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Friday, August 28, 2009

Radio Around the World

AUSTRALIA: Austereo’s Triple M in Melbourne is in talks with Melbourne’s 3AK (1116) sports host Eddie McGuire for morning drive, which could pay the host as much as $1 million annuallyENGLAND: Radio Hartlepool announced an on-air apology after being rapped by OFCOM for braking promotions rules during their “Specsavers Sticker Spotters” competition … Digital broadcaster Jazz FM is number one at the iTunes App Store, in the Free Music Apps category, downloaded 12,540 times in just one week … IRELAND: UTV reports their Irish radio revenues were up 8% for the six months ending June, 2009, boosted by the addition of Dublin’s FM-104 (104.4) … HONDURAS: Masked men broke into Radio Globio, damaging equipment, over the station’s leanings toward ousted President Manuel Zelaya … CANADA: Ottawa’s Virgin Radio CKQB-FM (106.9) cuts Marketing & Promotion Dir. Darren Stevens … The talk on the Radio-Info Canada board is the changeover of Sudbury, Ontario’s CIGM from AM to FM at 93.5 – Discuss itFIJI: Communications Fiji, Ltd has reported increased profits for their radio stations of $342,457 for the first six months ending in June, compared to $238,748 for the same period last year.

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