BBC programmes compete for radio correspondents' awards.

Fri, 05, Mar, 2010
Kirsty Young and Desert Island Discs on Radio 4 have been nominated for prizes in the radio section of this year's Broadcasting Press Guild Awards....read on

Outrage at 6Music closure plans

Fri, 05, Mar, 2010
The BBC has been condemned for leaking proposals to close 6Music and the Asian Network to a newspaper before talking to staff....read on

Asian Network launches new download chart

Fri, 05, Mar, 2010
The BBC Asian Network is launching what it claims is the world's first Official Asian Download Chart....read on

UKRD named in Top 100 company list

Fri, 05, Mar, 2010
UKRD Group has been named as Sunday Times Top 100 Small Company to Work for....read on

Wessex FM puts smile back on Yasmin's face

Fri, 05, Mar, 2010
Wessex FM managed to cheer up a 12-year old girl who lost her bag in a Weymouth shop....read on

Express FM in new youth initiative

Fri, 05, Mar, 2010
93.7 Express FM is embarking on a new youth radio initiative in conjunction with Portsmouth City Council....read on

Commercial Radio welcomes Radio 2 report

Fri, 26, Feb, 2010
The commercial radio industry has welcomed a BBC Trust report calling on Radio 2 to "use its scale to be more distinctive"....read on

BBC and commercial radio share Premier League rights

Fri, 26, Feb, 2010
This autumn's Premier League football action will be broadcast across three stations - BBC FiveLive, Absolute Radio and Talksport....read on

Surgeon criticises radio boob job stunt

Fri, 26, Feb, 2010
The former head of plastic surgeons' professional body has condemned Peak FM in Derbyshire for offering listeners the chance to win a breast enlargement operation....read on

209 Radio to close

Fri, 26, Feb, 2010
Cambridge community radio station 209radio has announced again that it is closing.....read on

New book on radio management

Fri, 26, Feb, 2010
A new guide to managing radio stations, first launched as a download last year, has been made available as a paperback book....read on

Thomson joins Celador

Fri, 19, Feb, 2010
Don Thomson, has joined Celador Broadcasting, owner of Solent regional station the Cast, as Non-Executive Director....read on

Global fixes SMS competition problem

Fri, 19, Feb, 2010
Global Radio has introduced further measures to tighten up compliance around phone-ins after a problem with the text messaging system used in competitions at Capital came to light....read on

Cash for Kids raises £25k for garden

Fri, 19, Feb, 2010
West Sound Radio's CAsh for Kids has raised over £25,000 as part of it's 'Build a Dream' campaign....read on

BBC jobs for the North of England

Fri, 19, Feb, 2010
BBC director-general Mark Thompson has launched a new drive to extend job and career opportunities to the best talent from the North of England, who can now register for a wide range of BBC roles from content-making and journalism to technology....read on

Heart swearing complaint resolved

Fri, 19, Feb, 2010
Global Radio has avoided a telling-off from Ofcom after a guest used the F-word in an interview on Heart Luton....read on

Christian Media Group launch Gospel station

Fri, 19, Feb, 2010
Premier Christian RAdio has launched a new music based radio station on digital radio in London and the surrounding area....read on

Jacobo Quintanilla HumanitarianCo-Ordinator Interviews Haiti Emergency Response

Fri, 12, Feb, 2010
Q. Jacobo, how important was radio following the earthquake in Haiti?
A. In times of crisis and emergencies information can save lives....read on

Rajar figures out

Fri, 12, Feb, 2010
Radio 2, Capital and LBC were among the stations celebrating the latest set of Rajar audience figures, covering the last three months of 2009....read on

Nation gets new flexibility

Fri, 12, Feb, 2010
Nation Radio in South Wales has been granted permission to cut the number of local news bulletins it broadscasts....read on

RAB appoints executive chairman

Fri, 12, Feb, 2010
The Radio Advertising Bureau has announced the appointment of Linda Smith, a former ad agency chief executive, to the newly created role of executive chairman....read on

VALENTINES (Smell the roses)

Fri, 12, Feb, 2010
This week you may have noticed how difficult it is to buy any card in a card shop that isn't a Valentine's card....read on

Station launch on-line auction for Haiti appeal

Fri, 05, Feb, 2010
96.4 Eagle Radio is launching a massive on-line auction appeal to raise money for the Disaster Emergency Committee's Haiti appeal...read on

Jazz FM launches City show for Sundays

Fri, 05, Feb, 2010
Jazz FM has launched a new one hour programme for Sunday evenings...read on

Radio 1 launches new mid-week chart countdown

Fri, 05, Feb, 2010
BBC Radio 1's Greg James is set to front a new-week Official Chart Update on Wednesday afternoons from March...read on

Bauer offers iTunes tagging

Fri, 05, Feb, 2010
Bauer is to begin offering iTunes tagging for Kiss and Magic in London...read on

Ofcom taken to judicial review over Gaunt ruling

Fri, 05, Feb, 2010
Former TalkSport presenter Jon Gaunt has been given the green light to take Ofcom to court for ruling that his comments about a London councillor breached the broadcasting code...read on

Jonathon Ross quits

Wed, 27, Jan, 2010
Jonathon Ross is leaving his BBC Radio 2 Saturday morning show when his contract ends in July - and quitting the corporation as a whole....read on

Moira Stewart joins Evans at breakfast

Wed, 27, Jan, 2010
Chris Evans' breakfast show on Radio 2 kicked off this week, with Moira Stewart making a return to the corporation to present the news....read on

Not enough older women on BBC radio and TV, says minister

Wed, 27, Jan, 2010
Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman has accused the BBC of "wasting a lot of talent" by not valuing older female TV and radio broadcasters....read on

