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Although some of the delegates might have been feeling a little worse for wear after last night’s Radio Advertising Awards, today’s MediaTel ‘Future of Radio’ seminar still managed to get the debate going.

The radio industry needs to “agree on technology and compete on content”, radio futurologist James Cridland told delegates at today’s MediaTel Group ‘Future of Radio’ seminar.

The private ownership of most of the radio industry is a big positive which allows it to focus on its long term future, according to panellists at this morning’s MediaTel Group ‘Future of Radio’ seminar.

London’s Magic 105.4 is relaunching its Mystery Voices competition with PayPal as the official sponsor.

BBC Radio 2 has confirmed that Chris Evans will replace Sir Terry Wogan when he leaves the breakfast show at the end of the year.

Absolute Radio has teamed up with music streaming service Spotify to launch a campaign looking for the nation’s ‘Song of the Decade’.

Global Radio’s chief operating officer Don Thomson is leaving the company at the end of the month without a job to go to.

The Digital Radio Development Bureau is to be dismantled and incorporated into a newly created body that has been set up to meet the government’s 2015 digital radio switchover target as outlined in Lord Carter’s Digital Britain report.

UTV Media, owner of talkSPORT and the Northern Ireland ITV franchise, saw pre-tax profits fall 30% to £7.8 million in the first half of the year.

The Local Radio Company is to delist from the London Stock Exchange at the end of September to save money while it continues to restructure the business.