Tuesday September 22, 2015
ARN ANNOUNCES COMMERCIAL APPOINTMENTS ACROSS WA, QLD AND SA
The Australian Radio Network (ARN) has announced new commercial appointments in Western Australia, Queensland and South Australia.
Rick Daltonhad been appointed ARN’s Commercial Director, Perthfor 96FM and will be based in Perth.
Rick joined ARN in 2013 and has worked in sales leadership positions for ARN in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.
Previously, Rick has worked in various business consulting and entrepreneurial rolesand has more than a decade of experience in multimedia management with some of Australia’s largest corporations.
Rick said he was looking forward to playing his part in the ongoing success of ARN as a dynamic media and entertainment company.
“I’m extremely excited to be part of the evolution of 96FM and the next phase of ARN’s commercial expansion. Perth is a beautiful city and I am thrilled to reside permanently here as part of the dedicated team cementing ARN’sstrongnational offering to clients across all our markets,” Rick said.
Rick will move to Perth from Brisbane and will commence his new role at 96FM on October 1.
Jamie Wood is ARN’s new Agency Sales Director, Brisbane.
Jamie joined ARN in 2009 and has worked across a number of sales and management roles within the company, including Brisbane Group Sales Manager and Adelaide Agency Sales Director.
Based in Adelaide since 2014, Jamie will be returning to his hometown of Brisbane with an established network of contacts in the media, agency and client space.
Roger Luders is ARN’s new Commercial Director, Adelaide.
Roger has more than 20 years’ experience working in the Adelaide media industry, and joined ARN in 2005 as Sales Manager in Direct before being promoted to Sales Director in 2010.
Previously, Roger held account manager and account executive roles at Channel 7 in Adelaide
ARN COO Michael Harvey saidthese appointments would further strengthen ARN’s commercial offering to market.
“ARN is in an exciting new phase of organisational growth. These appointments further strengthen ARN’s commercial approach to market with a continued focus on ARN’s strategy of deliveringadvertisers and clients the most comprehensive integrated media solutions across the #1 national radio network,” he said.
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ARN is the #1FM radio network in Australia and one of the leading broadcasters in the country with ownership or investments in 12 radio stations nationwide. ARN is the leading FM network for the commercially lucrative 25-54 demographic and its brands KIIS, Pure Gold, iHeartRadio, and The Edge96.ONEentertain and influence over four million listeners across Australia.
In 2014 KIIS 1065 was launched with Kyle & Jackie O in Sydney and immediately went to #1FM. In 2015 the KIIS network launched nationally with KIIS 101.1 in Melbourne with Matt Tilley & Jane Hall in Breakfast and Dave ‘Hughesy’ Hughes & Kate Langbroek in national Drive. The KIIS network now incorporates the Sydney and Melbourne stations, Adelaide’s #1FM Mix102.3, Brisbane’s 97.3FM and Perth’s 96FM.
ARN also launched iHeartRadio, the world’s fastest growing digital service, to the Australian market in 2013 and the platform has had over 500,000 downloads.iHeartRadio is a free, all-in-one digital radio service and live events platform that lets audiences listen to their favouritelive stations across Australia, New Zealand and the USA. Listeners can also create commercial-free custom stations, and find the best audio casts to create personalised daily custom talk stations.
ARN is an APN News & Media company.
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