Ronan Keating to present show on Magic

Wed, 27, Jan, 2010
Irish pop star Ronan Keating is to host a new Sunday afternoon show on London's Magic 105.4 from this weekend....read on

Radio 4's John Cushnie dies

Wed, 27, Jan, 2010
Gardeners' Question Time panelist John Cushnie died on New Year's Eve aged 66. He had worked for the corporation for 15 years and regularly appeared as a gardening expert in Northern Ireland...read on

December

Wed, 23, Dec, 2009
Amazing Radio extended its tenure on Digital One beyond its six-month trail broadcast, which expired at the end of November....read on

The art of selling creative and creative selling

Wed, 23, Dec, 2009
Well let's face it, it's been a bit of a surreal year....read on

October

Wed, 23, Dec, 2009
A rift emerged in the commercial radio industry as UTV Radio quit the Radiocentre, claiming it no longer represents the interests of the wider industry and gave too much power to the biggest group, Global Radio, UKRD and TLRC soon followed in protest at the Radiocentre's stance on Digital radio....read on

January

Wed, 23, Dec, 2009
The BBC's former head of audio and music, Jenny Abramsky, was made a dame in the New Year honours list for services to broadcasting....read on

April

Wed, 23, Dec, 2009
Global Radio made a full exit from the digital radio multiplex business, selling its Now Digital local multiplexes and its 63 per cent stake in the national DAB platform Digital One to transmissions giant Arqiva for an undisclosed sum....read on

November

Wed, 23, Dec, 2009
The BBC was prepared to lose up to 130,000 weekly hours of radio listening in Scotland by removing all of its stations from Freeview for six hours every evening to make way for new Gaelic TV channel BBC Alba....read on

Wogan: I don't really want to go.

Thu, 17, Dec, 2009
Broadcasting legend Sir Terry Wogan has been honoured by the UK radio industry today as he prepares to bow out from his Radio 2 breakfast show....read on

Take That most played radio act

Thu, 17, Dec, 2009
Take That have been named the most played act on UK radio 2009....read on

Big Top 40 'gives undue prominence to iTunes'

Thu, 17, Dec, 2009
The Big Top 40 network chart show on commercial radio has been warned by Ofcom about the number of mentions of Apple's iTunes that it includes in the programme....read on

Internet radio continues to grow

Thu, 17, Dec, 2009
Rajar has released the findings of the fifth survey of internet delivered audio services and revealed that one third of the UK's adult population now claims to have listened to the radio via the internet....read on

Brand director leaves Absolute

Thu, 17, Dec, 2009
After 18 months working with the business, Absolute Radio brand director Chris Lawson is leaving the company....read on

Radio 1 listeners on air

Thu, 17, Dec, 2009
BBC Radio 1 is offering listeners the opportunity to take over the airwaves on Christmas Day....read on

Stourton to present Radio 4's Sunday

Thu, 10, Dec, 2009
Edward Stourton has been named as the new permanent presenter of BBC Radio 4's Sunday programme, taking over from Roger Bolton, who is stepping down at the end of January after 12 years in the role....read on

The Wogan Years

Thu, 10, Dec, 2009
In the week that Sir Terry Wogan is inducted into the Radio Academy's Hall of Fame, Howard Hughes pays tribute to the man himself......read on

5 Live broadcasts freely from Zimbabwe

Thu, 10, Dec, 2009
BBC Radio 5 Live's Victoria Derbyshire has become the first BBC presenter to broadcast freely from Zimbabwe after years of reporting restrictions....read on

Campaign to save radio mics

Thu, 10, Dec, 2009
An MP had lodged a parliamentary motion calling for Ofcom to think twice about a plan to auction off the frequencies currently used by radio microphones....read on

Radio 2 shakes up morning schedule

Thu, 10, Dec, 2009
BBC Radio 2 is reshaping its morning schedule to coincide with the launch of Chris Evans' new breakfast show in January....read on

Two stations rapped for commercial references

Thu, 03, Dec, 2009
Two more radio stations have been reprimanded by Ofcom for crossing the line between programming and advertising....read on

UBC brings iTunes tagging to Absolute Radio

Thu, 03, Dec, 2009
UBC Media has launched a new service with Absolute Radio offering live iTunes tagging of radio output....read on

Smooth Radio choses nominated charity

Thu, 03, Dec, 2009
London's 102.2 Smooth Radio has announced its nominated charity for the coming year as the Starlight Children's Foundation....read on

BBC considers 'radical' review of digital output

Thu, 03, Dec, 2009
The BBC is considering scaling back or axing some of its digital services in a major change of focus and strategy after the digital TV and radio switchover....read on

Rink Radio

Thu, 03, Dec, 2009
Manx Radio, the Isle of Man's national broadcaster launched its Sure Skate remote radio system yesterday (22nd) at the launch of the Ice rink opening....read on

Thought for the Day 'does not breach rules'.

Fri, 27, Nov, 2009
BBC Radio 4 has done nothing wrong by only including religious views on its Though for the Day slot, the BBC Trust has ruled....read on

Radio Solent orgasm clip a fuss over nothing.

Fri, 27, Nov, 2009
The BBC says it has not received 'a single complaint' about a BBC Radio Solent broadcast that caught the attention of the national press....read on

Absolute explains £2m loss

Fri, 27, Nov, 2009
Absolute Radio has said it is broadly satisfied with its first set of financial results since relaunching, which show a £1.9m operating loss in 2008 due to heavy investment in the new station....read on

Adventure's Sunny Days

Fri, 27, Nov, 2009
Adventure Radio has revealed its plans to relaunch four of its radio stations with a new Sunny Day brand.....read on

Sunrise Radio receptionist brutally murdered.

