All Radio articles – Page 110
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NewsRadio 1 rapped for foul-mouthed tirade
BBC Radio 1 has been reprimanded by Ofcom for broadcasting a barrage of expletives at 7pm.
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Radio 1 sexes it up
BBC Radio 1 has teamed up with the Open University (OU) for the first time for a series of live broadcasts of phone-in show The Sunday Surgery, called The Sex Tour. The show will broadcast from Wrexham, Glasgow, Sunderland and Derry on ...
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NewsMansfield quits GCap
GCap Media chief executive David Mansfield has stepped down and will be replaced in the role by executive chairman Ralph Bernard.
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Heart airs shorts
Chrysalis' Heart radio network is to carry advertiser-funded short programmes from Disney for an eight-month period. Each week the station will feature 4 x 1-minute programmes of classic Disney stories, such as Robin Hoodfrom Mondays to Thursdays, with an additional weekend omnibus. Indie Somethin' Else will ...
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Asian radio station in deal with Napster
London-based radio station Club Asia has signed up with online music download service Napster to promote Asian music downloads and streams. Under the deal, Club Asia 963 and 972 AM will act as a
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Licences awarded
Ofcom has awarded 10 community radio licences, in Bradford, Halifax, Chorley, Rochdale, Norwich, Aberdeen, the Orkney Islands, the Isles of Scilly and Ardwick and Wythenshawe in the Manchester area. Community radio stations cover small transmission areas, are run on a not-for-profit basis, and are geared to support the local community.
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BBC to enhance radio experience on Freeview
The BBC is to revamp its Freeview radio channel service by introducing more interactive elements.
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BBC radio to cover England cricket tour of Pakistan
The BBC has secured exclusive radio rights to the England cricket team'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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Ofcom opens bidding for Tyne FM licence
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
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
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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NewsBBC bags England cricket radio rights
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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NewsUTV scraps The Wireless Group brand
Ulster Television (UTV) is to scrap The Wireless Group brand following its purchase of the TalkSport owner earlier this summer.
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NewsHumphrys hits back at 'grotesque' journalism
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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NewsClub Asia signs to Napster
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
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
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
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
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
Emap Radio and GCap Media have joined forces with ITV pop show CD:UKto launch a new cross-media interactive chart.