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Ofcom has approved the request from Communicorp UK's Connect FM to share all programmes with Smooth Radio East Midlands.

Radio X Head of Music and Deputy Programme Director Mike Walsh is leaving the station later this month, after 18 years with the same company.

Capital Scotland drivetime presenter Garry Spence is leaving the station after more than a decade to join commercial rival Clyde 1.

The Competition and Markets Authority says it's pushing Bauer Media's purchase of Lincs FM Group, Celador Radio, UKRD and Wireless' local stations to a full 'Phase 2' investigation.

Saturdays will be known as 'GameDay' on talkSPORT as the station announces a new line-up of presenters for the start of the new Premier League season.

Bauer Media has announced plans to network Wes Butters and Gemma Atkinson across most of its big city stations in England, meaning 7 presenters will lose their daily drivetime show.

Zoe Ball has lost more than three quarters of a million listeners to her BBC Radio 2 breakfast show, according to the latest audience research from RAJAR.

A memorial service in London to commemorate the life of John Myers has been organised for later this year.

The minister responsible for radio in the UK, Margot James, has resigned and voted against the government as part of efforts to stop parliament being suspended.

Radiocentre and the BBC have announced plans for next year's radio industry awards for those aged 8 to 18, with a slight change of name for 2020.

Digital station Chris Country is to air two American syndicated shows from Bobby Bones as it refreshes its weekend schedule from this month.

Bauer Media UK's Dee Ford and Phil Maguire from the Prison Radio Association have been recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.

Sharon White is leaving her position as Chief Executive of Ofcom at the end of the year to take up a role with John Lewis.

A deaf man will present a radio show through an interpreter as part of a guest takeover at BBC Radio Gloucestershire this month.

Former Radio 1, 5 Live and Kiss presenter DJ Spoony is joining Bauer's classical station Scala Radio to present a four-part series.

Three digital radio multiplexes could now be created to cover Morecambe Bay, north and west Cumbria and south west Scotland, as Ofcom revises its plans for DAB in the region.

The BBC has announced its coverage plans for this year's Glastonbury festival, with a special BBC Radio Glastonbury channel being created on BBC Sounds.

Comedians Ed Gamble and Matthew Crosby are joining Radio X to present a new Sunday morning 8am-11am show from this weekend.

Global has announced a two-year deal with ITV to host its podcasts on the Global Player and also promote the Love Island podcast across the Capital and Heart brands.

The actor Paul Darrow, who was well-known to radio listeners as the voice of JACKfm and Union JACK in the UK has died aged 78.