AUSTRALIA: ABC Radio will have the national broadcast rights to the Beijing Olympics, but not in Sydney due to a previous deal with radio station 2GB ... Sydney's 2GB morning host Alan Jones shocked listeners when he announced he has prostate cancer. He has not announced if he would leave the popular morning show ... Paul Thompson, the owner of Nova & Vega FM and the founder of DMG Radio announced his retirement. Company managing director Cathy O'Conner will take his place ...ISRAEL: Business tycoon Arcardi Gaydamak has been ordered to sell his shares of stock in 99FM due to his involvement in Israeli politics ... UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Royalties for playing songs are collected in many nations, but not in places like Dubai where radio is growing, but that may change as the government is looking into setting up an agency to collect royalty fees ... SLOVAKIA: Former Busy Bees singer, 18-year old Katarina Jablonska joins Radio Tatras International (RTI) as a DJ.