Radio
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1:22PM Jess McGuire | As someone who has spent a fair amount of time behind a microphone, I am always looking at ways to become a better broadcaster. After all, we all know what can happen once you stop caring about the quality of your radio work! Next thing you know, you’re questioning underage girls about their sex lives and making jokes about concentration camps. Not good! More »
Interesting Pieces Of Trivia Acquired From Wikipedia VII
1:22PM Jess McGuire | As someone who has spent a fair amount of time behind a microphone, I am always looking at ways to become a better broadcaster. After all, we all know what can happen once you stop caring about the quality of your radio work! Next thing you know, you’re questioning underage girls about their sex lives and making jokes about concentration camps. Not good! More » 
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12:13PM Jess McGuire | Not entirely unexpectedly, Media Watch dedicated a fair chunk of last night’s show to talking about The Kyle and Jackie O Show saga that has dominated the Australian media over the last week. They mentioned a pretty horrifying “prank” performed by the pair that I was not aware of, and it’s worth checking out. More »
Did You Miss Last Night’s Media Watch?
12:13PM Jess McGuire | Not entirely unexpectedly, Media Watch dedicated a fair chunk of last night’s show to talking about The Kyle and Jackie O Show saga that has dominated the Australian media over the last week. They mentioned a pretty horrifying “prank” performed by the pair that I was not aware of, and it’s worth checking out. More »
Music
10:34AM Jess McGuire | Did you listen to Triple J’s Hottest 100 Of All Time results and find yourself wondering whether the Hilltop Hoods tune The Nosebleed Section is really the 17th “hottest” song of all time? Perhaps you searched for a track by the likes of PJ Harvey or Dusty Springfield in the list of songs chosen by the youth of the nation, only to find Blink 182’s Dammit being celebrated instead? You’re probably terribly upset right now. More »
A Nation Deals With The Hottest 100 Songs Of All Time Result
10:34AM Jess McGuire | Did you listen to Triple J’s Hottest 100 Of All Time results and find yourself wondering whether the Hilltop Hoods tune The Nosebleed Section is really the 17th “hottest” song of all time? Perhaps you searched for a track by the likes of PJ Harvey or Dusty Springfield in the list of songs chosen by the youth of the nation, only to find Blink 182’s Dammit being celebrated instead? You’re probably terribly upset right now. More »
Music
10:50AM Jess McGuire | Darling readers, I swallowed my pride and spoke to the lads at Nova in Perth about everything that happened yesterday (ie. the avalanche of teen fury) regarding Short Stack and made yet another public apology to fans of the band. More »
And If The Open Letter Wasn’t Enough…
10:50AM Jess McGuire | Darling readers, I swallowed my pride and spoke to the lads at Nova in Perth about everything that happened yesterday (ie. the avalanche of teen fury) regarding Short Stack and made yet another public apology to fans of the band. More »
Radio
12:01PM Jess McGuire | You may have heard yesterday that Peter Helliar and Myf Warhurst’s Triple M breakfast show on Melbourne radio was cancelled after scoring its lowest ratings yet in the latest Nielsen survey. Someone must be very busy today removing giant billboards around the city… More »
Triple M Cancel Pete & Myf’s Breakfast Show
12:01PM Jess McGuire | You may have heard yesterday that Peter Helliar and Myf Warhurst’s Triple M breakfast show on Melbourne radio was cancelled after scoring its lowest ratings yet in the latest Nielsen survey. Someone must be very busy today removing giant billboards around the city… More »
Radio
9:27AM Jess McGuire | It sucks when your ex moves on and ends up being much more successful than you career-wise, especially if their career started with your help. It must suck even more to learn that the walloping you’re copping at work is due to the success of said ex, and it’s lead to your bosses seeking out a replacement for you. So try and muster up something resembling sympathy for Triple M breakfast host Ugly Phil O’Neill as we take a look at the latest episode of Days Of Our Radio Broadcasters. More »
Ugly Phil Probably Feeling Uglier Than Ever At The Moment
9:27AM Jess McGuire | It sucks when your ex moves on and ends up being much more successful than you career-wise, especially if their career started with your help. It must suck even more to learn that the walloping you’re copping at work is due to the success of said ex, and it’s lead to your bosses seeking out a replacement for you. So try and muster up something resembling sympathy for Triple M breakfast host Ugly Phil O’Neill as we take a look at the latest episode of Days Of Our Radio Broadcasters. More »
Radio
2:20PM Jess McGuire | Hello, readers! If you’re really, really unattractive but crave radio fame, then perhaps the latest Twitter message from Triple J’s Hack will be of some interest to you! More »
Attention Australian Youths With Low Self-Esteem!
