All Radio articles – Page 108
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Celador radio arm secures BBC orders
Celador Productions' radio arm has won five new commissions from the BBC, for Radio 2 and Radio 4, including the first radio play from Birds of a Feather creators Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran.
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Bay radio and TLRC celebrate FM wins
Ofcom made two FM licence awards this week, handing the 300,000-strong Swansea licence to local consortium Swansea Bay Radio, while the The Local Radio Company (TLRC) clinched its 30th FM radio licence with the 30,000-strong Northallerton franchise in North Yorkshire.
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Radio rivals unite to test DRM quality
BBC World Service, Kiss 100, TalkSport and Virgin Radio have joined forces in a six-week DRM digital broadcast trial in London. In partnership with broadcast infrastructure provider National Grid Wireless (NGW), formerly known as Crown Castle, the trial, which started on 31 October, will examine whether the new digital standard ...
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NewsFour bid for Shrewbury FM licence
4.30pm: Four radio companies have applied for the local FM licence for Shrewsbury, including a station aimed at the more mature audience.
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NewsRadio groups trial DAB alternative
10am: BBC World Service, Kiss 100, TalkSport and Virgin Radio have joined forces to launch a six week DRM digital broadcast trial in London.
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NewsFM licence winners forNorthallerton & Swansea
8am: The Local Radio Company (TLRC) has clinched its 30th FM radio licence from Ofcom, as the regulator announces the award of two further local stations.
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Rajars bring bad tidings for GCap
Capital 95.8's fall from the London top spot in last week's quarterly Rajar results was the latest in a string of headaches for Ralph Bernard, chief executive of parent company GCap Media.
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BBC radio gets highest ever share
The BBC recorded its highest ever share of listening, up to 54.6%, compared with commercial radio's 43.5%. Radio 1 had 10.3 million listeners and a 9.4% share, while Radio 2 remains the country's most popular national station with 12.9 million listeners and a 15.6% share, down slightly on the last ...
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Boost for digital stations
Rajar reported that a fifth of UK adults listened to radio via DTV at least once a week. Digital only stations now have a collective reach of 4.1 million. The BBC's digital stations Five Live Sports Extra, BBC 7, 1Xtra and the Asian Network all recorded record reach, with increased ...
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Theakston closes on Capital's Vaughan
Heart 106.2's Jamie Theakston is closing on London's leading commercial breakfast show, Johnny Vaughan on Capital 95.8, with the gap between them now just 10,000 listeners. Theakston added 163,000 listeners, reaching 883,000, while Vaughan lost 184,000, falling to 893,000 over the three-month period. Today on BBC Radio 4 remains the ...
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Talksport loses listeners
GCap's Classic FM is the country's most popular national commercial station, with a 4.1% share, but audience numbers fell by 7.4% from the previous quarter to 5.8 million. Talksport, owned by UTV Radio, saw a fall in audience numbers from the previous quarter down to 2.1 million, but maintained its ...
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Profile: Mark Browning - Programming from the Heart
Mark Browning has steered Heart 106.2 clear of rival Capital through a change of personnel and a clear understanding of his target Londoners.
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NewsPeter Kay to run 6 Music
8am: Comedian Peter Kay and various chart-topping acts are to take charge of BBC digital station 6 Music's programming as part of The BBC 6 Music Selector.
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NewsHit40uk signs up Dynamite MC
Hit40uk has named drum and bass artist Dynamite MC as the host for its new urban chart show, set to launch on the Galaxy and Vibe networks and Kiss 100 FM in the next few months.
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NewsRadio stations urge ratings change
London's biggest commerical radio stations are set to report their Rajar performance based on six months of listening rather than three in a bid to end the volatility of the current quarterly reports.
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NewsTheakston closes breakfast gap
Jamie Theakston picked up 163,000 extra listeners, taking his breakfast show on Heart 106.2 to within just 10,000 listeners of his rival Johnny Vaughan on GCap-owned Capital 95.8.
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NewsBBC Radio strides ahead in record style
3.30pm: BBC Radio logged record share, and second highest ever reach in the UK radio market, leaving its commercial rivals lagging behind in the latest Rajar results.
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NewsHeart is number one with Londoners
GCap's Capital 95.8 FM has lost its top spot in the battle for London listeners, falling from first to third, as Chrysalis' Heart 106.2 surged to the number one commercial station.
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1Xtra head takes over R1 playlist
Radio 1 has given responsibility for its playlists and music policy to George Ergatoudis, head of music at sister digital station 1Xtra. He replaces Alex Jones-Donelly, who left the station in August after eight years in the role to join music giant EMI. Ergatoudis had been head of music at ...
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Immedia bailed out
Immedia Broadcasting, the instore radio company set up by former Radio 1 DJ Bruno Brooks, has been given a new lease of life following a deal with Northcliffe Retail. The company, which reported growing losses in the first half of the year to August of£273,000, will provide instore radio services ...