmere

Doug Mulray, without a doubt Australia’s funniest and most talented radio announcer of all time, has died at the age of 71.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Doug Mulray, radio

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Federal Government To Commence Study To Take Double J To The FM Band

by Paul Cashmere

The ABC’s DAB+ radio station Double J may soon head to the FM band. The Australian Federal Government has revealed plans to fund a feasibility study to take Double J onto FM frequencies around Australia.

Tagged as: ABC, Double J, Labor, radio

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John Schumann of Redgum, music news, noise11.com

John Schumann, Billy Pinnell Receive Australia Day Honours

by Paul Cashmere

Redgum’s John Schumann and radio legend Billy Pinnell have received Australia Day Honors.

Tagged as: 3AW, 3KZ, 80s, 90s, Australia, Billy Pinnell, EONFM, FoxFM, John Schumann, media, MMM, radio, Redgum, Triple M

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Australian Television Legend Bert Newton Dies At Age 83

by Paul Cashmere

One of Australia’s true television legends Bert Newton has died at the age of 83.

Tagged as: Australia, Bert Newton, radio, television

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Bachelor Girl’s Tania Doko To Join Broad Radio’s Music & Comedy Variety Hour

by Paul Cashmere

Bachelor Girl’s Tania Doko is taking part in the Broad Radio Music & Comedy Variety Hour, streaming free this Wednesday night.

Tagged as: Australia, Bachelor Girl, Broad Radio, Jo Stanley, radio, streaming, Tania Doko

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Jonathan Coleman Remembered As One Of Australian Showbiz Nicest People

by Paul Cashmere

Australian radio and television presenter Jonathan Coleman is being remembered as one of the nicest and most genuine people to work in the entertainment industry. Jonathan succumbed to a four year battle with prostate cancer on Saturday (10 July 2021) at age 65.

Tagged as: Australia, Jonathan Coleman, radio, television

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Sarah McLeod Is Double J’s May Artist In Residence

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

Sarah McLeod has been recruited by Double J as the radio station’s Artist In Residence for May.

Tagged as: Australia, Double J, radio, rock, Sarah McLeod, The Superjesus

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2017 Record Store Day Ambassador Anthony Albanese (aka Albo) at Red Eye Records handing over the Ambassadorship to the current ambassadors. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Albo Casts His Votes For Triple J’s Hottest 100

by Paul Cashmere

Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese has voted early and voted often for the Triple J Hottest 100.

Tagged as: Albo, Alex The Astronaut, Amy Shark, Anthony Albanese, Australia, Ball Park Music, Gordi, Hottest 100, Julia Jacklin, Labor Party, Lime Cordiale, Powderfinger, radio, The Strokes, Tired Lion, triple j, Vera Blue

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Carrie Underwood. image by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

Shania Twain and Carrie Underwood Score Apple Radio Shows

by Music-News.com

Carrie Underwood, Shania Twain and Snoop Dogg are among the stars to have landed their own radio shows on the revamped Apple Music network.

Tagged as: Apple, Apple radio, Carrie Underwood, media, radio, Shania Twain, Snoop Dogg, USA

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Kev Carmody Has Some Words For 3AW’s Tom Elliott

by Paul Cashmere

3AW’s drivetime presenter Tom Elliott is not known for his sensitivity to our First Australians. In fact, his rhetoric often borders on full-blown racism.

Tagged as: 3AW, Australia, indigenous, Kev Carmody, racism, radio, Tom Elliott

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Victoria’s Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton Signals A Return To Live Performances

by Paul Cashmere

Professor Brett Sutton, the Chief Medical Officer for Victoria, has signalled a return to normality for the music industry by October if all goes to plan.

Tagged as: 3AW, Australia, Brett Sutton, Duane mcDonald, music industry, radio, Red Hot Summer, Sally Cockburn

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Rihanna, Jay-Z, Billie Eilish To Play BBC Streaming Festival

by Music-News.com

Rihanna, JAY-Z, and Billie Eilish are among the stars who have been added to the lineup for BBC Radio 1’s virtual Big Weekend festival.

Tagged as: BBC, Billie Eilish, Jay-Z, pop, R&B, radio, Rihanna, UK, USA

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3XY To Switch Back On At Memo Music Hall

by Paul Cashmere

Former 3XY jock John Peters will switch Memo Music Hall to 1422 on the AM band for the 3XY Top 40 show on 18 January.

