All Radio articles – Page 109
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UK radio groups band together for music week
Commercial radio groups are looking to revisit the success of UK RadioAid and UK Leaders Live, by uniting for a new event dubbed British Music Week.
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NewsBBC radio rejects three-for-one deal
The BBC's drive to axe 3,780 staff across the corporation has hit a stumbling block after staff in the radio and music division registered an official 'failure to agree' over plans to merge three jobs into one.
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NewsBBC: Persian channel could follow Arabic TV service
BBC World Service director Nigel Chapman has suggested that he may launch more foreign language TV channels and has targeted a Persian offering as the most likely contender.
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NewsImmedia boosted by instore radio contract
4.30pm: 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.
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NewsFriday rethink for Xfm
London indie station Xfm is to revamp its Friday daytime schedule to overcome problems caused by new breakfast show host Lauren Laverne's existing TV commitments.
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NewsBBC Radio Five Live bags baseball rights again
9.45am: BBC Radio Five Live has renewed its radio rights deal with Major League Baseball in the UK for the third year running.
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NewsOfcom to licence 10 new national radio stations
Ofcom has confirmed it will create a second commercial national DAB multiplex, able to carry up to 10 new national digital stations.
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NewsBBC motors on with F1
BBC Radio Five Live has extended its exclusive Formula 1 championship radio rights for a further three years, and is introducing commentary online.
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NewsHumphrys compensated over leaked after dinner speech
BBC Radio 4 presenter John Humphrys has received a£10,000 payout from the event firm which leaked controversial remarks he made in an after dinner speech.
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NewsGCap put Xfm forward for north east FM licence
GCap Media is looking to extend its alternative music format Xfm into a national analogue network by putting it forward for the north east FM licence currently being advertised by Ofcom.
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NewsO'Connell takes Xfm team to Virgin
New Virgin Radio breakfast host Christian O'Connell is taking his entire Xfm team with him, when he starts his new job on 23 January.
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NewsUBC Media in positive form
10.30am: UBC Media appears to have bucked the trend of a difficult radio advertising market, with a like-on-like increase of 20% in revenues for the first six months of the year.
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NewsGCap: job cuts will not top 100
GCap Media has assured trade union Bectu it will not make more than 100 people redundant.
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Baker's back at BBC
Former BBC Radio London presenter Danny Baker is to return to the station, just four months after quitting. Baker, who left the breakfast show in May to pursue 'personal projects' - believed to include working on a comedy drama for Five - will start the afternoon show this Monday, 17 ...
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NewsBaker back on BBC Radio London
Former BBC Radio London presenter Danny Baker is to return to the station, just four months after quitting.
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Abbey wins licence
Ofcom has awarded a 12-year commercial licence to Abbey FM, a format owned by The Radio Business, CN Group and The Local Radio Company. The station, which is expected to launch some time next year, is to focus on local music and information aimed at 25 to 64-year-olds and will ...
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Hall of Fame return
BBC Radio 2 DJ Dermot O'Leary will front this year's UK Music Hall of Fameprogramming, which returns to Channel 4 in November. The Big Brother's Little Brotherpresenter will begin the two-week music special by hosting The Biggest Selling Artists ...
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Oneword to podcast
Oneword Radio, the joint-venture between UBC Media and Channel 4, has launched a podcast of its daily author interview show Between the Lines. The national digital speech and entertainment-based station will make the daily half-hour show, presented by Paul Blezard, available for free download through audioville.com ...
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Saxton to Virgin
Former Saatchi & Saatchi marketing director Kathleen Saxton has joined Virgin Radio as strategy and planning director, reporting to chief executive Fru Hazlitt. Saxton will work on overall strategy for the group, conducting an analysis of the business and helping to identify future opportunities. Saxton spent five years as business ...
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NewsGCap sheds two more directors
GCap Media has released another two directors, just a week after the departure of chief executive David Mansfield.