All Radio articles – Page 29
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NewsRadio pioneer Ron Onions dies at 82
Ron Onions, the pioneering spirit behind the rise of commercial radio news and current affairs in the ‘70s and ’80s, has died suddenly in his sleep at the age of 82.
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NewsAbsolute Radio grabs Euro 2012 rights
Absolute Radio has secured the commentary rights to 10 games from the UEFA Euro 2012 championships including all of England and the Republic of Ireland’s group matches.
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NewsBBC local radio hits four-year high
RAJARs: BBC local radio, which has seen planned cuts reduced from £18m to £6m this week, recorded its biggest audience share since 2008.
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NewsChris Moyles sheds 400k listeners
RAJARs: BBC Radio 1 breakfast host Chris Moyles has lost 400,000 listeners over the past 12 months - but Radio 2’s Chris Evans has reported an upswing.
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News6 Music audience up 12%
RAJARs: BBC 6 Music, the digital station honoured at this week’s Sony Awards, has reported a 12% increase in listeners and hit a record high.
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NewsBBC local radio cuts reduced; kids shows removed from BBC1/BBC2
The BBC Trust has given the green light to the corporation’s cost-cutting plans, which include revised plans to better protect local radio and the Asian Network - and the removal of children’s programming from BBC1 and BBC2.
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NewsR1 and Somethin’ Else producers launch indie
Former BBC Radio 1 and Somethin’ Else producers have launched their own multiplatform radio indie and have already won a slate of commissions.
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News6 Music wins best station at Sony's
BBC Radio 6 Music has become the first digital station to win the Sony Awards UK station of the year in a dramatic turnaround for the once-threatened service.
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NewsAbsolute hands Frank Skinner extra hour
Frank Skinner has signed to Absolute Radio for another year and will extend his Saturday morning show.
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NewsCarnie leaving R2 for BBC entertainment role
Lewis Carnie, head of programmes at BBC Radio 2 and 6 Music, is stepping down to take a nine-month attachment at the corporation’s in house entertainment team.
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NewsJazz FM censured over porn gaffe
Ofcom has found Jazz FM in breach of its broadcasting code after it accidentally aired around five minutes of porn.
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News5 Live series going for gold
Colin Murray will attempt to track down all 114 of Britain’s living gold Olympic medallists for a new series on BBC Radio 5 Live.
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NewsTalkSport nets Premier League deal
TalkSport has signed a major four-year deal to provide radio coverage of Premier League football outside of Europe.
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NewsRadio 1 and 1Xtra unveil new docs
Nearly 80 documentaries have been commissioned by BBC Radio 1 and digital station 1Xtra that will include DJ Tim Westwood speaking to army wives, profiles of major record labels and a special on late poet and musican Gil Scott-Heron.
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NewsBBC producer heads to Wise Buddah
Wise Buddah has hired the producer of Zane Lowe’s BBC Radio 1 show Clare Chadburn.
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NewsAbsolute app to control Android connected TVs
Absolute Radio is to launch a “proof of concept” app that allows users to control its connected-TV app via their Android phone.
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CommentCommercial radio has "suffered from its own bad decisions"
“Commercial radio leadership in the last ten years has not been good enough” says William Rogers, the boss of radio group UKRD that has won the Sunday Times best run company award for the second successive year. Paul Robinson reports.
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NewsJohnny Vaughan joins Absolute
Absolute Radio has signed former Capital breakfast host Johnny Vaughan to front a string of drivetime shows throughout the London 2012 Olympics.
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NewsDave Pearce to front R2 show
Former Radio 1 DJ Dave Pearce is to present a Saturday night dance music show on BBC Radio 2.
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The Broadcast InterviewTyler Brûlé: old-school visionary
Tyler Brûlé has a hard-earned reputation as a media innovator. So why is he eschewing iPad apps and social networks for radio? It’s all about ‘good conversation’, he tells Lisa Campbell.