Station News

BBC Radio 5 Live has signed Sir Alastair Cook to be part of the team reporting from England’s 2019 tour of the West Indies.

Gold is moving from 128 kbit/s stereo to DAB+ in London from January.

Local radio stations owned by Wireless are to broadcast a new weekly Top 40 chart show each Sunday afternoon from 4pm till 7pm.

Well known Manchester DJ Graeme Park has made a New Year’s Eve soundtrack for BBC Radio Manchester and BBC Sounds.

Capital is introducing a new schedule in January, with Ant Payne moving to Drivetime and Will Manning taking over the chart show.

A five-week series exploring black beats and sounds in Cambridgeshire will air on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire from this week.

Nation Radio breakfast presenter Carl Hughes has given gifts to staff on the Severn Bridge Tolls as a thank you for their service.

BBC Radio 2 morning newsreader Moira Stuart is joining Classic FM as a presenter from February.

Dawn French will be the station voice of Bauer's Greatest Hits Radio brand when it officially launches in January.

Marvin Humes and Kat Shoob are stepping down from hosting the Big Top 40 chart show at Global.

Rutland Radio celebrates 20 years on air today having first broadcast across Stamford and Rutland on 13th December 1998.

Ofcom has today awarded Celador, the re-advertised FM local commercial radio licence for Bristol.

KISS evening presenter Tom Green and 4Music television presenter Daisy Maskell are the new hosts of KISS Breakfast.

BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction has revealed details of its first ever festival, taking place at London’s newest venue EartH, in partnership with the Barbican.

Ofcom has upheld a complaint from a listener to 883 Centreforce after the station played two tracks unsuitable for children.

A new transmitter for Original 106 has been activated at the Balgownie transmission site.

BBC Radio Kent has hosted a delegation from Norway to help them to develop local radio.

Neil MacGregor is to explore how five major countries see Britain through the prism of historical events, cultural influences and objects on BBC Radio 4.

BBC Radio 5 Live presenter Emma Barnett is to host a special show with Prime Minister Theresa May this Friday lunchtime.

BBC Radio London's evening output is set to be taken over by six new presenters hosting a show between 8pm and 10pm from Monday 26th November.

Nick Grimshaw had to cut an interview with Little Mix short on Monday afternoon after the girls let out two swear words within minutes of each other.

LBC is interviewing Prime Minister Theresa May on breakfast with Nick Ferrari Friday morning.

Radio 4 has announced some new comedy commissions, with programmes from new talent and well known favourites.

Wales’ national English-language radio station, BBC Radio Wales, is today celebrating its fortieth birthday.

Some of BBC Radio 2's one-hour documentaries and specialist music shows are moving from weeknights to weekends in the new year.

Emma Bunton took time out of her Heart breakfast show to chat to Chris Evans on BBC Radio 2 on Wednesday morning.

Ronan Keating and Harriet Scott will be broadcasting live from the Eurostar travelling to Paris with a bunch of listeners on Thursday morning!

Most of the artists for Capital's Jingle Bell Ball 2018 have been announced across the Capital network of stations.

BBC Radio Suffolk and local musicians are to help raise funds for BBC Children in Need.

Radio Forth is revisiting their ‘Take The Time’ campaign celebrating Befriending Week as they continue their work to combat loneliness across Scotland.

The pressure was on for Lincs FM’s John Marshall yesterday after he was given two hours to break out of an escape room and get back in time for his show.

BFBS broadcaster, Anthony Ballard has been awarded a Commander Joint Forces Command Commendation for his ‘tireless’ support of the Armed Forces in Cyprus and his ‘passion for the whole community’.

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.