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.
The Irish edition of the Sunday Times has launched a new TV, arts, entertainment and music section called Ireland Culture. The Sunday Times is currently the best selling Sunday quality in Ireland.News International: 0171 782 6000
XL Communications, whose portfolio includes Home & Life , has gone into receivership.It is understood that the receivers, Deloitte and Touche, are looking to sell off the publisher’s titles.XL was launched two years ago by Terry Humphries and Terry Griffiths.Subscribers can access the Press database by selecting “Press” from the drop-down box at the top… Continue reading XL Calls In The Receivers
While Chris Tarrant can still proclaim himself King of the Breakfast Shows in London, the success of Chris Evans’ Breakfast Show on Virgin’s AM and FM frequencies could be worrying for both Capital 95.8 FM and Radio 1.The new team of Kevin Greening and Zoe Ball on Radio 1’s Breakfast Show added 400,000 listeners to… Continue reading Q4 RAJAR Summary – Breakfast Listening
Mobile phone company One 2 One has secured a one year deal with Virgin Radio to sponsor the Virgin 1215AM ‘Traffic and Travel’ bulletins. The sponsorship is worth in the region of £750,000 and begins on 9 March.The deal was negotiated by Dan Levitt at Motive, on behalf of One 2 One, and by Virgin… Continue reading One 2 One Association With Virgin
Gaylord Entertainment has announced that it will be closing its CMT Europe cable network on 31 March 1998. The US company said that the 24-hour cable country music channel was “unprofitable.”Carl Kornmeyer, president of Gaylord’s Communications Group, said: “CMT’s format of providing country music videos via satellite 24-hours-per-day has resulted in losses of about $10… Continue reading CMT Europe To Close
