Stations

Most Influential Radio Stations In Australia

Radio stations in Australia command a great number of listeners. They exist in the AM (Amplified Modulation) and FM (Frequency Modulation) bands with about three-quarter operated commercially in the country.

Digital radios and podcasts options also exist in Australia’s radio system. Radio networks have a significant share in the regional broadcasting account for about 75% stake in the radio population in Australia. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) takes care of the remaining share in radio population in the country.

Australian radio stations offer their listeners great excitement in the format the radio stations are designed.

Some are widely popular as talk stations, music stations or a mix of the two to the delight of their numerous and loyal listeners. When you consider radio stations within Australia, these will always have a mention as the most influential radio stations in the region.

Australian Radio Network

Australian Radio Network (ARN) is a list of radio stations around Australia. They comprise the stations such as:

KIIS Network of stations,
Gold
The Edge
iHeartRadio

ARN runs the ARN News service in the country with international correspondents helping with the broadcast. New stories are sourced from reputable sources such as CNN, Sky News, and IRN (United Kingdom).

Nova Network

The Nova Network has a collection of five Australian radio stations partly or fully owned by Nova Entertainment. Each of the stations has its presenters and breakfast show with Night and Drive shifts running on the network. Melbourne and Sydney share the same daytime announcers. The Perth station is a joint business between Australia radio Network and Nova Entertainment.

The stations are:

Nova 96.9 in Sydney
Nova 100 in Melbourne
Nova 106.9 in Brisbane
Nova 91.9 in Adelaide
Nova 93.7 in Perth

Southern Cross Media

Southern Cross Media boasts of 84 radio stations in its network. The company has a wide range of coverage with a variety of programs for its loyal listeners. Music, comedy, sports and popular events are covered on its AM, FM and digital stations including podcast network called PodcastOne.

Reaching far and wide to more than seven million Australians, the stations link to towns and cities with locally made content, events and news to serve the various communities they are found. Southern Cross Austereo, the brand it is known today, offers the largest regional commercial Radio stations in Australia providing every state with a radio station in two targeted brands.

Within the radio network are stations in different categories offering specified formats of operation including:

Hit Network

The hit network focuses on hit music, RNB, old-school with a huge followership. Drive and Breakfast have 4.5 million weekly radio listeners. The biggest radio shows and music are available in the network for listeners. They include the likes of Fox FM.

Triple M Network

The Triple M network has grown to be one of the best entertainment brands in radio service. You can listen to greatest hits, Country, modern and classic rock music with the network.

Macquarie Media Limited

The Australian media company runs radio stations all across the country in the capital cities such as Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, and Perth including regional Queensland. It is currently merged with Fairfax radio.

The station’s list includes:

2GB located in Sydney
3AW located in Melbourne
4BC located in Brisbane
6PR located in Perth
NTS also located in Sydney.

The new sensation in radio programming is the Macquarie Sports Stations located in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane.

ABC is Australia’s pride as a national radio station spread across the country.

Sweeping changes have greeted the ABC radio stations to make things better on how the station is run. The new schedules affect hosts, timeslots and breakfast programs, among others in the cities of Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, and Brisbane.

Sydney

Robbie in the Triple J studio

Robbie Buck, the Breakfast presenter at ABC Sydney now forms a partnership with the Morning presenter, Wendy Harmer for the 6 am to 10 am a show with 30 minutes break for AM at 8 am which remains untouched in schedules.

The World Today anchored by Eleanor Hall as well as the flagship PM now has a reduced time period to 30 minutes. The daily current affairs of ABC will no longer run for 2.5 hours but 90 minutes in the current schedule. Journalists and Listeners are not at all happy with the time cut. The news director explained the decision was rather audience-driven and nothing of any job cuts.

The Drive shift got an extension to 6.30pm to meet the longer commuting times, Michael Mason said.

Linda Mottram, the former foreign correspondent, replaces the late Mark Colvin to anchor PM shift that is moved to 6.30pm on local radio but remains at 5 pm on Radio National.

Melbourne

New voices to be heard on our radios

Much like other locations, a dual breakfast team comprising comedian Sami Shah and Jacinta Parsons will be the host from 5.30am-7.45am to take the place of Red Symons.

Focus, a new mid-morning program will come up by 10 am in Perth, Brisbane, and Sydney with Casie McCullagh in Sydney, Emma Griffiths as host in Brisbane, and Nadia Mitsopoulos for Perth. Conversation hour will be hosted by Mornings presenter, Jon Faine at 11 am in Melbourne.

Patricia Karvelas, an RN Drive presenter has a television program added to ABC. The ABC Karvela show is expected to be on air at ABC News Channel from 9 pm on Sundays.

A new regional current affairs program will run for 25 minutes at 6 pm every weekday. The program is targeted at those living in regional Australia. Fiona Reynolds, the director of ABC regional made this submission.

Perth

An Australia-wide Public Service Broadcasting radio network

In Perth, Paula Kruger will team up with Peter Bell, the Breakfast presenter, for a joint production. The positive response from listeners in cities on dual hosts has prompted this arrangement.

Genevieve Jacobs, a more experienced broadcaster, will be replaced by Adam Shirey in Canberra as the Morning presenter. Her services will actually not be needed anymore.

It was a sad one for her to be parting ways with the radio station after a successful run with the station.

Also in the 2018 new arrangement, Katherine Feeney will be the new afternoon presenter in Brisbane; Richelle Hunt- Melbourne; Liz Trevaskis– Darwin and Anna Vidot for Canberra.

New Drive presenters are Steve Austin for Brisbane, Geoff Hutchison for Perth and Laura Tchilinguirian for Canberra.

The Hub replaces Michael Cathcart’s Books and Arts on Radio National. The program will cover diverse discipline daily. The Book Hub will be presented by Claire Nichols on Tuesday while the Stage Hub will be presented by Cathcart on Mondays. The Screen Hub will be presented by Jason Di Rosso on Wednesday and Thursdays.

Change is the only constant thing in life. It brings life and improvements. It is expected that the changes in ABC will start seeing positive results that come with these changes.