Radio

On my spot with Spencer Howson on 612ABC we spoke about TV Burp (and my bold prediction that it will be a hit) and The 7pm Project, which is struggling to find an audience. I think the big problem with The 7pm Project is that it's hard to get that much good material night after night; it might have been better as a once-a-week show. Channel Ten seems willing to be patient to allow it to find an audience, but Channel 9 showed no patience at all with the American import Dance Your Ass Off. It got the A after one disappointing outing. As I've already noted, we'll see more of this in the electronic media as the companies chase a bigger share of the ever-diminishing advertising dollar.

Brisbane's Nova 106.9FM has announced that Kip Wightman is leaving the station and heading to the US. You can send him a farewell message here. As I reported a few weeks ago, his likely replacement is Tim Blackwell. (Update: I've just discovered Blackwell's appointment was reported in the Confidential column in the Courier-Mail on June 19 - so all credit to them.)