All Radio articles – Page 50
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News6Music saved: DJ reactions
BBC 6Music DJ Lauren Laverne cued up songs called Radio and Digital Love this morning as she joined colleagues in celebrating the station’s reprieve.
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NewsMiller lands top GMG job
GMG Media Group, owner of the Real Radio, Smooth Radio and Rock Radio brands, has promoted Andrew Miller to chief executive.
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NewsRick Astley to host Magic show
Eighties pop star is to host a show across the summer on Magic 105.4.
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NewsBBC Trust saves 6 Music
Lukewarm reaction to BBC executive proposals sees digital station saved and daytime TV set for shake up
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NewsBBC newsreader Allan Robb dies
BBC journalist and broadcaster Allan Robb has died following a long illness, aged 49.
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News5 Live orders male response to Woman’s Hour
BBC Radio 5 Live has commissioned a male-oriented companion to Radio 4’s weekday institution Woman’s Hour - with Pineapple Dance Studios’ Louis Spence set to be a regular fixture.
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NewsSmooth Radio to merge stations and cut 50 jobs
GMG Radio’s Smooth Radio is merging its five regional stations into one national service at the cost of around 50 jobs.
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NewsGeldof indie to make Live Aid doc
Absolute Radio has ordered a two-part documentary from Bob Geldof’s indie Ten Alps celebrating Live Aid’s 25th anniversary.
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NewsClassic FM signs Suchet for summer overhaul
Former ITN presenter John Suchet has joined Classic FM as part of a summer overhaul of the Global Radio station’s schedule.
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NewsRadioCentre slams Radio 1
The RadioCentre has launched a stinging attack on BBC Radio 1 after the BBC Trust ruled that the station’s Harry Potter Day last July stepped too far into commercial waters.
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NewsR4 unveils comedy pilots
BBC Radio 4 is to showcase a five week season of comedy pilots to offer emerging talent the chance to try out new ideas and formats, with stars including Peep Show’s David Mitchell and Olivia Colman.
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NewsBBC score One World hat-trick
The BBC scooped a hat-trick of prizes at last night’s One World Media Awards - recognising excellence in media coverage of the developing world.
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NewsToday wins Lord Ashcroft Ofcom case
A complaint that Radio 4’s Today programme treated Lord Ashcroft unfairly has been rejected by the broadcasting watchdog.
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NewsGlobal to close half of local Heart stations
Global Radio is reducing the number of Heart network stations it operates by 50% as it invests £7m into 15 “centres of broadcasting excellence”.
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NewsUBC sells multiplex share to GMG
UBC Media has offloaded its 7.5% stake in digital radio multiplex MXR to Guardian Media Group to focus more tightly on content production and interactive services.
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NewsRadio 1 order social docs
BBC Radio 1 is to air three documentaries focussing on major issues which affect youngsters including the dangers of social networking and youth prostitution.
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NewsAbsolute DJ wins host of the year
Absolute Radio host Geoff Lloyd has been named presenter of the year at an awards event to honour the cream of commercial radio.
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NewsIPC scraps digital NME Radio station
IPC has axed NME Radio’s digital service but it will continue to run the station as an online-only station.
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NewsRadio 4 controller shortlist has four names
The hunt for the new controller of Radio 4 is now down to four names and could see Peter Barron make his return to the BBC.
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NewsRadioCentre brands BBC 6 Music plans a ‘fig-leaf’
Commercial radio body the RadioCentre has labelled the BBC’s proposals to shut 6 Music as a “figleaf ” to divert attention away from the need to overhaul the remit of Radio 1 and 2.