All Radio articles – Page 30
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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.
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NewsDads Army and Doris Day in Radio 4 dramas
BBC Radio 4 has ordered radio dramas about the making of sitcom Dad’s Army and the friendship between Doris Day and Elizabeth Taylor from indie CPL Productions.
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NewsTalkSport boosts UTV profits
UTV Media has posted record underlying pre-tax profits of £23.3m after TalkSport performed “particularly well” last year.
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NewsTV ad market to remain flat
TV advertising is to remain steady with a predicted growth of 1% for 2012 while radio ads have been forecast to increase from 1% to 1.7%, according to media buyer ZenithOptimedia.
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NewsRadio 4 to pilot News Quiz USA
BBC Radio 4 is to record a US version of topical panel show The News Quiz - the first time it has embarked on an American spin-off.
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CommentBBC Radio 6 Music: the first decade
From burgeoning digital radio station, to under threat beacon of the people, to the UK’s most listened to music digital radio network, BBC Radio 6 Music has been on, what you would call, a ‘journey’, writes Paul Rodgers.
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CommentAlternatives to the usual suspects
An edition of Radio 4’s Today featured prominent male experts. Who were their female peers?
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NewsBBC radio gets boost as Sky slashes retrans fees
BSkyB has slashed its BBC retransmission fees by £4m, offering an unexpected late boost to the corporation’s under-threat local radio services.
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NewsIndies win Radio 1 contracts
BBC Radio 1 shows including Annie Nightingale, Benji B and Matt Edmondson are to be produced by indies for the first time as the station opens up external indies.