Sanity returned to the radio market this winter
by Frank Avis | August 2, 2019
Radio, the Federal Election, ABC television and Brexit.
Radio ratings, elections, Brexit and golf
by Frank Avis | May 8, 2019
There's continuing drama at 2GB with Alan Jones still unsigned to a new contract. This absolutely stuns me.
Heading into 2019... And Don't Spare the Horses
by Frank Avis | March 22, 2019
Recently involved in a Skype interview with a couple of radio men from the old days – Ray Kelly and Doc Livingstone – for a 3MP reunion event.
Farewell to '18
by Frank Avis | January 9, 2019
As I go to print, we've just lost one of the superstars of the entertainment world, Jimmy Hannan.
Spring of 2018
by Frank Avis | November 27, 2018
I've gone to radio heaven this month bathing myself in a book about the classical period downunder through the 30s, 40s and 50s.
More goodbyes my friends
by Frank Avis | September 26, 2018
More goodbyes my friends – it just goes on – with the deaths of a famous name in Melbourne radio, John Worthy and that of Ray Bean.
Midwinter 2018
by Frank Avis | August 8, 2018
Sadly I have to report the passing of Jeff Sunderland, one of the longest serving radio presenters in our industry.
What's happening out there?
by Frank Avis | June 20, 2018
And so the 2GB radio train keeps full steam ahead, continuing to dominate the latest ratings here in Sydney while the most significant move elsewhere is by WS FM which takes over as the number 1 operator on the FM band.
Welcome to another year of radio ravings and other stuff
by Frank Avis | April 9, 2018
Radio, TV, Trucks and America's right to bear arms.
Summertime, and the Livin' is Easy
by Frank Avis | January 15, 2018
And so we say farewell to another year of radio ratings. Careers are made: careers are lost. But good old 2GB just keeps rolling along at no. 1...
The Spring of '17
by Frank Avis | November 17, 2017
I don't think we need to take up too much of your valuable time with the latest Sydney radio ratings. Enough for you to know that 2GB is obliterating everything else in the AM band with Jones and Hadley owning the 5:30 to noon arena — and quite a few other areas to be honest. KIIS is battling it out with WS FM and SMOOTH for control of the FM sector.
Mid Year Review... 2017
by Frank Avis | September 21, 2017
So here we are at the half way mark in another ratings year and the 2GB juggernaut continues to jugger along, at no. 1 overall – around 12.6 percent. SMOOTH FM fell victim to the "commentator's curse" – yours truly should have held his tongue in his previous blog. The Smoothies lost over a full point, down to 8%. WSFM is now the big boy in the FM market, with a rating of 9.3%.
Welcome to another radio/philosophical update from Yours Truly
by Frank Avis | May 25, 2017
Sitting in a doctor's surgery recently and I happened to catch an hour or so of SmoothFM.
You might remember my dire warning last time of a return to the 1929 "crash", a sort of economic variation on Dante's "Inferno".
Ah... Welcome to 2017... What will it bring?
by Frank Avis | April 4, 2017
Well, not much new according to my pals in the industry across the country.
Another Radio Reunion
by Frank Avis | January 18, 2017
Yes, we've made it to another Radio Reunion. This time an assembly of RATS - Radio and TV Survivors. I'm lucky to be one of the survivors but trust me, there are many others who didn't manage to get safely over the raging river. Sad to hear that we've lost a few on the way.
Spring Arrives in 2016
by Frank Avis | October 24, 2016
We launched spring this year with another Radio Reunion at our favourite Pymble Hotel with numbers a bit down on normal.
Frank is Still Going Strong as we Emerge from the Winter of '16
by Frank Avis | August 31, 2016
Welcome to hell: welcome to FM programming. Looking at the latest Sydney surveys, we are still playing "snakes and ladders" on the FM band with Smooth FM picking up strongly in recent months as the usual suspects battle it out for the 18-to-45 market.
Annual radio reunion
by Frank Avis | April 13, 2016
We entered Autumn 2016 with our annual radio reunion at our favourite venue, the Pymble Hotel. Yes folks, another success thanks to our Honorary Organiser Andrew Kilpatrick - the "Keeper of our Radio Treasures".
More from radio and beyond...
by Frank Avis | January 12, 2016
This is definitely beyond as it relates to my persistent warnings about the impact of modern technology.
Frank Avis loses contact with modern radio
by Frank Avis | October 20, 2015
Sincere thanks to radio wiz Andrew Kilpatrick for taking the time to explain to me what Smooth FM is and where it came from. Apparently it used to be Vega but has now opted to be Smooth. I had to control my immediate reaction which was to ask Andrew what Vega was and where IT came from. Didn't pursue that line of enquiry: I hate to hear a grown man cry on the other end of the phone.