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GCap Media group programme director Dirk Anthony is the latest executive to leave the group.Anthony will leave at the end of March, with GCap saying that he is leaving by mutual consent in order to explore other career opportunities.His departure follows the announcement that operations director Steve Orchard will also be leaving the company (see… Continue reading GCap Programme Director To Leave

GCap Media’s Xfm has today signed a second major promotional deal with Paramount Pictures, this time to support the premiere release of sci-fi action thriller Cloverfield.Launching on January 28, the multi-media campaign will run across Xfm London, Xfm Scotland and Xfm South Wales during Breakfast and Xfm Manchester during drivetime and will include a mix… Continue reading Xfm Signs Second Major Promotional Deal With Paramount Pictures

One million DAB digital radios were bought in the fourth quarter of 2007, with more than 550,000 sold in December alone, a 22% rise on December 2006.According to the Digital Radio Development Bureau (DRDB), best sellers were portable kitchen radios, MP3/DAB personals, DAB hi-fi systems and, with a particularly strong result, DAB clock radios.At one… Continue reading Strong Christmas Sales For Digital Radios

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

City Talk 105.9, Emap’s new Liverpool-based speech radio station, will launch on January 28 supported by a major marketing campaign.Using the station’s strapline of ‘The Voice of Liverpool’ as inspiration, the campaign which will be rolled out across Merseyside over the next six months.The six figure campaign was created by Liverpool-based agency Ampersand in conjunction… Continue reading City Talk 105.9 Launches With Major Marketing Campaign

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