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Virgin Radio executive chairman Richard Huntingford is set to step down following the station’s £53.2 million sale to the Times of India Group.Last year, Huntingford left his role as Chrysalis chief executive following the sale of its radio division to Global Radio (see Chrysalis Radio To Sell For £170 Million).Virgin Radio released a statement saying:… Continue reading Virgin Radio Executive Chairman To Step Down

NME Radio has announced the line up of key presenters to take over the airwaves when it launches on June 24.The weekday line up includes Claire Sturgess, Neil Cole and Chris Martin.Claire Sturgess was part of the Xfm launch team led by founder Sammy Jacob in 1997 and worked at the station for 10 years.Neil… Continue reading Presenters Revealed For NME Radio Launch

SMG has sold Virgin Radio to TIML Golden Square, a subsidiary of Times of India Group, for £53.2 million.The deal sees the station lose the Virgin name, although it will continue in its present form until the autumn.TIML said that it will invest in excess of £15 million developing and rolling out its new brand.It… Continue reading SMG Sells Virgin Radio For £53.2m

Channel 4 Radio is in talks with electronics manufacturers to create a plug-in DAB device for mobile phones and iPods in an attempt to revive digital audio broadcasting.According to a report in the Times, the broadcaster wants to create an E4 or Channel 4 branded device that will cost a maximum of £20 that would… Continue reading Channel 4 In Talks Over Mobile DAB Add-On

ITV Customer Relations has announced two new sponsors, for its new series Six Degrees and forthcoming show An Audience With Neil Diamond.Korean car manufacturer Hyundai will sponsor Six Degrees, the new drama series from JJ Abrams, while Sekonda is to sponsor ITV1’s forthcoming An Audience With Neil Diamond.The Six Degrees deal includes broadcast sponsorship on… Continue reading ITV Announces Two New Sponsorship Deals

A new report reveals a surge in online searches in the UK, following the film premiere of Sex and the City in London this month.Internet searches for ‘sex and the city’ has increased by 223% since the premiere on May 12, according to the report published today by Hitwise – an online competitive intelligence service.The… Continue reading Sex and the City Mania Hits London

Sir Martin Sorrell, chief executive of the world’s second largest advertising group WPP, has said that the advertising market in Western Europe has bounced back from its March downturn.Sorrell was talking at A Reuters Global Technology, Media and Telecoms Summit in New York via video link, where he said that advertising revenue for April was… Continue reading Ad Market Performed Better In April Says Sorrell

Sales of DAB digital radios have topped seven million, according to the latest figures from GfK, the industry’s marketing service.At the end of April, cumulative sales stood at 7.05 million following a record Christmas period and growth of 28% year-on-year in quarter one, 2008.DAB radios are now selling at more than two million a year… Continue reading DAB Radio Sales Top Seven Million

GCap Media executive Duncan Campbell is to join Bauer Radio as its new regional programme director.Campbell will assume direct responsibility for Bauer’s Edinburgh stations, Forth One and Forth 2.He will replace Luke McCullough who has moved to a role at the Bauer station Northsound in Aberdeen.Travis Baxter, the managing director at Big City, said: “This… Continue reading Bauer Gets New Regional Programme Director

GCap Media chief executive Fru Hazlitt and chairman Richard Eyre will leave the company on June 6 when Global Radio completes its takeover.Ashley Tabor and Charles Allen, respectively Global’s chief executive and chairman, will temporarily step down from these roles in order to take on the same responsibilities at GCap from June 9.The Office of… Continue reading Fru Hazlitt and Richard Eyre to leave GCap Media