All Radio articles – Page 116
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Xfm DJ nets Sonys
Xfm DJ Christian O'Connell took three awards at the Sony Radio Academy Awards on Monday (9 May). He won two golds for his breakfast show, taking breakfast show of the year and best entertainment awards. He also won the competition award for Christian O'Connell's Rock School. ...
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Fun FM for Robinson
Former Disney branded channels chief Paul Robinson is joining new kids radio station Fun FM as a non-executive director. The GCap and Hit Entertainment joint-venture digital station launches this week in London, Swindon and West Wiltshire, Reading, Bath and Bristol. It is also bidding for the Solent licence and the ...
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GCap reveals a slump in sales
Ralph Bernard, the head of the newly merged Capital and GWR group has admitted that publicity surrounding the merger may have had a negative impact on sales.
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MacKenzie poised to quit Wireless Group
Kelvin MacKenzie is set to leave TalkSport-owner The Wireless Group if ITV broadcaster Ulster Television's£98.2m bid is successful.
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Xfm sheds London and national listeners
GCap-media owned Xfm continued to lose adult listeners in London and has lost adult digital listeners nationwide. Its weekly adult audience in the capital now stands at 517,000, down from 535,000 last quarter, and its audience share also dropped, from 1.8% to 1.6%. Digital listenership also dropped 42,000 from last ...
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NewsSony glory for Xfm's O'Connell
Xfm DJ Christian O'Connell dominated the Sony Radio Academy Awards last night, bagging three awards.
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NewsTWG sale ends MacKenzie reign
Kelvin MacKenzie is set to leave TalkSport-owner The Wireless Group if ITV broadcaster Ulster Television's£98.2m bid is successful.
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NewsCapital shelves Party in the Park
Capital FM has iced plans to run its annual Party in the Park charity event this year to allow Bob Geldof to stage his much-rumoured Live 8 event.
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NewsUTV offers£98m for TWG
ITV broadcaster Ulster Television has made a£98.2m bid for The Wireless Group, owners of TalkSport radio station.
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NewsBBC radio takes a lead over the nationals
The BBC has expanded its lead over the national commercial stations, widening the gap in audience share to more than 10%.
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NewsHeart 106.2 takes biggest share of audience
Heart 106.2 has overtaken rivals 95.8 Capital FM and Magic 105.4 to snatch the biggest share of London's radio audience.
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NewsClassic FM sees drop in listeners
Classic FM has seen its lead over the national commercial stations narrow, as TalkSPORT overtakes Virgin Radio for the first time.
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BBC's web mistake
THE BBC has been forced to change its Radio1 web page after a complaint about a song named Gyppo kids ate my hamster. The track was recorded as part of a Radio1 session by Cardiff band The Martini Henry Rifles, but attracted complaints from a Romani support group. The British ...
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Return of Dixon
Classic police drama Dixon of Dock Greenis to be revived for a new series on BBC Radio 4. Following a 30-year absence, a series of six plays, based on original scripts from the long-running television show, will air in mid-June.
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Virgin rock on Sky
Virgin Radio Classic Rock has extended its footprint onto Sky Digital in a bid to attract more listeners. The SMG-owned station launched last year to digital radio listeners in London and on the internet. It reported 165,000 listeners in the last set of radio audience figures. Virgin Radio Classic Rock ...
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NewsTwo more FM licences up for grabs
Ofcom has opened the bidding for two new commercial radio licences covering Swansea and Northallerton.
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Angel Eye makes comedies for Radio 4
Indie Angel Eye is using the talents of three stand-up comedians to bring the tragic tales of two losers to life for BBC Radio 4. Clement Doesn't Live Here Anymorecentres on a deceased anti-hero who returns to his house as a ghost. The 6 x 30-minute ...
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Bids line up for Solent licence
The UK's biggest radio groups are putting the finishing touches to bids that could land them a lucrative new FM licence in the Solent.
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Rajar puts half a million into testing
Rajar is ploughing an extra£500,000 into tests that aim to modernise the current method of measuring radio audiences. It will begin 12 weeks of national fieldwork tests on 6 June, using pager-style devices from research groups Arbitron and Eurisko. Investment in the project now stands at£2m. TV research body Barb ...
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NewsRajar steps up electronic testing
Rajar is ploughing an extra£500,000 into tests that aim to modernise the current method of measuring radio audience levels.