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Former chief executive of Chrysalis Radio Phil Riley has led venture capital group Lloyds TSB Development Capital to the acquisition of eight Midlands stations from Global Radio.The group, which beat off competition from Bauer Media, bought the stations – believed to be worth £30 million – for an undisclosed sum.The stations, BRMB, Mercia FM, Beacon… Continue reading Ex-Chrysalis chief buys Global’s Midlands stations

The RAB is set to launch a new £1 million creative challenge that will see commercial radio collectively offer up to £1 million worth of radio airtime to two advertisers.Advertisers will be invited to submit a creative for a new radio advert, which has not yet run on commercial radio, with the chance to win… Continue reading RAB sets up £1m creative challenge

NME Radio is launching on DAB in London from today, adding to its existing broadcast platforms – Sky, Virgin Media, Freesat and online.NME Radio is also available to listen to on 87.7FM in Manchester throughout May.Sammy Jacob, NME Radio managing and programming director, said: “Since launch we’ve been dedicated to making NME Radio available on… Continue reading NME Radio launches on DAB in London

UKRD have finally secured the controlling share in The Local Radio Company, despite facing a higher offer from rival bidder Hallwood Financial.The radio investment group UKRD now own 50.09% of the existing issued share capital of TLRC after a renewed bid of 4p per share, up from its previous bid of 3.35p per share.Hallwood also… Continue reading UKRD wins battle for The Local Radio Company

Global Radio’s chief executive Ashley Tabor has said he expects the radio group to hold its underlying operating profits flat for the 12 months to the end of March, despite a slump in ad revenues.Tabor said Global, which owns stations including Classic FM and Capital, will report underlying profits of around £31 million despite seeing… Continue reading Global Radio chief predicts steady profits

BBC Radio 5 live has unveiled its new weekend schedule with a fresh new look to its Saturday and Sunday morning slots.Danny Baker is set to host the Saturday 9-11am programme, with a focus on the day’s sport, which will include listener stories, comedy, fans on the road, interactive games, special guests and supporters’ issues… Continue reading BBC Radio 5 live unveils new weekend line-up

All Commercial radio enjoyed a year on year rise in weekly reach in the three months to the end March, according to the latest RAJAR figures.Its share of listening was down 0.6 percentage points period on period, although it was up year on year.Share of ListeningAll Commercial saw its share of listening rise 0.5 percentage… Continue reading RAJAR Q1 09: BBC & Commercial

Magic 105.4 remains above all the other London stations for the ninth consecutive quarter in terms of weekly reach, despite falling behind Heart 106.2 FM in both share of listening and average hours per listener, according to RAJAR figures for Q1 2009.Magic’s average weekly reach in London is back above the 2 million listeners’ mark… Continue reading RAJAR Q1 09: London Stations

This analysis is comparing the weekly reach of the breakfast shows of the London stations and not the time slots. Heart 106.2 FM’s and Magic 105.4’s breakfast shows currently run from 6am-9am, while 95.8 Capital Radio’s runs from 6am-10am.Johnny Vaughan’s 95.8 Capital Radio breakfast show remains on top in the Capital with a weekly reach… Continue reading RAJAR Q1 09: Breakfast

Listening to the radio via DAB showed a large increase in Q1 2009, growing from a total of 116 million hours in Q4 2008 to 130 million hours in Q1 2009, according to the latest RAJAR data.The figures have slowly risen from 111 million to 116 million hours over the past year before this leap… Continue reading RAJAR Q1 09: Digital