All Radio articles – Page 153

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    TWG bids to get west Midlands radio talking

    2002-09-04T17:04:36Z

    Kelvin MacKenzie's The Wireless Group (TWG) has thrown its hat in the ring for the west Midlands radio licence with a bid which, if successful, will expand its Talk brand into FM for the first time, writesSteve Aston

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    TWG bids for west Midlands FM licence

    2002-09-04T09:51:24Z

    Kelvin MacKenzie's The Wireless Group (TWG) has thrown its hat in the ring for the west Midlands radio licence with a bid that, if successful, will expand its Talk brand into FM for the first time, writes Steve Aston

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    Cox gets new£1m contract

    2002-08-30T13:01:10Z

    BBC Radio 1 has signed breakfast show DJ Sara Cox to the station for a further three years in a reported£1m deal, despite the DJ losing 700,000 listeners during the past year, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    BBC gears up to change the way we listen

    2002-08-29T10:00:31Z

    The BBC is set to revolutionise the way people listen to its digital radio stations through their television sets by adding a range of new features to the service, including video footage, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Jay to front R2 funk series

    2002-08-28T16:08:55Z

    Indie Somethin' Else has clocked up a raft of new commissions from BBC radio including a series presented by legendary DJ Norman Jay for BBC Radio 2, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    TRADE TALK - Music maestro.

    2002-08-22T16:18:56Z

    BBC bosses are hoping former pirate DJ Willber Willberforce will drive digital radio take-up among 16 to 24-year-olds with hip new station 1Xtra

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    TRADE TALK - IN MY VIEW - Tony Stoller, chief executive of the Radio Authority.

    2002-08-22T16:18:56Z

    On the increasing significance and improved quality of sports coverage on the radio

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    All change at the top for music chart radio shows.

    2002-08-22T16:18:55Z

    The UK's two leading music chart radio shows are both set for a shake-up next year as presenters and sponsors pull out, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    GALAXY 105 TO REVAMP ITS BREAKFAST SHOW.

    2002-08-22T16:18:55Z

    Chrysalis-owned Galaxy 105, based in Yorkshire, is revamping its breakfast show and has hired Emap's Viking

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    R4 controller takes TV role.

    2002-08-22T16:18:54Z

    BBC Radio 4 deputy controller Wendy Pilmer is to move into television for the first time as part of a shake-up of two BBC English regions, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    RADIO 4 TALENT SEARCH.

    2002-08-22T16:18:53Z

    BBC Radio 4 has launched a search for talented new writers with the Alfred Bradley Bursary

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    Hopes grow for U-turn over local radio ownership rules

    2002-08-22T09:38:47Z

    The government is seeking to resolve its dispute with the commercial radio industry over the controversial local ownership 'three plus one rule' by early next month, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    R2 producer quits after 20 years

    2002-08-21T16:31:59Z

    BBC Radio 2 was dealt a blow this week after one of its senior producers announced his decision to quit the corporation after 20 years, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    All change at the top for music chart radio shows

    2002-08-21T16:05:28Z

    The UK's two leading music chart radio shows are both set for a shake-up next year as presenters and sponsors pull out, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    NEWS ANALYSIS - Going down the pan?

    2002-08-16T07:45:59Z

    Recent Rajar figures have documented how Radio 1 DJ Sara Cox's flagship breakfast show is losing listeners at a rate of knots. Their flight appears to show that 'the nation's favourite' radio station has gone Pete Tong

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    Virgin Radio set for wider reach.

    2002-08-16T07:45:57Z

    SMG IS planning to consolidate its presence in the radio sector by rolling out its Virgin

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    NORTH LONDON LICENCE.

    2002-08-16T07:45:57Z

    The Radio Authority has received two applications for the re-advertised north London AM licence. Proposals come

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    WIRELESS GROUP UP.

    2002-08-16T07:45:56Z

    The Wireless Group achieved its first operating profit in June 2002 as a result of extra

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    BBC 'pirate' radio station tunes in.

    2002-08-16T07:45:56Z

    The BBC's new digital radio station 1Xtra, billed as 'the BBC's pirate radio station', launches this Friday with a nationwide party being simulcast on BBC Radio 1, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    Virgin Radio set for wider reach

    2002-08-15T10:56:36Z

    SMG is planning to consolidate its presence in the radio sector by rolling out its Virgin Radio brand nationwide and bidding for new local licences in a move that quashes speculation that the Scottish-based media company wants to move out of the sector, writes Georgina ...