We're listening to the end people... With the last of the giants, John Laws, confirming that he is leaving the building to go into retirement. The 89 year old veteran expects to leave 2SM in early November, ending 71 years in radio.

...number one overall and on top in breakfast where Ben Fordham has had a handy little 15.6 to put him clear of KIIS and Kyle and Jacki O.

Ron E Sparks, David Morrow, radio ratings, honouring our sporting heros, television crime dramas, and James Bracey.

Bob Rogers, John Blackman, Sydney radio survey, Order of Australia Medal, and the decline of cash.

Sydney radio survey, US TV news, my long campaign to restore rural Australia, The Olympic Games, my Top Ten Movies and Kay Cottee.

The new year started with one of the most astonishing moments of my life when Your Reporter was awarded an OAM, an Order of Australia Medal, for services to the broadcasting industry.

This month let us salute one of the most unheralded figures in Provincial radio history – especially in the 40s, 50s and 60s – the Chief Announcer.

Told ya! That the Sydney radio ratings were heading for a "last man standing" finale in '23: "it's every man for himself" with one survey left before the summer break.

Radio's "Duel In the Sun" – the battle between AM's heavyweight 2GB and FM challenger KIIS FM – is going into the final round with the title still up for grabs.

Sydney radio survey, Mike Webb, Yes What, the ABC, Donald Trump and The Open.

Well, we made it halfway through the year and that can't be a bad thing, a month here and a month there, during which there's been "Much Binding in the Marsh".

I'm indebted yet again to radio veteran/industry analyst, Brendan Sheedy, who draws my attention to another major watershed in the business... the final nail-in-the-coffin for AM radio?

Radio ratings, Doug Mulray, Mike Drayson, NSW election, NRL, and US gun control.

2LF Young, John O'Reilly, radio ratings, Australia Day, UFOs, the Olympics and television and movies.

Farewell to John Tingle and Bob Cooke; radio ratings; Kay Cottee; Anthony Albanese and climate change.

Radio ratings, Mike Walsh, Federal Election 2022, TV crime dramas and what happened to the drop kick?

Federal election, 2MG, Russia and China...