All Radio articles – Page 31
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CommentBBC Radio 6 Music: the first decade
From burgeoning digital radio station, to under threat beacon of the people, to the UK’s most listened to music digital radio network, BBC Radio 6 Music has been on, what you would call, a ‘journey’, writes Paul Rodgers.
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CommentAlternatives to the usual suspects
An edition of Radio 4’s Today featured prominent male experts. Who were their female peers?
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NewsBBC radio gets boost as Sky slashes retrans fees
BSkyB has slashed its BBC retransmission fees by £4m, offering an unexpected late boost to the corporation’s under-threat local radio services.
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NewsIndies win Radio 1 contracts
BBC Radio 1 shows including Annie Nightingale, Benji B and Matt Edmondson are to be produced by indies for the first time as the station opens up external indies.
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NewsHorrocks: relocation will give BBCW influence
World Service staff could start feeding into network productions at the BBC, as its 1,400 London-based team members relocate to join the rest of the corporation.
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CommentRobinson on BBC local radio cuts
Cuts to BBC local radio drivetime programming proposed by BBC management have been decisively rejected by a new report in the wake of falling listening figures, writes Paul Robinson.
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NewsTalksport extends global reach
Talksport has signed a partnership deal with multiplatform radio aggregator TuneIn that will see its content distributed internationally to over 30m listeners.
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NewsGreg James takes Scott Mills’ Radio 1 slot
Scott Mills is to be dropped from BBC Radio 1’s drivetime show after nearly eight years and replaced by Greg James as part of a schedule shake-up.
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NewsCut BBC radio execs to meet savings, report says
The BBC could save £11m from its local radio service without having to resort to sharing programmes, according to a new report.
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NewsRadio Fast Train ideas interest commissioners
Five out of eight pitches selected for a session at BBC Radio Fast Train have won a commission, development funding or the promise of further discussions with commissioners.
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FeaturesRadio Fast Train: freelance skills
The BBC Academy’s training day for radio freelancers offered sessions from the likes of Radio 1 DJ Annie Mac and Woman’s Hour presenter Jane Garvey. Ben Dowell reports on the key events.
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NewsAbsolute Radio kicks off Twitter campaign
Absolute Radio has become the first radio broadcaster to advertise using Twitter’s promoted trend spot.
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NewsBBC excludes former staff from World Service party
Former BBC World Service staff have complained about being “contemptuously” excluded from an 80th anniversary party.
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NewsRIG plans online radio sales hub
Industry trade body Radio Independents Group is to announce a proposal to launch an online content sales hub for programmes.
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News6 Music signs Serafinowicz
Comedian, writer and actor Peter Serafinowicz is to present a series of six shows in Adam & Joe’s old slot on BBC 6 Music.
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NewsRadio 4 hunts 'New Elizabethans'
BBC Radio 4 is kicking off a hunt to find the 60 public figures who have had the greatest impact on life in the UK during the Queen’s reign to mark the Diamond Jubilee and create “a radio portrait of our age”.
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NewsBBC unveils Diamond Jubilee concert plans
The BBC is promising to stage the biggest concert in its history to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
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NewsAbsolute Radio poaches Global breakfast DJ
Absolute Radio has snapped up a presenter from Heart to strengthen its daytime line-up.
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UTV launches Signal 107 station
UTV is merging local radio stations The Wyre and The Severn with Wolverhapmton’s The Wolf to create new station Signal 107.
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CommentRobinson on the Rajars
The latest Rajar radio listening figures appear to suffer from a volatility that makes them difficult to read, writes Paul Robinson.