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The Community Radio Awards will return this year and allow all stations holding a C-DSP licence to enter along with traditional community radio stations.
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Geraint Lloyd is joining MônFM Community Radio next month following decades of service to Welsh commercial and BBC radio.
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Geraint Lloyd is joining MônFM Community Radio next month following decades of service to Welsh commercial and BBC radio.
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Former Beacon Radio and BBC Radio Shropshire presenter Ryan Kennedy is joining Shropshire Live for a daily show.
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talkSPORT is launching a new apprenticeship scheme to find three young people to become part of the production team. The apprentices will undergo training in multiple journalism and radio skills at PA Training, part of PA Media. They will…
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Classic FM is launching a new Sunday night series with Chi-chi Nwanoku OBE, the double-bass player and founder of the Chineke! Foundation. Starting on Sunday 4th October at 9pm, Chi-chi’s Classical Champions will shine the spotlight…
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Bradford Digital Media has announced its intention to apply for a Small Scale DAB digital radio multiplex in the city. The city is in the first round of areas to be advertised for the new technology, with a closing date in November. Raj…
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Jenny Wren Productions has created a drama and is making it available free of charge for hospital and community radio stations. The production is based on the untold true story of two female codebreakers at Bletchley Park at the height of…
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BBC Radio 4 is to pay tribute to Nicholas Parsons CBE with an evening of programmes to mark what would have been his 97th birthday. A new documentary and specially chosen highlights from the archive covering Nicholas’ career will let…
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Wireless Studios has agreed a deal with Spotify which will see audio bulletins from talkSPORT and Times Radio included as part of the streaming platform's 'Your Daily Drive' playlist.
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Absolute Radio is bringing back Frank Skinner’s Poetry Podcast for a second series on Monday 28th September. The series will see the presenter, comedian and writer dive into even more of his favourite contemporary and classic works.…
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BBC Radio 2 has secured an exclusive interview with Julian Lennon, Paul McCartney and Elton John chatting to Sean Ono Lennon. John Lennon would have turned 80 years old on Friday 9 October and in these special shows, John Lennon At 80, his…
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Broadcaster Simon Phillips is joining Jazz FM to present the Weekend Breakfast. Simon, who already hosts a daily show on Magic Soul, will present both the Saturday and Sunday breakfast show from Saturday 26th September following some cover…
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Rick Astley will front a new single, Every One of Us, to celebrate the Unsung Hero awards for 2020. The 2019 regional winners of the Unsung Hero award, Captain Tom Moore and a host of sporting names including Ben Stokes, Geraint Thomas and…
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Frontier Smart Technologies, a subsidiary of Science Group plc, has become the first company to receive the upgraded Digital Radio Tick Mark. The company has passed Digital Radio UK’s recently upgraded technology provider testing…
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Ofcom has found Panjab Radio in an extremely serious breach of broadcasting rules on incitement of crime and offensive content. The station, which is a faith and cultural service for the UK Asian community broadcasting in Punjabi, has been…
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Liverpool is set to gain another digital station with the launch of In Demand Radio. The station plans to start on DAB in November, and will see Lee Butler leave Radio City to host the Breakfast Show. Other presenters include Mark Freejack,…
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Essex radio duo Martin Day and Su Harrison have celebrated 20 years since going on-air together in the county.
