2020s

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The FM'rs are ganging up on 2GB

by Frank Avis | September 19, 2025
The FM'rs are ganging up on 2GB with the News-Talk giant still trailing Easy Listening's Smooth FM overall as well as in the critical morning spot in the Sydney radio market.




So here we go into 2025

by Frank Avis | April 11, 2025
So here we go into 2025 – and a new radio year – with 2GB entering another era for the first time minus their two superstars, Alan Jones and Ray Hadley.









Welcome to a New Year

by Frank Avis | January 8, 2024
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.





2023 is rambling on

by Frank Avis | June 12, 2023
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?

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This is the history of radio newsman Frank Avis who worked in the Australian electronic media from 1954 to 1996.

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