Classic FM is to launch Classic London this summer, giving advertisers the opportunity to target the London commercial radio audience.Manning Gottlieb Media (MGM) is working with Classic FM to advise on the positioning and roll out of Classic London to advertisers and media buyers.Classic FM, which is owned by GWR, has a weekly reach of… Continue reading Classic FM Rolls Out London Opportunities For Advertisers
Carlton Communications, which is releasing its six-monthly financial results on Wednesday, dropped 10p on Friday to 528p. Carlton, which half owns digital terrestrial broadcaster ONdigital with Granada, is expected to report a hit on pre-tax profit following the launch of the digital service late last year. Granada also suffered a 20p drop in its share… Continue reading Sharewatch
Monday MediaTel presents its inaugural Media Question Time to be held at the BBC Radio Theatre, Broadcasting House tonight. More details to follow…A TV Round-Up for April 1999 will be available on Newsline.Wednesday Carlton Communications releases its interim financial results. Merrill Lynch predicts that pre-tax profit for the first half of 1999 will be £118.8… Continue reading The Week Ahead
Capital Radio is rebranding its Cardiff based station Touch Radio after gaining approval from the Radio Authority. The station will become Capital Gold 1359 and 1305AM, and will have its schedule revised.The new schedule will include Tony Blackburn on the drive time show, and a stronger emphasis on sport across the station. The official launch… Continue reading Capital Radio Gives The Golden Touch
MediaTel will tonight present its inaugural Media Question Time at the BBC Radio Theatre, Broadcasting House, Portland Place at 6:45pm. The event, which is produced in association with the Economist, has attracted a talented and powerful panel of leading media figures.Media Question Time will be chaired by BBC Radio media correspondent, Torin Douglas. He will… Continue reading MediaTel Presents Inaugural Media Question Time
The Radio Authority is next week inviting declarations of intent to apply for the local radio licences to Guernsey and Jersey. Both licences are for eight year periods starting from October 2000.The Guernsey licence covers an area with a population of about 50,000, and is currently held by Island FM . The licence for Jersey… Continue reading Radio Authority Pre-Advertises Channel Island Licences
Rodale Press’ lifestyle title Men’s Health has won the magazine of the year prize at this year’s PPA Annual Magazine Awards. The title launched at the beginning of 1995 (see Newsline), and the last ABC audit (Jul-Dec 1998) showed that it has a circulation of 283,359. Dotmusic.com is the UK’s most popular music website according… Continue reading Newsline Brief
Digital terrestrial television broadcaster, ONdigital, has today fired a return salvo against its rival, BSkyB, with the announcement of a range of incentives for consumers to buy into the ‘TV revolution’. The most significant of these are plans to offer customers free set-top boxes as from this Friday 28 May, when they sign up to… Continue reading ONdigital Returns Fire In DTV War
Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) enjoyed a rise in its share price yesterday, gaining 27˝p to 807˝p. On Wednesday, SRH gave issued a positive set of results (see Newsline).Emap climbed 43p to 1323p. Speculation over the possibility of publisher Wagadon going up for sale see (Newsline) today implicated Emap as an interested party .Flextech fell 50˝p… Continue reading Sharewatch
The former editor of the Sunday Express and Sunday Mirror, Eve Pollard, is forming a new publishing company with intent to launch a series of new consumer titles. The new company, called Parkhill Publications, is being backed by venture capitalists Phildrew Ventures, and a range of fresh titles are expected to launch within the next… Continue reading Pollard To Launch New Consumer Publishing Venture
