All Radio articles – Page 53
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NewsO'Connell to front R2 World Cup quiz
Christian O’Connell is to make his BBC Radio 2 debut as host of a World Cup comedy panel show.
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CommentRivalries flare at Sony Awards
The age old radio battle between the commercial and public sector showed it is alive and well at last night’s Sony Radio Academy Awards, writes Alex Faber.
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News6 Music lands Sony double
Endangered digital station BBC 6 Music was a double winner at the radio industry’s biggest awards event.
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NewsAbsolute up for six Arqiva awards
Absolute Radio is well placed for success at the Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards, picking up six nominations that will see DJs Dave Gorman and Geoff Lloyd go head-to-head.
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NewsYentob to address ‘problem’ teens post-Switch axe
Shows on BBC Switch will live on after the teen service is axed, BBC creative director Alan Yentob has claimed - admitting that the corporation has yet to find a way of properly serving teen viewers.
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NewsRadio 4 errors mark 'poor period'
Radio 4’s outgoing controller has put a string of on-air errors down to a “very poor period” for the station.
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NewsTarrant to cover for Wright on R2
Chris Tarrant is to make a return to the airwaves, covering for Steve Wright on BBC Radio 2.
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NewsJohn Peel's son joins 6 Music
John Peel’s son Tom Ravenscroft is to follow in his father’s footsteps after landing his own BBC radio show.
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NewsBBC Trust apologises for Frankie Boyle joke
The BBC Trust’s editorial standards committee (ESC) has apologised over a joke made by Frankie Boyle which compared Palestine with a cake being “punched to pieces by a very angry Jew”.
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NewsAlex Zane returning to radio
DJ Alex Zane, who was suspended from Xfm in 2008 for playing a controversial song, is to host a new show for digital station NME Radio.
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NewsRadio 5 Live move north 'on track'
BBC director general Mark Thompson has revealed that 5 Live’s move to Salford Quays is on budget and proceeding as scheduled.
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NewsJames May turns DJ for 6 Music
Top Gear star James May is turning DJ with a rock show for the BBC.
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NewsChris Moyles hosts show from New York
DJ Chris Moyles is to beat the air chaos and return to the airwaves by hosting his show from New York.
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NewsVolcano causes Moyles to miss show
Chris Moyles was forced to miss his Radio 1 breakfast show this morning after finding himself unable to return from New York because of the air travel chaos.
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NewsOfcom cuts red tape for local radio
Ofcom has announced a package of measures to deregulate local radio, paving the way for more mergers and more flexibility in the volume of locally-produced content.
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NewsMark Damazer quits BBC
Mark Damazer, the controller of BBC Radio 4 and Radio 7, is leaving to become head of St Peter’s College at Oxford University.
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NewsPenk upheld for suicide jokes
Ofcom has rapped breakfast show DJ Steve Penk for joking on-air about a potential suicide victim, but has cleared Radio 5 Live’s broadcast of swearing from the rock group Rage Against the Machine.
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NewsR3 to air classical chart
BBC Radio 3 is lining up a new weekly chart for fans of classical music.
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NewsMaconie gets 6Music spin-off
BBC 6Music is to launch a late-night spin-off of Stuart Maconie’s eclectic Sunday afternoon show The Freak Zone.
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News6 Music gets Sony nods
Two radio stations earmarked by the BBC for closure as part of a strategic review have secured the lion’s share of nominations at the Sony Radio Academy Awards.