All Radio articles – Page 118
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NewsRadio players unite for election special
Commercial radio rivalries are to be set aside for the broadcast of a special one-off show featuring all three major political party leaders.
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NewsSonys snub for Radio 1 'saviour' Moyles
Loudmouth DJ Chris Moyles has been snubbed by judges of the prestigious Sony Radio Academy Awards, despite pulling in over a million extra listeners to the BBC Radio 1 breakfast show.
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NewsTheakston joins Heart on 18 April
Jamie Theakston is to launch his new breakfast show on Chrysalis' Heart radio station in London on 18 April.
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NewsEmap admits SRH interest
Emap, the owner of the Kiss and Magic radio networks, has admitted it is 'interested' in acquiring all of Scottish Media Holdings but has yet to make a formal approach.
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BBC digital radio
Listeners to the BBC's digital radio stations have increased by 83% over the past year, helped by the success of the corporation's Radio Player technology. The technology gave a boost to the corporation's digital-only stations - 1Xtra, 6 Music, BBC 7, the Asian Network and Five Live Sports Extra - ...
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FHM radio plan
Emap, publisher of Broadcast,is considering launching a radio station based around lads' magazine FHM. However, Shaun Gregory, managing director of Emap's national radio brands, told the Financial Times that the group would not go ahead until they 'get it right'.
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News3i backs MacKenzie TWG bid
Kelvin MacKenzie is preparing a new£100m bid to take the Wireless Group private with cash from venture capital firm 3i.
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NewsEmap plots FHM radio
Emap, the media group that publishes Broadcast,is considering the launch of a new radio station based around lads' magazine FHM.
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Radio 4 orders role reversal comedy
BBC Radio 4 commissioning editor for drama and entertainment Caroline Raphael has ordered a 6 x 30-minute in-house comedy from The Changeteam, Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie. In the role-reversal series, The Other Man, a male character is a put-upon 'mistress' to ...
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LBC hires Frost to cover election
Sir David Frost has been hired by London talk station LBC 97.3 FM to front coverage of the forthcoming general election. The veteran presenter, who is stepping down from his Breakfast with Frostshow on the BBC later this year, will anchor the overnight results show on ...
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NewsVidler to head Magic
Emap has hired former Capital FM managing director Andria Vidler to help make its easy listening station Magic the number one station in London.
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Chrysalis eyes up GMG radio assets
Chrysalis Group said this week it was considering tabling an offer for the radio assets of Guardian Media Group, owner of Jazz FM and the Real Radio network.
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NewsChrysalis admits GMG talks
Chrysalis Group today said it was considering tabling an offer for the radio assets of Guardian Media Group, owner of Jazz FM.
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NewsGWR + Capital = GCap Media
The merged Capital Radio and GWR group will be called GCap Media, the two radio groups have announced.
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Emma B leaves R1
BBC Radio 1 DJ Emma B is leaving the station after seven years and will be replaced by 1Xtra presenter Letitia. Emma B has presented R1's weekly phone-in show Sunday Surgerysince 2000 and will leave the station at the end of the month. Dr Mark Hamilton ...
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Xfm launches 6pm to 9pm weekend show
Indie station Xfm has reshuffled its schedule to introduce a new show to its weekend line-up. The Weekenderwill air from 6pm to 9pm on Friday and Saturday, fronted by Adam Longworth, replacing the Best of X show that shifts to 3pm to 6pm on Sunday. The ...
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Local Radio Co adds regional managers
Local Radio Company, the business founded by the former Jazz FM chief executive Richard Wheatly, has appointed five regional managing directors to cope with recent growth at the company. In the past six months, LRC has acquired four more stations and won a new licence in Blackburn, taking its portfolio ...
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Radio Aid draws record audience
UK Radio Aid, the tsunami fund-raiser that ran across 280 commercial radio networks, attracted the single biggest radio audience since records began. More than 23 million adults - 1.5 million more than usual - tuned in on 17 January, according to Ipsos Media and Rajar. Chris Evans, Davina McCall and ...
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Community licence first
Ofcom has awarded the first not-for-profit community radio licence to a Gloucestershire-based consortium
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Nokia to offer interactive Visual Radio
Nokia is hoping to boost take-up of its new Visual Radio technology by giving broadcasters the computer software for free.