Two new hosts have been appointed for independent Auckland radio station 95bFM’s Breakfast Show.

Radio New Zealand's boss says he's disappointed and surprised at a poor ratings result which shows a 13 per cent fall in listeners to the state owned broadcaster.

One of the country's two big radio companies has decided to pay the entire cost of an independent audience survey for the industry to ensure advertisers have up to date ratings.

Clarke Gayford, radio DJ and boyfriend of Labour MP Jacinda Ardern, has left the George FM Breakfast Show he co-hosted with DJ Aroha Harawira.

The radio ratings system is on hold as the industry looks for new ways to track who is listening to what stations and when.

He's worked in radio for more than a decade but Jason Hawkins is still trying to make a name for himself.

The singer behind the controversial Kill the PM song swore and joked about raping John Key's son before walking out of a live radio interview.

The world is going digital, but MediaWorks and NZME. are still spending millions of dollars on ye olde radio frequencies.

Forget the man drought - New Zealand is suffering a friend famine.

Twitter parody @MikePerfectHosk takes on Paul Henry's appointment as the new host of a TV, radio and online breakfast show.

Australian DJ Mel Greig has told a radio industry conference in Britain she wants to get back behind the microphone and she's prepared to move to the UK if that's what it takes.

Broadcasting heavyweights Mike Hosking and Paul Henry will go head-to-head at breakfast time after a major media reshuffle.

A combined breakfast show on TV3 and RadioLive will be a massive change to the breakfast media landscape, writes John Drinnan.

The Electoral Commission has referred Mediaworks to police after a broadcaster on George FM urged people to vote for the Green Party on election day.

Paul Casserly pays tribute to local radio institution Stinky Grooves as it nears its quarter century on air.

Neither of the two radio DJs who made a prank phone call to Kate Middleton's hospital in late 2012 will give evidence at the inquest into the death of nurse Jacintha Saldanha.

A Kiwi broadcaster is wondering what went wrong, after her questions sparked a knockabout Kardashian family row.

The Electoral Commission last night confirmed it had banned TV and radio broadcasts of Wellington bluesman Darren "Guitar" Watson's musical attack on the PM.

The battle for the hearts and minds of music radio listeners is moving well beyond the airwaves - into television, online, social media and even at 30,000ft.

Radio host Mark Staufer has lost his job on RadioLive's late night talkback slot after using foul language on Friday night.

A late night talkback segment from radio host Mark Staufer that featured foul language has been pulled from RadioLive's website.