York-based Minster FM has acquired and renamed Sunderland-based Wear FM to Sun City 103.4 FM.Geoff Hemming (from the Pulse in Bradford) is Programme Manager; Sales Manager, Tanya Masterman (from TFM); Senior Sales Exec, Denise Mickle (from TFM); Breakfast DJ, John Foster ( From Great Yorkshire Gold); Afternoon DJ Robin Griffiths (from Hallam FM) and Evening… Continue reading Minster Acquire Wear FM
Two new home cinema magazines are to be launched in September from Haymarket and WV Publications. VTV will be launched on 20th September and is published by Haymarket. Although the cover price has yet to be announced, it will be a bi-monthly glossy. VTV will be purely an audio-visual hardware magazine, aimed at the 18-40… Continue reading New Home Cinema Magazines
LWT has had variations to its licence approved by the ITC. The variations apply to minimum amounts of regional children’s and arts programmes required to be broadcast under the terms of LWT’s licence. The changes result from a reorganisation of the Friday early evening schedule by LWT which makes it difficult to accommodate a planned… Continue reading Variations To LWT Licence
The NBC Super Channel has ended the first half of 1995 with advertising sales running 60% up on the same period in 1994. The period saw a number of new advertisers signing on to the channel, the most recent of which, the International Wool Secretariat, has chosen to reinforce its airtime deal with Teletext and… Continue reading NBC Superchannel Ad Sales Up
GWR’s successful bid for Chiltern, which is now unconditional, received acceptances for 65% of the total share capital. Capital Radio, DMGT and European Media Association were among those who accepted the proposal.However, the takeover bid means that, under current ownership rules, GWR must sell a licence. The most likely to be sold is the regional… Continue reading Galaxy To Be Sold
Regional Daily press titles from Thomson, Northcliffe and Reed teamed up with The Word to run a £125,000 campaign for The Rover Group.The Rover campaign ran through The Word membership as well as with four titles from Thompson, six from Northcliffe and three from Reed. Sixty eight regional daily titles in total published the campaign.The… Continue reading Regional Press Titles Join The Word
According to RAJAR figures leaked in the national press, Chris Evan’s Radio 1 breakfast show has won back 500,000 listeners. Radio 1 as a whole has added an extra 750,000 listeners. Radio 1’s weekly reach in the last period, Q1 1995 was 10.5 million, or 22%. At the start of RAJAR, in 1992, Radio 1… Continue reading Rajar Q2 1995 – Evans Helps R1
The Daily Star is launching a new promotion in Scotland, with a free 32-page magazine dedicated to the new football season being given free to all readers on Saturday 12 August. Football 95/96 gives details of all Premier League clubs and includes full fixture lists for the new season. The Star also launches a new… Continue reading Daily Star Football Promotion In Scotland
Inside Money, the personal finance magazine, has ceased publication. According to Centaur Communications, publishers of Inside Money, it “never achieved the circulation levels that were necessary to ensure long-term commercial viability.” Inside Money launched in February this year.
The US Federal Communications Commission has unanimously ruled that Rupert Murdoch’s US television empire consisting of eight stations is in the public interest.The ruling frees Murdoch to buy more networks, which he was prevented from doing during the two year course of the investigation. The ruling was expected, but an adverse decision would have caused… Continue reading Murdoch US TV Threat Lifted
