Station News

Classic FM will host a special programme to help keep pets calm and relaxed during the noise and bright lights this weekend.

Fandabbyruddydozy. BBC Radio 2's Sara Cox is moving to the Drivetime show in the new year, replacing Simon Mayo and Jo Whiley.

Matt Edmondson and Mollie King are taking over the BBC Radio 1 weekend breakfast show, swapping with Dev Griffin and Alice Levine.

BBC Radio Bristol is changing its schedule for 24 hours, as the station takes on a Random Radio Relay.

A special hour-long documentary marking 60 years of Blue Peter will air on BBC Radio 2 this week, produced by Made in Manchester.

BBC to extend FM coverage to additional 400,000 people across Wales in its 40th birthday year, as it takes frequencies from Radio 3.

A new station all about property is launching in London this November via Fix Radio.

The commercial radio service for Ullapool, Lochbroom FM, has been found in breach of its licence for not providing a service.

Olly Murs found himself caught up in today’s bomb scare in Lincoln on his way to Lincs FM, so the station went to him instead.

LBC has been called to another meeting at Ofcom to discuss its approach to compliance and impartiality.

BBC Radio 5 Live's Young Commentator of the Year competition is back and looking for more microphone stars of the future.

Former LBC, talkRADIO and Invicta FM presenter Ian Collins is joining BBC Radio Kent to host the breakfast show with Anna Cookson.

During a royal visit to West Sussex, Prince Harry was caught on camera declaring his love for Spirit FM after he spotted a child supporting their local radio station with a flag.

BBC Radio Lincolnshire mid-morning presenter Melvyn Prior has taken to the skies as part of the station’s celebrations for this year’s Lincolnshire Day.

BBC Radio Gloucestershire celebrates 30 years of broadcasting today, October 3, and is featuring a whole week of programmes looking back at memorable moments from the last three decades.

Pirate 70s has been removed from DAB in Cornwall and replaced by a new sister station - Pirate 80s.

talkSPORT has a new team for its coverage of England’s upcoming tour of Sri Lanka, and will be running a competition to send two listeners to the first West Indies Test in January.

Rugby FM hosted a gig with All Saints recently with a live event supported by The Rugby Town and Rugby Borough Council.

BBC Radio Kent breakfast show presenter John Warnett is moving to Drivetime from November 5th after 23 years waking up the county.

NME 1 is now available on DAB+ via a local DAB multiplex in parts of central London, and has launched a new skill for Alexa devices along with its sister station NME 2.

Global has a new television advert for Capital, based around telling your smart speaker to "Play Capital".

Former Today programme presenter Evan Davis is returning to BBC Radio 4 to host PM as a replacement for Eddie Mair.

BBC English Regions are marking the centenary of Spanish flu in partnership with Wellcome Collection, Imperial War Museums and the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

Cliff Richard has agreed to do a concert for BBC Radio 2 listeners as part of the In Concert series organised by the station.

Belfast-born guitarist Vivian Campbell launches a new six-part series on BBC Radio Ulster.

Chris Evans hosted his breakfast show on BBC Radio 2 this morning from Paul Weller's studio in Woking.

BBC Radio Sheffield has signed a new commentary deal with Sheffield Wednesday FC.

talkSPORT has won the exclusive free-to-air rights for England cricket’s overseas tour of South Africa in 2019/2020.

Stop the press: The Ben and Nia Mix96 breakfast show roundabout has won Roundabout of The Year from UK Roundabout Appreciation Society.

Primordial Radio has become the first and only UK radio station to offer its community unlimited data when streaming the station as part of the Vodafone Music Pass programme.

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire is looking for new talent to front a new evening show launching on September 19th.

Global has been found in breach of two Broadcasting Code rules for playing a song containing two offensive words for a total of seven times in one week on Heart Extra.

There's a new Top of Hour signature tune on BBC World Service Radio from today created by London-based Mcasso.

Encore Radio is coming off three DAB digital radio multiplexes at the end of September to focus on its online stream.

Greg James is making his mark on Breakfast at Radio 1 by doing one of "the stupidest things he could do".

BBC Radio 3 Controller Alan Davey has unveiled a raft of new commissions and programmes at the station for the autumn season.

Wireless is returning to a networked show between Tower FM in Bolton/Bury, Wire FM in Warrington/Widnes/Runcorn and Wish FM in Wigan/St Helens.

Mark Goodier is returning to Absolute Radio to host a series of classic album playbacks in September.

Ofcom has put Bob FM in breach of its licence after a segment on the breakfast show talking about mobile speed cameras.

BBC Radio 1's new late indie show with Jack Saunders will be created by Wisebuddah, with Fuzz Chaudhrey hired to produce the nightly programme.

Eddie Mair will take over the Drivetime show on LBC starting on September 3rd, replacing Iain Dale.

Former Radio 1 presenter Jameela Jamil is to host one of three new programmes on BBC Radio 4 on the topic of sexuality and consent in the modern age.

Ewen Cameron is to host a new breakfast show across Scotland on Bauer's Greatest Hits network of stations.

After 10 years, Matthew Bannister has decided to step down from presenting the BBC World Service programme Outlook.

The deal means BBC Radio Leeds will be able to provide exclusive commentary of all games, home and away, until the end of the 2021 season.

"My name is Greg James and I love radio more than anything else in the whole world."

Bliss Radio launched on Saturday 11th August on the Wrexham, Chester and Liverpool MuxCO digital radio multiplex, from the village of Crosby to the north of Liverpool.

BBC Radio Bristol and local charity “Alive” have joined forces to tackle the issues of loneliness and isolation.

Digital station United DJs has added the Portsmouth small-scale DAB multiplex to its transmission areas this weekend.

Radio 2’s Saturday night dance music line-up is on the road once again for the station’s All Star Party on Saturday 29 September, live from the Art Deco ballroom of Bridlington Spa.