All Radio articles – Page 42
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NewsBauer promotes Blaxill to boost content
Bauer Radio has promoted Ric Blaxill to the new role of music and content director to drive synergies between its 42 stations.
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NewsKeys and Gray make Talksport debut
Andy Gray and Richard Keys have made their radio debut, but failed to mention the Sky Sports sexism row that saw them lose their jobs.
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NewsArchers star expresses fears for Radio 4
Graham Seed - the late Nigel Pargetter in The Archers - has voiced his concerns about the future of Radio 4.
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NewsWise Buddah launches Manchester division
Radio indie Wise Buddah is launching a Manchester base and has snapped up Jo Meek the former managing director of rival Somethin Else’s north-west division.
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NewsBBC wins Paralympics radio rights
The BBC has won the rights to provide radio coverage of the 2012 Paralympic Games on BBC Radio 5 Live and 5 Live Sports Extra.
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NewsAndy Gray and Richard Keys hired by Talk Sport
Andy Gray and Richard Keys, the shamed duo at the centre of the Sky Sports sexism row, are to make a sensational return to broadcasting for Talk Sport.
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News5 Live posts record figures
Nicky Campbell helped push Radio 5 Live to its biggest ever audience with more than seven million listeners, according to the latest Rajar figures.
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NewsWhiley to leave R1; Radcliffe and Maconie to 6 Music
Jo Whiley is to leave BBC Radio 1 after 17 years as Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie’s popular evening show is dropped from Radio 2 after four years.
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NewsBBC axes Electric Proms
The BBC has axed its Electric Proms music festival due to “continuing efficiency savings” - ending a five-year run that included shows from Sir Paul McCartney, Robert Plant and Sir Elton John.
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NewsJacqui Smith to front BBC porn doc
Former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, who put adult films watched by her husband on expenses, is to investigate the porn industry for a BBC documentary
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NewsBBC dodges flak on World Service
The government is facing a major political backlash over dramatic cuts to the World Service after the BBC placed the blame firmly at its door.
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NewsWorld Service can't be immune from cuts, Hague
The BBC World Service has a “viable and promising future” but cannot be immune from spending cuts, William Hague told MPs today as the corporation confirmed it will axe 650 jobs.
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NewsNUJ protest against World Service cuts
NUJ members of the World Service are staging a protest outside Bush House today over 650 job cuts at the BBC department.
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NewsWorld Service to cut 650 posts
BBC World Service is to shed more than a quarter of its roles and is closing five country services, as it attempts to find £67m of savings.
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NewsSomethin' Else to produce Brits for 10th year
Indie Somethin’ Else is to produce a range of digital and radio content for this year’s Brit Awards fronted from the red carpet by DJ Goldierocks.
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NewsNazi jibe presenter to appeal High Court ruling
Radio presenter Jon Gaunt has won permission to appeal a High Court ruling that branded one of his interviews as offensive and abusive and breached the Broadcasting Code.
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NewsRadio 4 shakes-up commissioning
BBC Radio 4 has unveiled two new strands and a shake-up of its commissioning process.
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NewsRadio 1 names first commissioner
The BBC has appointed its first commissioning editor for Radio 1 and 1Xtra, handing the job to Chris Moyles’ exec producer Piers Bradford.
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NewsPat Sharp replaces Blackburn at Smooth
Smooth Radio has signed up presenter Pat Sharp to host its weekend breakfast show following the departure of Tony Blackburn to BBC Radio 2 in November.
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NewsDJ dismissed over phone-in fakery
A local radio DJ has been dismissed after using his teenage son to pose as a contestant on a breakfast show quiz.