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Wogan remains nation's favourite
Wake up to Woganremains the UK's most popular national breakfast show, with more than 8 million listeners, but Chris Moyles managed to increase his audience by 81,000 to reach 6.2 million. R4's Todayprogramme added 120,000 listeners over the quarter, notching up 6.3 million, but Radio 3's ...
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Kerrang! audience and share fall
Emap's West Midlands-based Kerrang! 105.2 lost both audience and share compared with 2005's first Rajar. Share slipped from 2.7% to 2.5%, while audience figures fell by 64,000 to 260,000. When digital listeners are included, the Kerrang! brand's total UK share fell from 0.5% to 0.4%, with audience down 123,000 to ...
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Clyde 1 and 2 slip in Scotland, BBC up
Scottish Radio Holdings' Clyde 1 FM and Clyde 2 both lost out in the battle for audience in Scotland. Clyde 1's share slid from 16.8% in the previous quarter to 15.7%, while Clyde 2 fell from 9.8% to 7.9%. Winners included BBC Radio Scotland which increased from a 7.9% share ...
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Choose your favourite ITV characters
Broadcastthis week launches its readers' poll to discover who are the most popular and iconic ITV characters of all time. Readers are invited to vote from a selection of more than 50 well-loved characters including hard-man of television detectives Taggart; The Saint's ...
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Edinburgh festival hosts Question Time
Salman Rushdie, Dr David Starkey, and MPs Dianne Abbott and George Galloway have been added to the Edinburgh TV Festival Question Time Special. Shadow culture spokeswoman Theresa May and former director general Greg Dyke are also on the panel, chaired by Andrew Neil. The special will be held on Sunday ...
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Kirkham moves from C4 to BBC1
A senior figure on Channel 4's Richard & Judyprogramme has been poached to fill a new post in BBC daytime. Alison Kirkham has been associate editor on the C4 show for the past year but has defected to the BBC to take the newly created role ...
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Network rollout for Capital FM's seven
GCap Media is to roll out its 95.8 Capital FM Sunday night Sevenentertainment show across its The One Network stations. The three-hour show, presented by Justin Wilkes and Sam Mann, looks at the week's celebrity news and has exclusive interviews. It is the first time GCap ...
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Schoonmaker leads Swansea radio bid
Former Emap Performance chief executive Tim Schoonmaker is heading a UK radio bid backed by Australian investment bank Macquarie. The bid is for a new 12-year FM licence for Swansea, under the name Diamond FM, a mainstream classic rock proposal. The new station will reach approximately 300,000 adults, depending on ...
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Laughing all the way to the studio
With TV sitcoms traditionally being one of the most studio-bound of TV genres, comedy producers and production managers need to know what they are looking for when choosing a studio. Louis Pattison looks at what's on offer
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I'll miss Family Affairs
Five considered a niche role for Family Affairsbut opted instead to create bold storylines and characters. Paul Marquess says four things conspired against the canned soap.
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The King of US reality
Mark Burnett's Emmy Award-winning Survivorpaved the way for the unscripted TV craze in the US. And with an Apprenticespin-off starring Martha Stewart set for autumn, the British-born producer insists it's not over for the reality genre yet. By Melissa Grego.
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BBC top of the agenda
With speakers as varied as John Birt and Ricky Gervais, this year's Edinburgh Festival is sure to spark off debate, writes Dawn Airey.
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TV's gambling addiction
With interactive TV gambling enjoying a time of aggressive growth, hopeful TV operators are betting that the recently created Gambling Commission will opt to loosen the rules governing the industry. By Kate Bulkley.
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Diplomatic mission impossible
His indie producer background and commitment to the BBC gives Krishan Arora the experience to execute what many consider a difficult balancing act.
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Big Bro's paradox
Big Brothermay have been a critical hit but both viewer and voter numbers are down.
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Sky's movies move
It will be interesting to see how the City reacts to Sky's plans to move into the cinema business.
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NewsSky in talks to buy UGC multiplexes
BSkyB is plotting a move into the UK cinema market by buying six multiplex theatres.
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NewsNat Geo plans HD channel
The National Geographic Channel in the UK is set to be part of BSkyB's high-definition (HDTV) line-up.
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NewsBBC staff begin to move on redundancies
More than one in 10 staff in the BBC's children's department have shown interest in being made redundant, during the first wave of the corporation's trawl to find volunteers to leave.
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NewsMidget curling pitched in for C4 breakfast
Mentorn Scotland has come up with what it hopes will be the answer to Channel 4's breakfast schedule woes - midget curling.