All Radio articles – Page 34
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NewsBBC: MPs "pushing on open door" over local radio
BBC bosses have indicated local radio could see some of the proposed budget cuts revoked, telling MPs that their campaigns to save services were “pushing at a partly open door”.
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NewsRadio 4 faces hidden cost of DQF
Radio 4 is facing a below-the-radar hit from Delivering Quality First with the in-house production unit set to undergo redundancies and a radical restructuring of the remaining roles.
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NewsBBC Radio tops billion downloads
BBC Radio has notched up more than a billion downloads of its podcasts with Radio 1’s Chris Moyles and Radio 4’s The Archers among the most popular.
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NewsR1 plans first scripted comedy in 12 years
BBC head of radio comedy Jane Berthoud wants to bring scripted comedy back to Radio 1 for the first time in more than 12 years, Broadcast understands.
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NewsJudge Jules to leave R1 in dance music shake-up
Radio 1 DJs Judge Jules, Gilles Peterson and Fabio & Grooverider are to leave after more than a decade in a refresh of the station’s dance music line-up.
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NewsBBC Radio explores third-party tie-ups
BBC Radio will kick off discussions early next year with digital music providers including Last FM, Spotify and We7 to investigate potential collaborations.
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NewsTitchmarsh blooms at Classic FM
Alan Titchmarsh is front a Saturday morning radio show for Classic FM as the station gears up to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
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News1Xtra orders first doc for Stories strand
Digital station BBC Radio 1Xtra has ordered its first multiplatform documentary as part of its ongoing 1Xtra’s Stories strand.
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The Broadcast InterviewRadio 4: The World at One
A longer format for Radio 4’s flagship show has given it more scope for in-depth interviews and analysis. It’s also made it feel ‘less rude’ to guests, Martha Kearney tells Ben Dowell.
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NewsCTVC wins Radio 4 John Sweeney order
Award winning journalist John Sweeney will travel to the Ukraine to look at how the media covered Stalin’s 1930s famine for a Radio 4 documentary.
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NewsBBC bosses: local radio DQF cuts not set in stone
The BBC’s Mark Thompson and Caroline Thomson have both indicated the corporation could rethink DQF plans to cut local radio services.
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NewsJohnny Vaughan to leave Capital
Johnny Vaughan is to leave 95.8 Capital FM after eight years as breakfast DJ.
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NewsTalksport to prop up UTV revenue
A bumper Christmas for Talksport is set to help UTV offset advertising revenue losses in its TV division.
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NewsNUJ: Local radio cuts will hit older listeners most
Cuts to BBC local radio will disproportionately affect older people, the NUJ has claimed.
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NewsWorld Service Trust receives £90m govt boost
The World Service Trust is to receive a £90m boost from the government, targeted at specific countries for cross platform projects “to help people cope during disasters and drive social change”.
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NewsBBC Radio ready to partner
Director general Mark Thompson has signalled that BBC Radio is to work more collaboratively with the commercial sector by opening up distribution of its content and via an Audiopedia audio archive.
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NewsGaunt and Whale warn BBC over local radio cuts
Radio industry veterans including Jon Gaunt and James Whale have warned the BBC that cuts to local speech radio will have a “damaging effect on society”.
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CommentA radical idea for local radio
BBC must think differently following DQF, says Andrew Harrison.
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NewsBragg to explore written word for R4
Radio 4 is to broadcast a series fronted by Melvyn Bragg that will explore the history of the written word.
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NewsThompson: we will listen to public on local radio
RADIO FESTIVAL: Mark Thompson has defended the cuts to BBC Local Radio – but said he will “listen carefully” to responses from listeners.