All Radio articles – Page 61
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NewsSomethin' Else wins 606 contract
Multiplatform indie Somethin’ Else has won a three year contract to make 606, BBC Radio 5 Live’s flagship football phone-in.
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NewsBBC reveals controller salaries
The BBC’s four main TV channel controllers took home at least £880,000 combined last year, but none of them troubled the corporation’s list of the top 15 earners.
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The Broadcast InterviewPaul Gambaccini, BBC Radio 2
The veteran radio DJ talks to Michael Rosser about courting controversy, superstar salaries and how a four-letter outburst in 1967 nearly killed his broadcast career before it even began.
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NewsPublic wants BBC to pursue risk
A BBC report commissioned in the wake of the Sachsgate scandal has found that the British public wants the corporation to pursue creative risk and accepts that offence may be caused in the process.
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NewsBBC Radio plans Whitman and Holiday docs
BBC Radio is taking a look at some of America’s leading cultural icons – with a doc on the poet Walt Whitman on BBC Radio 4, and a Radio 2 special on Billie Holiday, fronted by Neneh Cherry.
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Comment
What does Digital Britain mean for radio?
Digital Britain has given radio a new mantra: forget analogue switch off, from now on its delivery of a “Digital Radio Upgrade”, writes Paul Robinson.
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NewsDigital radio switchover set for 2015
DIGITAL BRITAIN: The government is pushing manufacturers to offer DAB radios for under £20, and has set a 2015 date for digital switchover in radio.
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Comment
Radio 1 needs a shake-up
BBC Radio 1 must freshen up its daytime DJ line up if it hopes to retain a young audience, writes Paul Robinson.
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The Broadcast InterviewEmma Bunton, Heart
She took girl power to the world as the youngest Spice Girl. Now 33, how is the mother of one going to spice things up with new radio presenting gig on Heart, asks Michael Rosser
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NewsBBC talent facing 25% pay cuts
BBC stars earning above £100,000 a year are facing pay cuts of 25% when their deals come up for renegotiation – and some of the highest paid names are expected to have their salaries halved.
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Comment
A crucial time for UK radio
The next few weeks will be crucial for the future of UK radio and a migration plan for digital isn’t just urgent - it’s life and death, writes Paul Robinson.
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NewsBBC Trust under fire over pay scrutiny
A government report into BBC radio production efficiencies has been overshadowed by a spat with the BBC Trust over whether presenters’ salaries should be made public.
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NewsPhone-in scandal costs local station £15,000
Ofcom has issued a £15,000 fine to local station Lakeland Radio over an “unfair” phone-in competition.
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Features
Wanted: less talk and more action
The industry has had its fill of empty promises about DAB and digital switchover, but now’s the time to put these plans into action, according to radio bosses.
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R2 to pre-record Jonathan Ross show
Jonathan Ross is to pre-record his Radio 2 show to make sure it is “watertight” against future editorial breaches.
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Phil Riley buys eight Global radio stations
Global Radio has sold eight of its Midlands radio licenses to former Chrysalis Radio chief radio Phil Riley and Lloyds TSB Development Capital for an undisclosed sum.
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Urgent decisions needed in radio, says Richards
RADIO 3.0: “It’s time for crucial decisions to be made” to safeguard the future of commercial radio, said Ofcom chief Ed Richards today.
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Radio execs clash over DAB
RADIO 3.0: Two radio executives have clashed over a discussion on DAB after DRDB chief executive Tony Moretta claimed the digital medium had a sound future because “people like to listen to devices that look like radios”.
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Low cost radio ads need push
RADIO 3.0: The Central Office of Information’s director of channel integration management Corrine Purton has attacked the radio industry for not plugging “low entry cost advertising” when it competes with TV.
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Give us the WoCC, radio indies tell BBC management
Radio indies are urging the BBC to extend the Window of Creative Commission to its radio output.