Fri, 27, Nov, 2009
A teenager has been charged with the murder of Sunrise RAdio employee Geeta Aulakh, who was fatally injured in west London last week....read on

The Antidote to the SBES

Thu, 19, Nov, 2009
Last Thursday I attended 'the antidote to SBES' at the Ramada NEC, an event organized by Ian Prowse of Vortex....read on

Radio Plymouth appointment

Thu, 19, Nov, 2009
Soon to launch Radio Plymouth has appointed Tim Manns as station manager....read on

The BBC discriminates against young listeners...

Thu, 19, Nov, 2009
In 2001 Auntie passed up the chance of a DAB network for children in favour of limited output on adult speech stations R4 and R7 where research indicated kids wouldn't listen....read on

World Service anger at Mark Thompson pay

Thu, 19, Nov, 2009
Journalists at the BBC World Service are considering writing to director general Mark Thompson to ask him to take a massive pay cut from £834,000 to £200.000....read on

Bauer Radio's exclusive Lily Allen rights

Thu, 19, Nov, 2009
The Bauer Radio Network has secured exclusive live broadcast rights for the homecoming second leg of Lily Allen's world tour....read on

Real Radio rolls out X-Factor coverage.

Fri, 13, Nov, 2009
Real Radio's X-Factor correspondent Tony Cowell, brother of judge Simon, is set to extend his weekly reports onto Smooth Radio London....read on

'Absolutely no truth' in Moyles report

Fri, 13, Nov, 2009
Chris Moyles' future on the Radio 1 breakfast show has been questioned again, with another tabloid newspaper claiming that a replacement is being lined up to take over 'sooner rather than later'....read on

Digital one to boast nine stations

Fri, 13, Nov, 2009
The national commercial DAB multiplex, Digital One, is to carry two Christian services with the news that UCB is joining the platform....read on

Thought for the Day ruling due this week.

Fri, 13, Nov, 2009
The BBC Trust is expected to rule this week on complaints that Radio 4's Thought for the Day should be opened up to non-religious views....read on

Music Candy launches new download site.

Fri, 13, Nov, 2009
Music Candy has launched a user friendly and easy to navigate production music download site....read on

NU Sound adds Jewish programme

Thu, 05, Nov, 2009
NU Sound Radio 92FM have added a Jewish language programme to their 10 languages, English, Hindi, Gujerati, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Tamil, Sinhalese...read on

Presenter threatened ex on-air

Thu, 05, Nov, 2009
A community radio station that allowed a volunteer radio presenter to broadcast threatening messages to an ex-girlfriend has been reprimanded by Ofcom....read on

Mayo:'Future generations need to fall in love with radio'

Thu, 05, Nov, 2009
BBC radio presenter Simon Mayo has encouraged the industry to do more to make younger listeners fall in love with the medium....read on

Stations celebrate Rajar growth

Thu, 05, Nov, 2009
BBC Radio 4, Capital FM and LBC were among the stations celebrating the latest set of radio listening figures from Rajar, while it was a disappointing quarter for the BBC's local radio services....read on

2015: 'Challenging, controversial, farcical'

Thu, 05, Nov, 2009
The Digital Radio Development Bureau has hired TV comedy duo Mitchell and Webb to front a new ad campaign for digital radio in the run-up to Christmas...read on

BFBS launches Radio Afghanistan

Fri, 30, Oct, 2009
BBC Radio Afghanistan Launched this week at 0630am local tim, broadcasting from Camp Bastion to British Forces across Afghanistan and the Middle East and to their family and friends back in the UK on DAB Digital Radio...read on

iPlayer plans blocked

Fri, 30, Oct, 2009
Plans open up the BBC iPlayer streaming audio and video technology to commercial broadcasters have been put on hold by the BBC Trust because they are "too complex"....read on

Absolute reveals online figures

Fri, 30, Oct, 2009
Absolute Radio has begun publishing monthly stats revealing the number of hours spent listening to one of the stations' live streams - and it is calling on others to do the same....read on

HBA Awards launched

Fri, 30, Oct, 2009
This year's National Hospital Radio Awards have been launched....read on

Fun Kids recruit Honey Monster

Fri, 30, Oct, 2009
Fun Kids has recruited the Honey Monster as a reporter for 12 weeks....read on

New BBC rulebook tackles language and fair treatment

Thu, 22, Oct, 2009
The BBC has unveiled a new set of editorial guidelines for all radio and TV programme-makers, including independent production companies....read on

Smooth 'all-inclusive' holiday prize cost £400

Thu, 22, Oct, 2009
Smooth Radio in the north-west has been censured by Ofcom for claiming that a holiday competition prize was 'all-inclusive' when it was not....read on

BBC told to tread carefully in sports rights bidding

Thu, 22, Oct, 2009
The BBC has been ordered to do more to ensure it delivers good value for money when bidding for sports broadcast rights....read on

Stickers for Tindle listeners

Thu, 22, Oct, 2009
Tindle Radio has launched its annual road safety campaign for children, giving away free reflective stickers....read on

Amber lights

Thu, 22, Oct, 2009
Amber Sound 107.2 has been chosen by Ripley Town Council to entertain the crowds at this year's Christmas Lights switch-on....read on

Global says local ad decline has stopped

Thu, 22, Oct, 2009
Global Radio has said it is seeing signs that local advertising revenues have stopped declining and are starting to stabilise....read on

'Record profits' expected at IRN

Fri, 16, Oct, 2009
Independent Radio News is expected to deliver record profits this year, according to its long-serving managing director John Perkins....read on

iComm offer

Fri, 16, Oct, 2009
iComm Broadcast are offering a launch offer to all Community & Hospital Radio stations across the UK, by giving a fixed price of £30 for any broadcast engineering job which takes up to 6 hours which would also include a free broadsheet consultation
...read on

