The Quarter Hour: the daily podcast for radio nerds
Wade Kingsley and Liam Renton LOVE radio.Every day they bring you the latest radio news and interviews with people in the radio industry from around the world in this fast-paced 15 minute shortcast.#radionews #broadcasting #audio #radioGet in touch with the show: mail@thequarterhour.comFollow us on instagram @thequarterhourpodcastOr visit our website: https://www.thequarterhour.com/
RATINGS REPORT: Big news in Brisbane, KIIS Syd & Mel steady ahead of new show launches
Hear the first analysis by Wade Kingsley for GfK Survey 6 2026. This covers the survey period 12 July to 19 September
PLUS: How high can Nova 93.7 Perth go?
AND: Have Nath & Emma continued their growth?
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GOING FOR GOLD: Adelaide's oldest radio station gets a new name
Today, Liam looks back at the long (100+ year) history of 5DN/Cruise and now Gold 1323.
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THE DEBATE: Why KIIS should rename their new Breakfast Shows
Wade makes the case why leading with the personality names isn't the right choice for KIIS for their new show launches in Sydney & Melbourne.
'KIIS Breakfast' is bland safe, and the personalities are too unknown for it to work as quickly as ARN need it to.
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MONDAY MEETING: Roosters win, but so do Newy listeners
Which radio stations excelled at their day-after NRL Grand Final coverage?
PLUS: The controversy over naming the new KIIS Breakfast shows
ALSO: Kyle is heading back into ARN...
AND: Other news you might have missed
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SATURDAY SHOW: What do Ash, Issie & Elliot have to do to win over Melbourne?
Today we deep dive the new KIIS Melbourne Breakfast Show
Liam Renton & Sarah Juchima run through Radio's Biggest Whiteboard session and come up with some bold ideas on what they should do when they launch later this Month. Comps, segments and promotions that will guarantee some early wins.
Plus we start a rival segment to "Wades World", we think you will love "Letters from Liam".
Wade will have his right of reply on Monday's show.
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FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Virgin Radio Launch
In our next 'Flashback Friday', Liam Renton talks to Production Guru Jeff Thomas who made the legendary production piece that launched Virgin FM in London.
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KNIGHT FEVER: How Newcastle Radio is covering the build-up to the NRL Grand Final
Liam Renton chats to Steve Graham (from 'Tanya & Steve' on Triple M Newcastle) about a huge week for local radio.
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THE DOWNLOAD: James Cridland with the latest data
People aged 13-34 are now listening to their mobile in their car more than their radio
PLUS: What does data from other countries tell us?
ALSO: How many times a year James and Wade think the GfK ratings should come out?
AND: What James is talking about while visiting radio events in London
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SPECIAL EPISODE: 30 Years of Coast FM Mandurah
Liam Renton catches up with Rod Maldon to celebrate a significant milestone.
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MONDAY MEETING: How did radio cover the AFL & NRL?
Some of the Radio 'A-Teams' are on-air this morning, some aren't... Wade and Liam ask why?
PLUS: The ex-radio and now sports podcaster who had great social content this morning
ALSO: Other news you might have missed
AND: The Fresh FM Adelaide Presenter who nailed how to do an engaging break
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SATURDAY SHOW: KIIS Breakfast + Sarah Juchima
We chat to Executive Producer extraordinare Sarah Juchima (from Howard Stern, Eddie McGuire, Christian O'Connell, Mick Molloy)
PLUS: Wade replies to Kyle's producers
ALSO: Who is the megastar making a special appearance?
AND: Which radio announcer was in a traffic accident and featured in their own traffic report?
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FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Production from the 1990's on Fox FM
In our first 'Flashback Friday', Liam Renton tracks through some great production from the 1990's from Melbourne radio station Fox FM.
Thanks to Lucas Jon & Pat Griffin from our P1's for helping us out with the audio!
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KIIS BREAKFAST: "Likeability is not a content strategy"
BPR Senior Consultant David Kidd joins us to offer his thoughts on the announcement of Chris, Amy & Jack for Breakfast on Sydney's KIIS1065.
He talks about how being 'nice' doesn't necessarily make great radio.
PLUS: Where David thinks the show could be in 12 months time
ALSO: What KIIS absolutely needs to do before the show starts on-air
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IRON CHEF: Melbourne AFL Finals Edition
Here's some great moments from Melbourne radio stations covering AFL Grand Final this week
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THE REACTION: Chris, Amy & Jack on KIIS 1065
Radio's worst kept secret... Dr Chris Brown, Amy Gerard & Jack Charles are doing Breakfast on KIIS 1065 from November 9. How will they go?
PLUS: Reaction from the socials
ALSO: Comments from our P1's
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MONDAY MEETING: Are Toni & Ryan heading to drive?
Something Irene mentioned on our Saturday Show has us thinking... do all roads lead to Toni & Ryan, or Lu & Jarch... or even a current drive show on another network?
PLUS: The Mailbag is overflowing - we answer your questions
ALSO: Wade gets Liam back with a hidden piece of audio
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SATURDAY SHOW: Irene Hulme is special co-host
She reveals the dirty tricks between Gamechangers and The Quarter Hour
PLUS: What are some other famous radio dirty tricks stories?
ALSO: Who are the personalities that should be on Breakfast radio?
AND: Liam's apology corner, featuring the beloved Jules Lung....???
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WE'VE FOUND HIM: The 'Fugitive' is back!
Today the man who was at the centre of one of the greatest radio promotions of all time... it's our exclusive with The Fugitive... aka Michael O'Connor.
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GREAT DEBATE: Fill-in host vs replay show?
With both Kyle and Christian O'Connell taking sick days this week, Wade Kingsley and Liam Renton debate the topic: Should you have a fill-in host or play a 'best of' replay show?
