Capital Radio’s new Capital Gold network which was given the go-ahead last week by the Radio Authority (subscribers see Capital Gold To Extend Reach), announced its programme schedule this week. The network, which will broadcast across Hampshire, Sussex, Kent and Birmingham as well as London, promises to “bring some of London’s best known presenters to… Continue reading Capital Gold Network Announces Programme Line-Up
Mediavest are widening their net further with the opening of the first media specialist in Newcastle this week.Grahame Easthope, formerly media director at Cravens Advertising, is heading up the office and will be joined by his Cravens colleague, Julie-Ann Clements on 16th February.Cravens’ media buying will henceforth be handled by Feather Brooksbank in Edinburgh.Mediavest: 0171… Continue reading Mediavest Expands
The Radio Authority has announced that Boss FM has beaten 20 other applicants to win the FM radio licence for North-West England.Boss FM, which is owned by Border TV, will provide a 24-hour regional news, talk and “melodic adult contemporary music” for a 25-54 year old audience in the Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Lancashire areas.… Continue reading Boss FM Wins North-West Licence
Chris Tarrant has beaten all the competition in the breakfast listening wars, according to Q4 RAJAR figures released by Capital Radio.Capital 95.8 FM ‘s breakfast show was listened to by almost 2 million listeners, an increase of 300,000. This means that, in London, the slot is listened to by 1.3 million more people than either… Continue reading Capital Claims Victory In Breakfast Listening Battle
RAJAR Q4 figures, just released, reveal that overall radio weekly reach has increased very slightly from 40.197 million in Q4 1996 to 40.228 million in Q4 1997. Average hours per listener increased from 20.2 to 20.6, while total hours grew from 813 million to 827 million.Meanwhile, commercial radio continued its growth while the BBC saw… Continue reading Q4 RAJAR Summary – Commercial Radio Grows At BBC’s Expense
MTV Networks Europe is to centralise its advertising sales operations for all UK-based media, announced MTV North Europe managing director Michiel Bakker.The centralised sales team will be divided into two sections which will both operate under Chris Dobson, regional sales director. Simon Lewis will take responsibility for all international business originating from the US, Far… Continue reading MTV Europe Centralises Sales Operation
The MRG’s website has now been launched and can be found at http://www.mrg.org.uk/. The site, designed by MediaTel Interactive and hosted in the Media Village, contains information and news about MRG events, finances, publications and personnel.…The MRG will be holding an evening meeting next Tuesday to discuss website auditing. Richard Foan from ABC //electronic and… Continue reading MRG News
http://www.aloud.com/Aloud.com is your basic music ents guide on the internet with the added bonus that when you find a gig you’re interested in you can snap up the ticket there and then via the site’s booking system; and, as a further bonus, there is no surcharge on the tickets which booking agents usually charge.Now all… Continue reading Website Of The Week – Aloud.Com
For news reports regarding Q4 RAJAR data, subscribers should go to the Radio features list by clicking here.Radio revenue for the quarter will be released by the Radio Advertising Bureau in two weeks time.
Comcast Corporation has announced that its Comcast UK division is to be bought by UK telecommunications company NTL for $600 million (£363 million). Comcast UK shareholders are to receive 0.3745 shares of NTL common stock for each share of Comcast UK common stock held.Comcast has stipulated that if the average closing price of the NTL… Continue reading NTL Buys Comcast UK For £363m