Radio 1 adds BBC brand for first time

Fri, 16, Oct, 2009
Radio 1 has begun prominently using the BBC brand on-air for what it claims is the first time in the station's 42-year history....read on

"Radiocentre is no longer reflective of the industry"

Fri, 16, Oct, 2009
Commercial radio trade body the Radiocentre has lost the support of one of radio's key players, prompting fears of a rift in the industry at a crucial time in it's development....read on

45% say yes to Salford move

Fri, 16, Oct, 2009
The final group of BBC staff affected by the relocation of several key departments from London to Salford have voted on whether they want to move north....read on

NAB Europe cancelled

Thu, 01, Oct, 2009
This year's NAB Europe radio conference has been cancelled, the latest casualty of the financial crisis gripping the industry....read on

2009 European Young Journalist Award

Thu, 01, Oct, 2009
The 2009 European Young Journalist Award has been presented to Newcastle-born Neale Lytollis for his article on the Foaa Football Festival in Bosnia-Herzegovina which was aired on Deutsche Welle in May this year...read on

TLRC quits stock exchange

Thu, 01, Oct, 2009
The Local Radio Company has gone ahead with plans to quit the London Stock Exchange and become a private company....read on

Shennan: Chris Evans will be 'best in the business'

Thu, 01, Oct, 2009
Radio 2 controller Bob Shennan has defended the station's output and its choice of Chris Evans as Terry Wogan's replacement on the breakfast show from next January....read on

Half time cash on offer for Real listeners

Thu, 01, Oct, 2009
Real Radio is offering listeners the opportunity to win £1.000 by scoring a goal in the station's half time challenge at St Jam's Park....read on

New digital radio body unveiled

Thu, 01, Oct, 2009
More details have emerged about the new digital radio switchover body that will replace the DRDB and prepare the country for a full move to digital around 2015...read on

Fun Kids to let Digital One trial lapse

Fri, 25, Sep, 2009
Children's digital radio station Fun Kids has decided not to extend its nationwide trial on Digital One when the short-term contract expires at the beginning of October....read on

Dapper FM returns for 4th broadcast

Fri, 25, Sep, 2009
Dapper FM has begun its latest broadcast this week on 87.7FM and online...read on

Red Dragon's new breakfast

Fri, 25, Sep, 2009
Red Dragon FM will boast two new voices on the breakfast show next week....read on

Pure and Apple see the future of radio

Fri, 25, Sep, 2009
The first radio device to combine DAB with the text and picture capabilities of the internet is due to launch in the UK in the coming months, ready for the peak Christmas sales period....read on

Evans: I acted like a spoilt child

Fri, 25, Sep, 2009
Chris Evans admitted he "lost the plot" and acted like " a spoilt child" during his notorious two-year stint presenting Radio 1 breakfast show in mid-Nineties....read on

Vortex at IBC

Thu, 10, Sep, 2009
Vortex will be in attendance at IBC in Amsterdam this year with a number of products on show...read on

Palm comp sees new ice cream launch

Thu, 10, Sep, 2009
Palm 105.5 teamed up with Yarde Farm, a local ice cream company this summer, giving listeners the chance to invent their own new flavour...read on

Moyles takes breakfast record from Blackburn

Thu, 10, Sep, 2009
Chris Moyles has this week become the longest-serving breakfast presenter on Radio 1, overtaking the record set by Tony Blackburn more than 35 years ago....read on

Sir Tel steps down after 27 years

Thu, 10, Sep, 2009
After speculation in the national press this weekend, Sir Terry Wogan confirmed on air on Monday morning that he was to step down from the Radio 2 breakfast show at the end of this year, and will be replaced by Chris Evans in January....read on

Radio 2: The debate rumbles on

Thu, 10, Sep, 2009
Veteran Radio 2 presenter Ken Bruce and BBC director of audio and music Tim Davie have entered the debate on whether the station is doing enough to be distinctive from commercial radio....read on

Foxy hosts Magic countdown show

Mon, 07, Sep, 2009
Magic broadcast a special programme across all its stationsover the bank holiday weekend....read on

Touch Breakfast changes

Mon, 07, Sep, 2009
102 Touch Radio's new breakfast show is set to be launched next week by comedian Lenny Henry...read on

TLRC close to going private and completing sell-offs

Mon, 07, Sep, 2009
The Local Radio Company is planning to quit the London Stock Exchange by t he end of this month and sell another station to improve its cashflow and simplify the business....read on

Wavettes take part in Relay for Life event

Mon, 07, Sep, 2009
As part of the local Cancer Research UK Realy for Life event in Petershead a team of 13 ladies from Wales RAdio got together and raised a total of £6,108.84 part of the grand total of £121,700....read on

UTV says UK radio decline is slowing down

Mon, 07, Sep, 2009
The collapse in the television advertising market has meant UTV now makes three-quarters of its profits from radio, the group has revealed....read on

Radio Ulster rapped for Tony Curtis interview

Wed, 26, Aug, 2009
BBC Radio Ulster has been rapped by Ofcom for broadcasting a live interview with Hollywood actor Tony Curtis in which he swore repeatedly....read on

Station fakes a sticker competition

Wed, 26, Aug, 2009
A community radio station in Hartlepool has been found to have unfairly conducted an on-air competition by making up car registration numbers for a 'sticker spotter' competition. ...read on

Minister FM's new jingles

Wed, 26, Aug, 2009
Minister FM has rebranded its station sound with a unique version of TM Studios' Kingdom FM Jingle package....read on

Real Radio gives Monopoly space away.

