All Radio articles – Page 129
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HIT40UK comes top
The Hit40UK chart show has maintained its position as the UK's leading rundown of pop singles. The commercial radio chart show, produced by Somethin' Else, now attracts an adult audience of 2.05 million as opposed to the 1.63 million who listen to the Official Chart ...
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BBC ahead of rivals
The BBC has strengthened its dominance of the radio market with a 53.1% share of the audience to the 45% achieved by the commercial sector. The BBC's share is up from 52.6% in the previous quarter and from 53% a year ago. Commercial radio's share has fallen by 0.5% on ...
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GWR claims footie to blame for dip in revenues
Classic FM-owner GWR has blamed the Euro 2004 football tournament for a dip in revenues at the station in June.
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Xfm breaks record
Xfm has reported a record number of listeners around the country, breaking through the 700,000 mark for the first time. The Capital-owned new music station broadcasts nationwide on digital and boosted its listenership by 22,000 over the quarter. Its breakfast show, hosted by Christian O'Connell, is listened to by an ...
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Heart capitalises on Vaughan flop
The flagship station of the Capital Radio group was abandoned by 230,000 listeners in the three months to 20 June, recording an average weekly reach of only 2.11 million, according to ratings body Rajar.
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MacKenzie set for November day in court
The eagerly awaited legal clash between ratings body Rajar and Kelvin MacKenzie will be heard by a court in November.
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Fatboy Slim show goes down under
Fatboy Slim is to see his radio show launch across Australia in a one-year deal between UBC Media-owned G-One and syndication group MCM Entertainment. The weekly two-hour show - Fatboy Slim's Brighton Beach Mix - will be syndicated on radio stations across the five Australian state capitals for a year ...
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New faces at Saga
New Glasgow FM licensee Saga 105.2 has confirmed some of its new presenters ahead of its 7 September launch. Scottish Television's Angus Simpson will present On the Move from 4pm until 7pm daily, while Radio Clyde veteran Dave Marshall will present the Monday to Friday mid-morning show. Bill Black also ...
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XFM gets in with university radio
Xfm is to broadcast on university radio frequencies when student shows are not being aired after it struck a deal with the Student Broadcast Network. In return for the airtime, Xfm will give the body money, marketing and production support. The Xfm Student Radio Partnership Programme will also give student-run ...
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Saga ratings go up
The two Saga Radio stations in the Midlands have pulled in an extra 80,000 listeners over the quarter. Saga 105.7FM, which covers the West Midlands, boosted its listeners by 65,000 to report a total audience of 424,000 while Saga 106.6FM in the East Midlands has won another 15,000, taking it ...
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Pembrokeshire reach
Radio Pembrokeshire has claimed the greatest weekly audience share of any commercial or BBC radio station. The station, which covers Pembrokeshire and West Carmarthenshire, attracted only 57,000 listeners but it picked up a weekly reach of 66% meaning that two-thirds of the county's residents listen to the station every week.
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Real radio is top
Real Radio has become the number one commercial station in Scotland for the first time, overtaking SRH-owned Clyde 1. The GMG-owned station reported 688,000 weekly listeners in the second quarter of the year, topping the 680,000 that tune in to Clyde 1. But Clyde still maintained the largest share of ...
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NewsEmap FD takes TV and radio role
Emap finance director Gary Hughes is to spearhead growth of the media group's brands as chairman of its TV and radio division.
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NewsRadio 2 brings in new presenters
Lulu and Dermot O'Leary are among a crop of new presenters that have been drafted into BBC Radio 2 to revamp its weekend line-up.
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NewsC4 to launch digital radio station
Channel 4 is set to launch a national digital radio station as part of a£90m fund to invest in new ventures.
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NewsBBC2 Radio 2 goes from strength to strength
BBC Radio 2 has reported yet another set of record-breaking audience figures cementing its dominance of the national market.
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NewsVaughan sheds Capital FM listeners
Shares in Capital Radio took a dramatic dive yesterday after Johnny Vaughan lost nearly 200,000 listeners from the groups flagship breakfast show.
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UBC reports sales up
UBC Media, the group developing Channel 4's first radio venture, has reported a 78% rise in sales at its commercial division in the first quarter. The commercial unit, which produces and sells news bulletins to radio stations around the country, accounted for 40% of group revenues last year.
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Pact pushes for better radio deal
Producers' alliance Pact is lobbying the BBC in an attempt to secure improved terms of trade for its members that make radio programmes.
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NewsVirgin's Pete and Geoff stay put
Virgin Radio has ended speculation that breakfast duo Pete Mitchell and Geoff Lloyd could be poached by BBC Radio 2 by extending their contract to 2007.