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The majority of the local radio licences bought by Bauer from UKRD, Wireless, Lincs FM and Celador last year will become Greatest Hits Radio from later this year under plans announced by the group. 49 out of the 56 FM licences acquired…
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The Government has launched a consultation on whether to extend licences for analogue commercial radio stations. Although digital radio now accounts for around 57% of all radio listening, DCMS says analogue remains an important platform.…
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Audioboom has appointed former BBC Radio executive Stuart Last as Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect. Stuart joined Audioboom in 2014 and launched the business in the U.S, leading all strategy, business development, sales and…
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Former Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson is joining LBC to host five Christmas specials next week.
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BBC Radio 2 will broadcast live from the 20th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards in March 2020 after agreeing on an exclusive deal.
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Rutland Radio has celebrated 21 years of broadcasting by giving away £21 an hour to those who answered questions about 1998 and the radio station’s early days.
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Kevin Pietersen is joining talkSPORT to provide coverage of England Cricket’s tour of South Africa on talkSPORT 2.
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One of Jazz FM's original presenters, Paul Jones, is returning to the station as part of its Christmas schedule.
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Ofcom has awarded two 12-year licences for new local radio multiplexes for areas in Cumbria and Morecambe Bay.
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Nicky Morgan is staying on as culture secretary for digital, culture, media and sport, despite standing down as an MP.
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BBC Radio 5 Live overnight presenter Rhod Sharp, who's been with the station since its launch in 1994, is to leave early next year.
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"Is it OK to nominate our own ads for the best of 2019? Because we are not alone in really loving the campaign The&Partnership devised for us. Unblockable, unskippable, unbeatable is the strapline, because that’s what radio is. It’s…
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Lauren Laverne has announced on her BBC Radio 6 Music Breakfast Show today that Camden will host the 6 Music Festival in 2020.
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Edward Adoo will be celebrating the first black-owned radio station to hit the airwaves over the Christmas break on his evening show on BBC Three Counties.
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One of Premier Christian Radio's transmitters has been off-air since July 2019 after the building supplying its power was demolished.
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The Absolute Radio late show will be re-launched in the New Year with Jay Lawrence on weeknights and Dan Noble on weekends.
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Love Sport, previously broadcasting on DAB in London, has started broadcasting nationally on Sound Digital using DAB+.
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Communicorp has asked Ofcom to change the format of rock and speech service XS Manchester into a service playing urban contemporary music of an Afro-Caribbean origin.
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Jenni Falconer is stepping down from weekday early breakfast on Heart making way for James Stewart as part of a number of schedule changes at the station.
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Outgoing Spire FM Managing Director Ceri Hurford-Jones looks back on the last two decades running Salisbury’s local radio station ahead of his departure from UKRD next week.
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Garry Spence has just announced his replacement on Capital Scotland Drive ahead of his move to Cylde 1 to host the same show.
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Heart weekend presenter Rochelle Humes is taking a break from the station to concentrate on television work.
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RadioWorks Group has appointed the former CEO of the Australian Radio Network, Rob Atkinson, as key adviser to the business.
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Former radio MD Andy Carter has become the MP for Warrington South after the Conservatives win over Labour in the constituency.
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Absolute Radio presenter Pete Donaldson has decided to leave the Bauer station at the end of this month in order to concentrate on his podcast company, Stakhanov.
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Stray FM has given away £10,000 to one listener for smiling, as part of a 10,000 smiles promotion.
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The Student Radio Association has announced the location for its annual conference in 2020.
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Panjab Radio has taken the decision to stop broadcasting nationally via the Sound Digital DAB multiplex.
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Members of Northamptonshire’s business community have recorded a Christmas charity single recorded at the University of Northampton’s NLive radio studios.
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Sound Digital Ltd is today advertising for anyone wanting to add their radio station to the national DAB platform to get in touch with them.
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Ofcom has today announced the award of four new community radio licences in England, Scotland and Wales.
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The stations formerly known as Wireless Local have created a number of special programmes to broadcast across their Christmas schedules.
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Classic FM's new Sunday schedule for 2020 includes former BBC Radio 4 host John Humphrys presenting a weekly programme and the end of the Classic FM Chart.
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BBC Radio 5 Live's commentary of Anthony Joshua v Ruiz Jr attracted one million online listens during the match on Saturday night.
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If you ever wanted to be on the Board of Trustees at the Radio Academy, now is the time to nominate yourself.
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Former Radio City afternoon drive presenter Scott Hughes has joined Virgin Radio Anthems to host the weekday afternoon show.
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BBC Essex 95.3FM has hired influencer Helen Scott to host a new show called Your Essex every Monday to Thursday from 7pm - 10pm.
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Radio Essex has just announced former Heart Essex Breakfast presenters Martin Day & Su Harrison are joining the station for Breakfast.
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Last night a video message from Roman Kemp was played out at Capital’s Jingle Bell Ball with the crowd shouting out “TEAM ROMAN!”.
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Trevor Dann hosts our RadioToday Roundtable discussion for December 2019 with guests Steve Ackerman (Somethin’ Else), Paul Chantler (consultant) and Suchandrika Chakrabarti (podcaster).
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LBC is to broadcast a fully-integrated results show on the radio and in HD video on Global Player on election night.
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BBC Radio Foyle hosted an evening of entertainment and celebration to mark its 40th birthday last night live from the city's Guildhall.
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BBC Radio Solent breakfast presenter Julian Clegg presented his last show on Thursday morning - his 60th birthday - with a special message from the BBC DG.
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The CMA has published its provisional findings on Bauer's purchase of the stations it bought earlier this year, with the only issues to be resolved being local sales in Wolverhampton and the future for independent stations represented by…
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