APN News & Media has increased its presence in the Australian broadcasting scene through the purchase of Perth radio station 96FM from rival publisher Fairfax Media.

Broadcasting veteran Marcus Lush will take on a new role in the next year — hosting Newstalk ZB’s night show.

Radio station ZM has revealed the hosts of its new afternoon Drive show will be PJ Harding and Jase Hawkins.

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.

Broadcaster Willie Jackson is in with another chance to get on the Independent Maori Statutory Board after the High Court ruled its selection processes were flawed.

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

APN News & Media has appointed brokers Credit Suisse/First NZ and Forsyth Barr to advise the company on the possible IPO and float of NZME.

NZME. has appointed the former Tower executive Michael Boggs as its new chief financial officer as the company considers an IPO.

APN is still considering floating its NZ media unit with a board appointment announcement this afternoon expected to show the Australian parent isn't considering a trade sale.

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.

At this point she is okay with me telling that incredibly personal story.

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.

The publisher of the NZ Herald plans to sell 60pc of its New Zealand business, generating gross proceeds of A$309m.

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.

I have always been a big fan of Santa Claus and his great teachings of kindness and breaking and entering.

Former NZX boss Mark Weldon is taking over as CEO of Mediaworks, the company which owns TV3, Four and controls half of the country's commercial radio market.

Radio New Zealand are cutting their payments to fiction writers.

Mikey Havoc owns a lot of masks. He has been collecting them all his life, inhabiting creatures that are often not entirely of his making or under his control.

"How do you think the show is going?" my old boss would ask me.

Radio New Zealand has conceded there could be redundancies as a result of restructuring plans canvassed with staff today.

Radio New Zealand is expected to restructure management at the end off the month.

Maori Television is refusing to say if it has asked news boss Julian Wilcox about his political ambitions.