Country 1035 was launched today at London’s Planet Hollywood. The station was officially opened by Garth Brooks live from Australia. Broadcasting on the frequencey of 1035 kHz AM, it is the first radio station in the UK to be dedicated to Country Music.Country 1035 is aiming for a weekly reach of 6% of all adults… Continue reading Country 1035 Radio Launch
Century Radio, covering the North East area, and based in Tyne Tees, launched at 7am this morning. Century carries a mix of speech and contemporary classic music, with well-known broadcasters such as Simon Bates and James Whale. Century is wholly owned by Border Television.Sunday sees the launch of Galaxy 101, which covers the South West… Continue reading Regional Radio Launches
… LTA Advertising has appointed Daphne O’Keeffe as sales manager. O’Keeffe, who joins from Primesight, will work with Christy Leth, LTA’s sales director from the US, to develop a joint US/UK strategy.… John Chadwick-Jones, former sales exec at the Guardian/Observer has been appointed ad manager of Classic FM’s magazine.… Simon Mukherjee has been appointed ad… Continue reading Appointments
The Football Association has announced the first ever sponsor of the FA Cup; Littlewoods Pools. The official title of the cup will be “The FA Cup sponsored by Littlewoods Pools”, not the Littlewoods FA Cup.FA commercial director Trevor Phillips said “We will not forget the tradition and dignity of a great competition. A robust and… Continue reading Littlewoods To Sponsor FA Cup
Guardian Direct is to sponsor the Lawn Tennis Association’s British Nationals Championships, which take place from October 29 to November 6.
The Guardian is launching a new lifestyle section from Friday September 16. The new section, called Friday, will replace the G2 tabloid, with the usual Friday environment features and advertising being incorporated into the Thursday G2.Friday, which will still be a tabloid, newspaper format, will be entertainment based, giving a cultural preview of the weekend;… Continue reading Guardian Friday Lifestyle Section
The IRA announced shortly after 11am this morning that from midnight tonight there will be a “total cessation of violence”, and that the ceasefire will be “unconditional and open-ended”.The text of the IRA statement is:“Recognising the potential of the current situation and in order to advance the democratic peace process the IRA will call a… Continue reading IRA Ceasefire Announced
The NRS commissioned research by BJM into readership of newspaper sections has been released, finding that the interests a reader may have, relating to the topic interest question, do not necessarily correspond to the relevant paper or sections read or looked at. There was also some difficulty with respondent understanding of the question.It was found… Continue reading Sections – Qualitative Research Results
Tony the Tiger and Kellogg’s Frosties are to sponsor the new series of Gladiators, which starts on Saturday 3 September at 6.45pm. The deal covers 25 programmes, and includes a Gladiators themed on-pack promotion.
According to the latest JNLR/MRBI Listenership Survey, Independent local radio stations have increased their lead over RTE Radio 1. The independent stations now have a national market share of 42% (up 1%), compared to RTE Radio 1 at 37% (down 1%) and 2FM at 21% (up 1%).Michael O’Keeffe, Chief Executive of the Independent Radio and… Continue reading Irish Independent Local Radio Increases Lead
