http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/rss/radio_rss.xml en-uk Channel 4 has scrapped its plans to enter the commercial radio market, with the loss of up to 15 jobs. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/c4_scraps_radio_plans.html;jsessionid=288AB517019477B9EA09011B2706F7F3 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/c4_scraps_radio_plans.html;jsessionid=288AB517019477B9EA09011B2706F7F3 Robin Parker 10 October 2008 10:42 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/images/4_radio_logo_resized_70_tcm19-1144611.jpg As Channel 4 announces that it has scrapped plans to launch its own radio station, Robin Parker reflects on where it all went wrong. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/opinion_and_blogs/2008/10/blog_c4_radio_tunes_out.html;jsessionid=288AB517019477B9EA09011B2706F7F3 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/opinion_and_blogs/2008/10/blog_c4_radio_tunes_out.html;jsessionid=288AB517019477B9EA09011B2706F7F3 Robin Parker 10 October 2008 13:08 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/images/4_radio_logo_resized_70_tcm19-1144611.jpg Channel 4 Radio's journey from conception to rejection. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/timeline_c4_radio.html;jsessionid=288AB517019477B9EA09011B2706F7F3 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/timeline_c4_radio.html;jsessionid=288AB517019477B9EA09011B2706F7F3 Robin Parker 10 October 2008 11:35 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/images/4_radio_logo_resized_70_tcm19-1144611.jpg City analysts have criticised Ofcom for not treating its licensees fairly by allowing 4Digital Group to mothball the launch of the D2 multiplex it won in 2007. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/4digitals_delayed_launch_under_fire.html;jsessionid=288AB517019477B9EA09011B2706F7F3 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/4digitals_delayed_launch_under_fire.html;jsessionid=288AB517019477B9EA09011B2706F7F3 Rob Shepherd 07 October 2008 18:38 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/images/4-radio_2_resized_70_tcm19-1890164.jpg BBC Radio 4 is to broadcast a documentary about the boy who lost his family and both his arms in a US bombardment during the Iraq war. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/r4_to_update_tale_of_iraqi_boy_maimed_in_bomb_horror.html;jsessionid=288AB517019477B9EA09011B2706F7F3 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/r4_to_update_tale_of_iraqi_boy_maimed_in_bomb_horror.html;jsessionid=288AB517019477B9EA09011B2706F7F3 Rob Shepherd 07 October 2008 18:42 BBC Radio 4 specialist factual commissioning editor Andrew Caspari is to leave the station after a decade in the role. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/caspari_leaves_r4_factual.html;jsessionid=288AB517019477B9EA09011B2706F7F3 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/caspari_leaves_r4_factual.html;jsessionid=288AB517019477B9EA09011B2706F7F3 Rob Shepherd 07 October 2008 18:46 UBC Media Group has agreed to a further two weeks of due diligence for the sale of its commercial division to Nasdaq-listed Global Traffic Network, citing recent changes in the commercial radio industry in the UK. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/ubc_due_diligence_extended.html;jsessionid=288AB517019477B9EA09011B2706F7F3 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/ubc_due_diligence_extended.html;jsessionid=288AB517019477B9EA09011B2706F7F3 Rob Shepherd 07 October 2008 18:49 Advertisers in the US pay a premium to be associated with “do good” programming. Could it catch on in the UK, asks United Radio Consultants’ Paul Chantler. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/opinion_and_blogs/2008/10/talking_radio_paul_chantler.html;jsessionid=288AB517019477B9EA09011B2706F7F3 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/opinion_and_blogs/2008/10/talking_radio_paul_chantler.html;jsessionid=288AB517019477B9EA09011B2706F7F3 07 October 2008 18:51 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/images/paul_chantler_resized_70_tcm19-1890184.jpg GMG Radio is inviting radio indies to pitch new ideas for its 13-strong network of stations after a positive response to its first set of documentaries which aired this summer. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/gmg_calls_for_more_docs.html;jsessionid=288AB517019477B9EA09011B2706F7F3 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/gmg_calls_for_more_docs.html;jsessionid=288AB517019477B9EA09011B2706F7F3 Rob Shepherd 06 October 2008 11:18 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/images/radio_mic_resized_70_tcm19-304212.jpg BBC Radio 1 DJ Grooverider will give an insight into his 10 months in a Dubai prison for possessing drugs on the station’s Surgery show this Sunday. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/freed_r1_dj_speaks_out.html;jsessionid=288AB517019477B9EA09011B2706F7F3 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/freed_r1_dj_speaks_out.html;jsessionid=288AB517019477B9EA09011B2706F7F3 Chris Curtis 03 October 2008 13:17 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/images/grooverider_resized_70_tcm19-1887075.jpg UBC Media Group has agreed to a further two weeks of due diligence for the sale of its commercial division to Nasdaq-listed Global Traffic Network, citing recent changes in the commercial radio industry in the UK. