All Radio articles – Page 123

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    Gaydar expands

    2004-12-09T08:30:00Z

    Gaydar Radio is to launch a£1.5m investment and development programme that will see the opening of new broadcast studios, extra live programming and the creation of its own sales division. The three-year-old station, which broadcasts on DAB in London and the south-east and on Sky Channel 908 as well as ...

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    Smooth operations lined up for R2 shows

    2004-12-09T08:30:00Z

    Radio indie Smooth Operations has picked up a raft of commissions from BBC Radio 2. These include a six-part series on the history of comedy, a four-part series on plagiarism in music titled Same Old Song and a two-part programme to mark the 80th birthday ...

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    Mowlam heads Emap Belfast FM bid

    2004-12-07T10:28:01Z

    Mo Mowlam, the former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, is to lead Emap's bid to roll out its a Kerrang! rock music brand in Belfast.

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    Absolute joins Manchester FM bids

    2004-12-07T09:50:19Z

    Absolute Radio has revealed it will bid for a lucrative new FM licence in Manchester with a music station aimed at the over 40s market.

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    Gaydar beefs up with£1.5m investment

    2004-12-06T10:16:57Z

    Gay digital radio station Gaydar Radio is to launch a£1.5m investment and development programme that will see the opening of new broadcast studios, extra live programming and the creation of its own sales division.

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    Spirit FM taken over

    2004-12-02T08:30:00Z

    The Local Radio Company has taken full control of Spirit FM after buying South West Sussex Radio's 53% share for£1.7m. The station has an audience of 33,000 in the region and made a£137,000 profit in the year to 30 September on sales of£925,000.

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    TWI radio wins second contract with FA

    2004-12-02T08:30:00Z

    TWI Radio has been reappointed by the FA Premier League to represent its international radio rights. The new contract runs until the 2006/7 season. In addition, TWI Radio has signed a new deal with digital satellite radio company Sirius to take Premiership football coverage. Sirius has 120 channels across North ...

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    Radio 5's Fighting talk leaps to BBC2

    2004-12-02T08:30:00Z

    BBC Radio 5 Live's sports format Fighting Talk is to transfer to BBC2 following a fast turnaround commission. Indie World's End will the make the three-part series, which will be presented by Johnny Vaughan. The show - the first to transfer to TV from R5 ...

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    LRC takes control of Spirit FM

    2004-11-30T11:14:42Z

    The Local Radio Company (LRC), the group run by former Jazz FM chief executive Richard Wheatly, has acquired its 25th station in a deal worth£1.7m.

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    Cash boost for Capital stations

    2004-11-26T10:31:50Z

    Capital Radio is to plough£1.5m into youth music stations Xfm and Choice in a bid to strengthen its dominance of the increasingly competitive London market.

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    Radio indie goes into distribution

    2004-11-25T08:30:00Z

    Somethin' Else, the UK's largest radio indie, is launching an international distribution arm.

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    GWR reports ad loss

    2004-11-25T08:30:00Z

    GWR, the radio group set to merge with Capital Radio, has added to the downbeat feeling across the sector by issuing a warning that the radio advertising market has weakened. The company, which runs Classic FM, reported an 8.7% year-on-year drop in advertising revenue for October and forecasted that it ...

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    GWR adds to radio market woes

    2004-11-23T09:58:08Z

    GWR, the radio group set to merge with Capital Radio, has added to the downbeat feeling across the sector with a warning that the radio advertising market has weakened.

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    UBC signs Emap deal

    2004-11-22T10:59:50Z

    Radio group UBC Media Group has cut pre-tax losses and signed a major deal with Emap.

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    SRH ends year on financial high

    2004-11-19T10:33:48Z

    Scottish Radio Holdings has reported a strong end to the year but has played down speculation of an imminent takeover from media group Emap.

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    Tanner to Leave Jazz FM in the spring

    2004-11-18T08:30:00Z

    Jazz FM managing director Carter Tanner has resigned and will leave the station in March. Tanner, who joined the Guardian Media Group-owned London station in March 2002 from Clear Channel, is believed to be hunting for a more sales-oriented role in the radio sector. Meanwhile, Ofcom is to allow a ...

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    Butters axed from Radio 1

    2004-11-17T10:31:58Z

    Wes Butters has been axed as the host of BBC Radio 1's chart show as part of a shake-up of the weekend schedule that will mark the return of Sara Cox.

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    Emap: SRH deal 'not imminent'

    2004-11-17T09:58:44Z

    Emap has played down speculation that it is to launch a£250m takeover bid for Scottish Radio Holdings before the end of the year.

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    Radio giants vie for Manchester

    2004-11-11T08:30:00Z

    The UK's biggest radio groups are to turn their attention to Manchester in a bid to win a lucrative new FM licence worth an estimated£5m a year in advertising revenue.

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    Emap to appoint Kiss and Magic MDs

    2004-11-11T08:30:00Z

    Emap Performance is hunting for two managing directors for its Kiss and Magic networks in a bid to establish them as national brands. The move follows the decision by Emap managing director of radio programming Mark Story to relinquish his combined role as managing director of Kiss and Magic in ...