Another most ridiculous decision.
Within the SE NSW signal area, you have the very different coastal agri/aquaculture to that up on the Great Dividing Range. To then combine with Gippsland is spreading content far too thin.
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Upper Hunter Shire is in New England’s federal electorate, but not Muswellbrook or Singleton shires. When Mike has not been around, or when the Muswellbrook studios were being renovated, we get Tamworth’s rural report.
It’s barely acceptable in some instances, but surely not on an ongoing basis.
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Francis Leach is hosting Nightlife from Friday to Sunday this week as Sarah Macdonald is on leave.
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Rafael Epstein will host the broadcast of Anzac Day Dawn Service from Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance tomorrow for ABC Radio across Victoria.
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4AM’s translator is down to one operational mast and the ABC having problems too. Seems it’s a Bermuda triangle for AM:
http://www.abc.net.au/reception/
Last Updated: 30 April 2018
ABC Radio, Mossman QLD
ABC Radio transmitted to Mossman QLD on 639 AM is currently affected by poor audio quality and dropouts on air. The fault is currently under investigation with our service provider but no estimated time of fix is available at this stage. ABC Far North Queensland is also available via the online stream and in the ABC listen app.
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Brian Nankervis will be filling in for Myf Warfhurst nationally for the next two weeks - due to her being away overseas for her Eurovision Song Contest commentary commitments.
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And The Age’s report of the same interview.
Sounds like the proposal was to pair him up too and slash his pay it new pair and shove him off to another slot.
Going through the comments if both articles shows the ABC have stuffed up breakfast in Melbourne. I’ll admit to having left the new hosts on after the 7am news a few times lately and often wonder is Shah is having a day off as there’s often considerable periods where he doesn’t bother contributing. Parsons is tolerable but she’s no Red.
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3AW Rumour File has been on for years after 7am news, should be more than a few times!
I’ve rarely listened to AW breakfast, so often if I’ve flicked over I get an ad, so flick to SEN - and get an ad. If anything I’ll listen to RN or leave the radio off until 7:45 now.
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Lindy Burns - ABC Melbourne Evenings will be undertaking “back office training” from next week until September. David Astle will be her initial replacement from next Wednesday.
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My goodness, what did the lady do?
That’s a long time in purgatory.
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Too many bands preforming and someone made a noise complaint 
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Raf Epstein is heading off on a Churchill Fellowship to study American media throughout June. No replacements announced as yet. Hopefully it won’t just be the statewide drive, nothing wrong with it, but it diminishes both programmes.
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According to what she said last night, is that she’s the one who will be giving the “training”. So she must have some skills/qualities that the ABC must be wanting to share with other staff.
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To me and my infantile mind…this sounds dirty. 
Wonderful news, I’m glad she shared more with the audience.
ABC appoints new Radio Managers in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Hobart
The ABC has appointed new managers to run four of its key metropolitan radio stations in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Hobart.
Dina Rosendorff has been appointed Local Manager, ABC Radio Melbourne; Simon Scoble Local Manager, ABC Radio Brisbane; Samantha Stayner Local Manager, ABC Radio Hobart; and Melanie Withnall Local Manager, ABC Radio Sydney.
The vacancies within the ABC’s Capital City network are the result of the March restructure of content teams across television, radio, digital and news platforms.
Head of the ABC’s Capital City Network, Warwick Tiernan welcomed the new appointments saying: “All four managers bring a wealth of broadcast experience to their new roles, coming from both inside and outside the ABC.”
“Our capital city radio network is an incredibly important part of the ABC’s output, engaging with more than two million Australians every week,” he said. “The managers of our Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Hobart stations will not only steer their stations locally but will make important contributions to the future sound and direction of the network as a whole.”
ABC Radio Melbourne
Dina Rosendorff has worked across print, radio and television, beginning her journalism career with the Herald Sun newspaper, where she won a Quill Award for Young Journalist of the Year. She then joined ABC News, before spending two years in Boston, MA, working for the NPR affiliate radio station, WBUR. Dina returned to her hometown Melbourne in 2014 to join RN, where she has held roles including RN Drive Executive Producer, Journalism Editor and Arts Editor. Dina takes up her new role at ABC Radio Melbourne next week.
ABC Radio Brisbane
Simon Scoble has more than a decade as an editorial leader at the ABC and before that at the Seven Network. Simon began his media career in commercial radio and then spent six years in television as a News Producer for Seven in Queensland. For the past five and a half years he’s been the Local Manager in Darwin where he has led the team in creating distinct Local content that reflects the character of the city and its people. Simon will join ABC Radio Brisbane in mid June.
ABC Radio Hobart
Samantha Stayner is a former Content Director at ABC Radio Melbourne, where she led emergency broadcasting during the Black Saturday fires of 2009 and later appeared as the ABC witness at the Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission. As a content maker, most recently as senior producer with Rafael Epstein’s Drive program at ABC Radio Melbourne, she has produced and presented outstanding ABC programs from the city to the desert for more than 20 years including in Ballarat & Alice Springs. Sam will join ABC Radio Hobart in early July.
ABC Radio Sydney
Melanie Withnall is currently the Managing Director at Sydney Educational Broadcasting Ltd, which runs 2SER 107.3. She is also the Vice President of the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia. Melanie was part of the team that won Gold & Silver Awards at the New York Radio Festivals in 2017,and is passionate about 2SER’s educational mission to train young journalists. Prior to her current role, Melanie was senior producer of Mornings at ABC Radio Sydney. She has also worked as a Radio lecturer at the AFTRS, and an Executive Producer at 2UE and 2GB. Melanie will join ABC Radio Sydney later in July.
If the fish rots from the head, the talent drought has taken hold with a vengeance in ABC management.
A nice bloke, was a beginner journo under 4BC news director Scott McKinlay in the lean days of four journos for a metro station when at Macrossan Street.
Moved into TV via regional stations and most recently, ‘learning the bureaucracy’ in Darwin.
Hardly a competitive market for experience in Brisbane where the change of content is on the nose.
Could have been worse, will he keep employing his former colleague Anthony Frangi? After leading 4BC, 4BH towards major staff losses resulting in MRN relaying over 95% content not from Brisbane, he picked up a job with the ABC. Unbelievable.
Was a producer for commercial radio in Sydney. Early in her career, a night time producer.
Been at 2SER for years.
Running a community radio station is far different to a metro national broadcaster.
Unless the ABC wish to head that way?
Onwards to oblivion?
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