New digital station.

A new digital radio station called The Buckle will be launched by the Fairfax Radio Network at next Tuesday December 22. The station will only be heard in Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth. It will have a modern contemporary country music format, created specifically for capital city listeners.

Christmas digital stations.

ARN has a new digital radio station especially for Christmas called Elf radio. The station will be on air until just after Christmas.
ABC is also planning a Christmas station to begin closer to the day.No doubt it will be a bit more Classic than Elf!

New Talk station for Melbourne?

Macquarie Radio Network Limited (Sydney)and Pacific Star Network Limited (Melbourne) have announced taht they are forming a potential partnership that may see a third talk station in Melbourne.
John Singleton's Macquarie Radio Network and Pacific Star Network, owner of 3MP and SEN (formerly 3AK), announced they have "concluded a Heads of Agreement that contemplates the formation of a joint venture for the production and supply of radio programming in the Melbourne market.
The new company has apparentely approached both Neil Mitchell and Steve Price to work on the new station.