{"id":176444,"date":"2025-09-29T01:34:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T01:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/176444\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T01:34:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T01:34:13","slug":"radios-magnificent-seven-the-next-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/176444\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio&#8217;s Magnificent Seven: The Next Generation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2031.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Now that the ACRAs are <a href=\"https:\/\/radiotoday.com.au\/a-magical-night-gone-acras-demise-sends-shockwaves-through-australian-radio-industry\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">gone for good<\/a> \u2013 how do we continue to recognise and reward great radio talent, both on-air an off?<\/p>\n<p>Whether the awards can be resurrected or reimagined \u2013 perhaps even in digital or online form \u2013 remains to be seen. In the meantime, the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/au\/podcast\/game-changers-radio\/id1101042226\">Game Changers Radio podcast<\/a> is shining a light on Australia\u2019s next generation of radio talent through the Magnificent Seven.<\/p>\n<p>The competition has been narrowed down to seven standout nominees, with members of the public invited to cast their vote.<\/p>\n<p>Game Changers co-host Craig Bruce tells Radio Today \u201cThe list is really impressive \u2013 I guess the thing that stands out is that it\u2019s dominated by a bunch really smart, funny, thoughtful female presenters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-134204 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2021.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"642\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Voting is now open for the following seven nominees, all of whom are currently on-air and representative of radio\u2019s \u2018next generation\u2019:<\/p>\n<p>Katie Lamb: Triple M Breakfast Perth<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-134200 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2026.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"710\" height=\"450\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Emily Tresidder: Hit Network<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-134197 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2023.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"638\" height=\"710\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Lu &amp; Jarch: Triple M Network<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-134196 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2022.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"948\" height=\"629\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Loren Barry: Hit Network National Nights<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-134199 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"902\" height=\"784\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Annabelle \u2018A.B\u2019 Brett: MIX FM Breakfast, Sunshine Coast<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-134201 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2028.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"386\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Laura \u2018Loz\u2019 O\u2019Callaghan: Triple M Breakfast Adelaide<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-134202 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2029.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"358\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Abby &amp; Tyrone: triple j Drive<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-134198 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1085\" height=\"626\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Officially launched on Saturday, Bruce says the reaction to the competition was swift.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were flooded with votes on the weekend and we\u2019re hoping to talk to the winner on this week\u2019s episode, which may seem like a small thing but it\u2019s important for us to put people on a pedestal in front of their peers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s hope we can find a way to continue to recognise great talent both on and off the air \u2013 we\u2019ll continue to do our small part through the podcast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Voting for The Magnificent 7: The Next Generation closes midnight on Wednesday this week. Head to the<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gamechangers.radio\/\"> Game Changers Radio Instagram page<\/a> to make your choice.<\/p>\n<p>*Images: CRA, Instagram, LinkedIn, SCA, ABC and supplied.<\/p>\n<p>                            <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Now that the ACRAs are gone for good \u2013 how do we continue to recognise and reward great&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":176445,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":["post-176444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}