All Radio articles – Page 46
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NewsRadioCentre slams BBC as 'inefficient'
Trade body the RadioCentre has slammed the BBC’s radio operation, saying there are “significant inefficiencies” in the system.
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NewsOfcom awards licence to Rinse FM
Rinse FM, one of the UK’s most influential pirate radio stations, has been granted a licence.
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NewsBBC Trust launches national radio review
The BBC Trust has launched a service review of the corporation’s national radio stations in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
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News2012 Olympic radio station scrapped
Plans to launch an Olympic radio station to cover London 2012 have been scrapped after a lack of interest in the project.
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NewsGMG Radio Scotland hires MD
GMG Radio Scotland has appointed Gavin Bruce as its permanent managing director following a ten-month stint acting in the role.
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NewsNational radio fees deal continues
The potential costs of broadcasting in digital will be taken into account by Ofcom when it sets the cost of analogue licence fees for the three national commercial radio stations, Classic FM, TalkSport and Absolute Radio.
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News6 Music to broadcast convention
BBC 6 Music is to broadcast live from a music convention in Manchester later this month.
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NewsHope remains for All Out Prods
Somethin’ Else’s Manchester division All Out Productions could re-open after its closure this week following the BBC’s move to Salford.
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NewsAbsolute Radio losses hit £4.3m
Absolute Radio has posted a pre-tax loss of £4.3m for 2009 but parent company TIML UK has declared the results ‘exactly in line with projections made at the time of acquisition’.
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NewsTalksport sign Russell Brand
Comedian Russell Brand, who resigned from BBC Radio 2 in the wake of the Sachsgate scandal, is to make a new series for Talksport with former R2 controller Lesley Douglas.
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NewsIndies pilot Old Harry’s Game for Sky
Hat Trick and Waddell Media have teamed up to develop an animated version of long-running Radio 4 sitcom Old Harry’s Game for Sky 1.
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NewsParfitt: Moyles didn't overstep the mark
Radio 1 boss Andy Parfitt has defended DJ Chris Moyles’ on-air rant about pay, saying he had not “overstepped the red line”.
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NewsRadio 1 to launch 'young Panorama'
BBC Radio 1 is planning a raft of new measures starting this autumn as part of the youth station’s move to “make sure distinctiveness is at its heart”.
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NewsAndy Ashton rejoins Xfm
Andy Ashton has returned as programme director for Global Radio network Xfm after a four-year break, following the departure of Paul Jackson.
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NewsJohnnie Walker doc claims prize
A series about veteran DJ Johnnie Walker and his pirate radio origins has won gold at the New York Festival Awards.
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NewsSuchet to take over Classic FM morning show
Former newscaster John Suchet is to replace Simon Bates as Classic FM’s morning show host.
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CommentRobinson on Chris Moyles' pay drama
Chris Moyles’ “rough morning” may not have breached the corporation’s editorial standards, but his on-air tirade about his pay was an abuse of the DJ’s privileged access to the airwaves and an insult to listeners, writes Paul Robinson.
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NewsBBC bosses back Moyles after on-air rant
Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles has received support from the BBC’s head of network radio, following his 30-minute rant about pay on air.
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NewsTony Blackburn to join Radio 2
Veteran DJ Tony Blackburn is to return to BBC chart countdowns - nearly three decades after leaving Radio 1’s chart show.
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NewsBBC World Service axes content
The BBC World Service is axing regular drama shows and music and sports coverage in response to “an increasingly difficult financial climate”, a spokesman for the corporation said.