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Five British MPs will join LBC next week to guest-present the station’s mid-morning programme.

Louisa Hannan and Alun Newman are taking over the mid-morning show from Sasha Twining on BBC Radio Solent.

The nominations for the Jazz FM Awards 2019 have been announced ahead of an evening event at Shoreditch Town Hall on International Jazz Day.

Bauer has hired Charles Nove to host the Breakfast Show on its new classical music station Scala Radio.

Former BBC Director of Radio Helen Boaden is to Chair the Funding Panel of the new Audio Content Fund.

Ofcom has received a request from Love Sport and Panjab Radio to swap the format of each licence.

Gaydio will be launching in Brighton this year complete with a new package of jingles from ReelWorld.

Wireless has sold its local radio stations in England and Wales to Bauer Media.

Communicorp has made its first radio acquisition with the purchase of Connect FM in Kettering and Heart in Hertfordshire from Adventure Radio.

John Humphrys has confirmed that he will leave the Today Programme in the autumn after 32 years, following speculation.

Music streaming service Spotify has entered into agreements to acquire podcast content producer Gimlet Media and podcast creator/publisher Anchor for an undisclosed sum.

Bauer Media has bought itself 33 new analogue radio stations and three digital services after buying Lincs FM Group and Celador Radio, but will sell some of those for competition reasons.

Bauer Media Group has bought Lincs FM Group, which comprises of nine licences across Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and Rutland.

Bauer Media has bought all of Celador's radio stations, which includes 25 analogue stations and two digital services.

Entries are now open for this year's British Podcast Awards with a few new categories available for podcasters and radio stations to enter.

Following the week of new programmes starting on BBC Radio 2 in January, Wisebuddah has created a montage of all the new jingles and themes it has created.

The BBC says it rejects the headline findings of a report by academics at the University of Kent into the levels of news and current affairs output on Radio 5 live.

BBC Local Radio is changing its music policy in a bid to increase community visibility and appeal to younger audiences.

BBC Radio 5 Live breakfast show co-host Nicky Campbell missed his programme Tuesday morning after being taken ill at home and admitted to Salford Royal Hospital.

Welsh language digital station BBC Radio Cymru 2’s is celebrating its first birthday this week with a tour of the country.