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Capital 95.8 today announced that programme director Scott Muller will be leaving the station at the end of December, although he will remain within GCap in a group programming role.Last week, it was reported that Bam Bam was to leave the station, to be replaced on by current drive and Hit40 presenter Lucio.Margherita Taylor is… Continue reading Muller Leaves Capital 95.8

Speaking at today’s MediaTel Group seminar on ‘The Future Of Radio’, Ralph Bernard, chief executive of GCap Media, said that digital radio cannot flourish unless Ofcom sets a date for switching off the analogue radio signal. He added that there is a £10 million loss per annum on digital and the industry “won’t sit and… Continue reading Bernard Calls For Radio Switchover Date

Sample size and robustness are the key to RAJAR’s future success, rather than a focus on electronic measurement, according to some of the panelists at today’s MediaTel Group seminar on ‘The Future Of Radio’. Ralph Bernard, chief executive of GCap Media, said: “I’d love RAJAR to be more regular, more electronic and I’d love it… Continue reading Radio Seminar Looks At Future Of RAJAR

One of the big talking points at today’s MediaTel Group seminar on ‘The Future Of Radio’ was whether there will be a continued consolidation of the commercial sector, with one of the panelists saying that it remains to be seen if H Bauer’s recent acquisition of Emap’s radio division could have “put a spoke in… Continue reading Continued Consolidation For Commercial Radio?

Sample size and robustness are the key to RAJAR’s future success, rather than a focus on electronic measurement, according to some of the panelists at today’s MediaTel Group seminar on ‘The Future Of Radio’.Ralph Bernard, chief executive of GCap Media, said: “I’d love RAJAR to be more regular, more electronic and I’d love it to… Continue reading Radio Seminar Looks At Future Of RAJAR

One of the big talking points at today’s MediaTel Group seminar on ‘The Future Of Radio’ was whether there will be a continued consolidation of the commercial sector, with one of the panelists saying that it remains to be seen if H Bauer’s recent acquisition of Emap’s radio division could have “put a spoke in… Continue reading Continued Consolidation For Commercial Radio?

Speaking at today’s MediaTel Group seminar on ‘The Future Of Radio’, Ralph Bernard, chief executive of GCap Media, said that digital radio cannot flourish unless Ofcom sets a date for switching off the analogue radio signal.He added that there is a £10 million loss per annum on digital and the industry “won’t sit and accept… Continue reading Bernard Calls For Radio Switchover Date

GCap Media’s Capital 95.8 has signed a multi media promotional deal with 20th Century Fox to support the DVD release of The Simpsons Movie on 10th December 2007.Launching on-air on Monday 10th December, listeners of Johnny Vaughan’s Breakfast Show can text in to guess how fast a Simpsons Movie character is talking.If guessed correctly, the… Continue reading Capital 95.8 Signs Simpsons Movie Deal

Emap was once again the big story last week, as it sold its magazine and radio divisions to German publishing group H Bauer.At the start of the week it was reported that private equity firm Apax was the favourite to land the group’s business-to-business arm (Full Story).However, by Friday we found that this was not… Continue reading Media In The City: Emap Sells Magazine And Radio Arms To H Bauer

German publishing group H Bauer has agreed to buy Emap’s magazine and radio divisions for £1.14 billion.In a statement released this morning Emap added that it will not be selling its business-to-business division, which covers trade magazines and exhibitions.Commentators had thought that the group’s business-to-business division was Emap’s most attractive asset and some had estimated… Continue reading H Bauer Buys Emap’s Magazine And Radio Divisions