2020s
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September 2022
by Frank Avis | August 31, 2022
Farewell to John Tingle and Bob Cooke; radio ratings; Kay Cottee; Anthony Albanese and climate change.
June 2022
by Frank Avis | July 11, 2022
Radio ratings, Mike Walsh, Federal Election 2022, TV crime dramas and what happened to the drop kick?
So they've set the date for the Federal Election...
by Frank Avis | May 13, 2022
Federal election, 2MG, Russia and China...
Something quite bizarre occurred over the summer
by Frank Avis | April 1, 2022
Alan Jones, Cameron Williams, Geoff Harvey, Ukraine, COVID, sport and television.
The year is ending badly with the death of a long-serving industry veteran
by Frank Avis | December 31, 2021
The year is ending badly with the death of a long-serving industry veteran and a former colleague, Glenn Daniel.
One of "The Great Ones" departed recently, with Bert Newton passing at the age of 83
by Frank Avis | November 8, 2021
Bert Newton, latest Sydney survey, and AUKUS.
Earlier this year I wrote an extremely negative prediction on the outlook for Afghanistan...
by Frank Avis | October 13, 2021
Afghanistan, Sydney radio surveys, Australian history, top ten Broadway showstoppers.
A giant has fallen as we salute one of the greatest names in our radio and TV history
by Frank Avis | September 2, 2021
Brian Henderson, Ernie Sigley, Sydney survey, Tokyo Olympics, COVID, and a $250 hose.
Not the best of news this time, I'm sorry to say, having found out only recently of Peter Sharp
by Frank Avis | August 1, 2021
Peter Sharp, Jonathan Coleman, Mike Bailey, Sydney radio ratings, COVID, the CSIRO, Hong Kong, the USA, and the Olympics.
We've made it half way through 2021
by Frank Avis | June 18, 2021
Sydney radio, Bill Marsden, Five Things that Could Wipe out Life on our Planet, When Will We Open the Borders and Patrick White.
We survived the bushfires, now we've survived the floods. This truly is the land of "flood and fire"
by Frank Avis | May 14, 2021
Radio ratings, COVID 19, Bert Newton, Meghan Markle, Taxation. AFL v NFL, Golf and television.
Here we go with another year... good luck to you all
by Frank Avis | March 18, 2021
Coronavirus, John Brennan, Jim Graham, Sydney radio survey, television and Brexit.
Crikey! What a heck of a month we've just had
by Frank Avis | December 16, 2020
Coronavirus, US election, radio ratings, Bob Hughes and Yowies.
It'll be a tough summer for all of us on a range of fronts.
by Frank Avis | October 6, 2020
Coronavirus continues to stalk us all with a second wave in Victoria having a devastating impact on the national economy. Donald Trump and Joe Biden are trying desperately to fight out a US Presidential election in the middle of all of this drama. Radio has just revved back into life with our first ratings in six months. It continues to be pretty average in TV land. This has been a pretty special football season in the UK.
2GB is front and centre on our radio dial this month
by Frank Avis | June 30, 2020
2GB is front and centre on our radio dial this month with the shock resignation of the News Talk superstar Alan Jones.
2020 is certainly going to be the worst year of our lives.
by Frank Avis | April 28, 2020
PM Morrison is right about that. I went through WW2 and the Coronavirus is worse than that.
Damn it. We've just lost another big name in radio...
by Frank Avis | March 17, 2020
We've just lost another big name in radio with the death of Grant Goldman, aged 69.