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City Talk 105.9, Bauer Media’s speech radio station in Liverpool, is kicking-off a new outdoor marketing campaign to mark the start of the Premiership football season.The campaign highlights the expert sports shows on City Talk including City Sport, Terrace Talk, and Saturday Sport.The campaign uses ex-footballers John Aldridge, Ian St John, Ian Snodin and new… Continue reading City Talk Launches Outdoor Marketing Campaign

Virgin Radio has teamed up with Garmin Satellite Navigation for sponsorship of its Rock ‘n’ Roll football show.The fully integrated radio and online deal, which is set to launch as the football season starts, will include pre-recorded trails, in show credits and a series of spotlight ads.The campaign has been designed to highlight Virgin’s new… Continue reading Virgin Radio Signs Six Figure Sponsorship Deal With Garmin

BBC Radio 1 has announced a number of line-up changes to its schedule, with Sara Cox and Edith Bowman returning and Dick and Dom leaving.The station said the pair would leave their Sunday morning show next month to “pursue other projects”.Their departure has made way for a number of changes, including the introduction of two… Continue reading Radio 1 Shakes Up Its Schedule

Global Radio has appointed Stephen Miron, former executive at the Mail on Sunday, as chief executive of the combined Global and GCap radio business.Miron was previously the managing director of the Mail on Sunday and the Mail Online and was behind the exclusive Prince CD giveaway last year.Global has also announced a number of other… Continue reading Global Radio Hires New Chief Exec Following GCap Merger

The Local Radio Company is set to launch Jazz FM on October 6, after it secured a three year license deal with the Guardian Media Group (GMG).The relaunch was first announced in June this year as The Local Radio Company released its interim financial results (see Jazz FM Set For Autumn Return).The station was sold… Continue reading Jazz FM Set To Relaunch In October

Bauer Media is in talks with GCap and Global Radio about the acquisition of BRMB in the Midlands, one of the stations the companies must divest of following their recent merger.Guardian Media Group has also expressed an interest in Heart 106 in the east Midlands, another station affected by competition issues as a result of… Continue reading Bauer Set To Buy BRMB From GCap And Global

Magic 105.4 has launched a new ‘good mood’ poster campaign across 1000 sites in London today.The campaign, which was planned by Starcom, is set to run for two weeks across 1000 6 x sheet poster sites in the city.The creative builds on Magic’s recent ‘lift your mood, change your tune’ TV campaign, which features listener’s… Continue reading Magic Launches New Poster Campaign

Global Radio has offered to sell a number of stations in the Midlands, including Heart 106 in the east Midlands, to appease the Office of Fair Trading.The move comes after the OFT expressed concerns over competition in the area, following Global’s acquisition of GCap Media for £375 in April this year (see Global Radio To… Continue reading Global Offers To Sell Off Midlands Stations

BBC Radio 5 Live has won the radio rights to broadcast FA Cup and England international matches for a further four years.The deal with the Football Association starts from the beginning of the 2008/09 football season with the Community Shield match between Manchester United and Portsmouth at Wembley on Sunday.Radio 5 Live and sister digital… Continue reading BBC Sport Wins Football Radio Rights

Andi Peters is set to host his own ‘Hot or Not’ Monday evening show on heat radio from next week.The former Live & Kicking presenter, recently a runner up on BBC One’s Celebrity Masterchef, will be reviewing the latest movies, DVDs, books, music and TV shows with celebrity guests for listeners.Peters said: “I’m looking forward… Continue reading Heat Radio Signs Andi Peters