All Radio articles – Page 84
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NewsFags & Mags returns to R4
BBC Radio 4 has recommissioned The Comedy Unit to make a second series of its Glasgow-based cornershop sitcom Fags, Mags & Bags.
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Unique wins variety of R4 commissions
Radio indie Unique has won a raft of orders for BBC Radio 4, including a series to mark the bicentenary of the Peninsula War.
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NewsAd flight from radio to web 'has settled'
The first full year of growth in commercial radio revenues since 2004 is proof that the shift of advertising to the internet has finally settled, senior industry figures have claimed.
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NewsGlobal makes 11th hour GCap bid
Global Radio has tabled a last minute bid for GCap Media valuing the company at£371 million.
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NewsBBC London 94.9 unveils new look
BBC London 94.9 has signed up ‘king of the jungle' Christopher Biggins and ex-Birds of a Feather star Lesley Joseph as part of its new-look weekend line-up.
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NewsGCap knocks back second Global offer
GCap Media has rejected an improved 202p per share offer from Global Radio, saying it is still too low.
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BBC rapped over Kennedy
The BBC has admitted it should have issued an on-air apology after Radio 2 DJ Sarah Kennedy told listeners she almost ran over a black man in the dark because she could not see him.
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Heart agrees Fox promo deal
Heart 106.2 has agreed a year-long commercial deal with 20th Century Fox to promote the studio's key 2008 movie releases.
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Management eyes buyout of Xfm stations
GCap Media could sell the licences for its three regional Xfm stations to a group of executives already working for the company.
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NewsCommercial radio holds talks over future of DAB
The Radio Centre board is attempting to establish an industry consensus on the future of the DAB platform through top-level management meetings.
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NewsNew chief named at R5 Live
The BBC has promoted deputy director of news Adrian Van Klaveren to controller of BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC 5 Live Sports Extra.
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NewsHeart signs with Fox
Heart 106.2 has penned a unique year-long commercial deal with 20th Century Fox to promote the studio's key 2008 movie releases.
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Ball to front R2 show
West End star Michael Ball will present a new BBC Radio 2 show on Sunday mornings.
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Beaton mocks newspapers
Alistair Beaton, the creator of Channel 4 dramas A Very Social Secretary and The Trial of Tony Blair, is writing a satire set in a newspaper for BBC Radio 4.
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Magic signs I'Anson
Magic 105.4 has signed up Lisa I'Anson to present a new weekly afternoon show.
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Recruits shake up Classic
Classic FM has signed Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, Margherita Taylor and Blur bassist Alex James as part of a schedule shake-up.
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Radio 4 relives Strangeways prison riot
Indie Whistledown Productions has won three commissions for its BBC Radio 4 series The Reunion, including interviewing key players in the Strangeways prison riot in 1990.