All Radio articles – Page 124

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    Sharp Capital return

    2004-11-04T08:30:00Z

    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

    2004-11-04T08:30:00Z

    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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    MacKenzie Rajar claim 'is hot air'

    2004-11-03T10:35:19Z

    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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    Pat Sharp rejoins Capital

    2004-11-01T10:36:46Z

    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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    BBC: Radio 4 could do better

    2004-10-29T10:36:48Z

    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

    2004-10-28T08:30:00Z

    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

    2004-10-28T08:30:00Z

    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

    2004-10-28T08:30:00Z

    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

    2004-10-28T08:30:00Z

    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

    2004-10-28T08:30:00Z

    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

    2004-10-28T08:30:00Z

    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

    2004-10-28T08:30:00Z

    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 ...

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    Magic 105.4 casts spell over London

    2004-10-28T08:30:00Z

    Emap-owned Magic 105.4 was one of just two commercial radio stations in London to boost its breakfast show audience. Graham Dene's show achieved a 7% increase to record a weekly reach of 651,000, up from 609,000 in the previous quarter. The station as a whole recorded a weekly audience of ...

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    Emap readies bid for SRH

    2004-10-28T07:51:00Z

    Emap is expected to make a takeover bid for Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) before the end of November, and is reshuffling its top level management in preparation for the deal.

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    BBC mourns loss of radio legend

    2004-10-28T07:49:50Z

    John Peel's death this week at the age of 65 is a devastating blow to the BBC and legions of music fans.

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    Vaughan sidekick to leave Capital

    2004-10-25T10:14:33Z

    Johnny Vaughan's Capital FM co-presenter Becky Jago is to leave the station at the end of the year.

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    Moyles adds weight to Radio 1

    2004-10-22T10:30:55Z

    Chris Moyles, the self-proclaimed 'saviour of Radio 1', has finally delivered on his promise with the BBC youth station lifting its audience back over the 10 million mark.

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    Rajar misery for London stations

    2004-10-22T10:29:23Z

    Johnny Vaughan has suffered another drop in audience figures for his breakfast show on London's 95.8 Capital FM but was not alone in his decline.

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    BBC digital radio strategy lauded

    2004-10-21T08:30:00Z

    The BBC's five new digital radio stations have been given a broad thumbs-up, but need clearer remits to distinguish them from their commercial counterparts, according to a government-backed report.

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    TWG and GMG in radio clash

    2004-10-21T07:50:08Z

    the Wireless Group (TWG) and the Guardian Media Group (GMG) are to go head-to-head in a bid to launch Manchester's first commercial speech radio station.