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Scallywag magazine, one of the titles to be sued by John Major, is reported to be going national from Febuary 7th, with a print run of 110,000.

Two of Scottish Television’s programmes are to renew their sponsorship deals until the end of this year; Take The High Road will continue its association with Brooke Bond Scottish Blend Tea and the Regional Weather Forecast will again be sponsored by Kwik Fit.Both deals were managed through sales house TVMM and are worth around £400,000… Continue reading STV Gets Renewed Programme Deals

The first RAJAR results released on Friday have received mixed reactions from the industry. There is no doubt that the results vary markedly from those produced by JICRAR with many ILR stations recording much lower figures.Brian West, director of the AIRC has released a statement acknowledging the discrepancies; “With all new systems …. there is… Continue reading Rajar Results – Industry Reactions

The Incorporated Society of British Advertisers (ISBA) is holding the 20th World Industrial Advertising Congress this year on 23rd/24th March, with the emphasis being placed on techniques and activities which will benefit companies presently promoting to retain their market share.The conference is aimed at those responsible for advertising and communication in industrial and business –… Continue reading World Industrial Advertising Congress

The first RAJAR results released today show Independent Local Radio to take a 31.2% share of total radio listening with a weekly reach of 44%. The first national independent radio station Classic FM has fared well with a weekly reach of 9%, this compares with Radio 3’s reach of 5%.The survey was conducted between September… Continue reading Rajar Results

It has now been confirmed that Chelverton Investments has taken over LBC, following the announcement yesterday that owner, Crown Communications has gone into liquidation (Newsline 28/1).Chelverton is headed by Sir Leslie Porter, former chief of Tescos and his son John Porter, as well as partner Matthew Cartisser. The deal has been valued at £14m with… Continue reading Chelverton To Take Over LBC

As predicted earlier this week, RAJAR’s independently researched audience figures, released today, have revealed that Classic FM has attracted 4.3m listeners per week since its launch in September, with over 50% of that audience being in the ABC1 range. This accounts for almost 8% of all commercial radio listening and over 9% of the total… Continue reading Classic FM Gets Predicted Results

As predicted earlier this week, RAJAR’s independently researched audience figures, released today, have revealed that Classic FM has attracted 4.3m listeners per week since its launch in September, with over 50% of that audience being in the ABC1 range. This accounts for almost 8% of all commercial radio listening and over 9% of the total… Continue reading Classic FM Gets Predicted Results

It has now been confirmed that Chelverton Investments has taken over LBC, following the announcement yesterday that owner, Crown Communications has gone into liquidation (Newsline 28/1).Chelverton is headed by Sir Leslie Porter, former chief of Tescos and his son John Porter, as well as partner Matthew Cartisser. The deal has been valued at £14m with… Continue reading Chelverton To Take Over LBC

The first RAJAR results released today show Independent Local Radio to take a 31.2% share of total radio listening with a weekly reach of 44%. The first national independent radio station Classic FM has fared well with a weekly reach of 9%, this compares with Radio 3’s reach of 5%.The survey was conducted between September… Continue reading Rajar Results