All Radio articles – Page 121
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NewsRajars drops Gfk from contract race
Gfk Media, the research company employed by Kelvin MacKenzie to measure radio audiences, has been dropped from the race to win a lucrative new contract from Rajar.
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NewsGMG axes Jazz FM brand
Guardian Media Group is to axe its Jazz FM brand from the airwaves after 15 years and relaunch the London station as Smooth FM.
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NewsMacKenzie to delist TWG
Kelvin MacKenzie is to head a£100m deal to take radio company The Wireless Group private.
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NewsSMG rebuffs Alli Virgin radio bid
SMG has rejected a£100m bid for its Virgin Radio business from a private equity group led by Labour peer Lord Waheed Alli.
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Jono moves into weekend slot at LBC
Jono Coleman, the breakfast DJ axed from Chrysalis-owned Heart 106.2 last week, is to host a new weekend show on its sister speech station, LBC 97.3. Coleman will host his last show at Heart on 24 March and will take up his 10am to 1pm slot at LBC on 9 ...
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Ladbroke wins multiple radio order
Ladbroke Productions has picked up 17 commissions from BBC radio including a range of drama and documentary series. Highlights include a three-hour recording of period stage play Don Carlos, starring Sir Derek Jacobi, for Radio 3. The executive producers on all shows, which will air across ...
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Smooth to roll out
Guardian Media Group Radio is to launch its Smooth FM station nationwide on the Sky Digital platform. The station, which currently airs a mix of soul and R'n'B music in the north-west, will begin broadcasting across the country on channel 878 from 14 February. It rebranded as Smooth last year ...
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HIT and GWR launch joint radio venture
Hit Entertainment has joined forces with Classic FM-owner GWR to bring characters such as Bob the Builder to radio.
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Jazz FM loses 200,000 listeners
Jazz FM has had one of its worst radio listenership results, losing almost a quarter of its audience in three months. The audience share for the London station, owned by the Guardian Media Group, dropped from 2.2% to 1.7% as 204,000 listeners abandoned it. The decline could lead to a ...
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106 Century FM ups share ahead of sale
106 Century FM, the station Capital Radio is to sell in order to secure its merger with GWR, has lost nearly 20,000 of its audience but has upped its share of listening. The Nottingham-based station reported an audience of 302,000, but grew its listening share to 6.1% due to an ...
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Kerrang! draws 17% more listeners
Kerrang!, the Emap-owned rock station that launched in the West Midlands last June, has shown positive growth in its second Rajar report. The station achieved a 17% rise in listeners in the final quarter of last year to report an audience of 299,000. The Kerrang! digital radio ...
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Wogan helps R2 to record audience
Terry Wogan's decision this week to retire from radio in March 2007 will be a major blow to his growing army of fans - now up to a record 8.05 million listeners, according to the latest Rajars.
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Comment: can Magic keep up the act?
The battle for dominance in the competitive London market has long been considered a two-horse race.
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Heart pins hope on fresh blood
Chrysalis Radio chief executive Phil Riley has defended the poor ratings of flagship London station Heart 106.2 and claimed it will claw back listeners with its new look.
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Local radio co nears million mark
The Local Radio Company, the group launched early last year by former Jazz FM chief executive Richard Wheatley, has recorded a combined audience of nearly 900,000 around the country. The latest figure includes results from LRC's recent acquisitions of Spirit FM in South West Sussex and KCR FM in Liverpool.
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Virgin duo make strong Rajar debut
Digital stations Virgin Radio Classic Rock and Virgin Radio Groove reported positive results in their debut Rajar appearance. The SMG-owned stations together attracted 239,000 listeners, a strong result considering they are only available in London on DAB radio.
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Digital listeners push up XFm's share
Indie rock station Xfm lost listeners in the core London market but grew its national audience through digital listening. The Capital Radio-owned station lost 6.5% of its listeners over the last quarter to report an audience of 535,000. However, it recorded its second highest ever national audience of 693,000, which ...
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GMG out of Manchester FM running
Guardian Media Group Radio has pulled out of the running for a lucrative new Manchester FM licence.
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NewsColeman loses Heart slot
London station Heart 106.2 is to replace its breakfast DJ Jono Coleman with former children's TV presenter Jamie Theakston following a drop in ratings.
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NewsWogan sets retirement date
Veteran DJ Terry Wogan has announced he will quit his BBC Radio 2 breakfast show in two years time.