All Radio articles – Page 52
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NewsBBC Trust apologises for Frankie Boyle joke
The BBC Trust’s editorial standards committee (ESC) has apologised over a joke made by Frankie Boyle which compared Palestine with a cake being “punched to pieces by a very angry Jew”.
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NewsAlex Zane returning to radio
DJ Alex Zane, who was suspended from Xfm in 2008 for playing a controversial song, is to host a new show for digital station NME Radio.
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NewsRadio 5 Live move north 'on track'
BBC director general Mark Thompson has revealed that 5 Live’s move to Salford Quays is on budget and proceeding as scheduled.
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NewsJames May turns DJ for 6 Music
Top Gear star James May is turning DJ with a rock show for the BBC.
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NewsChris Moyles hosts show from New York
DJ Chris Moyles is to beat the air chaos and return to the airwaves by hosting his show from New York.
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NewsVolcano causes Moyles to miss show
Chris Moyles was forced to miss his Radio 1 breakfast show this morning after finding himself unable to return from New York because of the air travel chaos.
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NewsOfcom cuts red tape for local radio
Ofcom has announced a package of measures to deregulate local radio, paving the way for more mergers and more flexibility in the volume of locally-produced content.
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NewsMark Damazer quits BBC
Mark Damazer, the controller of BBC Radio 4 and Radio 7, is leaving to become head of St Peter’s College at Oxford University.
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NewsPenk upheld for suicide jokes
Ofcom has rapped breakfast show DJ Steve Penk for joking on-air about a potential suicide victim, but has cleared Radio 5 Live’s broadcast of swearing from the rock group Rage Against the Machine.
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NewsR3 to air classical chart
BBC Radio 3 is lining up a new weekly chart for fans of classical music.
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NewsMaconie gets 6Music spin-off
BBC 6Music is to launch a late-night spin-off of Stuart Maconie’s eclectic Sunday afternoon show The Freak Zone.
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News6 Music gets Sony nods
Two radio stations earmarked by the BBC for closure as part of a strategic review have secured the lion’s share of nominations at the Sony Radio Academy Awards.
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NewsLenny Henry R4 show in line for TV move
Comedian Lenny Henry could be back on BBC television as the corporation’s in-house comedy team looks to adapt two more radio shows following the success of BBC2’s Miranda.
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NewsGalloway plans web radio station
Outspoken MP George Galloway has vowed to take his radio show online following TalkSport’s decision to axe it.
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NewsSomethin’ Else goes global with Ronnie Wood radio show
Somethin’ Else has secured Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood to front a radio series it is syndicating around the world, including a UK deal for the show to air on Absolute Radio.
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NewsBBC radio has undergone "cultural change"
BBC Audio and Music has undergone “significant cultural changes” according to an independent report following the measures indentified by the BBC Trust in the wake of Sachsgate.
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NewsLords warning over radio switchover
The Government could face a major backlash unless it makes the case for the switchover from FM to digital radio due by 2015, peers have said.
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NewsBBC North launches radio indie fund
Radio indies in the north of England are set for a boost following the creation of a £40,000 commissioning fund by the BBC.
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NewsBBC to boost digital radio coverage
More than a million additional people will be able to receive BBC digital radio under plans by the corporation to invest in 60 new transmitters.
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NewsRadio XL in Ofcom hot water again
Ofcom has rapped Birmingham-based Radio XL after the Asian-oriented station breached broadcasting codes for the second time this year.