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BBC Radio 1 DJ Annie Mac is to host a an afternoon show on the station, covering Sara Cox’s slot during her maternity leave.She will be on air Saturdays and Sundays between 1pm and 4pm, with her first weekend shows on 23 and 24 February.In further news, Nick Grimshaw is joining Radio 1 to front… Continue reading Annie Mac Gets Radio 1 Weekend Show

Adrian Stewart has been appointed as programme director of Magic 105.4.Stewart, who joined Magic in 2003, was previously acting station director and prior to that was deputy programme director.Andria Vidler, managing director of Magic 105.4, said: “Adrian has more than proved himself worthy of this promotion by continually taking Magic to dizzier heights and continued… Continue reading Magic Strengthens Programming Team

GCap Media operations director Steve Orchard is to leave the company. He will continue as an executive of GCap Media until April 30 but will step down from the board with immediate effect.Richard Eyre, GCap chairman, said: “Steve is highly respected in the industry for developing and inspiring some of its finest talent.“His creativity has… Continue reading Group Operations Director To Leave GCap Media

Capital 95.8 has launched a new homepage which makes it easier for users to find written, audio and video content as well as adding some additional functionality.The refresh is phase one of a long-term strategy to redevelop Capital’s online offering. Future changes are intended to further increase levels of user interaction, and connect Londoners to… Continue reading Capital 95.8 Launches New Homepage

Gold Radio has signed Capital 95.8’s James Cannon to present its Breakfast Show as part of a new weekday line-up starting on January 21.Cannon will present the new Gold Network Breakfast Show with Erika North from 6am to 10am Monday to Friday.Cannon said: “I’m really excited about joining Gold. The station has really changed over… Continue reading Gold Radio Gets New Breakfast Show Presenter

As we ease tentatively into 2008, it’s easy to forget what a mammoth year for media 2007 actually was. Television’s dirty laundry was hung out after numerous TV phone-in scandals; on-demand services gave consumers the control they were after, and online social networking exploded. Print circulations dropped while digital radio blossomed, and the launch of… Continue reading That Was The Year That Was – 2007 In Review

London’s Magic 105.4 is to use the animated escalator panels at 20 key tube stations to advertise its Magic Mystery Voices competition.Magic Mystery Voices is played every week day between 7am and 6pm, each hour, and features one caller is taken on air to try and identify three celebrities.The prize starts at £100 and another… Continue reading Magic 105.4 Goes Underground With Magic Mystery Voices Promotion

Last week the big news in the city was all about GCap Media, with the radio giant’s future up for much discussion.At the start of the week, GCap revealed that it had turned down a £310 million takeover bid from Global Radio (Full Story).GCap said that Global Radio’s proposed offer was at a price of… Continue reading Media In The City: Global Radio Could Bid Again For GCap

GCap Media’s Capital 95.8 has confirmed that Denise Van Outen will be joining The Capital Breakfast Show with Johnny Vaughan from Monday February 4.Capital 95.8 managing director, Paul Jackson said: “Johnny and I have been talking about this for a while.“Everyone knows they have great chemistry together and they will undoubtedly create the best breakfast… Continue reading Johnny And Denise Together Again

Two national digital radio stations, Oneword and Core, are shutting down this weekend.Core will cease broadcasting today, while speech station Oneword, whose future has been in doubt for some time, will close on Saturday.Both stations were broadcast via digital audio broadcasting (DAB) on Digital One, the national digital radio multiplex majority-owned by GCap.In a scaling… Continue reading Two Digital Radio Stations To Close