Tag Archives: Radio

Some Thoughts on Changing Media

By Jens | Published: June 1, 2009
On the weekend I met two former Australian lecturers of mine – Jason Nelson and Ben (whose last name neither Parker nor I can remember) – when the conversation turned to the demise of newspapers. Ben’s argument was that they probably would stay around, after all we’re still listening to the radio. Something about that [...]
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The Media isn’t Dying, it’s Changing.

By Parker Mason | Published: January 6, 2009
A little while ago, someone started a Twitter account with the name TheMediaIsDying. Although their bio says that their aim is to help “flaks pitch better and update lists,” they seem to take delight in reporting they primarily seem to report on stories of print, broadcast and web outlets that are folding or cutting staff as [...]
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Radio Daze

By Parker Mason | Published: July 14, 2008
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been “time-shifting” the posts on this blog by writing them one one date and setting them up to publish anywhere from a day to a week later. Don’t tell anyone, but I used to do something similar when I was working at Radio Metro 105.7 (listen to them online here) [...]
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Learning From The Past: How DRM Failed in Australia

By Jens | Published: December 4, 2007
While doing research for my Ph.D. I came across the history of how radio was introduced in Australia – and how it initially failed due to some ancient DRM suggested by the industry heavyweights. Official radio transmission in Australia commenced in 1923. In May that year the Postmaster-General convened a conference of all interested parties to [...]
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