All Radio articles – Page 112
-
NewsSmooth FM strikes Chelsea deal
GMG Radio's 102.2 Smooth FM will broadcast full commentary of Chelsea FC games for the next three years.
-
NewsMXR appoints first MD
Regional digital radio consortium MXR has promoted Diane Wray to become its first managing director.
-
News
Lovejoy to Virgin
Virgin has recruited Sky Sports Soccer AM presenter Tim Lovejoy to host a Sunday afternoon magazine show from 28 August. The new 4pm to 7pm show will feature interviews with top sports and showbiz celebrities as well as feature packages. Lovejoy's other credits include Sky One show ...
-
News
LBC MD quits
LBC managing director and director of programmes Mark Flanagan has quit, prompting a reshuffle at the London station. Flanagan, who has overseen the Chrysalis-owned LBC since October 2002, is leaving to take up a new career as a political lobbyist. He will be replaced by David Lloyd, the managing director ...
-
NewsLBC chief quits
LBC managing director and director of programmes Mark Flanagan has quit, prompting a reshuffle at the London station.
-
NewsUS radio operator 'eyes Chrysalis'
Emmis Communications, the US radio giant that recently bid unsuccessfully for the Manchester FM licence, is reported to be eyeing up Heart FM owner Chrysalis Radio.
-
NewsRadio 1 loses Jones-Donelly
The executive in charge of Radio 1's playlists for the past eight years has left the corporation to join music giant EMI's A&R operations.
-
News
GCap threatens to sue regulator
Radio giant GCap Media has threatened to sue Ofcom if the regulator decides to license further national digital multiplexes.
-
News
Ofcom to review cross-promotion rules
Ofcom has agreed to review the rules prohibiting cross-promotion of commercial radio licences to help the sector compete better with the BBC.
-
News
Radio indies win better BBC deal
Independent radio producers are to get a better deal from the BBC after trade body the Radio Independents Group (RIG) and the BBC agreed new terms of trade.
-
News
Evans back on air after Radio 2 deal
Chris Evans has agreed a seven-month deal with BBC Radio 2 for a new Saturday afternoon show. He has agreed to present the 2pm to 5pm slot from September until at least March. Evans, who hosted R2's coverage of Live 8 last weekend, joins Jonathan Ross and ...
-
NewsEvans signs to Radio 2
Chris Evans is officially back. The maverick DJ today agreed a seven-month deal with BBC Radio 2, signing the contract in typically flamboyant style - in front of a packed auditorium at the Radio Festival in Edinburgh.
-
NewsNew BBC rights deal for radio indies
Independent radio producers are to get a better deal from the BBC after trade body the Radio Independents Group (RIG) and the BBC agreed new terms of trade.
-
NewsGCap: we'll sue Ofcom over digital plans
Radio giant GCap Media said today it would sue Ofcom if the regulator decides to license further national digital multiplexes.
-
NewsOfcom rethinks radio cross-promotion rules
Ofcom has agreed to review the rules prohibiting cross-promotion of commercial radio licences to help the sector compete better with the BBC.
-
NewsEmap DJ rapped for phone-in rage
Ofcom has reprimanded Emap after a presenter on its Key 103 FM radio station branded an Iraq war veteran a 'brainless little dickhead' during a heated phone-in show.
-
NewsHumphrys defends interviewing style
A defiant John Humphrys told politicians yesterday he had no intention of going 'easy' on them and would walk out of the BBC if told to do so by his bosses.
-
News
Humphrys refuses to go easy on MPs
Todaypresenter John Humphrys has told politicians he has no intention of going easy on them and would resign if bosses told him to do so. He defended his interview technique when he and other broadcast journalists were cross-examined by a committee of peers. Labour's Lord Maxton accused him of usurping ...
-
News
Radio 4 to look at the art of comic timing
Indie Angel Eye is examining the art of comic timing for a BBC Radio 4 programme, as well as recording a series on unfinished buildings. The Comic Pause, a half-hour programme, uses examples of comedians' use of silence and asks how far the comic pause can ...
-
NewsBBC and Africa twin local radio stations
As part of its Africa season, the BBC is next week twinning local radio stations in the UK with stations in Africa. Each day British listeners in five different areas will be able to hear African presenters, guests and phone-ins, and vice versa.