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BBC Introducing has announced its lineup of activities for its flagship music discovery event, BBC Introducing LIVE 2024. Set to take place across seven UK cities throughout October, this annual event will showcase live performances,…
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Cambridge 105 Radio is returning to the Cambridge Folk Festival and will be backstage at Cherry Hinton Hall. The station will be broadcasting over 20 hours of programmes, with intimate performances and exclusive artist interviews. Listeners…
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Emily Thornberry, Suella Braverman, Jonathan Ashworth, James Heappey and Alicia Kearns are covering James O’Brien on LBC this week. They’ll all present a show each whilst James takes a break from his mid-morning show. The programmes will be…
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Two groups have announced plans today to apply for the upcoming Poole, Purbeck and Wimborne small-scale DAB multiplex licence in Dorset. Poole based telecommunications company, Wide FM, has teamed up with Poole’s Hot Radio and Bournemouth’s…
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BBC Radio 2 is putting the spotlight on Folk Music once again with a week of programming with five folk artists writing five songs. As the RNLI marks its 200th anniversary in 2024, this year’s theme is about people whose lives are…
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Community station Corby Radio has announced plans to apply for the small-scale DAB digital radio multiplex for Corby and Kettering. The area is part of Round 6, which has a closing date of tomorrow, July 18th at 5pm. The station says it…
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Dr Hilary Jones has joined forces with Radio News Hub to launch his first-ever radio show. The 30-minute weekly programme will be supported by Healthspan and starts on July 25th free of charge to all existing clients. As the Health Editor…
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Sports news bulletins on GBNews Radio are now being powered by AI and voiced by a clone of a newsreader. The 30-second updates are broadcast at 30 minutes past the hour on the radio between 6.30am to 11.30pm each day following the main news…
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Ofcom has found Poole’s Hot Radio in breach of its Key Commitments for the second time in 12 months for continuing to broadcast insufficient content specifically about Poole. The community radio station says it wants to focus on two further…
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Boom Radio has received two complaints about broadcasting offensive language in the music track You Oughta Know by Alanis Morissette. The song, which contained one use of the F word, was playing ‘during the school run’ according to one of…
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Ofcom has investigated Hayes FM following a complaint about its output. The community radio station in Greater London should provide original output for a minimum of eight hours per day and locally-produced output for a minimum of 13 hours…
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Preston community station Juice Radio has been found in breach of its licence for not broadcasting local news and sport content. A complaint was made against the station following its rebrand in January 2024 from Beat, saying it wasn’t…
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Island FM has moved into new studios in Guernsey’s capital, St Peter Port. The station has relocated for the first time in its history, vacating its original premises in St Sampson after 32 years. Presenters including James Bentley, Carl…
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Greatest Hits Radio presenter Ken Bruce has won both radio awards at the TRICs, plus the best daytime category against three television shows. Ken won the Radio Personality award, where Chris Moyles, Roman Kemp and Sara Cox were nominated.…
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