All Radio articles – Page 123
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Radio giants vie for Manchester
The UK's biggest radio groups are to turn their attention to Manchester in a bid to win a lucrative new FM licence worth an estimated£5m a year in advertising revenue.
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Emap to appoint Kiss and Magic MDs
Emap Performance is hunting for two managing directors for its Kiss and Magic networks in a bid to establish them as national brands. The move follows the decision by Emap managing director of radio programming Mark Story to relinquish his combined role as managing director of Kiss and Magic in ...
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NewsBids line up for Manchester FM
The UK's biggest radio groups are to turn their attention to Manchester in a bid to win a lucrative new FM licence worth an estimated£5m a year in advertising revenue.
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NewsElton John in Radio 1 profanity outburst
Sir Elton John turned the airwaves blue during an appearance on Chris Moyles Radio 1 breakfast show yesterday morning.
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NewsRadio 1 'replaces' John Peel
Club DJ Rob Da Bank is to take over John Peel's late night show on BBC Radio 1 for the 'foreseeable future'.
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NewsAbramsky denies resignation claims
BBC director of radio Jenny Abramsky has denied she threatened to resign if the corporation moved Radio 5 Live out of London to Manchester.
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NewsJohn Peel funeral open to public
The funeral of veteran Radio 1 DJ John Peel is to be held next week near his home in Suffolk and will be open to the public.
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Rajar hits out at ?Publicity' Mackenzie
The Wireless Group chief executive Kelvin MacKenzie was this week accused of launching a legal action against Rajar to court publicity for his radio stations. Rajar's QC, Nicholas Green, made the comment at a High Court hearing to decide whether MacKenzie's case citing that Rajar's methods of audience measurement discriminates ...
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Sharp Capital return
Former Heart DJ Pat Sharp is to rejoin the Capital Radio Group hosting a new evening show on the Century network. Sharp, who left London station Heart 106.2 in August, will broadcast a new evening show across three Century stations covering the north-east, north-west and the East Midlands from January.
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Celador in the running for Belfast FM
Celador has revealed plans to bid for the new Belfast FM radio licence with Lagan FM, a music and talk format targeting the over 40s. The company - which produces ITV1 hit Who Wants to be A Millionaire? - said if its proposal was successful ...
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NewsMacKenzie Rajar claim 'is hot air'
The Wireless Group chief executive Kelvin MacKenzie was accused in the High Court yesterday of launching a legal action against Rajar to court publicity for his radio stations.
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NewsPat Sharp rejoins Capital
Former Heart DJ Pat Sharp is to rejoin the Capital Radio Group hosting a new evening show on the Century network.
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NewsBBC: Radio 4 could do better
The new controller of BBC Radio 4 has admitted that parts of its schedule have become 'cosy' and is looking to strengthen its 'intellectual edge'.
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GMG's regional Real Radio stays on top
The Guardian Media Group's Real Radio stations in Scotland and Wales have maintained their positions as the premier commercial stations in their regions. Scottish Real Radio achieved a weekly reach of 654,000, which is 10,000 listeners ahead of SRH-owned rival Clyde 1, while the Welsh station reported an audience of ...
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Kerrang! gets off to a flying start
The new west midlands station, Kerrang! 105.2, run by Broadcast publisher Emap, made a strong debut in its first appearance on the Rajar audience survey. Executives were estimating that the new station, which launched in June, would pick up around 150,000 listeners during its first ...
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Record share for urban Choice FM
Ahead of its move into Capital's Leicester Square building, urban music station Choice FM has hit a record share of 3.2%. The London station also reported its second consecutive quarterly increase with a weekly reach of 383,000. Choice, Capital's most recent acquisition, was recently given the green light by Ofcom ...
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Mouthy Moyles is breakfast king
Chris Moyles, the self-proclaimed 'saviour of Radio 1', has finally delivered on his promise and has struck a blow to the commercial sector with a three-year high for the BBC youth station's breakfast show.
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Comment: how Moyles had commercial rivals for breakfast
After nearly a year in the job, Chris Moyles' boast to 'kick anyone's arse at breakfast' is indeed coming to pass for Radio 1, much to the consternation of commercial rivals - now kicking themselves for dropping their guard.
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TWG plans bid for Belfast FM licence
The Wireless Group has joined forces with the Belfast Telegraph in its bid for a new FM licence in Belfast. TWG, which owns the national TalkSport station, will submit a music format titled Delicious FM. SMG has also thrown its hat into the ring and ...
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LBC loses listeners across its stations
Chrysalis-owned talk station LBC 97.3 has suffered another dip in audience figures over the three months to 12 September. Over a third of listeners abandoned the London station, dropping its weekly reach from 780,000 to 506,000, but breakfast host Nick Ferrari did report an increase of 25,000 listeners to achieve ...