Crikey! What a heck of a month we've just had
by Frank Avis | December 16, 2020
Coronavirus, US election, radio ratings, Bob Hughes and Yowies.
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It'll be a tough summer for all of us on a range of fronts.
by Frank Avis | October 6, 2020
Coronavirus continues to stalk us all with a second wave in Victoria having a devastating impact on the national economy. Donald Trump and Joe Biden are trying desperately to fight out a US Presidential election in the middle of all of this drama. Radio has just revved back into life with our first ratings in six months. It continues to be pretty average in TV land. This has been a pretty special football season in the UK.
2GB is front and centre on our radio dial this month
by Frank Avis | June 30, 2020
2GB is front and centre on our radio dial this month with the shock resignation of the News Talk superstar Alan Jones.
2020 is certainly going to be the worst year of our lives.
by Frank Avis | April 28, 2020
PM Morrison is right about that. I went through WW2 and the Coronavirus is worse than that.
Damn it. We've just lost another big name in radio...
by Frank Avis | March 17, 2020
We've just lost another big name in radio with the death of Grant Goldman, aged 69.
Well, she's all over for another year
by Frank Avis | January 6, 2020
Well, she's all over for another year and the Alan and Ray Show ended the ratings, owning Sydney's overalls...
Are we watching the death of a Sydney radio giant?
by Frank Avis | December 2, 2019
Are we watching the death of a Sydney radio giant with the announcement that the experiment with Macquarie Sports on the old 2UE is over?
I see that Alan Jones continues to defy the "great sock crisis"...
by Frank Avis | October 23, 2019
Radio, Alan Jones, Graeme Turpie and Ian Nicholls, Brexit, Richmond AFL and TV.
We lost another famous name in the industry recently
by Frank Avis | September 13, 2019
Loss of Malcolm T Elliott, Sydney radio market, "put a sock in it", catch up with Brendan Sheedy, Brexit, and dog washing...
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.