All Radio articles – Page 40
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NewsWise Buddha to make Wogan’s show for Radio 2
Wise Buddah has been commissioned to produce Terry Wogan’s BBC Radio 2 weekend show - the first time one of the DJ’s regular shows has been outsourced to the indie sector.
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NewsRadioplayer goes live
Online radio station aggregator Radioplayer has launched with around 3m existing online listeners expected to instantly start using the service.
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NewsMary Anne Hobbs to join Xfm
Former Radio 1 DJ Mary Anne Hobbs is to host a new Saturday evening show for Xfm.
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NewsWise Buddah to produce Nemone on 6 Music
Radio indie Wise Buddah Manchester has won a pitch to produce BBC 6Music’s Weekend Breakfast Show with Nemone.
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NewsBBC Hindi closures an "own goal", claims Seth
Author Vikram Seth has blasted the BBC’s decision to cut the World Service’s Hindi output, saying it has created a “great loss of goodwill” for Britain and an “increase of mistrust”.
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Somethin Else unveils Gardeners’ Question Time tour
Indie Somethin’ Else has branched out into events with a live Gardeners’ Question Time theatre tour.
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NewsMoyles marathon breaks red button records
Chris Moyles’ marathon Comic Relief broadcast attracted an audience of 2.84m via the red button, tuning in for an average of 144 minutes.
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NewsBBC tells radio indies to cross over into TV
The BBC has urged radio indies to raise their ambitions and pitch cross-platform ideas with significant scale.
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NewsBBC calls for radio indies to tap into fund
Chris Burns, the BBC’s group manager for Audio and Music and newly appointed “indie champion”, has called on indies to tap into the broadcaster’s radio Innovation Fund.
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NewsBBC Radio unveils five-point commissioning plan
The BBC is introducing standard commissioning criteria across Audio & Music to improve clarity and transparency for both in house and indie producers.
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NewsTalkSport helps UTV to record profits
TalkSport’s 36% rise in operating profit helped Northern Irish broadcaster UTV Media post record pre tax profits last year.
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NewsRadio 3 includes expletives in Wuthering Heights
The BBC is set to raise eyebrows with an adaptation of Wuthering Heights complete with expletives.
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NewsUS to give BBC cash for technology
The US government has agreed to help the BBC get software to stop certain countries jamming the broadcaster’s World Service output.
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NewsKeys and Gray grow Talksport listeners
Richard Keys and Andy Gray have helped boost Talksport’s online listening figures by 5% in the four weeks since they have joined the station.
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NewsBBC staff slam local radio proposals
BBC staff have peppered the Ariel letters page with criticism of proposals to cut BBC local radio output, describing them as “a travesty” and stressing the service’s “incalculable value”.
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NewsMoyles breaks world record
Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles has broken the record for the longest ever radio show by staying on air for 52 hours, raising more than £2.4m for Comic Relief.
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The Broadcast InterviewPaul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson: having the last laugh
As their award-winning show Down The Line returns to Radio 4, the Fast Show alumni question why the creative freedom of radio can’t translate to TV. Paul Whitelaw reports.
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News6 Music orders Somethin’ Else to tap online buzz
BBC 6 Music has appointed Somethin’ Else as producer of the Tom Robinson show, with plans to revamp it and tap more heavily into the music scene’s online buzz.
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NewsFast Show duo tackle Alzheimer’s for R4
Comic writer/performers Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson are to tackle the challenging subject of Alzheimer’s for a Radio 4 series.
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NewsBBC unveils Archers spin-off
A spin-off of long-running rural radio soap The Archers is being launched.