Wed, 26, Aug, 2009
Real Radio Yorkshire has teamed up with UK Games company, Winning Moves UK to give listeners the chance of having their street featured on the official Monopoly game for Leeds....read on

Cridland quits BBC radio job

Wed, 26, Aug, 2009
The BBC's head of future media and technology for audio and music, James Cridland, is leaving the corporation next week after two years in the role....read on

Digital One gets another customer

Wed, 26, Aug, 2009
The Digital One platform will host eight national DAB services later this month - back to where it was two years ago before a spate of closures and complaints about transmission costs....read on

Andover Sound buys Kick FM

Thu, 20, Aug, 2009
Tindle RAdio has sold its Newbury local radio station, Kick FM, to neighbouring Andover Sound for an undisclosed sum....read on

Malcolm Laycock: Radio 2 listeners 'up in arms'

Thu, 20, Aug, 2009
A long standing Radio 2 presenter who announced his resignation live on-air has accused the BBC of 'going off the rails' and no longer serving the public....read on

Tim signs up for Magic's Secret Songs

Thu, 20, Aug, 2009
Tim Vincent has been named as the guest host of Kim Wilde's Secret Songs on Magic 105.4 for three weeks....read on

Wogan: R1/R2 breakfast rivalry 'nonsense'

Thu, 20, Aug, 2009
Terry Wogan has dismissed as 'nonsense' any suggestions of a rivalry between his Radio 2 breakfast show and that of Chris Moyles on Radio 1....read on

Presenter's 'unfair dismissal settlement' with BBC Wales.

Thu, 20, Aug, 2009
The former newsreader on Zoe Ball's Radio 1 breakfast show is reported to have accepted a six figure settlement from BBC Radio Wales following an unfair dismissal claim....read on

"Auction off Radio One"

Thu, 06, Aug, 2009
Shadow broadcasting minister Ed Vaizey has said that the BBC should be forced to auction off Radio 1...read on

Comunity station did breach Ofcom rules

Thu, 06, Aug, 2009
Ofcom has ruled that Leeds community Radio Asian Fever breached rules about coverage of the political parties during elections....read on

Chill Moves

Thu, 06, Aug, 2009
DAB station Chill has been removed from a number of DAB multiplexes recently acquired by Arqiva....read on

Keith Macklin

Thu, 06, Aug, 2009
Former Red Rose Radio programme director Keith Maklin as died at the age of 78....read on

Ofcom raps Sunrise Radio for unfair news bulletin

Wed, 29, Jul, 2009
Sunrise Radio failed to give a right of reply to a group against whom it made "serious allegations" in a news broadcast last year, Ofcom has ruled.
...read on

3 more community stations win licences

Wed, 29, Jul, 2009
Ofcom has awarded three new community radio licences in the south-east of England - and rejected a fourth application from Chichester Community Radio. ...read on

UBC makes do with £11m for commercial division

Wed, 29, Jul, 2009
UBC Media has fully completed the sale of its commercial division to Global Traffic Network, with the payment of a final settlement to UBC of £1.95m....read on

Durham FM joins Alpha sharing agreement

Wed, 29, Jul, 2009
Alpha Radio is set to grow from a single station in Darlington to a three-station network encompassing Durham FM and Minster Northallerton....read on

New radio training company launches at Eagle

Wed, 29, Jul, 2009
A new radio training company launches this week, sharing newly reopened studio facilities with Eagle Radio in Guildford. RadioWise aims to work with industry professionals to deliver a rage of courses on radio programming, production, news and marketing....read on

Glensound News

Wed, 22, Jul, 2009
Glensound is celebrating having sold over 300 broadcast specific mobile phones, which were first launched in February 2008. ...read on

Environmental Awards 2009

Wed, 22, Jul, 2009
Entries are now open for the 2009 Environmental Journalism Awards. Categories include Environmental Journalist of the Year (cash prize £1,000)...read on

Jeremy Hunt:DAB plans 'height of irresponsibility'

Wed, 22, Jul, 2009
Tory shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has told the government it is irresponsible to announce plans for a full digital radio switchover without finalising a help scheme for consumers....read on

'Failure of government policy' could kill radio

Wed, 22, Jul, 2009
About 50 community radio leaders have this week written to the prime minister urging him to make more public money available to the 'very precarious' community radio sector....read on

Rock cover for Terry

Wed, 22, Jul, 2009
Dundee's Wave 102 has signed up Alistair Smith to front the Saturday breakfast show....read on

Jill Burridge - Editor Woman's Hour, BBC Radio 4

Wed, 22, Jul, 2009
Q. It's assumed that Woman's hour just caters for women.....read on

Ofcom fairness and privacy complaints rise

Wed, 15, Jul, 2009
The number of people complaining to Ofcom about breach of privacy and unfair treatment in TV and radio has risen by almost a quarter in the past year....read on

Ross comments cleared by Ofcom

Wed, 15, Jul, 2009
Jonathan Ross's comments about US hit television series Hannah Montana were 'light-hearted and humorous' not homophobic, Ofcom has ruled....read on

Hertbeat crowns Apprentice

Wed, 15, Jul, 2009
Hertbeat has finally crowned 21 year old Carl Pendlebury as its Apprentice, after nearly three months....read on

Get Carter ads for school's sweets

Wed, 15, Jul, 2009
Pupils from West Dunton Primary School have produced a radio commercial to promote their school project, a sweet shop business called The Truly Scrumptious Candy Store. ...read on

900 ideas

Wed, 15, Jul, 2009
When the editor of this August journal told me about the upcoming 900th issue I raised it immediately with my fellow local villagers...read on

