All Radio articles – Page 97
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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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NewsIncrease 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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NewsForth daily Fringe podcast
Emap-owned Radio Forth (97.3 FM Forth One and 1548 AM Forth Two) will offer a daily 30-minute podcast of coverage of this month's Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the first time.
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NewsClassic FM hires three new exec producers
Classic FM has strengthened its programming team with the appointment of three executive producers.
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Classic 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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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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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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GCap: no more profits from phone-ins
GCap Media will no longer run premium rate phone-in competitions for profit after being rapped by regulator Icstis over a competition it ran on its One Network stations in January. [ALL]
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FeaturesStation Profile: Galaxy Manchester
Rob Ellis is 26 and comes from Preston. He previously worked at Key 103 and Rock FM and enjoys going to yoga and watching films - Ghostbustersis his favourite. He presents the Galaxy Manchester weekday breakfast show from 6am to 10am.
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NewsGlobal is favourite to bid for Emap Radio
The radio sector expects Emap Radio to be sold after its parent company launched a strategic review.
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R4 orders Whistledown pilot
London radio indie Whistledown has been commissioned by BBC Radio 4 to make a pilot for a new format called Based on a True Story.
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Nelson on 1Xtra breakfast
BBC Radio 1Xtra is to revamp its schedule and has recruited Trevor Nelson from Radio 1 to host its new breakfast show, which will go on air on 8 October in the 8am to 11am slot.
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NewsXfm picks up live Man Utd rights
GCap Media's 97.7 Xfm Manchester will air live commentary on all Manchester United fixtures this season, taking over the rights from GMG's Century FM. [ALL]
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NewsMobiles to support radio download service
UBC's Cliq service, which allows radio listeners to download music tracks they hear, will be made available on most of the UK's mobile phones later this year. [ALL]
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Talk Sport signs rugby duo
Will Carling, England's youngest ever rugby captain, and David Campese (pictured), Australia's record try scorer, have been signed up by Talk Sport as new anchors for the 2007 Rugby World Cup.
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GCap chief: radio spending has 'turned a corner'
GCap Media chief executive Ralph Bernard believes that the UK commercial radio industry has 'turned a corner' as advertisers which had stopped investing in commercial radio advertising start to return, writes Yvette Mackenzie.