All Radio articles – Page 57
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NewsToday announces guest editor line up
Guest editors including former England football captain Tony Adams, influential artist David Hockney and crime writer PD James will take the helm of the Today programme over the festive period, the BBC announced.
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NewsRadio industry honours reluctant Wogan
Broadcasting legend Sir Terry Wogan was honoured by the UK radio industry today as he prepares to bow out from his Radio 2 Breakfast Show, and admitted: “I don’t really want to go”.
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NewsBBC to mark career of Stuart Hall
The career of broadcaster Stuart Hall will be celebrated by the BBC in a radio special to mark his 80th birthday this month.
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Callow plays Wilde in online drama
Radio indie Made in Manchester’s second radio drama for The Independent’s website will see actor Simon Callow star as Oscar Wilde.
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NewsBaddiel and Skinner team up again
TV comics David Baddiel and Frank Skinner are heading to South Africa for the World Cup after agreeing a deal with Absolute Radio to host a series of shows and podcasts from the country.
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NewsRadio indies to get online content store
Former Radio Independents Group chairman Neil Gardner is leading an initiative to create a dedicated online portal to sell audio content made by the UK indie sector.
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NewsDigital radio sales break 10m mark
Despite the recession, sales of digital radios are going from strength to strength - with 10 million units now sold.
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NewsR2 to celebrate pioneering US musician
House of the Rising Sun singer Eric Burdon is to present a series about the life and legacy of seminal US singer Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter for BBC Radio 2.
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NewsRadio 4 seeks ethnic listeners
BBC Radio 4 is to review its programming in a drive to attract more ethnic listeners following criticism that it is ‘too white’.
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NewsBBC apologises for Geoffrey Boycott's on-air swearing
Radio listeners have been given an apology by the BBC following an incident in which cricket commentator Geoffrey Boycott was heard swearing on air.
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BBC Radio 5 live to Answer Me This!
BBC Radio 5 live have rewarded Sony Award-nominated podcasters Helen Zaltzman and Olly Mann by giving them their own national show.
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CommentFresh thinking needed for local news provision
The future of local news on UK commercial radio is probably no longer just about a radio-only solution, writes Paul Robinson.
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NewsFirst community radio station to close
A lack of money looks set to force the closure of the UK’s first full-time community radio station at the end of the year.
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NewsGive Ofcom the "off switch", says Gaunt
MEDIA FESTIVAL: Shock jock Jon Gaunt has launched a blistering attack on the level of censorship in radio - claiming it will “kill” the medium and calling for Ofcom to be scrapped.
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NewsBBC orgasm clip 'overstepped mark'
A BBC radio presenter who played a clip of the infamous fake orgasm scene from When Harry Met Sally during the school run has provoked criticism that the corporation “overstepped the mark”.
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NewsFord Ennals named Digital Radio boss
Digital Radio UK, the company tasked with preparing the nation for digital radio upgrade, has named Ford Ennals as its chief executive officer.
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NewsRadioplayer to launch in 2010
MEDIA FESTIVAL: A proposed iPlayer-style online service for radio, capable of streaming more than 400 stations from both the BBC and the commercial sector, will launch early next year.
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NewsBBC axes Silver Street
The BBC is to axe Asian Network soap Silver Street after five years on air – a move heavily criticised by the Writer’s Guild
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NewsBBC Trust blocks atheists on Thought for the Day
Thought for the Day will remain closed to atheists and humanists, after the BBC Trust rejected accusations that the Radio 4 programme is in breach of editorial guidelines.
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NewsOfcom recommends relaxing media ownership rules
Ofcom has called for a radical shake-up of media ownership rules which would open the door for a new spate of consolidation.