2:20PM Jess McGuire | Hello, readers! If you’re really, really unattractive but crave radio fame, then perhaps the latest Twitter message from Triple J’s Hack will be of some interest to you! More »
Small Screen
1:02PM Jess McGuire | For realsies! You may know him, tigers, from top Aussie comedy duo Merrick & Rosso, but there’s so much more to Merrick than just being blokey on the radio and earning huge amounts of money for it. He, like every other actor in the country, is appearing in the Underbelly series as Mr Asia!
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Did You Know Merrick Watts Is An Actor Now?
1:02PM Jess McGuire | For realsies! You may know him, tigers, from top Aussie comedy duo Merrick & Rosso, but there’s so much more to Merrick than just being blokey on the radio and earning huge amounts of money for it. He, like every other actor in the country, is appearing in the Underbelly series as Mr Asia!
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12:28PM Jess McGuire | West Coast bad boy turned Richmond saviour Ben Cousins can add radio star to his resume, as he’s just been hired by DMG Radio to appear on Nova 100 in Melbourne’s breakfast show every Monday morning to talk about the footy.
From the MediaWeek newsletter:
Melbourne’s Nova 100 today announced that Ben Cousins, one of the AFL’s most high profile players, will join Hughesy and Kate on Monday mornings as football expert for the 20 09 AFL season. Ben will recap the weekend’s matches; discuss any topical issues that arise during these games or in training and talk about life in Melbourne.
No big Sunday nights then, Ben! Gotta be fresh as a daisy for the AM! Here’s what Hughesy and Kate Langbroek have to say about this new addition to their broadcasting family. More »
Ben Cousins Will Be Joining Hughesy & Kate On Nova!
12:28PM Jess McGuire | West Coast bad boy turned Richmond saviour Ben Cousins can add radio star to his resume, as he’s just been hired by DMG Radio to appear on Nova 100 in Melbourne’s breakfast show every Monday morning to talk about the footy.
From the MediaWeek newsletter:
Melbourne’s Nova 100 today announced that Ben Cousins, one of the AFL’s most high profile players, will join Hughesy and Kate on Monday mornings as football expert for the 20 09 AFL season. Ben will recap the weekend’s matches; discuss any topical issues that arise during these games or in training and talk about life in Melbourne.
No big Sunday nights then, Ben! Gotta be fresh as a daisy for the AM! Here’s what Hughesy and Kate Langbroek have to say about this new addition to their broadcasting family. More »
Radio
1:15PM Jess McGuire | Even though Kyle Sandilands sort of won me over a tiny bit last year during Australian Idol (I still feel dirty about it, trust me), I was nevertheless delighted to read about a South African radio DJ who successfully pranked him and his radio co-host Jackie O recently.
A South African disc jockey has pulled off one of the all-time great practical jokes this morning after tricking a top-rating breakfast radio duo into taking a fake call from Tom Cruise.
Hmmm. Some slight hyperbole there, but okay. Let’s pretend that this story is about one of the all-time great practical jokes being executed successfully against Kyle and Jackie O during their hit breakfast show.
Go on… More »
Kyle And Jackie O Have A South African Nemesis
1:15PM Jess McGuire | Even though Kyle Sandilands sort of won me over a tiny bit last year during Australian Idol (I still feel dirty about it, trust me), I was nevertheless delighted to read about a South African radio DJ who successfully pranked him and his radio co-host Jackie O recently.
A South African disc jockey has pulled off one of the all-time great practical jokes this morning after tricking a top-rating breakfast radio duo into taking a fake call from Tom Cruise.
Hmmm. Some slight hyperbole there, but okay. Let’s pretend that this story is about one of the all-time great practical jokes being executed successfully against Kyle and Jackie O during their hit breakfast show.
Go on… More » 
