All Radio articles – Page 105
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NewsEmap radio operating profits increase by 50%
Media group Emap has bucked declining radio advertising market, increasing profits by 50% thanks to its take-over of Scottish Radio Holdings last year.
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NewsMagic signs up first commercial director
London station Magic has hired the GCap Media marketing head, Alison Finch, as its first commercial director.
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NewsRajar admits delays in electronic testing
Rajar has warned that it will be a further two years before it decides whether to introduce electronic ratings measurement. In the meantime it will continue to rely on the paper diary system.
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NewsChrysalis radio revenues drop
Radio and music group Chrysalis has seen radio revenues drop 4.6% in the six months to February this year, but says it has still outperformed the rest of the market.
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NewsThink-tank calls for sale of Radio 1 and 2
An independent think-tank has called for the BBC to sell off Radio 1 and Radio 2, claiming that the stations have 'badly bruised' their commercial radio rivals.
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NewsVaughan stays top
Johnny Vaughan remains the most popular commercial radio breakfast show DJ in the capital, extending his lead over nearest rival Jamie Theakston. Vaughan on GCap's Capital Radio had 963,000 listeners, down 24,000 on the previous quarter, while Theakston, on Chrysalis' Heart 106.2, had 855,000 listeners, down 63,000. Neil Fox on ...
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Majority now digital
More than half the population have now accessed radio via digital platforms, the first time the figure has passed the halfway mark. Rajar said 51.5% of the population listen via DAB, the internet or their TVs, up from 49.8% in the last quarter. But digital platforms still account for only ...
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BBC Scotland slips
National station BBC Scotland saw its share drop from 9.4% to 8.3% in the latest results, despite adding 19,000 listeners for a total reach of 1.04 million listeners. GMG's Real Radio Scotland, which posted a record share of 17.7% in the last survey, dropped slightly to 16.4%, despite adding 19,000 ...
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Wogan wins again
Veteran DJ Terry Wogan attracted 7,766,000 listeners to his Radio 2 breakfast show. Chris Moyles' Radio 1 show came second, with 6,317,000 listeners, followed by 6,121,000 for Today on Radio 4. Five Live follows with 2,320,000, while Radio 3 has just 839,000 breakfast listeners. Classic ...
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Best launch is 3C
New digital country music station 3C enjoyed the best results for a newly launched station in the past six months, recording a reach of 109,000 listeners in its first Rajar survey period. The station, owned by Broadcast-publisher Emap, has a slot on the Freeview platform ...
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NewsVaughan and Bacon to stay at Capital
Capital Radio has pushed its relaunch back to 9 January as it announced that star DJs Johnny Vaughan and Richard Bacon have survived the station's revamp.
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NewsOfcom allows second DAB multiplex
Ofcom has given the go-ahead to a second national commercial DAB multiplex, despite the prospect of a legal challenge from GCap Media.
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NewsLBC looks to capture classic game show feel
Chrysalis' speech station LBC 97.3 is to launch a weekday hour-long quiz show, and has poached Magic 105.4 DJ Gary King to take the reins.
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NewsBBC7 to air Kenny Everett oldies
BBC7 listeners will soon be treated to archive material of radio legend Kenny Everett, after the station signed a licensing deal with GCap Media.
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NewsHamilton circus reaches BBC Radio Wiltshire
BBC radio listeners in Wiltshire are to be given an unlikely Christmas morning 'treat' - a two-hour show presented by the Neil and Christine Hamilton.
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NewsBBC Worldwide drops plans to invest in Czech newsdesk
BBC Worldwide has scrapped plans to take over the BBC World Service's Czech newsdesk.
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NewsBBC Worldwide could soothe WorldService cutbacks
8am: BBC Worldwide is looking to take over the BBC World Service's Czech newsdesk, under proposals which could save some of the ten foreign language stations facing the axe.
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Virgin satellites
Virgin Radio has been granted two more satellite licences from regulator Ofcom. The two further licences are for female-skewed stations, one a ballad-based station targeting 40-plus females, and the second a pop/dance offering aimed at 15 to 29-year-olds. They come on top of two other satellite licences held by the ...
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George to oversee GCap's UK revenue
Radio giant GCap Media has appointed Duncan George as commercial director, overseeing the group's national and London revenue streams. Previously managing director of national sales, George had been acting commercial director since Linda Smith stood down in September. He will focus on developing non-traditional revenue streams such as podcasting, and ...
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NewsBBC Radio 4 ends Home Truths
8am: BBC Radio 4 is to axe Home Truths, the long running Saturday morning show made famous by the late John Peel.