All Radio articles – Page 151

  • News

    LBC to target younger listeners

    2002-10-17T15:47:19Z

    Chrysalis Radio is repositioning its newly acquired radio station LBC to focus on a younger profile and plans to plough 50 per cent more cash into programming, writes Georgina Lipscomb

  • News

    Asian Network goes national

    2002-10-17T15:44:26Z

    The BBC has unveiled launch details of its final digital radio station, the Asian Network, which will see a mixture of English and regional Asian language programmes available across the country for the first time, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    News

    Boycott illness sees talkSPORT give up Ashes rights

    2002-10-15T15:34:19Z

    The BBC has re-claimed the live radio broadcast rights to England's Ashes tour this winter from talkSPORT, after the radio station was forced to give them up due to anchor Geoffrey Boycott's diagnosis with throat cancer, writes Luke Satchell

  • News

    CRCA hands chart show to radio consortium

    2002-10-09T17:00:03Z

    The Commercial Radio Companies Association (CRCA) has given up control of the network chart show - handing it to a new consortium involving Capital Radio, GWR, Scottish Radio Holdings and Chrysalis, writes Georgina Lipscomb

  • News

    Chrysalis plans to stretch LBC brand.

    2002-10-09T09:53:53Z

    Chrysalis Radio is planning to slap the LBC brand on both its newly-acquired LNR stations LBC

  • News

    Radio stations tune in for DTT.

    2002-10-09T09:53:51Z

    Up to eight commercial radio stations, including Kiss 100 and Jazz FM are expected to form

  • News

    Radio stations tune in for DTT

    2002-10-02T17:15:06Z

    Up to eight commercial radio stations, including Kiss 100 and Jazz FM are expected to form part of the Freeview DTT platform when it launches in the next few weeks, writes Georgina Lipscomb,

  • News

    Chrysalis plans to stretch LBC brand

    2002-10-02T17:12:56Z

    Chrysalis Radio is planning to slap the LBC brand on both its newly-acquired LNR stations LBC and News Direct, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    News

    Motorola threat to digital radio

    2002-10-02T11:59:29Z

    Communications giant Motorola claims it has developed new technology that will allow analogue radio listeners to achieve near-digital quality sound, writes Luke Satchell

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    Today editor Liddle resigns

    2002-10-01T10:05:16Z

    The editor of BBC Radio 4's flagship news programme Today has stepped down from the post following a clash with BBC bosses, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    News

    Digital radio channel BBC 7 unveiled

    2002-09-30T14:55:14Z

    The much-awaited launch of BBC radio digital channel Network Z has moved a step closer after the corporation announced today that the plays, books and comedy station will be called BBC 7, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    News

    Tarrant turnaround boosts Capital shares

    2002-09-27T11:59:29Z

    Chris Tarrant's shock eleventh-hour decision to stay on as Capital Radio's breakfast show presenter has lifted the station's share price out of the doldrums, writes Luke Satchell

  • News

    CRCA steps up '3 plus 1' lobby

    2002-09-26T11:11:50Z

    The Commercial Radio Companies Association's (CRCA) campaign to scrap the local radio ownership 'three plus one' rule proposed in the draft communications bill stepped up this week with a new report warning that the rule could weaken commercial radio, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    News

    Hooper Ofcom role cheers radio sector

    2002-09-26T09:59:57Z

    The radio industry has received a significant fillip from the government after it announced this week that two senior Radio Authority members have been appointed to the board of Ofcom, writes Georgina Lipscomb

  • News

    Chrysalis Radio set to swap Galaxy 101 for GWR's LNR

    2002-09-25T16:50:31Z

    GWR and Chrysalis Radio are poised to sign a multimillion pound deal in which Chrysalis will swap its dance station Galaxy 101 for full control of London News Radio (LNR), writes Georgina Lipscomb

  • News

    R2 scoops Oasis story

    2002-09-25T16:44:50Z

    BBC Radio 2 has ordered a series charting the history of rock band Oasis which will include in-depth interviews with both Gallagher brothers, writes Penny Hughes

  • News

    MacKenzie in Rajar stand-off.

    2002-09-24T15:18:01Z

    The Wireless Group (TWG) chief executive Kelvin MacKenzie has called for the separate radio and television

  • News

    Emap poised to pull Network Chart Show.

    2002-09-24T15:18:01Z

    Commercial radio's Network Chart Show is set to suffer another major blow as it emerged Emap Performance plans to pull the flagship show from its eight Big City radio stations, writes Georgina Lipscomb

  • News

    Emap poised to pull Network Chart Show

    2002-09-18T17:29:42Z

    Commercial radio's Network Chart Show is set to suffer another major blow as it emerged Emap Performance plans to pull the flagship show from its eight Big City radio stations, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    Ratings

    Mackenzie calls for single ratings measurement system

    2002-09-17T16:14:38Z

    The Wireless Group (TWG) chief executive Kelvin MacKenzie has called for the separate radio and television audience research methods to be merged in order to produce more accurate and comprehensive ratings figures, writes Georgina Lipscomb