All Radio articles – Page 131
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Virgin brand to lead SMG push
SMG is to exploit its key Virgin Radio brand by creating two digital spin-offs that will
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5 Live nabs O'Connell
Former Xfm breakfast DJ Christian O'Connell is to take over from Johnny Vaughan as the host of BBC Radio 5 Live sports debate show Fighting Talk. O'Connell, who picked up the Sony Award for best DJ last week, will start on 14 August when ...
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NewsR1 to announce shake-up of night-time
BBC Radio 1 is poised to announce a major shake-up to the DJ line-up for its specialist night-time shows.
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NewsGWR to reduce debt by£10m
Radio group GWR is to reduce its debt by over£10m following the sale of it stake in Radio Investments to the Local Radio Company (LRC).
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NewsBlue Peter's Hill takes Hit 40 brief
DJ Neil Fox is to step down as presenter of commercial radio chart the Hit40UK and hand his headphones to former Blue Peter presenter Katy Hill and DJ Simon Hirst.
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LRC seeks millions
The Local Radio Company (LRC), headed by the former management team of Jazz FM, is seeking to raise£47.3m to fund the purchase of Radio Investments through an accelerated flotation on AIM. LRC, led by former Jazz FM chief executive Richard Wheatley, is to place 52.7 million shares on the junior ...
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Chrysalis radio up
Chrysalis has reported a 23% boost in revenues for its radio division. The group, which includes Heart, Galaxy and LBC, grew revenue to£33.3m in the six months to the end of February. Overall turnover increased marginally to£84.6m, with pre-tax profits up to£1.9m from£1.3m in the same period last year.
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Xfm's O'Connell wins Sony
Chris Moyles may have turned around the fortunes of the BBC Radio 1 breakfast show but he was trumped at this week's Sony Radio Academy Awards by Xfm's Christian O'Connell.
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Parkinson adds son to ITV show
Michael Parkinson has hired his son, Mike Parkinson, to produce his new show on ITV.
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Ofcom changes radio timetable
Ofcom has altered the timetable for the award of at least 30 new commercial radio licences to give potential bidders more time to tailor their applications.
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NewsGWR pours£1m in Classic FM push
Classic FM is to launch a£1m marketing campaign in a bid to continue the upward momentum of its audience figures.
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NewsDJ Moyles lifts R1
Chris Moyles has lived up to his promise to be the 'saviour of Radio 1' by picking up an extra 410,000 listeners for the BBC station's breakfast show.
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NewsMoyles 'boosts R1 listeners'
BBC Radio 1 breakfast DJ Chris Moyles boosted his listenership by 17% in his first three months, according to a controversial audience measurement report.
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NewsJune 10 launch for Kerrang! WM
Emap has set 10 June as the launch date for its new West Midlands rock station Kerrang!
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GMG radio improves performance
Guardian Media Group's radio division, the owner of Jazz FM, has reported a 61% revenue growth, taking revenues up to£21m for the year ending 31 March, up from£13m for the previous 12 months. A trading statement released by the group said national airtime revenue was up 86% over the year ...
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Bloomberg supplies business show to LBC
Chrysalis-owned LBC News has struck a deal with Bloomberg to air a 90-minute early morning money programme, Bloomberg Business Breakfast. The show, which launched this week, airs from 05.00 to 06.30, Monday to Friday, and goes head to head with Five Live's ...
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Ad boost for GMG Radio
Guardian Media Group's radio division, the owner of Jazz FM, has reported 61% growth for the last financial year, taking revenues up to£21m from£13m in 2002-03.
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NewsCapital puts faith in Vaughan 'the moderniser'
Capital 95.8 FM managing director Keith Pringle hopes Johnny Vaughan will 'update, freshen and modernise' the station when he takes over the breakfast show from Chris Tarrant on Monday.
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NewsBBC puts all regional radio online
The BBC is putting all 40 of its regional radio stations online to service what it sees as the growing community of people who want to listen to local radio on their office computers.
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Bryce to head Gold
Capital Radio has handed Xfm managing director Graham Bryce responsibility for its Capital Gold network. Bryce was recently parachuted in to take the managing director position at Capital's recent£15m acquisition, Choice FM. He replaces Lynn Long, who will focus more on Capital's FM network around the country, as regional managing ...