Commercial Radio & Audio Media Releases (5)

February 14, 2024

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...

February 13, 2024

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...

February 12, 2024

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...

February 9, 2024

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...

February 1, 2024

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...

January 29, 2024

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...

January 29, 2024

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...

January 17, 2024

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...

October 28, 2021

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...

September 3, 2021

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...

June 3, 2021

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...

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