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BBC Radio 2’s Sounds Of The 80s has launched an audience vote to discover the Ultimate 80s Album. It comes in preparation for this year’s National Album Day on Saturday 10 October when iconic albums of the 80s will be…
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Radio Tech Con is happening online this year with virtual areas for attendees to mix with each other and sponsors. The event is happening on Monday, 30th November 2020 online and tickets are now on sale. Sessions for 2020 so far include:…
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Upheaval around Covid-19 has led to changes in established spending habits with more consumers experimenting and switching brands according to research by Radiocentre. The industry body found that since the start of lockdown, 30% of…
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The organisers of Radiodays Europe have moved the rescheduled 2020 event due to ongoing concerns over coronavirus restrictions. The conference was due to take place in March 2020 but was rescheduled for December. Now, the event is set for…
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Listeners using Bauer Media’s radio apps will hear better personalisation in the future thanks to new software. Serendipity, a product from Covatic, is now integrated into a number of key apps such as KISS, Absolute Radio and Magic.…
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Magic is bringing together over 70 figures from musical theatre at the London Palladium on September 17th. The day – produced by Magic together with TBI Media – will result in a special three-hour show airing on Wednesday 23rd…
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Fun Kids breakfast presenter Sean Thorne and former breakfast show host Luke Franks are publishing two books for children. They’ve signed a two-book middle-grade series deal with Hachette Children’s Group. The first book, Jamie…
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Sir Keir Starmer has announced he’s going into self-isolation shortly after broadcasting with Nick Ferrari on LBC this morning. They were both hosting the new Call Keir phone-in, which is broadcast from LBC’s new studio in…
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The WorldDAB General Assembly 2020 is being held online this year and the date is set for November 3rd between 9am and 4pm GMT. The event brings together WorldDAB members and experts from across the digital radio industry for one day and is…
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All September’s Premier League matches are available live on free-to-air national radio this year. The opening 28 fixtures are being shared between talkSPORT and BBC Radio 5 Live, and kicked off over the weekend with coverage on both…
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United DJs is marking the 70th anniversary of the first chart show to be heard by listeners in the United Kingdom broadcast bySimon Radio Luxembourg. The concept of chart shows almost didn’t happen. When Radio Luxembourg asked…
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The BBC is running a free online conference celebrating developments in audio, both creative and technical. Sounds Amazing 2020, a co-production between the BBC Academy and BBC Research & Development, is taking place from 14th-16th…
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Arqiva has launched a small-scale DAB spectrum planning service for anyone applying for a small-scale DAB multiplex. The transmission company says the service will support potential small-scale DAB licensees in their applications for a…
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The first speakers to be announced for Tuning In: Back to Business have been announced by Radiocentre. They include Global’s Katie Bowden and Bauer’s Simon Kilby. Katie Bowden, Audio Commercial Director at Global, will discuss…
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BBC Radio 1 is to repeat its initiative from last Christmas where presenters were brought in from community, student, hospital and local radio stations to cover the shows between Boxing Day and New Year's Eve.
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Colourful Radio has returned to DAB digital radio across London via the London 3 multiplex. Founder Kofi Kusitor believes that this is a significant time in the African/Caribbean community to build wholly black-owned, operated and targeted…
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A new service for radio stations has been launched allowing the automatic creation of podcasts and cloud-based recording of output. Hippynet’s AutoPod, which records a radio station’s stream for a pre-set amount of days, can…
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Creative Access and Radiocentre are to create a virtual Audio Masterclass for young people hosted by Margherita Taylor. Young people from all kinds of backgrounds and across the UK are invited to hear from experts and well-known presenters…
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Production company Made in Manchester has been commissioned to produce a world broadcast premiere of a recently discovered play by Agatha Christie for Radio 4. Agatha Christie’s ‘The Lie’ gets its debut this Saturday…
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The One Show’s Alex Jones is joining BBC Radio Wales to host a new weekend show.
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BBC Radio 1Xtra is celebrating Carnival 2020 with new live performances, artist freestyles and DJ takeovers. It’s happening all this Bank Holiday weekend, from today, Thursday 27 August – Monday 31 August. The BBC says all shows…
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Scala Radio is to broadcast a new show ‘Sunday Night Scala in the Youth Orchestra’. It’ll be a four-part series where Scala will hand the music and microphone over to the next generation of classical music stars. With…
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Presenters including Fleur East, Jordan Lee, James Barr, Stephanie Hirst and Charlie Powell will form part of the schedule for Hits Radio Pride. They will be joined by special guest hosts including Mel C, Anne-Marie, MNEK, Sigala, Regard,…
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Radio sales agency Love Radio is expanding in more markets around the globe.
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Radio presenter Jon Holmes has railed against the radio industry’s treatment of award winners in an interview with Graham Mack for Podcast Radio. Jon has won two BAFTAs, nine Gold Sony Radio Awards, two British Comedy Awards, and a…
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BBC Radio 6 Music will return to its pre-lockdown schedule in September.
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