All Radio articles – Page 71
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NewsLBC posts best ratings in 4 years
Rajars: LBC News' decision to scale back its rolling news coverage has paid off, with the London-based station posting its best Rajar figures in four years.
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NewsDAB listening on the rise
Rajars: DAB take-up increased 32% year-on-year in the last three months, with nearly a third of UK adults now claiming to live in households with a DAB set.
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CommentTalking Radio: Why online is taking over the airwaves
Online radio has a huge range of music - and is no longer reliant on listeners sitting in front of their PCs, says Play Radio UK network manager Marcus Quilter.
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NewsJazz FM to be played in all Pizza Express restaurants
The relaunched Jazz FM has signed a major sponsorship deal with Pizza Express for the station to be played in all 300 of the chain's restaurants.
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NewsGlobal rebrand to kick off new era
Global Radio chief executive Ashley Tabor believes a new logo and a revamped website will help usher in a new era for the company early next month.
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NewsIRN drops ITN for Sky
Commercial radio news supplier IRN has ended its 16-year relationship with ITN by awarding the contract for the supply national and international news service to Sky News.
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NewsUBC lands traffic deal with Global
Radio services giant UBC Media has increased its advertising reach by securing a two-year deal with Global Radio to supply traffic and travel bulletins.
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CommentBlog: C4 Radio tunes out
As Channel 4 announces that it has scrapped plans to launch its own radio station, Robin Parker reflects on where it all went wrong.
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NewsC4 scraps radio plans
Channel 4 has scrapped its plans to enter the commercial radio market, with the loss of up to 15 jobs.
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CommentTalking Radio: Paul Chantler
Advertisers in the US pay a premium to be associated with “do good” programming. Could it catch on in the UK, asks United Radio Consultants' Paul Chantler.
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UBC due diligence extended
UBC Media Group has agreed to a further two weeks of due diligence for the sale of its commercial division to Nasdaq-listed Global Traffic Network, citing recent changes in the commercial radio industry in the UK.
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Caspari leaves R4 factual
BBC Radio 4 specialist factual commissioning editor Andrew Caspari is to leave the station after a decade in the role.
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R4 to update tale of Iraqi boy maimed in bomb horror
BBC Radio 4 is to broadcast a documentary about the boy who lost his family and both his arms in a US bombardment during the Iraq war.
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News4Digital's delayed launch under fire
City analysts have criticised Ofcom for not treating its licensees fairly by allowing 4Digital Group to mothball the launch of the D2 multiplex it won in 2007.
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NewsGMG calls for more docs
GMG Radio is inviting radio indies to pitch new ideas for its 13-strong network of stations after a positive response to its first set of documentaries which aired this summer.
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NewsFreed R1 DJ speaks out
BBC Radio 1 DJ Grooverider will give an insight into his 10 months in a Dubai prison for possessing drugs on the station's Surgery show this Sunday.
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NewsUBC's commercial division sale delayed
UBC Media Group has agreed to a further two weeks of due diligence for the sale of its commercial division to Nasdaq-listed Global Traffic Network, citing recent changes in the commercial radio industry in the UK.
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NewsHeart and Galaxy handed new programming heads
Global Radio has handed Luis Clark and Mike Cass the top programming jobs across the Heart and Galaxy networks respectively and has named Jonathan Richards as head of news across the company's entire portfolio.
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Whale drops Talk claim
Ex-Talk Sport presenter James Whale has dropped his legal action over his dismissal from the broadcaster earlier this year. Whale, whose contract was terminated after he urged listeners to vote for Boris Johnson in the London mayoral election, said he did not have the money to pursue the unfair dismissal ...