All Radio articles – Page 132

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    Parkinson adds son to ITV show

    2004-05-13T07:50:05Z

    Michael Parkinson has hired his son, Mike Parkinson, to produce his new show on ITV.

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    Ofcom changes radio timetable

    2004-05-13T07:50:00Z

    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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    GWR pours£1m in Classic FM push

    2004-05-10T11:06:41Z

    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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    DJ Moyles lifts R1

    2004-05-07T10:30:26Z

    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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    Moyles 'boosts R1 listeners'

    2004-05-05T09:58:30Z

    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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    June 10 launch for Kerrang! WM

    2004-05-04T10:04:48Z

    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

    2004-04-29T08:30:00Z

    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

    2004-04-29T08:30:00Z

    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

    2004-04-27T10:25:22Z

    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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    Capital puts faith in Vaughan 'the moderniser'

    2004-04-16T15:00:24Z

    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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    BBC puts all regional radio online

    2004-04-16T08:58:58Z

    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

    2004-04-15T08:30:00Z

    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 ...

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    Moyles bags Sony nomination

    2004-04-08T09:35:37Z

    Chris Moyles, the loudmouth presenter of BBC Radio 1, has been shortlisted for DJ of the Year at the Sony Radio Academy Awards.

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    Blackmore steps down at UBC

    2004-04-06T09:57:38Z

    Radio veteran Tim Blackmore is relinquishing his executive duties at UBC Media Group and has been appointed a non-executive director of the company.

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    Capital posts revenue rise

    2004-04-02T10:29:11Z

    Capital Radio has reported a bullish rise in revenues as a million listeners woke up with breakfast DJ Chris Tarrant for the last time today.

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    GWR grows revenue

    2004-04-01T08:30:00Z

    Radio group GWR has said it expects a 7% boost to its analogue radio revenue for the first three months of this year. In a trading statement it said its local radio group - which provides around 70% of total revenue - is forecasting an increase of 6% from the ...

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    Jazz gets Greening

    2004-04-01T08:30:00Z

    Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Kevin Greening is to join London-based 102.2 Jazz FM to host a new Sunday show between 10.00 and 14.00. Greening, who was signed this week, will start the show from Sunday (4 April). Nicky Horne, who previously hosted the slow, stepped down to concentrate on ...

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    Key 103 change

    2004-04-01T08:30:00Z

    Key 103 veteran DJ Mike Toolan is to replace JK & Joel as presenter of the Manchester station's breakfast show. Toolan has been with the Emap-owned radio station for six years and previously hosted the breakfast show between 1998 and 2000. He will be joined by presenter Michelle Dignan and ...

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    CRCA: bring BBC under external regulation

    2004-03-31T09:19:45Z

    The Commercial Radio Companies Association (CRCA) has added its voice to calls for the BBC to be brought under independent external regulation as the deadline for submissions to the government's charter renewal consultation closed yesterday today (Wednesday).

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    Hewitt to make debut as radio host

    2004-03-30T08:00:00Z

    The smooth talking skills of James Hewitt are to be put to the test when he makes his debut as a phone-in host on LBC 97.3 FM.