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03/07/2024

Know any recent graduates or final-year students in Communications or Journalism? If they’re passionate about radio news and current affairs reporting, then let them know time is running out to apply for the prestigious Brian White Scholarship 2024. ⏳

Named after the esteemed Brian White, this paid cadetship, awarded by CRA, is your ticket to kickstarting a career in radio journalism. 🌟

But hurry! Applications close on July 31st.

What awaits our lucky recipient:

✅ Four weeks across four iconic newsrooms: ARN , Nine Radio, NOVA Entertainment, and Southern Cross Austereo (SCA)
✅ Opportunities to shape the future of broadcasting with your talent.
✅ A chance to turn your passion for radio news into a fulfilling career.
✅ Experience alongside industry leaders.

Don't miss out on this extraordinary opportunity to seize the mic and make a mark in radio journalism! Click the link to apply 👉 https://www.bhwscholarship.com/

12/06/2024

The ACRA Awards entries are now closed! So we’d like to take a moment to thank our incredible sponsors who make radio’s night of nights possible:
🌟 GfK
🌟 RCS Sound Software
🌟 Audata
🌟 AudioNET
🌟 Australian Film Television and Radio School
🌟 MusicMaster
🌟 All In Media
🌟 Campaign Boss
🌟 Xtra Insights
🌟 Triton Digital
🌟 radioinfo.com.au
🌟 radiotoday.com.au
🌟 Dress Hire AU

Thank you for supporting the ACRA Awards, helping CRA celebrate excellence in radio and audio. We couldn't do it without you! 🎙️

30/05/2024

CRA is paying tribute to a legend of radio, Bob Rogers, after his death at the age of 97.

“Bob Rogers’ extraordinary radio career spanned 78 years – a remarkable feat and a testament to his talent, dedication, and character,” said Jo Dick, CRA chief commercial officer.

“Bob was the true definition of a radio star – working at some of the biggest commercial stations in Australia, he did everything from music, Top 40, talkback, entertainment, and racing.

“Bob joined Sydney radio station 2CH in 1995 and was on-air until he retired at the age of 93 in 2020 – an incredible achievement.

“We remain in awe of his extraordinary contribution to Australian commercial radio. He leaves a unique legacy, which lives on in the memories and hearts of his listeners, peers and colleagues.”

Pictured is Bob Rogers at the 2002 ACRA Awards, after receiving the ACRA for Best Music Special for "Bob Rogers Tribute to the Beatles".

03/04/2024

Entries for the 35th Australian Commercial Radio and Audio (ACRA) Awards are now open, with the winners to be announced at a gala event hosted by Commercial Radio & Audio (CRA) at The Star in Sydney on 12 October.

CRA CEO Ford Ennals said: “The ACRA Awards are Australia’s biggest celebration of commercial radio and audio, and this is your chance to showcase your best work from the past 12 months. Australia’s commercial radio industry is packed with talented individuals, duos, and teams, both on the airwaves and behind the scenes - and we want to see your innovation, creativity and versatility.”

The judging period is 1 April 2023 – 31 March 2024. Entries close 31 May and finalists will be announced in July.

Visit www.acras.com.au for more information on how to enter!

18/03/2024

Star-power and talent will be centre stage when the 35th Australian Commercial Radio and Audio (ACRA) Awards, hosted by Commercial Radio & Audio (CRA), take place at The Star in Sydney on Saturday 12 October.

The annual event celebrates on-air and off-air achievements with awards for excellence in radio, podcasting, production, news, entertainment, sales and marketing.

“The ACRA Awards are the biggest night of the year for the Australian radio and audio industry, and we are excited to be taking the party to a new venue for our 35th year,” said Ford Ennals, chief executive officer of CRA.

“It is always a memorable celebration of our vibrant industry, and the talented individuals and teams that make it so great, and every year we hope to make this night even bigger and better.”

Last year’s winners included Best on Air Team (metro) Brendan Jones and Amanda Keller, Station of the Year (metro) KIIS 1065, Best Talk Presenter (metro) Neil Mitchell, Best Current Affairs Presenter Ben Fordham, Podcast of the Year LiSTNR’s Children in the Pictures, and Best Networked Program The Kyle & Jackie O Hour of Power.

Entries across the eight ACRA Awards categories will be open from 2 April until 31 May. Tickets to the gala event will be on sale early September.

“We encourage everyone working in radio and audio to put forward their best work for the ACRA Award nominations, and we look forward to acknowledging your amazing talents,” Mr Ennals said.