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/ubcs_commercial_division_sale_delayed.html;jsessionid=288AB517019477B9EA09011B2706F7F3 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/ubcs_commercial_division_sale_delayed.html;jsessionid=288AB517019477B9EA09011B2706F7F3 Rob Shepherd 03 October 2008 10:27 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/images/radio_mic_resized_70_tcm19-304212.jpg Global Radio has handed Luis Clark and Mike Cass the top programming jobs across the Heart and Galaxy networks respectively and has named Jonathan Richards as head of news across the company’s entire portfolio. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/heart_and_galaxy_handed_new_programming_heads.html;jsessionid=288AB517019477B9EA09011B2706F7F3 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/heart_and_galaxy_handed_new_programming_heads.html;jsessionid=288AB517019477B9EA09011B2706F7F3 Rob Shepherd 02 October 2008 08:44 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/images/richard_park_resized_70_tcm19-1885172.jpg Capital Radio has undergone its fifth rebranding in under three years and will now be known as 95.8 Capital FM - London’s Number 1 Hit Music Station. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/rebranding_for_capital.html;jsessionid=288AB517019477B9EA09011B2706F7F3 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/rebranding_for_capital.html;jsessionid=288AB517019477B9EA09011B2706F7F3 Rob Shepherd 01 October 2008 17:08 BBC Radio 7 has ordered a long-running radio spin-off of CBeebies TV series Harry and Toto. Harry and Toto Radio is a 42 x 10-minute preschool show by children’s indie Handle and Spout. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/bbc_orders_kids_radio.html;jsessionid=288AB517019477B9EA09011B2706F7F3 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/bbc_orders_kids_radio.html;jsessionid=288AB517019477B9EA09011B2706F7F3 01 October 2008 17:10 Ex-Talk Sport presenter James Whale has dropped his legal action over his dismissal from the broadcaster earlier this year. Whale, whose contract was terminated after he urged listeners to vote for Boris Johnson in the London mayoral election, said he did not have the money to pursue the unfair dismissal claim against the UTV-owned  station. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/whale_drops_talk_claim.html;jsessionid=288AB517019477B9EA09011B2706F7F3 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/whale_drops_talk_claim.html;jsessionid=288AB517019477B9EA09011B2706F7F3 01 October 2008 17:14 Could 2009 see the renaissance of breakfast time for commercial radio, asks Absolute Radio programme and operations director Clive Dickens. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/opinion_and_blogs/2008/10/talking_radio_clive_dickens.html;jsessionid=288AB517019477B9EA09011B2706F7F3 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/opinion_and_blogs/2008/10/talking_radio_clive_dickens.html;jsessionid=288AB517019477B9EA09011B2706F7F3 01 October 2008 17:05 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/images/clive_dickens2_resized_70_tcm19-1885161.jpg Jazz FM has updated its famous multi-coloured chameleon which will be featured as part of a major marketing campaign to coincide with its return to the airwaves next week. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/jazz_fm_unveils_rebrand.html;jsessionid=288AB517019477B9EA09011B2706F7F3 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/jazz_fm_unveils_rebrand.html;jsessionid=288AB517019477B9EA09011B2706F7F3 Rob Shepherd 01 October 2008 11:50 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/images/jazz_fm_ad_resized_70_tcm19-1884358.jpg David Bowie classic Absolute Beginners was selected by listeners as the song to launch Absolute Radio when it went live this morning (29 September).  http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/09/absolute_radio_launches_with_bowie.html;jsessionid=288AB517019477B9EA09011B2706F7F3 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/09/absolute_radio_launches_with_bowie.html;jsessionid=288AB517019477B9EA09011B2706F7F3 Rob Shepherd 29 September 2008 13:36 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/images/david_bowie_resized_70_tcm19-1879246.jpg Capital Radio has undergone its fifth re-brand in under three years and is now known as 95.8 Capital FM - "London's Number 1 Hit Music Station". http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/09/another_rebrand_for_capital.html;jsessionid=288AB517019477B9EA09011B2706F7F3 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/09/another_rebrand_for_capital.html;jsessionid=288AB517019477B9EA09011B2706F7F3 Rob Shepherd 25 September 2008 12:48 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/images/capital_fm_newlogo_resized_70_tcm19-1873664.jpg Absolute Radio is to spend more than a third of its £15m investment in the station on its new-look breakfast show. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/09/absolute_orders_5m_breakfast_revamp.html;jsessionid=288AB517019477B9EA09011B2706F7F3 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/09/absolute_orders_5m_breakfast_revamp.html;jsessionid=288AB517019477B9EA09011B2706F7F3 Rob Shepherd 24 September 2008 15:03 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/images/clive_dickens_resized_70_tcm19-1872409.jpg