All Radio articles – Page 109
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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.
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Emap and GCap to extend CD:UK
Emap Radio and GCap Media have joined forces with ITV pop show CD:UKto launch a new cross-media interactive chart.
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CanWest sets up camp in Solent
Canadian media giant CanWest said this week it would use its new Solent FM radio licence as a base for further expansion into UK broadcasting.
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Schoonmaker bid
Former Emap Performance chief executive Tim Schoonmaker and Macquarie Bank have entered a second application for a UK local FM radio licence - this time for Ipswich. Last month Schoonmaker and Macquarie, the Australian investment bank, entered a bid for the Swansea licence under the name Radio UK Holdings. He ...
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Arqiva TX contracts
Arqiva has won four new 12-year FM transmission contracts for stations awarded new licences by Ofcom. Under the new contracts, Arqiva will provide transmission services for two new The Local Radio Company stations, The Bee in Blackburn and Durham FM in Durham. It will also serve Midlands News Association-owned station ...
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Radio 4 to air Morrissey memoirs
BBC Radio 4 has commissioned a 30-minute one-off programme looking at life on the road with Mancunian indie icon Morrissey. I Was Morrissey's Drummeris based around the memoirs of drummer, comedian and writer Andrew McGibbon, who worked with The Smiths singer. Contributors include Morrissey, Madness frontman ...
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Fox joins rejigged Magic
Magic 105.4 has signed up former Capital DJ Neil Fox as it revamps its breakfast show to keep up with the London commercial battle.
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NewsAllan: I'm happy I leaked Humphrys tape
Former Labour deputy press secretary Tim Allan has stood by his decision to leak a tape of BBC broadcaster John Humphrys ridiculing politicians to The Timesnewspaper.
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NewsOfcom hands out local FM licences
Ofcom has awarded two more local FM licences for Torbay and Swindon.
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NewsCD:UK backs new radio chart
Emap Radio and GCap Media have joined forces with ITV pop show CD:UKto launch a new cross-media interactive chart.
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NewsCanadian firm wins Solent FM licence
Ofcom has awarded the Solent region licence to Original 106 FM, a bid backed by Canadian media giant CanWest - the first licence ever awarded to a foreign media company.
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NewsEmmis waits for Solent licence announcement
US radio operator Emmis International will learn this afternoon whether its attempts to break into the UK radio market have been successful.
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NewsEx-Emap chief bids for Ipswich FM
Former Emap Performance chief executive Tim Schoonmaker and Macquarie Bank have entered a second application for a UK local FM radio licence - this time for Ipswich.