SCA appoints Brian White Scholarship winner to Albury newsroom
August 3, 2021 9:42
SCA has appointed Brian White Scholarship winner Zac De Silva to its Albury newsroom.
The announcement:
SCA Head of News Operations, Natasha Jobson, today announced the appointment of Commercial Radio Australia (CRA) Brian White Scholarship winner Zac De Silva to its Albury newsroom, as it invests in new talent for regional radio newsrooms nationwide.
De Silva received the prestigious Brian White Scholarship in 2020 and completed a paid internship at SCA as part of the award. He is just one of more than five fresh local news talent employed in regional newsrooms, as SCA continues to invest in journalists.
Radio ratings delayed: GfK requests additional time due to lockdowns
July 30, 2021 9:38
Commercial Radio Australia has once again been forced to delay the release of its radio ratings due to COVID-19 lockdowns, with the industry body revealing that the fifth metro survey of 2021 will be delayed by one week.
The ratings will now drop on August 31 after ratings data provider GfK requested additional time to process its data due to a large proportion of its staff being located in NSW’s ongoing lockdown.
A significant percentage of those staff are also located in the expanded group of eight Local Government Areas (LGAs) listed as of concern and now subject to harsher lockdown conditions in NSW.
Commercial Radio Australia reveals 2021 Brian White Scholarship finalists
Commercial Radio Australia (CRA) has named the 10 finalists for this year’s Brian White Scholarship.
Now in its fifth year, the scholarship is awarded to one university student, providing them with the opportunity to gain experience in Australia’s biggest radio newsrooms.
Students are selected from a range of universities and educational institutions Australia-wide, with each finalist proceeding to a workshop with leading commercial radio news directors to develop their broadcasting and news presenting skills.
The lucky recipient of the scholarship will then go on to undertake an eight-week paid placement working for two weeks at Nine Radio, Southern Cross Austereo, Australian Radio Network and NOVA Entertainment.
July 20, 2021 9:57
Commercial radio’s continued growth saw revenues lift 40.9% to $64.19 million year-on-year in the month of June, and left revenues for the full financial year 2020/21 only 2.4% below the prior financial year.
As reported by Deloitte and industry body Commercial Radio Australia (CRA), advertising revenue across metro commercial radio stations for FY20/21 was $627.776 million, just a tick below FY 19/20 with $643.046 million.
In addition, CRA reported that revenue for the June quarter hit $175.431 million, up a significant 53.8% on the corresponding quarter, during which Australia’s wide-reaching lockdowns were in full force.
CRA chief executive officer Joan Warner anticipated that the current lockdowns will have some impact on ad revenue, but not in the same vicinity as the impact of 2020’s lockdowns.