New York Festivals Radio Awards

Thu, 09, Jul, 2009
The 2009 New York Festivals Radio Programming & Promotional Awards took place this week and saw a number of radio stations and production companies from the UK recognised. ...read on

Competition watchdog clears Global takeover of GCap

Thu, 09, Jul, 2009
Global Radio's takeover of GCap Media has been formally cleared by the Office of Fair Trading following the successful sale of eight Midlands stations to Phil Riley....read on

BBC defends staffing levels for Glastonbury coverage

Thu, 09, Jul, 2009
The BBC has defended its decision to send 400 people to cover the Glastonbury festival on TV, radio and online....read on

Ofcom under attack

Thu, 09, Jul, 2009
The work of media regulator Ofcom has come under attack from Conservative leader David Cameron, his shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt and the former GMG Radio chief executive John Myers....read on

Strike vote at Signal Radio over news hubbing plans

Thu, 09, Jul, 2009
Staff at the only commercial radio station in the UK that recognises the National Union of Journalists are balloting for industrial action....read on

Jackson music dominates charts

Wed, 01, Jul, 2009
The sudden death of Michael Jackson last week has seen a number of his singles and albums re-enter the charts....read on

Tim Davie: Public will have a say during digital switchover

Wed, 01, Jul, 2009
The six-year path to a full digital radio switchover is not 'stoppable' and the BBC will consult with the public before switching off any analogue services, its director of audio and music Tim Davie has said....read on

BBC radio bosses' expenses to be published in September

Wed, 01, Jul, 2009
The BBC is to begin publishing line-by-line expenses details for all of the national radio network controllers from September...read on

Get Carter gets commissions

Wed, 01, Jul, 2009
Get Carter Productions has won radio advertising campaign work for three further major UK events: The Royal Show, the 160th consecutive event held by the Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE) taking place between July 7th and July 10th at Stoneleigh Park,...read on

Rob van Pooss

Wed, 01, Jul, 2009
Rob van Pooss has died from cancer aged 60 after battling the illness for some months. UKRD chief executive William Rogers described his death as "a real loss"....read on

A Children's Radio Council will protect young listeners

Mon, 29, Jun, 2009
UK law safeguards radio only for citizens aged 15 years and above and our children are losing their radio heritage....read on

A firm date at last for the future of DAB

Mon, 29, Jun, 2009
Radio was one of the biggest winners in the government's eagerly awaited Digital Britain report- with large parts of the industry welcoming the firm commitment to a 2015 digital switchover;...read on

BBC ups sound quality for online radio

Mon, 29, Jun, 2009
The BBC has begun increasing the sound on all of its live and on demand online radio streams - starting with its 10 national radio networks...read on

Eagle News

Mon, 29, Jun, 2009
96.4 Eagle Radio's annual Love Tour gave breakfast co-host Alex Minns the chance to fulfil a life-long ambition last week when the show was broadcast from Farnham Castle. Alex said "I have always dreamed of visiting a castle and meeting akinight in shining armour...read on

Phil Riley buys Global Midlands in last-minute deal

Fri, 29, May, 2009
Former Chrysalis Radio chief executive Phil Riley has secured an eleventh-hour deal to buy Global Radio's Midlands stations, after exclusive sale talks between Global and Bauer Radio dragged along without an agreement....read on

Bauer pulls stations from Sky to focus on DAB and Freeview

Fri, 29, May, 2009
Bauer Radio this week removed five of its national stations from the Sky platform saying it wanted to concentrate on DAB and Freeview, where most of its digital listening hours are clocked up....read on

Boardroom shake-up as UKRD takes control of TLRC

Fri, 29, May, 2009
UKRD chief executive William Rogers and chairman Trevor Smallwood have formally taken up the same roles at the Local Radio Company after winning a two-month bidding war and gaining a 50 per cent controlling stake in the group....read on

KMFM staff braced for job cuts

Tue, 03, Mar, 2009
Staff at KMFM - the Kent Messenger Group's network of seven local radio stations - have been warned of plans to cut more jobs in what is being described as "phase-two" of a group-wide restructuring programme....read on

Peter Horrocks is new director of BBC World Service

Tue, 03, Mar, 2009
The BBC has announced Peter Horrocks as the new director of the World Service, taking over from Nigel Chapman....read on

Ofcom scraps two-year formal change ban

Tue, 03, Mar, 2009
Ofcom has agreed to remove the rule preventing a station from changing elements of its format in its first two years on air. The change, which takes immediate effect, means 16 stations that have launched since the beginning of 2007 can now apply for format change if they wished....read on

MacKenzie plots radio return

Thu, 19, Feb, 2009
Former Wireless Group and TalkSport owner Kelvin MacKenzie is reported to be plotting a return to radio, possibly in collaboration with Virgin Group chairman Sir Richard Branson....read on

John Myers to review radio localness rules

Thu, 19, Feb, 2009
GMG Radio chief executive John Myers is stepping down from the group a month early to lead an independent review of radio localness rules for communications minister Stephen Carter's Digital Britain report, which is due out in the summer....read on

Muxco updates North West multiplex plans

Thu, 19, Feb, 2009
Muxco has confirmed it will launch its new local DAB multiplex for Liverpool, West Cheshire and North East Wales this autumn - a year later than originally planned....read on

Harrison: BBC local video will harm radio journalism

Wed, 12, Nov, 2008
The BBC’s proposed network of 65 local video websites will make it difficult for commercial radio to recruit and retain journalists, Radiocentre chief executive Andrew Harrison has warned....read on

Global warns employee after PR stunt goes wrong

Wed, 12, Nov, 2008
Global Radio has issued a verbal warning to “a senior member of staff” after an unauthorised PR stunt at one of its local stations backfired.
In the week that BBC Radio 2 dominated the headlines following the suspension of Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross, Essex FM told listeners and the local press that breakfast duo Martin Day and Su Harrison had themselves been suspended pending an investigation into comments made on-air....read on

