All Radio articles – Page 109
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Abbey wins licence
Ofcom has awarded a 12-year commercial licence to Abbey FM, a format owned by The Radio Business, CN Group and The Local Radio Company. The station, which is expected to launch some time next year, is to focus on local music and information aimed at 25 to 64-year-olds and will ...
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Saxton to Virgin
Former Saatchi & Saatchi marketing director Kathleen Saxton has joined Virgin Radio as strategy and planning director, reporting to chief executive Fru Hazlitt. Saxton will work on overall strategy for the group, conducting an analysis of the business and helping to identify future opportunities. Saxton spent five years as business ...
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Oneword to podcast
Oneword Radio, the joint-venture between UBC Media and Channel 4, has launched a podcast of its daily author interview show Between the Lines. The national digital speech and entertainment-based station will make the daily half-hour show, presented by Paul Blezard, available for free download through audioville.com ...
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NewsGCap sheds two more directors
GCap Media has released another two directors, just a week after the departure of chief executive David Mansfield.
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NewsRadio 1 rapped for foul-mouthed tirade
BBC Radio 1 has been reprimanded by Ofcom for broadcasting a barrage of expletives at 7pm.
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Radio 1 sexes it up
BBC Radio 1 has teamed up with the Open University (OU) for the first time for a series of live broadcasts of phone-in show The Sunday Surgery, called The Sex Tour. The show will broadcast from Wrexham, Glasgow, Sunderland and Derry on ...
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NewsMansfield quits GCap
GCap Media chief executive David Mansfield has stepped down and will be replaced in the role by executive chairman Ralph Bernard.
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UTV takes major stake in First Radio
Ulster Television (UTV), the new owner of TalkSport parent company The Wireless Group, has taken a 50% stake in radio sales house First Radio Sales, owned by The Local Radio Company, for£500,000. First Radio Sales will now represent 113 stations including the UTV radio stations, as well as the 29 ...
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UTV buys up Juice
Ulster TV (UTV) has acquired the remaining 67% of Liverpool station Juice FM that it did not already own from joint-venture partner Absolute Radio UK. The station will now be integrated into UTV Radio. UTV bought the station from Forever Broadcasting in September 2003 for£3.1m, in partnership with Absolute, an ...
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Ofcom opens bidding for Tyne FM licence
Ofcom has put one of the last remaining regional FM licences up for grabs, this time covering Tyne & Wear and Teesside.
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BBC to enhance radio experience on Freeview
The BBC is to revamp its Freeview radio channel service by introducing more interactive elements.
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BBC radio to cover England cricket tour of Pakistan
The BBC has secured exclusive radio rights to the England cricket team's autumn tour of Pakistan - a move new director of sport Roger Mosey said proved the corporation was committed to the sport.
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Licences awarded
Ofcom has awarded 10 community radio licences, in Bradford, Halifax, Chorley, Rochdale, Norwich, Aberdeen, the Orkney Islands, the Isles of Scilly and Ardwick and Wythenshawe in the Manchester area. Community radio stations cover small transmission areas, are run on a not-for-profit basis, and are geared to support the local community.
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Asian radio station in deal with Napster
London-based radio station Club Asia has signed up with online music download service Napster to promote Asian music downloads and streams. Under the deal, Club Asia 963 and 972 AM will act as a
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Heart airs shorts
Chrysalis' Heart radio network is to carry advertiser-funded short programmes from Disney for an eight-month period. Each week the station will feature 4 x 1-minute programmes of classic Disney stories, such as Robin Hoodfrom Mondays to Thursdays, with an additional weekend omnibus. Indie Somethin' Else will ...
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NewsBBC bags England cricket radio rights
The BBC has secured exclusive radio rights to England's autumn tour of Pakistan - a move new director of sport Roger Mosey said proved the corporation was committed to the sport.
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NewsUTV scraps The Wireless Group brand
Ulster Television (UTV) is to scrap The Wireless Group brand following its purchase of the TalkSport owner earlier this summer.
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NewsHumphrys hits back at 'grotesque' journalism
BBC Radio 4 Today presenter John Humphrys has hit back at a 'grotesque piece of mischievous journalism', which led to him being wrapped over the knuckles by BBC director general Mark Thompson.
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NewsClub Asia signs to Napster
London-based Asian radio station Club Asia has signed up with online music download service Napster to promote Asian music downloads and streams.
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Vic for Virgin
Comedian Vic Reeves is to host a Wednesday and Thursday evening show on Virgin Radio starting on 21 September. Reeves will host his own three hour show, called Vic Reeves' Big Night In.