The ACRA Awards are open to 260 metropolitan and regional commercial radio stations who are CRA members across Australia. They are peer-judged by panels of industry and specialist representatives.

14/03/2024

The first ratings of 2024 have shown 82% of Australians – a record 12.26 million people – are listening to commercial radio, while GfK Radio Survey 1 also showed promising growth in younger audiences.

Commercial Radio & Audio (CRA) welcomed the results, which showed commercial radio’s total audience grew by 72 thousand, or 0.6%, while there was a 1.3% jump in the number of listeners aged 10-24 to 2.8 million.

“We are really encouraged by the first survey results for 2024, which show commercial radio continues to grow its audience and bring in younger listeners,” said CRA chief executive officer Ford Ennals.

“Radio is always evolving to suit changing listening habits, which is why we continue to grow our audience to new record levels, and 82% of Australians are listening to commercial stations.”

01/02/2024

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 released today.

Broadcast radio ad revenue for 2023 across the five major metropolitan markets was $673.252 million, compared to $701.402 million in 2022.

Ford Ennals, CEO of CRA, said: ‘‘Overall commercial radio ad revenue remains broadly stable despite a challenging market, with sustained strong broadcast radio revenue and record levels of growth in digital audio revenue in 2023.

“Ad spending in the travel and automotive sectors is encouraging and we are positive about radio’s performance for the year ahead.”

To find out more: http://tinyurl.com/4fxhe8p5

17/01/2024

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 2023, up 26% for the year.

The December Australian Podcast Ranker, which was released today by Commercial Radio & Audio (CRA) and Triton Digital, is a monthly snapshot of the top 200 podcasts listened to by Australians, the top 200 Australian podcasts, the biggest publishers and the most successful podcast sales representatives.

The five most popular podcasts in Australia for 2023 were: Hamish & Andy, Casefile True Crime, Mamamia Out Loud, Shameless and The Kyle & Jackie O Show.

“The Australian Podcast Ranker has confirmed that podcast listening is a passion shared by many Australians. There were over 1 billion podcast downloads in 2023. This equates to over 2.8 million downloads every day,” said Ford Ennals, CEO of CRA.

December, a quieter month for podcast listening as radio stars go on leave and fewer podcast episodes are produced by radio networks, saw monthly downloads increase 29% from December 2022. The top five podcasts for December 2023 were, in order: Casefile True Crime, Mamamia Out Loud, Hamish & Andy, Shameless and The Imperfects.

“It has been an incredible year for podcasts and the Australian Podcast Ranker, with eight new publishers coming on board in 2023, including the ABC in November, which assisted with the December year-on-year increase. Underlying it all is that podcasts are now part of many Australians’ everyday lives. We are the largest consumers of podcasts globally, with 43 per cent listening every month,” Mr Ennals said.

“Australian listeners are dedicated to home grown as well as the best of international content. Four out of the top five podcasts of 2023 and 15 out of the top 20 most popular podcasts in December were produced locally.”
To read more: https://bit.ly/3Ho3rvq

19/12/2023

At this time of year we wish to send thanks to our listeners for tuning in. More people than ever before are listening to commercial radio, according to GfK Survey 8. More than 12.25 million people listen weekly across the five major metro markets, underpinned by soaring DAB+ only station listening - that's people listening to commercial radio content they can only get via a DAB+ device, whether at home or in the car.

And with younger Australians tuning into commercial radio in droves, we look forward to the new year with anticipation. More than 87.2% of Australians aged 10-24 are listening for an average of 11 hours, 26 minutes a week, listening for 31 minutes more, YOY.

For more on how Australians are listening to commercial radio, click the link: https://bit.ly/3ROHN8L

13/12/2023

A record 105.2 million podcasts were downloaded last month as measured by the Australian Podcast Ranker, released today by Commercial Radio & Audio (CRA) and Triton Digital, partly due to the new addition of ABC Australia.

ABC has debuted on the Australian Podcast Ranker as third biggest publisher, behind ARN and SCA. The highest placed ABC podcast is Conversations at #5 with 538,786 listeners last month, followed by ABC News Daily at #9 and If You’re Listening at #24.

Hamish and Andy have again topped the monthly results (1,05 million listeners) with Casefile True Crime at #2, Shameless at #3, and Mamamia Out Loud at #4.

Ford Ennals, CRA CEO, welcomed ABC to the Australian Podcast Ranker and said this was a much-anticipated development for the Ranker and the industry.

“ABC is a prolific podcast producer, and it is a boost for the industry to have them participate in the Australian Podcast Ranker,” Mr Ennals said.

