Star FM’s Give Me 5 For Kids campaign raised a whopping $46,010.05 for the children’s ward at Dubbo Base Hospital.
The announcement was made yesterday afternoon by the Star FM radio team, lead by breakfast announcers Ali and Dazza.
“We’d like to thank the entire community for their generous support throughout the month of June,” Dazza said. “To raise these much-needed funds for the kids of Dubbo and across the region is a fantastic effort.” Related item here

PAUL Thompson, founder of DMG Radio Australia which owns the Nova and Vega stations, has today announced he will resign his executive role 12 years after starting the business.

He has handed over executive responsibility to DMG's managing director Cathy O'Connor who takes the new role of CEO.

Mr Thompson will remain the chairman of the unlisted group but in a non-executive capacity.

"Cathy O'Connor is an outstanding executive and a fine person. I'm proud we have someone of such calibre in our organisation and as CEO she will have he guidance and support of the most talented executive team in our industry," Mr Thompson said.
Full story The Australian

2GB Broadcaster Alan Jones has prostate cancer but says he has no plans to give up radio. "We don't do dying around here. We just try and make the most of living," Jones said after revealing his condition at Macquarie Radio's Sydney studios today.
The 67-year-old radio host was diagnosed with cancer in May but kept it secret until this week.
He says he has good prospects of a full recovery following surgery in about two weeks, and will remain on air until the eve of the operation at Sydney's St Vincent's Hospital. More details The Age

Helmes Media Solutions are always developing new and exciting program ideas and are currently looking for young talent interested in beginning their career in commercial radio. What Helmes Media are looking for specifically are people who could contribute to a new radio comedy segment. So if you think you’re funny, send them a demo via email here, this could be the start of something big!

ABC Local Radio’s broadcast of the 2008 Games from Beijing will continue the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s proud history as an Olympic broadcaster. That history has continued unbroken since 1936 with ABC radio providing comprehensive, independent coverage of every Games since then.

An experienced and skilled team of 28 broadcasters, journalists and technical staff will bring Australians all the action from Beijing. Broadcasting over 180 hours of coverage of the Olympic Games, ABC Local Radio (excluding 702 ABC Sydney*) will be the place to hear every classic moment, live, through the afternoon and evening from 8 to 24 August 2008.

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Following the conclusion of extended negotiations for non-commercial radio rights for Beijing Olympics broadcast, 702 ABC Sydney audiences will not share in the full commentary of this year’s games with the rest of the ABC Local Radio national network.

While the other 59 metropolitan and regional stations of ABC Local Radio will enjoy full commentary from the experienced Grandstand sports broadcast team in Beijing this August, 702 ABC Sydney will not have the same access following the decision of commercial radio rights holder 2GB to exclude the station in the deal.


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Just what information is your 9 or 10 year old being feed on the way to school?
Fiona Connolly has presented an interesting and long overdue article in the Daily Telegragh highlighting some of the content being provided on the FM band. Programs talking about subjects probably best suited to the back section of a seedy $5.00 boob and tit magazine. In the article she asks "Where the hell are our radio regulators? What is the Australian Communications and Media Authority listening to? Deborah Cameron?" Read the full story by here

Andrew G, Host of Take 40 and Australian Idol, has married the love of his life Israeli actress Noa Tishby. The couple wed on June 26 in the small coastal town of Caesarea, about 45km out of Tel Aviv,

Plenty of moves at Nova 100! Jody McLeod has moved from from nights to afternoons while Johnny Kats, has left the station to concentrate full-time on his standup comedy career. Moving into nights is former afternoon presenter Hayley Pearson who will be joined by former drive anchor Jarrod Walsh.

Mix 106.5 breakfast presenter Mark Parton has quit to take up a new role. Where and what station you may ask? He has resigned to stay home in Canberra with his four children while his wife Vanessa takes up a 15-month Australian Federal Police posting to Solomon Islands as a communications adviser to the local police.
''Vanessa, in the last 10 years, has made a lot of sacrifices because of my job and I think it's probably time that I made a sacrifice for hers,'' he said. Full story Canberra Times