All Radio articles – Page 154

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    Jay to front R2 funk series

    2002-08-28T16:08:55Z

    Indie Somethin' Else has clocked up a raft of new commissions from BBC radio including a series presented by legendary DJ Norman Jay for BBC Radio 2, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    TRADE TALK - IN MY VIEW - Tony Stoller, chief executive of the Radio Authority.

    2002-08-22T16:18:56Z

    On the increasing significance and improved quality of sports coverage on the radio

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    TRADE TALK - Music maestro.

    2002-08-22T16:18:56Z

    BBC bosses are hoping former pirate DJ Willber Willberforce will drive digital radio take-up among 16 to 24-year-olds with hip new station 1Xtra

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    GALAXY 105 TO REVAMP ITS BREAKFAST SHOW.

    2002-08-22T16:18:55Z

    Chrysalis-owned Galaxy 105, based in Yorkshire, is revamping its breakfast show and has hired Emap's Viking

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    All change at the top for music chart radio shows.

    2002-08-22T16:18:55Z

    The UK's two leading music chart radio shows are both set for a shake-up next year as presenters and sponsors pull out, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    R4 controller takes TV role.

    2002-08-22T16:18:54Z

    BBC Radio 4 deputy controller Wendy Pilmer is to move into television for the first time as part of a shake-up of two BBC English regions, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    RADIO 4 TALENT SEARCH.

    2002-08-22T16:18:53Z

    BBC Radio 4 has launched a search for talented new writers with the Alfred Bradley Bursary

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    Hopes grow for U-turn over local radio ownership rules

    2002-08-22T09:38:47Z

    The government is seeking to resolve its dispute with the commercial radio industry over the controversial local ownership 'three plus one rule' by early next month, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    R2 producer quits after 20 years

    2002-08-21T16:31:59Z

    BBC Radio 2 was dealt a blow this week after one of its senior producers announced his decision to quit the corporation after 20 years, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    All change at the top for music chart radio shows

    2002-08-21T16:05:28Z

    The UK's two leading music chart radio shows are both set for a shake-up next year as presenters and sponsors pull out, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    NEWS ANALYSIS - Going down the pan?

    2002-08-16T07:45:59Z

    Recent Rajar figures have documented how Radio 1 DJ Sara Cox's flagship breakfast show is losing listeners at a rate of knots. Their flight appears to show that 'the nation's favourite' radio station has gone Pete Tong

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    NORTH LONDON LICENCE.

    2002-08-16T07:45:57Z

    The Radio Authority has received two applications for the re-advertised north London AM licence. Proposals come

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    Virgin Radio set for wider reach.

    2002-08-16T07:45:57Z

    SMG IS planning to consolidate its presence in the radio sector by rolling out its Virgin

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    BBC 'pirate' radio station tunes in.

    2002-08-16T07:45:56Z

    The BBC's new digital radio station 1Xtra, billed as 'the BBC's pirate radio station', launches this Friday with a nationwide party being simulcast on BBC Radio 1, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    WIRELESS GROUP UP.

    2002-08-16T07:45:56Z

    The Wireless Group achieved its first operating profit in June 2002 as a result of extra

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    Virgin Radio set for wider reach

    2002-08-15T10:56:36Z

    SMG is planning to consolidate its presence in the radio sector by rolling out its Virgin Radio brand nationwide and bidding for new local licences in a move that quashes speculation that the Scottish-based media company wants to move out of the sector, writes Georgina ...

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    SMG eyes Virgin Radio expansion

    2002-08-09T12:27:07Z

    SMG is looking to further develop its Virgin Radio brand by tabling a bid for the proposed west midlands FM licence, writes Colin Robertson

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    RTE closer to Teamtalk 252 deal.

    2002-08-08T16:52:00Z

    UK betting has entered exclusive negotiations to sell radio station Teamtalk 252 to Irish state broadcaster RTE after last week taking the station off air with the loss of up to 40 jobs, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    World Cup gives 5 Live record year.

    2002-08-08T16:52:00Z

    BBC Radio's decision to base 5 Live in Japan and Korea throughout the World Cup appears

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    SHENNAN PULLS PLUG ON R5'S SUNDAY SERVICE.

    2002-08-08T16:52:00Z

    BBC Radio 5 Live controller Bob Shennan has axed the network's critically acclaimed politics programme Sunday