“It’s very encouraging to see the sustained popularity of podcast listening and very pleasing that 18 out of the top 20 most popular podcasts in Australia are commercial titles.”

Annual insights showed 946 million podcasts were downloaded in 2023, as measured by the Ranker, which is a 25% increase from 2022.

The top five most popular podcast genres in 2023 were Society and Culture with 4.07 million average monthly listeners, Comedy (4.05 million), True Crime (3.78 million), News (3.69 million) and Sports (2.81 million).

The most popular podcast of 2023 was Hamish & Andy (869,495 Average Monthly Listeners), followed by Casefile: True Crime Podcast (834,410 Average Monthly Listeners), Mamamia Out Loud (589,174 Average Monthly Listeners), Shameless (583,956 Average Monthly Listeners) and The Kyle and Jackie O Show (558,375 Average Monthly Listeners).

The average listener spent 2.3 hours a week listening to podcasts between January and November this year and downloaded 3.9 podcasts a week. Thursday is the biggest day of the week to download or stream podcasts, and 8am is the top listening hour. 95% of all listening happens on a mobile device.

29/11/2023

Triton Digital and Commercial Radio & Audio have announced the availability of Podcast Audience Profiles via the launch of Podcast Metrics Demos+ in Australia.

Publishers in the Australian Podcast Ranker can now access new audience profiles and demographic data, giving them insight into not just the number of listeners and downloads, but also the age and gender, purchase history and intent, interests, and media consumption behaviours of their audiences.

This new layer of audience profiling covers 150 data points which will help publishers build detailed listener profiles to inform advertisers and guide the direction of new content. Demos+ is an extension of Triton Digital’s Podcast Metrics measurement service, which delivers the results for the Australian Podcast Ranker.

Listener characteristics can be broken down by individual podcasts, groups of podcasts, or podcast genres. For example, when looking at the True Crime genre, Australian listeners are 68% female, are 60% more likely to be a parent with a child under 18 than the average Australian, and 27% more likely to purchase whitegoods in the next 12 months than the average Australian podcast listener.

28/11/2023

Quarterly podcast digital audio advertising spend is up 19.2% compared to the same period last year, according to the September IAB Australia’s Online Advertising Expenditure Report (OAER).

“Australians are the world’s biggest podcast listeners with 43% of us aged 12+ listening monthly. It’s a vibrant space and, as digital ad investment continues to grow, the podcast sector is on track to reach $100 million in 2024,” said Ford Ennals, CEO of Commercial Radio & Audio, which collaborates with IAB Australia on the quarterly digital audio revenue report.

Total digital audio advertising spending in Australia jumped 16.2% to $68 million for the September quarter, when compared to the same period last year. Streaming audio ad spend grew 14.5% to $43.2 million.

Australians are the world’s biggest consumers of digital audio with around 18 million people, or 81% of us, listening monthly.

Read more: https://bit.ly/3QXT0U0

14/10/2023

Radio's biggest stars were out last night, making the 2023 unforgettable! Huge congratulations to all our winners, and thanks to everyone in our industry - on air and behind the scenes - who make radio so incredible.

14/10/2023

A huge finish to the night with an emotional Jonesy and Amanda accepting Best On Air team (Metro) and Ian Moss getting the room on their feed 🏆

14/10/2023

Not one, but two exceptional inductees to the Hall of Fame this evening!

Congratulations to beloved Brisbane broadcaster Laurel Edwards - a recognition of not just her longevity, but the profound connection she shares with her audience, and a career of constant learning. Tonight she joins a list of friends, colleagues and mentors as the latest addition to the Hall of Fame.

14/10/2023

A moment for a unique voice and a powerhouse of regional radio, as Steve "Pricey" Price officially joins the Hall of Fame!

Congratulations on an incredible 52 years in the industry and his incomparable impact in Townsville over the last three decades.

"You should be proud to work in regional radio, you can make some magic there. And that’s where I learned about the magic that happens outside the studio and in the community. I don’t work for the station … I work for my audience.”

14/10/2023

It feels good to be back! Talent from all angles gathered on the pink carpet, as we celebrate 100 years of radio, and 80 exceptional award-winners at tonight's ACRAs in Sydney 🎙️

11/10/2023

48 hours to go to commercial radio's Oscars!
14 October. Pink carpet from 6:00 pm, event starting at 7:00 pm

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Radio's biggest stars were out last night, making the 2023 #ACRAS unforgettable! Huge congratulations to all our winners, and thanks to everyone in our industry - on air and behind the scenes - who make radio so incredible.