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WOODSY: From Rugby League to Radio
Liam catches up with Triple M Sydney's Aaron 'Woodsy' Woods about his career journey from footy to the microphone
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DUMP BUTTON DISASTERS: Toby from Newport on 3AW
Liam catches up with the irrepressible Simon Owens from 3AW about one of the most iconic moments in Australian Radio.
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MONDAY MEETING: Latest rumours on who's going where
Is Jules Lund heading to KIIS drive with Carrie Bickmore?
PLUS: Is Jack Charles going to be the next weather guy on the Today Show?
ALSO: find out some of the guests coming up this week
AND: Happy 30th Birthday to Coast FM
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THE SATURDAY SHOW: Carrie to KIIS, but with who?
Natasha Lee from Mediaweek has the latest scoop
PLUS: A live aircheck for Irene's new podcast... and she won't like it!
ALSO: Abby Fidge making great radio for R U OK Day
AND: Liam on the lessons you can learn from the new Oasis movie
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ARN SHAKE UP: Where to next for Will & Woody?
PLUS: Does Carrie hold the keys to all the moves?
AND: Why does Liam think there's still a surprise or two to come?
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RADIO SCHOOL: At Triple M, Moffee's Making Montages
With the anniversary of Steve Irwin's passing and also 9/11 this month - we take a look at the art of the 'radio montage'.
A super helpful and creative tool to help radio stations capture pure emotion and connection with their listeners.
Moffee from Triple M Coffs Harbour joins us to discuss:
How he makes themWhen he rolls them outHow often he plays them andWhere you can start to make your own.Our podcast partner is RCS.
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NEW: Guess who could be new to ARN?
PLUS: The trailer for Irene's new podcast
AND: Which Australian metro radio station is changing its name?
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NEW: Brisbane Radio Wars in the 90's
Over the weekend, Brisbane celebrated what could be the largest Outside Broadcast in Australian Radio History. The city turned out for Riverfire - its annual Fireworks Show complete with the Royal Australian Airforce F-18 Hornets flying up and down the Brisbane River, while Triple M Breakfast was broadcasting live from the riverbank to a crowd of half a million people.
The battle for Brisbane still runs deep but never as strong as back in the 90's when B105 and Triple M went head to head with two live night shows both broadcasting to a city that had...
BREAKING: Ash London is coming home!
Here's a replay of our chat with her back in June when she was kicking major goals on The Edge NZ.
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MONDAY MEETING: Mailbag and a guest appearance from Tim Blackwell
PLUS: Who are the most value for money radio presenters?
AND: Will we find out who is joining ARN for Breakfast sometime this week?
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IRENE RETURNS: The Saturday Morning Show
PLUS: What are the 5 big questions after this week's survey results?
AND: Who Liam thinks definitely won't do KIIS Sydney Breakfast
ALSO: 'Iron Chef' Triana Butler joins us to celebrate a great achievement
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SPECIAL EPISODE: 30 Years of 91.9 Sea FM Sunshine Coast
PLUS: Liam is joined by Paul Amos, the launch Program Director
AND: The story of the 'Fat Boys'
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EXCLUSIVE: Kyle's Idol: Steve Fitton
PLUS: Archived audio of Craig Bruce
AND: Who's haircut did Liam want in the 90's?
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RATINGS: Matt O'Reilly on what's behind 2Day FM's rise
PLUS: is Fox FM in need of a reset?
AND: Who does Matt want to win the AFL Premiership based on ratings alone?
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RATINGS REPORT: A good day for 2DayFM
PLUS: Do Ben & Liam have some more work to do in Adelaide? Wade has some advice.
AND: KIIS Sydney & Melbourne steady ahead of their new breakfast show announcements very soon.
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MONDAY MEETING: Kyle, Tim Lee, Mailbag and more!
PLUS: Welcome to new P1's... including a high profile new member!
AND: Do we talk about mental health in radio as much? What are some of the reasons for burnout?
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SATURDAY SHOW: Kyle's emotional shock + special guest Tim Lee
PLUS: The return of Wade's List.... or is it?
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TW: This episode deals with issues of mental health. If you are finding things challenging please contact Lifeline 0n 13 11 14
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NEW: Doubling down on Dolly
Yesterday we reflect how Aussie Radio tackled the passing of Dolly Parton. Today we have more great radio from what our listeners sent in to play!
If you ever have any great audio - email it to us mail@thequarterhour.com
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DOLLY PARTON DIES: How radio handled it live
PLUS: SPECIAL GUEST INTERN PETE
You know the concept. 'Iron Chef ' radio moments. When every station has the same ingredients, but who can serve up a better dish?
Today we reflect how Aussie Radio tackled the passing of Dolly Parton.
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EXCLUSIVE: How programmers can grow time spent listening
In radio worldwide, reach (cume) is holding steady but time spent listening (TSL) is on the decline.
However there's one place that programmers often don't focus to retain listeners - the creativity of commercials inside the commercial breaks.
Today Wade Kingsley talks to two legendary audio creatives, Matt Dickson from SCA and Chris Greggson from Tapt Media. They discuss the way to engage audiences with some great examples for you to listen to.
If you're a content maker or programmer, this might give you some new thinking on how to stop listeners tuning...
NEW: Steve Graham's radio journey from fisherman to funnyman
As a teenager one of Wade's favourite radio shows was 'Garth and Steve' on Triple M Adelaide.
Almost ironic that Liam then gets to interview Steve Graham.
From a humble fisherman to launching a Triple M station to over 30 years in Newcastle, Steve Graham is a radio icon in his town, and today we find out why.
He's real, he's vulnerable, he's worts and all. And that's why he is so good at what he does.
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