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R.I.P. Australian Rock Music Media Pioneer Chris Winter

by Paul Cashmere

Australia rock music stalwart Chris Winter has passed away.

Tagged as: 70s, ABC, Australia, Chris Winter, music industry, radio, Room to Move

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Sammy J has a hands down winner for Song of the Year with ‘Queensland We’re Breaking Up With You’

by Paul Cashmere

Sammy J has morphed into Country Star Buster J and together with his band The Franking Credits has given us what is potentially The Song of the Year. Fuck it, let’s call it now … ‘Queensland We’re Breaking Up With You’ is the Song of the Year.

Tagged as: ABC, Australia, comedy, Sammy J

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The ABC Sacks CEO Michelle Guthrie

by Paul Cashmere

ABC Managing Director Michelle Guthrie has been fired.

Tagged as: ABC, Australia, media, Michelle Guthrie, television

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Virginia Trioli To DJ During Darebin Music Festival

by Paul Cashmere

ABC News presenter Virginia Trioli will doing something a lot less stressful than reporting on the Morrison and Dutton circus when she turns DJ for the Darebin Music Festival.

Tagged as: ABC, Australia, Double J, music industry, Myf Warhurst, radio, television, Virginia Trioli, Zan Rowe

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ABC Axes Rubbish Comedy News Show Tonightly

by Paul Cashmere

Tonightly, the embarrassing ABC production loosely classified as comedy, has been axed.

Tagged as: ABC, Australia, comedy, television, Tom Ballard, Tonightly

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Lindsay McDougall Given The ‘Gong For New Radio Gig

by Paul Cashmere

Frenzal Rhomb guitarist and former Triple J breakfast jock Lindsay McDougall will return to the airwaves at ABC Illawarra later this month.

Tagged as: 90s, ABC, Australia, Frenzal Rhomb, Illawarra, Lindsay McDougall, punk

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Guy Sebastian Mentors For ABC’s ‘Don’t Stop The Music’

by Paul Cashmere

Guy Sebastian will mentor music students for a new ABC program ‘Don’t Stop The Music’.

Tagged as: ABC, Australia, Guy Sebastian, music education, music industry, pop

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Rage To Run Malcolm Young Special This Saturday

by Paul Cashmere

Australian music TV show ‘Rage’ will right a night of Malcolm Young this coming Saturday morning (Friday night).

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, ABC, AC/DC, Australia, Malcolm Young, music industry, Rage, rock

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Ian Molly Meldrum and Iggy Pop at Countdown

Old Countdown Studio To Be Turned Into A Woolies

by Paul Cashmere

The ABC’s iconic Elsternwick studio, home to Countdown, Recovery and more recently The Weekly and Mad As Hell has been sold to Woolworths.

Tagged as: ABC, Australia, Countdown, music industry, pop

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Crowded House Sydney Opera House Performance To Be Televised

by Paul Cashmere

The Crowded House 20th anniversary performance from the Sydney Opera House will be broadcast live by the ABC.

Tagged as: 80s, ABC, ARIA, Australia, Crowded House, Crowded House Sydney Opera House Performance To Be Televised, New Zealand, rock, Sydney Opera House

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Recovery 20th Anniversary Box Due In November

by Paul Cashmere

The ABC will mark the 20th anniversary of Recovery with a Recovery box set in November.

Tagged as: 90s, ABC, alternative, Australia, DVD, Dylan Lewis, Jane Gazzo, Leigh Whannell, Recovery, Recovery 20th Anniversary Box Due In November, rock, TV

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Recovery’s Jane Gazzo and Dylan Lewis Reunite For Rage TONIGHT

by Paul Cashmere

Recovery hosts Jane Gazzo and Dylan Lewis will reunite tonight for a Recovery special on Rage.

Tagged as: ABC, Dylan Lewis, Jane Gazzo, music news, Rage, Recovery, Recovery's Jane Gazzo and Dylan Lewis Reunite For Rage TONIGHT

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R.I.P. Mac Cocker ABC Double J Triple J Radio Pioneer

by Paul Cashmere

Mac Cocker, a long-term broadcaster for ABC Radio in Australia and the father of Jarvis Cocker, has died.

Tagged as: 2JJ, ABC, Double J, Mac Cocker, music news, triple j

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ABC To Release Sequel To The Lexicon Of Love

by Paul Cashmere

ABC have recorded a sequel to their classic ‘The Lexicon of Love’ after 34 years.

Tagged as: ABC, ABC To Release Sequel To The Lexicon Of Love, Anne Dudley, Martin Fry, music news, The Lexicon of Love

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Gary Barlow Assembles All Star British Cast For Eddie The Eagle

by Music-News.com

At the 1988 Olympic Winter Games in Calgary, Canada, Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards became the first person from Great Britain to compete in ski jumping.

