All Radio articles – Page 97
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NewsUTV grows profits by 4%
TalkSport owner UTV was upbeat after posting a 4% rise in profits for the six months to 30 June, but has warned that TV advertising revenues are set to fall. [ALL]
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NewsEmap pleased with bidder interest
Emap finance director Ian Griffiths has told Broadcastnow.co.ukthat the company's board has been 'encouraged by the level of interest' in the group's assets. [ALL]
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NewsGCap Media signs Ryan Seacrest
GCap Media has drafted in American Idoland E! Entertainment Television presenter Ryan Seacrest to host a new entertainment show on The One Network. [ALL]
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NewsBBC mulls CBeebies radio station
Controller of BBC children's programmes Richard Deverell is lobbying for a CBeebies radio station. [ALL]
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NewsGCap attacked over 'awful' Rajars
GCap Media's recovery plan has come under fire after Rajar results that analysts at Merrill Lynch described as 'awful'.
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NewsRadio rookies help Kiss FM beat Capital
Rookie breakfast presenting duo Rickie and Melvin helped Kiss FM overtake GCap's 95.8 Capital Radio as the third most popular commercial radio station in London with a 4.5% market share to Capital's 4.1%.
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NewsCity takes heart from digital listening surge
City analysts have heralded the increase in digital radio listening revealed in this quarter's Rajars as a positive sign for the future of commercial radio.
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NewsCity sceptical over Virgin Radio float
The City has welcomed the appointment of former Chrysalis Group chief executive Richard Huntingford as non-executive chairman at Virgin Radio, but remains unconvinced by the company's plans to float this autumn.
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NewsOfcom warns TalkSport over gay comments
A phone-in radio show on TalkSport has been reprimanded twice by Ofcom for inflammatory comments made about homosexuality, including one linking being gay to paedophilia. [ALL]
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NewsRussian radio axes BBC content
A third FM Russian radio station has been forced to drop BBC World Service content from its schedules by the country's licensing authorities. [ALL]
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NewsGCap shares fluctuate after poor Rajars
The price of GCap Media shares rose 2.9% to 231.5p in early morning trading today (Friday 17 August) as the radio group started its recovery from a poor performance in yesterday's Rajars. [ALL]
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NewsBBC Radio share dips
Rajars:BBC Radio saw its market share drop from 56% to 54.3% in the second quarter as the UK's commercial radio stations stepped up the pressure, with Radio 3 recording its lowest weekly reach since Rajars began. [ALL]
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NewsThe Jazz launch bodes well for digital radio
Rajars: The UK's newest national digital radio station, The Jazz, was one of the winners in the Rajars with 334,000 people tuning into the station every week. [ALL]
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NewsHazlitt defends Capital performance
Rajars:GCap Media managing director Fru Hazlitt has defended Capital Radio's poor performance in the Rajars by saying the station is adding younger listeners. [ALL]
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Increase in listening boosts commercial radio
Rajars:Between March and June of this year 45.6m people, or 91% of the UK's adult population, tuned into the radio. This figure was up 600,000 on the previous quarter, a 1.3% increase. [ALL]
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NewsCapital loses out to Heart in London
Rajars:Heart's Jamie Theakston and Harriet Scott have reclaimed the London commercial breakfast show crown from Johnny Vaughan as Capital Radio slumped to its lowest-ever share of the audience. [ALL]
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NewsLBC pay-podcasts reach 14,000 subs
LBC 97.3FM's emerging commercial podcast business has surged to 14,000 subscribers who download between 200,000 and 250,000 shows a month.
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FeaturesStation Profile: Key 103 Manchester
Mike Toolan broke into radio in the US in 1991 by claiming he was a big name on national radio in the UK. He presents Toolan in the Morning on Key 103 in Manchester and won a bronze at this year's Sony Radio Academy Awards.
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NewsClassic FM to sell CDs
GCap Media has signed a deal with record label Universal Music Classics and Jazz to sell CDs under the Classic FM and The Jazz radio brands.
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Classic FM hires three new exec producers
Classic FM has strengthened its programming team with the appointment of three executive producers.