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Rock station move
Emap, publisher of Broadcast, has promoted Adam Uytman to programme director of Birmingham rock station Kerrang! 105.2, replacing Andrew Jeffries who moves to Emap's London station Kiss 100. Uytman, who has been acting programme director since May, has been deputy programme director at the station since ...
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Smith rallies radio for digital deadline
Former culture secretary Chris Smith has urged the UK radio industry to move towards establishing a switch-off date for analogue radio.
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NewsSmith calls for analogue radio switch-off
Former culture secretary Chris Smith has urged the UK radio industry to move towards establishing a switch-off date for analogue radio.
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NewsSykes to front adult contemporary chart
Hit40UK has lined up Melanie Sykes as host for the new adult contemporary chart show, due to launch in the autumn.
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Champions League clubs on Talksport
Talksport has secured commentary rights for Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool Champions League matches, renewing its deals with the London clubs and striking its first deal with Liverpool. The deals cover Uefa Champions League fixtures for all three clubs on a national basis, as well as Premiership home games involving Chelsea ...
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Champion to host Virgin chill-out show
Virgin Radio has recruited Horizon 103.3 FM drivetime DJ Sarah Champion to host a Friday and Saturday 10pm chill-out show. Champion is also hosting VH2's summer festival coverage, and is a regular presenter on Sky's interactive gaming channel Vegas Live. This will be her first national radio show.
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FM challenge fails
Ofcom has defeated a second High Court legal challenge to one of its FM radio licence decisions. John Grierson, former managing director of the CKFM bid for the Cornwall licence, challenged Ofcom's decision to award the licence to Atlantic FM, whose bid he said did not comply with the regulator's ...
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Jay to head U105
Ulster TV has appointed Maurice Jay as head of music for its Belfast station U105, which launches on 14 November. Jay has spent the past 10 years presenting for stations BCR, Downtown Radio and CityBeat. U105 is aimed at over-45-year olds in the Belfast region, and will reach up to ...
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Radio 1 remembers Peel with day of gigs
BBC Radio 1 is to hold a day of special programming to commemorate legendary DJ John Peel, one year after his death. John Peel Day will be held on 13 October, with gigs nationwide. Radio 1 is also organising a special gig in London before the day. A spokesman for ...
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UKRD ups turnover
Radio group UKRD said this week turnover had grown 10% year on year in the first 10 months of the financial year, leaving it on course to report turnover in the region of£9m for the full year. Operating profit is set to be in the region of£400,000 for the 12 ...
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NewsVirgin signs up Champion
Virgin Radio has recruited Horizon 103.3 FM drivetime DJ Sarah Champion to host a Friday and Saturday 10pm chill out show.
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NewsJay joins Belfast's U105
Ulster TV has appointed Maurice Jay as head of music for its new Belfast station U105, which launches on 14 November.
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Heart gets bigger
Former GCap station 106 Century FM will take the Heart brand name from 26 August, following its purchase by Chrysalis. GCap was forced to sell the station to allow the GWR and Capital merger to go ahead, under Ofcom rules. Chrysalis paid£29.5m for the station and has commit-ted a further£500,000 ...
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NewsEx-Magic DJ launches digital station
Former Magic and Saga DJ Kev Roberts is to launch a soul radio station on Sky and the internet aimed at 35-59-year-olds.
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NewsMagic signs up Holmes
Magic 105.4 has signed up former GMTVanchor Eamonn Holmes for a Sunday afternoon show starting in September.
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NewsRajar looks to six-month reporting
Rajars figures could be released every six months instead of every three in a bid to tackle volatility in the listening figures.
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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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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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Top breakfast shows lose listeners
Johnny Vaughan hung on to his place as London's top commercial radio breakfast host but the three leading commercial breakfast shows all lost listeners in the latest figures. Vaughan lost 161,000 listeners over the three-month period, falling to 1,077,000 listeners. Jamie Theakston, who joined Chrysalis's Heart 106.2 FM part way ...
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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 ...