UTV Radio steady in face of financial turmoil

Wed, 12, Nov, 2008
TalkSport owner UTV Radio has said its performance so far this year has been broadly the same as last year – but warned that the “turmoil in the financial markets” meant it was difficult to predict what would happen next.
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Bauer loses its Mojo

Wed, 12, Nov, 2008
Bauer Radio is to pull the plug on digital-only station Mojo Radio – the music magazine spin-off broadcasting on digital TV. The station will close at the end of the month, leaving Bauer to focus on its newly relaunched digital stations Heat and Q, plus Smash Hits Radio and The Hits.
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Three more rapped over phone-ins

Thu, 18, Sep, 2008
Three commercial radio stations (Power FM, Invicta FM and Kiss 105-108) have fallen foul of Ofcom’s broadcasting code in relation to phone-in competitions and listener trust – but have avoided a fine similar to the record £1.1m levied against GCap Media last year....read on

BBC Trust addresses licence fee

Thu, 18, Sep, 2008
The BBC Trust has launched a wide-ranging review into how the licence fee is collected and marketed – but has ruled out changing its name to emphasise that it pays for radio and online as well as television....read on

L107 ceases broadcasting

Mon, 18, Aug, 2008
Lanarkshire's local radio station, L107, has become the fifth commercial radio station to cease broadcasting in the past two years. The station, which launched as Clan FM in 1999, closed down on Monday morning. It follows other closures from Star Radio in Stroud, Fen Radio in Cambridgeshire and River FM in West Lothian. Austalian investment bank Macquarie also handed back its licence to Ofcom for Plymouth station Diamond FM before it launched....read on

'Urgent need' for a Welsh IRN

Mon, 18, Aug, 2008
Ofcom’s advisory committee in Wales has called on the regulator to “urgently” look into finding someone to set up a Welsh alternative to news provider IRN....read on

Van Outen goes

Fri, 08, Aug, 2008
Six months into her 12 month contract, Denise Van Outen has left the Capital Radio breakfast show and co-host Johnny Vaughan....read on

New stations hit GMG radio profits

Fri, 08, Aug, 2008
As profits fell from £3.5m to just £100,000 last year GMG Radio have said that the launch of Smooth Radio in the north-east and Rock Radio Manchester has hit profits. GMG Radio posted an increase in turnover of 37 percent and has pledged to “take advantage of any opportunities that arise” from consolidation of the commercial radio industry....read on

BBC “deception” cost licence payers £1m

Fri, 08, Aug, 2008
The BBC has been forced to part with almost £1.0m since it owned up to what has been described as a series of “repeated instances of pre-meditated, deliberate deception” by regulator Ofcom. A record £400,000 fine will be added to the £500,000 already spent on the emergency re-training scheme for programmers “Safeguarding Trust”....read on

BBC fined £400,000 for code breaches

Wed, 30, Jul, 2008
Ofcom has fined the BBC £400,000 for a series of broadcasting code breaches - including £225,000 for radio programmes which faked winners to competitions or misled audiences.

The radio shows fined were the Liz Kershaw Show, Russell Brand Show and Clare McDonnell Show on 6Music and Jo Whiley on Radio 1....read on

James Whale for LBC

Wed, 30, Jul, 2008
James Whale, the veteran radio presenter who was sacked from TalkSport in the run-up to the London mayoral election, has been signed by London radio station LBC.

Whale joins the news and talk station on 17 August, where he will present a week of programmes on a trial basis, standing in for late-night host Clive Bull.

The LBC programme director, Jonathan Richards, said: "James Whale is a class act who appreciates the art of great conversation and revels in a commercial radio environment."...read on

GCap axe falls

Fri, 25, Jul, 2008
London stations Capital, XFM and Choice are seeing big job cuts. Among the causalities is Choice FM managing director Ivor Etienne. At Capital and XFM producers, marketing and PR bosses and administrators have been made redundant....read on

Canwest sells Original

Fri, 25, Jul, 2008
Canwest, the Canadian owner of three Original radio stations in the UK has sold their Aberdeen station for an undisclosed sum. The radio operator had already announced its intention to withdraw from the UK market. Station directors Jonathan Arendt and Richard Johnson have bought the station in a management buyout....read on

“Mistaken” threat over more BBC localness

Fri, 25, Jul, 2008
The BBC’s director of nations and regions Pat Loughrey has said that commercial radio is mistaken to think that plans for online local video will be a threat. Calling the RadioCentre’s claims “dramatic” he added: “A BBC video news broadband offering is unlikely to affect listening to the largely music-based services offered by commercial local radio.” But Andrew Harrison of the RadioCentre said it would have a “devastating market impact.”...read on

BBC locals face off-air threat

Fri, 25, Jul, 2008
Four BBC local radio stations are running the risk of “falling off air” said the controller of nations and regions Andy Griffee. Radios Gloucestershire, Northamptonshire, Three Counties and York are in need of urgent refurbishment it was revealed....read on

Clash over DAB migration aims

Sat, 12, Jul, 2008
Radio 2 controller Lesley Douglas has clashed with RadioCentre boss Andrew Harrison over the timetable to switch off the Radio 1 & 2 signal. Douglas rejected Harrison’s suggestion that R1 & R2 should become digital only ahead of competing commercial radio operators. She said such a move could cripple the industry....read on

BBC concerned over “no breakthrough” DAB

Sat, 12, Jul, 2008
The BBC Trust has expressed concern that their digital-only radio services have yet to breakthrough with awareness of their stations remaining low. The corporation also spoke of growing concern about the future of DAB within the commercial sector....read on

