Hampshire – based Southern Radio, has announced pre-tax profits of £263,000 for the six months to the end of March 1993 – 59% up on the last period. Turn- over increased from £3.17m to £4.01m, with earnings per share growing from 49p to 62p.Southern Radio broadcasts to Hampshire, Kent, Sussex and the Isle of Wight.
Cut-backs in BBC programming budgets have been reflected all year in their consistently poor showing in BARB’s weekly top thirty programme rankings. The latest available rankings (w/e 9th May) tell the typical story with only two episodes of Eastenders making the top ten and a strong drama line up from ITV dominating with the likes… Continue reading BBC Struggling In Ratings Battle
The Times Magazine editor, Nick Wapshott, has confirmed to MediaTel his involvement with the ‘Radio Greater London’ consortium, which will be applying for one of the London FM licences on June 8 (Newsline 20/5).Wapshott described the consortium’s bid as an attempt to “privatise GLR.” Their proposed format of “intelligent talk” combined with music, would be… Continue reading Wapshott Confirms GLR Involvement
Motormart magazine, a joint venture between Southern Newspapers and Portsmouth & Sunderland Newspapers, launched this week with an initial print-run of 25,000.The weekly title, which aims to concentrate on indexed classified advertising, is distributed in Hampshire, Dorset, South Wiltshire and West Sussex with a cover price of 70p. Advertising is handled by Tessa Legg.Mono Page:… Continue reading Regional Motor Mag Launched
The BBC has been criticised by the Broadcasting Standards Council for a number of its programmes which fell short of the acceptance barrier, in the eyes of the council.The final episode of Casualty shown recently (which attracted 17 million viewers) was excessively violent, according to the report. The highly successful One Foot in the Grave… Continue reading BBC Taken To Task By Council
The Times Magazine editor, Nick Wapshott, has confirmed to MediaTel his involvement with the ‘Radio Greater London’ consortium, which will be applying for one of the London FM licences on June 8 (Newsline 20/5).Wapshott described the consortium’s bid as an attempt to “privatise GLR.” Their proposed format of “intelligent talk” combined with music, would be… Continue reading Wapshott Confirms GLR Involvement
Motormart magazine, a joint venture between Southern Newspapers and Portsmouth & Sunderland Newspapers, launched this week with an initial print-run of 25,000.The weekly title, which aims to concentrate on indexed classified advertising, is distributed in Hampshire, Dorset, South Wiltshire and West Sussex with a cover price of 70p. Advertising is handled by Tessa Legg.Mono Page:… Continue reading Regional Motor Mag Launched
Ulster Television is planning to reveal its new identity on June 4, in an attempt to overhaul the corporate image. The station is refusing to disclose details of the changes until the relaunch day.BSC CRITICISES BSKYB VIOLENCEThe Broadcasting Standards Council has conducted a monitoring report on sex and violence on television, using a panel of… Continue reading Ulster TV To Revamp Image
19% of men watch television in a pub/ club each week on average (3.96 million), according to an out of home viewing report released by Sky this week. The most viewed channel is Sky Sports with 58% of men stating that their out of home viewing included this channel sometime in the past week. 54%… Continue reading Details Of Sky Ooh Survey
F John French is to merge with SMS following a reverse takeover of Osprey Communications by SMS chief Jack Rubins .. Bartle Bogle Hegarty has this week released a client manifesto allowing all of its clients to audit any invoice relevant to its business. Agencies have dismissed the move as “a publicity stunt”.. Richard Webb… Continue reading Industry//Snippets..
