Ronnie Irani leaves talkSPORT breakfast
Former England cricketer Ronnie Irani has left talkSPORT breakfast where he has been co-hosting with Alan Brazil.
INDUSTRY NEWS
Planet Rock to replace Kerrang! 105.2 FM
Bauer Media will replace the output of Kerrang! Radio in the West Midlands with that of newly acquired digital station Planet Rock.
Margherita Taylor to host radio conference
Classic FM and Heart presenter Margherita Taylor will once again chair the annual half day RadioCentre Members’ Conference on July 3rd.
AROUND THE STATIONS
Heart creates new Heart in the Park event
Heart has created its own version of the Summertime Ball by creating Heart in the Park, taking place at Hyde Park in London.
Radio City hires actress Jennifer Ellison
Former Brookside star Jennifer Ellison is joining Dave Kelly on Radio City 96.7 to co-host a new Sunday morning breakfast show.
Signal 1 searches for breakfast presenter
Signal Radio is on the lookout for a new breakfast presenter, as Senior Programme Controller Chris Buckley revealed at the recent JockFest event.
WHO'S DOING WHAT
Myers to undertake a review of Manx Radio
The Select Committee of Tynwald on Public Service Broadcasting has engaged serial radio report writer John Myers to review Manx Radio.
Real Radio Sales Director joins TeamRock
Real Radio Scotland Sales Director Jimmy Docherty is being reunited with his former GMG colleagues by joining TeamRock as Commercial Director.
Bauer radio presenter joins Absolute 80s
Matthew Rudd, presenter of Qthe80s on the now defunct Q radio station has been hired by Absolute 80s to host a similar show.
DIGITAL RADIO
Radio 2 encourages listeners go digital
BBC Radio 2 is set to cover the New Comedy Award again this year but will put audio from the regional heats on digital radio.
Amazing Radio returns to DAB in London
Amazing Radio will be back on DAB in the London area exactly a year after transmissions on the national Digital One multiplex ended.
Absolute Radio stations dropped from DAB
Two of Absolute Radio’s sister stations have been removed from a number of DAB digital radio multiplexes across England and Wales.
COMMUNITY RADIO
Cambridge station plans Queen visit show
Cambridge 105 and the local Hospital Radio station is providing live coverage The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh’s upcoming visit.
Former Mix 96 and Heart jock joins MKFM
Community radio station MKFM has hired former Chiltern/Heart 97.6, BBC Three Counties and Mix 96 presenter Gaz Wesley for breakfast.
Pulse 98.4 awarded BT People Awards grant
A community radio station in Barrhead has been awarded awarded £500 by the BT People Awards scheme to help with running costs.
RAJAR LATEST
Round-up of RAJAR figures for Q1, 2013
The headlines from the latest audience figures include a record reach for Radio 2 and a significant drop from Radio 1.
Half-way mark for digital radio listening
Twenty-six million people, half the population of the UK are now tuning in to digital radio each week, the latest figures show.
Highest ever figures for Radio 2 & Evans
Chris Evans and BBC Radio 2 have both recorded their highest ever audience figures, with the station now reaching over 15 million listeners.
ALSO THIS WEEK
In:Demand makes the move to television
Bauer’s networked evening show In:Demand will extend to television with the launch of two new shows on The Box television channel.
CFM goes nuclear with outside broadcast
CFM spent 13 hours broadcasting from the Sellafield nuclear site yesterday, raising money for the station’s Cash for Kids Give us a Break appeal.
Metal Hammer Editor gets TeamRock show
Metal Hammer Editor in Chief, Alexander Milas is to present the Metal Hammer Magazine Show each weeknight on TeamRock Radio.