Jason’s breach over Boris

Sat, 12, Jul, 2008
Jason Donovan’s networked Sunday evening show on GCap’s One Network has been rapped for appearing to endorse Boris Johnson in the recent London mayoral race. Regulator Ofcom which last month fined the One Network £1.1 million cited the incident as a “clear breach”. Presenters on BBC 6Music and TalkSPORT were also pulled up for lack of impartiality....read on

FESTIVAL SHORTS: Diversity

Wed, 02, Jul, 2008
In one of the Radio Festival’s first sessions on employment diversity it was suggested that both the BBC and commercial radio could improve. While the BBC may have taken the lead in implementing policy on of the panel, Lorna Clarke said the fewer but better initiatives would lead to a more authentic approach....read on

FESTIVAL SHORTS: Media Q & A

Wed, 02, Jul, 2008
Radiocentre chief executive Andrew Harrison has said commercial radio's troubles are due to there being too many stations in the UK. "There's too many radio stations out there chasing too little revenue," he told the Radio Festival....read on

FESTIVAL SHORTS: Evan Davis in conversation

Wed, 02, Jul, 2008
The newest addition to Radio 4's Today programme, Evan Davis, has said he is looking to stay beyond his initial one-year term. "I think it will be difficult to go back to the previous job," he said. "There's no going back."...read on

THE RADIO MAGAZINE AT THE RADIO FESTIVAL

Tue, 01, Jul, 2008
Glasgow 1st & 2nd July. Watch out for headlines and festival highlights over the next 24 hours ahead of next week's edition of the magazine which will carry a full round-up....read on

FESTIVAL SHORTS: DAB

Tue, 01, Jul, 2008
The Digital Radio Working Group is looking into the possibility of tax breaks for DAB sales. Board member Laurence Harrison said suspending VAT on receiver sales would give take-up the boost it needed....read on

FESTIVAL SHORTS: Migration

Tue, 01, Jul, 2008
GMG Radio's Scottish programme director, Jay Crawford, has argued that the BBC should switch to digital before the commercial sector. "We would be able to pick up some listeners and get a return on the millions of pounds we've invested so far," he said....read on

FESTIVAL SHORTS: Profitable Podcasting

Tue, 01, Jul, 2008
Guardian digital content director Emily Bell has said the newspaper's podcasts will make money "in two to three months". The Guardian is moving to new premises later this year which will include "a massive suite of studios", she said....read on

FESTIVAL SHORTS: PRS - killing radio?

Tue, 01, Jul, 2008
The music copyright agencies have been accused of killing radio by pursuing individual listeners who do not have a licence to broadcast radio in their offices or shops. The Radio Magazine understands that the RadioCentre has received a number of complaints from stations, whose listener numbers have suffered as a result....read on

FESTIVAL SHORTS: Future of Music Radio

Tue, 01, Jul, 2008
Music radio will remain strong believes George Ergatoudis - Head of Music for Radio 1. Time has replaced money as the contraint for young people to access new music. Radio is "the ultimate music filter" so the listener doesn't have to devote lots of time discovering new tracks. That can be done by DJs and production teams....read on

Ofcom fines GCap £1.1m

Thu, 26, Jun, 2008
GCap Media has been fined £1.1m by Ofcom over misconduct in its Secret Sound competition - the highest fine ever levied on a radio broadcaster.

Ofcom's investigation found that the network of 30 stations deliberately put to air text entrants with incorrect answers in order to prevent the prize from being won too soon....read on

11 years of life left for analogue

Mon, 23, Jun, 2008
The Government department the DCMS has released the Digital Radio Working Group’s interim report which recommends that the signals on AM and FM broadcast transmitters should be switched off by 2020 and in some parts of the country – sooner.

It what it describes as a mixed ecology all national, regional and larger local radio stations – BBC and commercial, would cease analogue broadcasts and be DAB only from between 2012 and 2015.

FULL REPORT IN THIS WEEK'S MAGAZINE...read on

R1 & R2 sell off: a disaster for commercial radio

Thu, 19, Jun, 2008
The privatisation of Radio 1 and Radio 2 would be disastrous for commercial radio a report published by Enders has concluded. “Far from alleviating the current problems of the existing commercial radio players [it] would provide them with a different, potentially more lethal set of problems” the report said....read on

AOL follows GCap to offer missing radio feature

Thu, 19, Jun, 2008
Web giant AOL has followed GCap’s lead by unveiling an application that allows iPhone users to listen to the radio. While Apple revealed its second-generation iPhone, it has not bowed to consumer pressure to incorporate an FM or DAB radio into the product. The new device will allow users to stream live radio....read on

One networks, and presenters fall

Thu, 19, Jun, 2008
GCap Media has parted company with long-serving late night presenter Graham Torrington and has also said farewell to recent signing Ryan Seacrest as the broadcaster unveiled a new line-up. Many local stations which comprise the One Network will have only two main local daytime shows as the slot between 10am and 1pm is to come from London with Capital Radio host Philippa Collins. Several dozen presenters are expected to be out of a job. At GCap’s Brighton FM station Southern FM; breakfast show host Nick Keig-Shevlin has announced her decision to quit after 21 years at the station....read on

Imagine: a station for sale

Fri, 13, Jun, 2008
UTV Radio has said it will hand back the licence for Imagine FM in Stockport if it cannot find a buyer over the next two weeks. The station has a TSA of over 460,000 – larger than some county-wide heritage ILRs but has lost an average of £115,000 every year since 1990. Last month Ofcom rejected UTV Radio’s request to move the station into shared premises in Warrington 23 miles away....read on