The Quarter Hour: the daily podcast for radio nerds

Howard Stern is the closest radio personality to Kyle. Big name, big show, high risk, high reward.

But does Kyle's new venture have enough in-built tension for the audience?

American Radio Programmer and Consultant David Hill can pinpoint the moment when Howard changed. It's when he left broadcast radio and went behind the paywall.

Does Kyle need an enemy to fight? With no censors, no ACMA, no management and no advertisers - is Kyle heading for bland-ville?

David's article is here:

https://barrettmedia.com/2026/07/20/when-howard-stern-won-he-lost-the-fight-that-made-him-matter/

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In this episode Christian & Bella from i98 FM Wollongong respond to Liam's aircheck yesterday.

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In this episode Liam airchecks Christian & Bella from i98 FM Wollongong.

As a Program Director Liam Renton has done thousands of airchecks.

Listen along as he looks for great execution, unmatchable chemistry and ways to elevate breaks with suggestions to take their show (and yours) to the next level.

Tomorrow - Christian & Bella respond to Liam with their thoughts.

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Jamie Wood is the host of the Media Sales Mastery podcast.

In this episode Jamie talks to Wade Kingsley about his podcast episode (and Radio Today article) called 'If radio launched tomorrow, we wouldn’t be defending it, we’d be rationing it'.

This is a great episode to sit down and listen to with your sales team.

PLUS Wade reveals the one thing he would take to a client who is looking to buy radio.

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In this week's Monday Meeting episode, Liam Renton looks at Eddie McGuire's first GOLD FM Sport show.

PLUS: with 'The Rock' launching on DAB in Brisbane, we look at great radio station launches in days gone by.

AND: BBC Radio 1 has just launched a massive talent search.

And as usual, we preview the week of daily episodes ahead on The Quarter Hour podcast.

#WeLoveRadio

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TOP 10 Talent Coach Steve Reynolds explains the comment he heard from a radio team which he believes highlights a real challenge for radio management.

Steve's blog is here: https://reynoldsgroupradio.com/i-need-this-job-the-creativity-killer/

Steve's website is here: https://reynoldsgroupradio.com/

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Liam Renton catches up with Jon Vertigan (Junior). His Father (Jon) and now Son (Ben) all have radio in their veins. Hear about their history and shared passion for the industry we all love.

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PLUS: Radio Programmers who really value the newsroom and the difference it makes.

Liam Renton sits down with radio news legend Monique Dews about her career and the future of newsrooms in the age of A.I.

Should newsreaders be part of the Breakfast Show team? Monique gives us her answer.

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It's a Liam overload as Liam Renton gets the behind the scenes of Ben & Liam's latest creative idea. It involves two rival breakfast shows... with similar names.

Listen to Ben & Liam on KIIS 1023.

Listen to Bec & Liam on Life FM Adelaide.

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PLUS: When we will know what the next steps are in the legal proceedings.

Natasha Lee, Editor of Mediaweek (and Wade's cohost on Media Tarts each Friday) gives us the latest update including ARN's amended defence that has been made public.

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