All Radio articles – Page 110

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    Ofcom opens bidding for Tyne FM licence

    2005-09-15T08:30:00Z

    Ofcom has put one of the last remaining regional FM licences up for grabs, this time covering Tyne & Wear and Teesside.

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    UTV buys up Juice

    2005-09-15T08:30:00Z

    Ulster TV (UTV) has acquired the remaining 67% of Liverpool station Juice FM that it did not already own from joint-venture partner Absolute Radio UK. The station will now be integrated into UTV Radio. UTV bought the station from Forever Broadcasting in September 2003 for£3.1m, in partnership with Absolute, an ...

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    UTV takes major stake in First Radio

    2005-09-15T08:30:00Z

    Ulster Television (UTV), the new owner of TalkSport parent company The Wireless Group, has taken a 50% stake in radio sales house First Radio Sales, owned by The Local Radio Company, for£500,000. First Radio Sales will now represent 113 stations including the UTV radio stations, as well as the 29 ...

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    BBC bags England cricket radio rights

    2005-09-13T16:42:43Z

    The BBC has secured exclusive radio rights to England's autumn tour of Pakistan - a move new director of sport Roger Mosey said proved the corporation was committed to the sport.

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    UTV scraps The Wireless Group brand

    2005-09-13T10:25:55Z

    Ulster Television (UTV) is to scrap The Wireless Group brand following its purchase of the TalkSport owner earlier this summer.

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    Humphrys hits back at 'grotesque' journalism

    2005-09-09T11:26:10Z

    BBC Radio 4 Today presenter John Humphrys has hit back at a 'grotesque piece of mischievous journalism', which led to him being wrapped over the knuckles by BBC director general Mark Thompson.

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    Club Asia signs to Napster

    2005-09-09T09:53:23Z

    London-based Asian radio station Club Asia has signed up with online music download service Napster to promote Asian music downloads and streams.

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    Radio 4 to air Morrissey memoirs

    2005-09-08T08:30:00Z

    BBC Radio 4 has commissioned a 30-minute one-off programme looking at life on the road with Mancunian indie icon Morrissey. I Was Morrissey's Drummeris based around the memoirs of drummer, comedian and writer Andrew McGibbon, who worked with The Smiths singer. Contributors include Morrissey, Madness frontman ...

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    Arqiva TX contracts

    2005-09-08T08:30:00Z

    Arqiva has won four new 12-year FM transmission contracts for stations awarded new licences by Ofcom. Under the new contracts, Arqiva will provide transmission services for two new The Local Radio Company stations, The Bee in Blackburn and Durham FM in Durham. It will also serve Midlands News Association-owned station ...

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    Schoonmaker bid

    2005-09-08T08:30:00Z

    Former Emap Performance chief executive Tim Schoonmaker and Macquarie Bank have entered a second application for a UK local FM radio licence - this time for Ipswich. Last month Schoonmaker and Macquarie, the Australian investment bank, entered a bid for the Swansea licence under the name Radio UK Holdings. He ...

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    CanWest sets up camp in Solent

    2005-09-08T08:30:00Z

    Canadian media giant CanWest said this week it would use its new Solent FM radio licence as a base for further expansion into UK broadcasting.

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    Emap and GCap to extend CD:UK

    2005-09-08T08:30:00Z

    Emap Radio and GCap Media have joined forces with ITV pop show CD:UKto launch a new cross-media interactive chart.

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    Vic for Virgin

    2005-09-08T08:30:00Z

    Comedian Vic Reeves is to host a Wednesday and Thursday evening show on Virgin Radio starting on 21 September. Reeves will host his own three hour show, called Vic Reeves' Big Night In.

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    Fox joins rejigged Magic

    2005-09-08T07:50:02Z

    Magic 105.4 has signed up former Capital DJ Neil Fox as it revamps its breakfast show to keep up with the London commercial battle.

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    Allan: I'm happy I leaked Humphrys tape

    2005-09-06T14:26:20Z

    Former Labour deputy press secretary Tim Allan has stood by his decision to leak a tape of BBC broadcaster John Humphrys ridiculing politicians to The Timesnewspaper.

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    Ofcom hands out local FM licences

    2005-09-06T10:36:53Z

    Ofcom has awarded two more local FM licences for Torbay and Swindon.

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    CD:UK backs new radio chart

    2005-09-06T10:05:26Z

    Emap Radio and GCap Media have joined forces with ITV pop show CD:UKto launch a new cross-media interactive chart.

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    Canadian firm wins Solent FM licence

    2005-09-05T17:35:47Z

    Ofcom has awarded the Solent region licence to Original 106 FM, a bid backed by Canadian media giant CanWest - the first licence ever awarded to a foreign media company.

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    Emmis waits for Solent licence announcement

    2005-09-05T12:47:43Z

    US radio operator Emmis International will learn this afternoon whether its attempts to break into the UK radio market have been successful.

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    Ex-Emap chief bids for Ipswich FM

    2005-09-05T10:20:14Z

    Former Emap Performance chief executive Tim Schoonmaker and Macquarie Bank have entered a second application for a UK local FM radio licence - this time for Ipswich.