Sydney radio station 2Day FM treated a nurse at a London hospital in a highly exploitative way when it put to air a “royal prank” call, the broadcasting watchdog has found.

Government-owned stations on the Radio New Zealand network can now be accessed through internet radio platform iHeartRadio.

Metal fans rejoice - long-standing radio show The Axe Attack has been revived online.

Paul Henry's return to breakfast television saw him nearly double last week's Firstline ratings - but was well behind TV One's Breakfast.

ZM breakfast hosts Fletch, Vaughan and Megan played a cruel joke on their colleagues Jase and PJ this morning, in an elaborate hour-long prank.

Two new hosts have been appointed for independent Auckland radio station 95bFM’s Breakfast Show.

Radio New Zealand's boss says he's disappointed and surprised at a poor ratings result which shows a 13 per cent fall in listeners to the state owned broadcaster.

The radio ratings system is on hold as the industry looks for new ways to track who is listening to what stations and when.

He's worked in radio for more than a decade but Jason Hawkins is still trying to make a name for himself.

APN News & Media has increased its presence in the Australian broadcasting scene through the purchase of Perth radio station 96FM from rival publisher Fairfax Media.

Marcus Lush had rather a big day yesterday. His car was pinched, his son started to walk - and he was also confirmed as the new host of Newstalk ZB's night show.

The singer behind the controversial Kill the PM song swore and joked about raping John Key's son before walking out of a live radio interview.

The world is going digital, but MediaWorks and NZME. are still spending millions of dollars on ye olde radio frequencies.

Forget the man drought - New Zealand is suffering a friend famine.

Broadcasting heavyweights Mike Hosking and Paul Henry will go head-to-head at breakfast time after a major media reshuffle.

A combined breakfast show on TV3 and RadioLive will be a massive change to the breakfast media landscape, writes John Drinnan.

The Electoral Commission has referred Mediaworks to police after a broadcaster on George FM urged people to vote for the Green Party on election day.

Paul Casserly pays tribute to local radio institution Stinky Grooves as it nears its quarter century on air.

At this point she is okay with me telling that incredibly personal story.

Broadcaster John Tamihere's $620,000 lawsuit against RadioLive's owner in the wake of last year's Roast Busters scandal has been put on hold by a High Court judge.

Neither of the two radio DJs who made a prank phone call to Kate Middleton's hospital in late 2012 will give evidence at the inquest into the death of nurse Jacintha Saldanha.

A Kiwi broadcaster is wondering what went wrong, after her questions sparked a knockabout Kardashian family row.

The Electoral Commission last night confirmed it had banned TV and radio broadcasts of Wellington bluesman Darren "Guitar" Watson's musical attack on the PM.