Tagged as: ABC, Andy Bell, Eddie The Eagle, Gary Barlow, Gary Barlow Assembles All Star British Cast For Eddie The Eagle, Go West, Heaven 17, Holly Johnson, Howard Jones, Kim Wilde, Marc Almond, Midge Ure, music news, Nik Kershaw, Paul Young, pop, preview, rock, Tony Hadley

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Richard Stubbs To Leave ABC Radio After 11 Years

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne radio’s Richard Stubbs will host his final radio show for the ABC on Friday after more than a decade with the station.

Tagged as: 3XY, ABC, music news, radio, Richard Stubbs, Richard Stubbs To Leave ABC Radio After 11 Years, Triple M

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Rich Kid, Shock Jock Tom Elliott Attacks Triple J And The ABC

by Paul Cashmere

Tom Elliott, the son of right-winged Liberal bulldog John Elliott, has made ridiculous comments about Triple J and the ABC on this conservative radio program for Melbourne station 3AW.

Tagged as: 3AW, ABC, music news, Tom Elliott, triple j

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ABC To Close 50 ABC Shops As Music Sales Plummet To Lowest Figure Ever

by Paul Cashmere

The ABC will close 50 ABC Shops before the end of the year just as music sales hit an all-time low.

Tagged as: ABC, ABC Shops, Mark Scott, music news, Music sales

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Triple J Tops 25-39 Demographic In Sydney and Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

ABC youth network Triple J has does the unthinkable topping the ratings for the 25-39 year old demographic in Australia’s two largest markets Sydney and Perth.

Tagged as: ABC, Austereo, radio ratings, triple j

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Third Run Abba Special Does As Well As ARIA Awards Rating

by Paul Cashmere

A two-year old Abba special run for the third time on television on Sunday night as pulled almost the same sized audience as the ARIA Awards.

Tagged as: 70s, Abba, ABC, ARIA Awards, Australia, Bang A Boomerang, music news, pop, Sweden

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ABC To Sack 10% Of Staff As Abbott Breaks Another Promise

by Paul Cashmere

Mistrusted Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has broken yet another promise following the official announcement that 10% of staff at the ABC will lose their job.

Tagged as: ABC, Mark Scott, music news, Tony Abbott

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Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton Retire At The Movies

by Paul Cashmere

After 28 years on Australian television together Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton are calling it quits and the ABC will axe At The Movies.

Tagged as: ABC, At the Movies, David Stratton, Margaret Pomeranz, music news, SBS, The Movie Show

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Tex Perkins, Beasts Of Boubon. Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Tex Perkins Dissects Silent Night

by Paul Cashmere

Tex Perkins has broken down the lyrics to ‘Silent Night’ line by line for Libby Gorr on ABC 774 and its quite disturbing.

Tagged as: 774, ABC, Libby Gorr, Tex Perkins

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Australian Current Affairs Presenter Bill Peach Dies At 78

by Paul Cashmere

Bill Peach, the well-known and respected Australian TV journalist, has lost his battle with cancer at the age of 78.

Tagged as: ABC, Bill Peach, current affairs, Peach's Australia, This Day Tonight

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Tony Hadley To Tour With Full Orchestra

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Tony Hadley is planning on some special shows with a full orchestra.

Tagged as: 1980s, ABC, Anne Dudley, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, New Romantics, pop, Spandau Ballet, Tony Hadley, U.K.

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The Lumineers Cross Over To Mainstream Nashville Show

by Paul Cashmere

The Lumineers were given a big shot of “mainstream” this week when their song ‘Ho Hey’ was featured in the TV series ‘Nashville’.

Tagged as: 10s, ABC, Connie Britton, country, Hayden Panettiere, Juliette Barnes, Lennon Stella, Maisy Stella, Nashville, Rayna James, Shania Twain, Taylor Swift, The Lumineers, USA

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30 Year Old Anthony Callea Announces Thirty Tracklisting

by Paul Cashmere

Anthony Callea is celebrating his third decade on Earth with a new album titled ‘Thirty’ and a new recording home at ABC Music.

Tagged as: 00s, ABC, Anthony Callea, Australia, Australian Idol, pop, Thirty

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Kate Miller-Heidke. image by Ros O'Gorman

Kate Miller-Heidke Calls Julia Gillard Uninspiring

by Paul Cashmere

Singer songwriter Kate Miller-Heidke called the Australian Prime Minister “uninspiring” and “crushingly disappointing” on the ABC’s Q&A program last night.

Tagged as: ABC, Julia Gillard, Kate Miller-Heidke, Q&A

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PJ Harvey Singles Out Sexist Gig Review

by Tim Cashmere

PJ Harvey has silently pointed out a review of her Perth show drenched in gender stereotypes and the general feeling that women need to prove themselves worthy of inclusion in the gang of their male counterparts.

Tagged as: ABC, Ian Church, PJ Harvey

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Shit Hits The Fan Over Rewind 80s Festival

by Paul Cashmere

The Rewind 80s festival is going down the S bend fast with punters angry that organisers have changed cities and won’t give a refund one week out from the show.

Tagged as: 80s, ABC, Bananarama, Human League, Kim Wilde, pop, Pseudo Echo, Rewind 80s

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