All Radio articles – Page 115

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    Smooth FM sets 1 million target

    2005-06-09T08:30:00Z

    Flextech-owned Living TV is hoping to persuade Freeview homes to upgrade to pay-television by broadcasting a taster of one its most popular shows, Most Haunted Live, on its sister channel, FTN.

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    Goodman to take Capital director role

    2005-06-09T08:30:00Z

    GCap Media, the merged GWR and Capital Group, has promoted regional programme director Nik Goodman to the role of programme director for Capital FM, writes Colin Robertson.

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    Emap rethinks SRH takeover offer

    2005-06-09T08:30:00Z

    Emap may have to boost its pound;374m offer for radio group Scottish Radio Holdings by a further£40m in order to take control of the Glasgow-based group.

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    Ofcom poised to reveal Manchester FM licence winner

    2005-06-09T08:30:00Z

    Ofcom will today (Thursday) announce who has won the FM radio licence for Manchester - one of the few major licences the regulator is putting up for grabs.

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    No magic for White

    2005-06-09T08:30:00Z

    Trevor White, the programme director for London station Magic 105.4, has quit to join digital rock station Planet Rock. He joins in July in the new role of executive producer, charged with overseeing all programming at the GCap Media-owned station and increasing listeners in its target audience of 35 to ...

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    Magic programme chief joins GCap Media

    2005-06-08T10:31:05Z

    Trevor White, the programme director for London station Magic 105.4, has quit to join digital rock station Planet Rock.

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    Smooth FM bids for 1 million listeners

    2005-06-08T10:26:46Z

    GMG Radio has relaunched its flagship radio station Jazz FM as Smooth FM and pledged to reach one million listeners a week within 18 months.

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    Goodman takes Capital FM programme role

    2005-06-08T10:14:32Z

    GCap Media, the merged GWR and Capital group, has promoted regional programme director Nik Goodman to the role of programme director for Capital FM.

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    Radio Times names radio powerbrokers

    2005-06-07T09:49:38Z

    Flamboyant chatshow host Jonathan Ross is the most powerful person in radio, according to a new Radio Timespoll.

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    Ofcom Manchester FM decision due this week

    2005-06-06T10:56:28Z

    Ofcom will this Thursday announce who has won the lucrative FM radio licence for Manchester - one of the few major licences the regulator is putting up for grabs.

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    SRH turns down EMAP takeover offer

    2005-06-02T08:30:00Z

    Emap, the owner of Kiss FM and the Magic radio networks, has failed in its£270m bid to take full control of Scottish Radio Holdings. In a statement to the Stock Exchange, Emap said SRH, the biggest radio group in Scotland, had 'declined to entertain an offer' on the terms it ...

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    New head for Arrow

    2005-05-26T08:30:00Z

    Chrysalis is to appoint Alan Carruthers as full-time programme director for its digital adult rock brand The Arrow. Carruthers, who also runs the radio group's West Midlands station 100.7 Heart FM, will step down as Heart programme director - a role he has occupied for eight years - when a ...

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    Xfm poaches Lucio

    2005-05-26T08:30:00Z

    GCap Media-owned rock station Xfm has poached Sony-award winning DJ Lucio to host its weekend breakfast show. He takes up the role in July from Emap's Kerrang! station in the West Midlands, replacing Sarah Darling. He joins a weekend line-up, which includes Lauren Laverne, Jimmy Carr, Adam and Joe and ...

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    LRC turns a profit

    2005-05-25T10:29:33Z

    The Local Radio Company, which runs 27 regional stations, has turned in its first profit after lifting turnover by almost 20% over the last six months.

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    Jazz FM drops ads to take on BBC

    2005-05-19T08:30:00Z

    Jazz FM is planning to take on the BBC by playing 40-minute advertising-free sweeps when it rebrands as Smooth FM next month. The station ' part of the Guardian Media Group ' will play a mix of soul classics from such artists as Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin when it ...

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    TV execs leave for London radio

    2005-05-19T08:30:00Z

    Two of television's most senior marketers have quit their TV jobs to join the commercial radio battle in London.

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    Virgin poaches Xfm's O'Connell

    2005-05-18T10:06:14Z

    Virgin Radio has poached Xfm's award-winning breakfast DJ Christian O'Connell.

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    Sky man to head Heart FM

    2005-05-17T10:29:58Z

    Chrysalis Radio has appointed Sky Networks director of marketing Barnaby Dawe to the role of managing director for flagship London station Heart 106.2.

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    Parfitt starts R1 cost review

    2005-05-16T10:17:49Z

    BBC Radio 1 controller Andy Parfitt has kicked off a review of the station, saying he is confident he can meet director general Mark Thompson's demands for 15% costs savings.

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    Gervais back on Xfm

    2005-05-13T10:33:38Z

    The Officestar Ricky Gervais is to return to Xfm for a six-week run.