All Radio articles – Page 60
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NewsGlobal appoints Red Dragon MD
Global Radio has appointed Sally Oldham as the managing director of Cardiff-based music network station Red Dragon.
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CommentRip-roaring time for radio talent
Westwood’s “swagger levels” are apparently at a new high with his appointment as drivetime DJ on 1Xtra - but Jonathan Ross’s days in his Radio 2 slot are numbered, writes Paul Robinson.
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CommentParfitt: Introducing is new John Peel
BBC Introducing is the new John Peel, says Radio 1 controller Andy Parfitt. Broadcast finds out more about this new talent initiative ahead of its last festival outing at this month’s Leeds/Reading Festival.
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NewsVincent steps in on Magic
Tim Vincent is to present Magic 105.4’s Secret Songs for three weeks while regular host Kim Wilde takes a break.
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CommentKiss 100 DJs Rickie & Melvin
Kiss 100 DJs Rickie and Melvin speak to Broadcast about “long-in-the-tooth” rivals, competition scandals and boosting their audience.
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NewsRazorlight's Johnny Borrell gets Xfm show
Razorlight frontman Johnny Borrell is to present a weekly evening show on Xfm.
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NewsRadio 1 drops Lamacq in specialist shakeup
DJ Steve Lamacq is leave BBC Radio 1 after 16 years as the corporation continues its revamp of the station.
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CommentRadio: Figures prove the cream always rises
The latest Rajar figures confirm that there is no recession in listening to UK radio and that the best talent is still the greatest magnet for people’s ears, writes Paul Robinson.
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NewsMurray and Lovejoy team up on Five Live
Colin Murray and Tim Lovejoy are to team up every Friday evening on BBC Radio 5 Live for a humorous review of the past week in sport.
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Jazz FM is fastest growing radio station in UK
Jazz FM, still short of its first birthday, added an extra 74,000 listeners, taking it up to 482,000 listeners.
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NewsAbsolute steadies declining audience
Absolute Radio steadied its declining audience in the last quarter, but still recorded nearly a third fewer listeners than it had when it was Virgin Radio this time last year.
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22 youths to take over 1Xtra
BBC 1Xtra and BBC Blast have teamed up to give young people not in education or employment the chance to take over the station’s airwaves for a day.
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NewsCapital overtakes Heart in London breakfast war
A resurgent Capital 95.8 overtook stablemate Heart 106.2 in the Q2 Rajar figures, thanks to a strong performance by its breakfast show.
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NewsWogan extends lead over Moyles
Sir Terry Wogan extended his ratings lead over breakfast rival Chris Moyles, according to latest Rajar figures, but could not prevent BBC Radio 2 slipping to its lowest share since 2006.
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NewsCommercial radio closes gap on BBC
Commercial radio clawed some audience share back from the BBC in the last quarter, with its overall share rising to 42.7%, from 41.6% in Q1.
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NewsLaycock quits Radio 2 after "disputes"
BBC Radio 2’s long standing Sunday night presenter Malcolm Laycock has quit the station after 14 years following a series of “long-running disputes”.
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CommentWhy R1 should not be privatised
Just days after Tory leader David Cameron’s faux pas on Christian O’Connell’s Absolute Radio’s breakfast show, his shadow broadcasting minster has taken a swipe at the BBC and threatened that a future Conservative Government would sell off Radio 1, writes Paul Robinson.
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NewsVaizey: Tories will sell off Radio 1
Ed Vaizey has proposed that the BBC should be forced to sell Radio 1 to the highest commercial bidder.
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CommentSlumdog radiohead
Paul Robinson has been listening to radio in India whilst travelling on business and has been surprised at the similarities with the UK.
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NewsO’Connell to DJ from Olympic village
Absolute Radio’s Christian O’Connell is to broadcast his breakfast show live from the under-construction 2012 Olympic site.