Tagged as: 3XY, 60s, 70s, 80s, Australia, John Peters, Memo Music Hall, pop, radio

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US Radio Legend Don Imus Dies At Age 79

by Paul Cashmere

Radio shock jock pioneer Don Imus has died in Texas at age 79.

Tagged as: 00s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Don Imus, radio, USA

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Triple M Shut Down Aussie DAB+ Station And No-One Seemed To Notice

by Paul Cashmere

The Triple M network closed down its all-Australian Aussie DAB+ station at the end of September and hardly anyone noticed.

Tagged as: Aussie, Australia, DAB+, Hard N Heavy, music industry, radio, Triple M

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Hillary Clinton Reveals Favourite Beatle And When She Asked Keith Richards to Call Her Mother on Her Birthday

by Paul Cashmere

Hillary Clinton is a huge rock music fan and confessed to Howard Stern about her love for The Beatles and the Rolling Stones.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Hillary Clinton, Howard Stern, Keith Richards, Paul McCartney, radio, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, USA

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RRR FM’s ‘Vital Bits’ Celebrates 30 Years Of Weekend Breakfast

by Tim Cashmere

Triple R FM host Tim Thorpe celebrates thirty years at the helm of the community radio broadcaster’s weekend breakfast show ‘Vital Bits’ this weekend.

Tagged as: breakfast, broadcaster, broadcasting, Cash Savage, community radio, David Bridie, Georgia Fields, Grand Salvo, jack charles, radio, RRR, Stephen Walker, tim thorpe, Triple R, uncle jack charles

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Triple J Confirms 2020 Line-up

by Paul Cashmere

Triple J has a new line-up for 2020. Lucy Smith will take over morning, Dave Woodhead at lunch and Avani Dais is the new host of Hack.

Tagged as: Australia, Avani Dais, Hack, Lucy Smith, music industry, radio, triple j

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NeilYoung at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl by Ros O'Gorman

Neil Young Explains Why He Was Edited Out of Woodstock Movie

by Paul Cashmere

Neil Young has told Howard Stern the story about how is pissed off a camera-man at Woodstock 50 years ago so to piss him off they edited him out of his Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young performance and edited his name out of the band title.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, Canada, country, Howard Stern, Neil Young, radio, rock, USA

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Legendary Melbourne Broadcaster Stephen ‘The Ghost’ Walker has passed away

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne music radio icon Stephen ‘The Ghost’ Walker passed away on Wednesday, 3 July 2019.

Tagged as: Australia, music industry, radio, RRRFM, Stephen Walker, The Ghost Who Talks, Triple R

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R.I.P. Australian Rock Music Media Pioneer Chris Winter

by Paul Cashmere

Australia rock music stalwart Chris Winter has passed away.

Tagged as: 70s, ABC, Australia, Chris Winter, music industry, radio, Room to Move

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Pond cover Madonna’s Ray of Light

by Paul Cashmere

Pond have knocked out a reinvented version of Madonna’s ‘Ray of Light’ for Triple J’s Like A Version.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, Kevin Parker, Like A Version, Madonna, Pond, radio, rock, Tame Impala, triple j, Westerna Australia

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Joan Jett at Red Hot Summer, Mornington, 19 January 2019 photo by Karen Freedman

There’s Divinyls, The Beasts, Do Re Mi and the Red Hot Summer Series 2 acts at Noise11 iHeartRadio

by Noise11.com

Australia has kicked off the 2019 live music season with a vibrant series of acts with the Red Hot Summer series bringing local and international acts across Australia and a number of bands back together including Do Re Mi, Divinyls and The Beasts.

Tagged as: Australia, Divinyls, Do Re Mi, iHeartRadio, radio, Red Hot Summer, The Beasts

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Don Walker’s Sister Dies In Tragic Car Accident In Perth

Renowned author Dr Brenda Walker has died in Perth following be hit by a speeding car near her home in Perth.

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Kyle & Jackie O Are Literally KIIS Anchors

The Kyle & Jackie O show on KIISFM in Melbourne has literally made them the anchors of the Australian Radio Network. Kyle & Jackie O’s disastrous Melbourne entry in 2024 is tanking the network.

December 12, 2024