Media statement - radio prominence
Below is a joint statement from ARN chief executive Ciaran Davis, Nine Radio managing director Tom Malone, NOVA Entertainment chief executive Peter Charlton, and SCA chief executive John Kelly: As...
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ACRA Awards Entries Now Open
Entries for the 35 th Australian Commercial Radio and Audio (ACRA) Awards are now open, with the winners to be announced at a gala event hosted by Commercial Radio & Audio (CRA) at The Star in Sydney...
Australian radio & audio to shine at The Star
Star-power and talent will be centre stage when the 35 th Australian Commercial Radio and Audio (ACRA) Awards, hosted by Commercial Radio & Audio (CRA), take place at The Star in Sydney on Saturday...
Younger listeners switching on commercial radio, as DAB+ and streaming soar
The first ratings of 2024 have shown 82% of Australians – a record 12.26 million people – are listening to commercial radio, while GfK Radio Survey 1 also showed promising growth in younger...
Top podcast listener numbers surge in February
Audiences have flocked back to their favourite podcasts in February, the Australian Podcast Ranker has revealed. Casefile True Crime had the most monthly listeners, with 83% more than in January,...
Regional radio research to reach across Australia in 2024
Radio surveys conducted for Commercial Radio & Audio (CRA) by Xtra Insights will be expanded year on year and include more regional markets in 2024, delivering greater insight into regional...
Regional and remote communities need local radio
The commercial radio industry and media union are concerned that a proposed change to the Copyright Act could harm the sustainability of local radio in regional and remote communities and result in a...
Australia’s digital audio market booms as podcast revenue rockets to nearly $100m
Australia’s online audio advertising market increased by 21% year on year in 2023 to $265.8 million, according to new figures released by IAB Australia and Commercial Radio & Audio (CRA), with...
Radio investment doubles campaign impact
Investing just 11% 1 of an advertising campaign budget in radio will double its effectiveness, according to a groundbreaking Australian study revealed at HEARD 2024, the annual audio showcase hosted...
Aussies downloaded 33% more podcasts in Jan, compared to last year
Australians’ love affair with podcast listening continues to deepen, while listeners flocked back to radio podcasts, and a new title took the Number One podcast position, the January Australian...
World Radio Day celebrates radio’s dynamic future
Radio’s continued global potency in attracting and keeping mass audiences while maintaining trust and entertaining people is being championed today, UNESCO’s World Radio Day. Established to...
Free & easy access to Australian radio is essential
Industry body Commercial Radio & Audio has called for immediate action to ensure free, easy, and reliable access to Australian radio on smart devices like speakers and cars. In a submission to the...
Radio stays switched on over Summer
Radio listeners stay tuned in all Summer long, according to new research released by Commercial Radio & Audio (CRA) and compiled by GfK using their wearable technology, the MediaWatch. 91.1% of daily...
Commercial radio annual ad revenue holds steady in a challenging market
While annual broadcast radio ad revenue was down 4% in 2023, radio is still performing consistently well in a tough media market, according to annual and quarterly figures from the industry body...
CRA launches major new audio event HEARD 2024
Australia’s most iconic radio personalities and incisive marketing minds will meet at HEARD 2024, a major new audio event on 15 February that will showcase the power of audio and presented by...
CRA launches major new audio event HEARD 2024
Australia’s most iconic radio personalities and incisive marketing minds will meet at HEARD 2024, a major new audio event on 15 February that will showcase the power of audio and presented by...
More than 1 billion podcasts downloaded in 2023: Australian Podcast Ranker
Australians’ voracious appetite for podcasts has been confirmed with the release of the December 2023 Australian Podcast Ranker, which revealed that Australians downloaded 1.03 billion podcasts in...
Wunderman Thompson Perth wins Siren Awards Round 3 for the West Australian Ballet
28 October, 2021 Wunderman Thompson, Perth, have scooped back-to-back Siren Awards rounds, with their latest radio campaign "Dracula Comes to the Crown", promoting the West Australia Ballet season of...
Wunderman Thompson wins Siren Awards Round 2 for Anglicare WA, Winter Appeal
Wunderman Thompson, Perth, has won Round 2 of the 2022 Siren Awards for a powerful radio ad to raise donations for the Anglicare WA, Winter Appeal. The "Cold Campaign" was awarded overall, single and...
M&C Saatchi's 'Ugly, but good for you' campaign for Steggles wins best radio ad of 2021
M&C Saatchi's "Ugly, but good for you" campaign for Lilydale/Steggles has won the coveted Gold and Silver Siren Awards for 2021's best radio campaign. Creatives Melissa Hawkett and Jason Leigh...