All Radio articles – Page 112
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Heart gets bigger
Former GCap station 106 Century FM will take the Heart brand name from 26 August, following its purchase by Chrysalis. GCap was forced to sell the station to allow the GWR and Capital merger to go ahead, under Ofcom rules. Chrysalis paid£29.5m for the station and has commit-ted a further£500,000 ...
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NewsEx-Magic DJ launches digital station
Former Magic and Saga DJ Kev Roberts is to launch a soul radio station on Sky and the internet aimed at 35-59-year-olds.
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NewsMagic signs up Holmes
Magic 105.4 has signed up former GMTVanchor Eamonn Holmes for a Sunday afternoon show starting in September.
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NewsRajar looks to six-month reporting
Rajars figures could be released every six months instead of every three in a bid to tackle volatility in the listening figures.
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Heart hits out at R1 share rise
Heart 106.2 programme director Mark Browning has hit out at the BBC, blaming a shift in Radio 1's programming focus for Heart's poor showing in the latest Rajars.
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Clyde 1 and 2 slip in Scotland, BBC up
Scottish Radio Holdings' Clyde 1 FM and Clyde 2 both lost out in the battle for audience in Scotland. Clyde 1's share slid from 16.8% in the previous quarter to 15.7%, while Clyde 2 fell from 9.8% to 7.9%. Winners included BBC Radio Scotland which increased from a 7.9% share ...
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Kerrang! audience and share fall
Emap's West Midlands-based Kerrang! 105.2 lost both audience and share compared with 2005's first Rajar. Share slipped from 2.7% to 2.5%, while audience figures fell by 64,000 to 260,000. When digital listeners are included, the Kerrang! brand's total UK share fell from 0.5% to 0.4%, with audience down 123,000 to ...
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BBC fends off commercial challenge
Commercial radio has failed to claw back significant market share from the BBC.
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BBC digital making little impact
The BBC's digital stations all failed to make inroads in the most recent Rajars, with share either declining or holding steady. BBC 6 Music and BBC 7 both lost share, down to 0.1 and 0.2 respectively, while Five Live Sports Extra, 1Xtra, and BBC Asian Network could only maintain their ...
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Schoonmaker leads Swansea radio bid
Former Emap Performance chief executive Tim Schoonmaker is heading a UK radio bid backed by Australian investment bank Macquarie. The bid is for a new 12-year FM licence for Swansea, under the name Diamond FM, a mainstream classic rock proposal. The new station will reach approximately 300,000 adults, depending on ...
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Top breakfast shows lose listeners
Johnny Vaughan hung on to his place as London's top commercial radio breakfast host but the three leading commercial breakfast shows all lost listeners in the latest figures. Vaughan lost 161,000 listeners over the three-month period, falling to 1,077,000 listeners. Jamie Theakston, who joined Chrysalis's Heart 106.2 FM part way ...
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Network rollout for Capital FM's seven
GCap Media is to roll out its 95.8 Capital FM Sunday night Sevenentertainment show across its The One Network stations. The three-hour show, presented by Justin Wilkes and Sam Mann, looks at the week's celebrity news and has exclusive interviews. It is the first time GCap ...
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Wogan remains nation's favourite
Wake up to Woganremains the UK's most popular national breakfast show, with more than 8 million listeners, but Chris Moyles managed to increase his audience by 81,000 to reach 6.2 million. R4's Todayprogramme added 120,000 listeners over the quarter, notching up 6.3 million, but Radio 3's ...
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NewsEmap set to sell Ayr muliplex
Emap's Ayr digital radio multiplex is likely to be put up for sale following the completion of its acquisition of Scottish Radio Holdings.
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NewsEmap to sell Scot radio assets
Emap will have to sell one of its Scottish digital radio multiplexes, following Ofcom and OFT approval of its acquisition of Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH).
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NewsEmma B signs to Heart
Former Radio 1 DJ Emma B has signed to London station Heart 106.2 to host a weekend show.
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NewsRajar: BBC maintains lead
BBC Radio has maintained its lead over commercial radio, recording its second highest yield for six years.
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NewsRajar: Capital back on top
Capital FM has regained its position as London's most popular commercial station, according to the latest Rajars.
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TWG boss keeps pressure on Rajar
The new chief executive of The Wireless Group (TWG) this week backed former chairman Kelvin MacKenzie's claim that the Rajar diary system was 'flawed'.
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Talksport in broadcast trial on DRM spectrum
The Wireless Group (TWG) is pilot broadcasting its flagship station Talksport on the Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) digital spectrum.