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Michael Jackson, the controller of BBC1, has been appointed as chief executive of Channel 4. The 39-year old will replace Michael Grade on June 1. Jackson had been at BBC1 for 10 years.Channel 4: 0171 396 4444

Gordon Brown, the new Chancellor, today raised interest rates by 0.25% to 6.25%.

Channel 5 will be launching a major advertising campaign this weekend urging people to tune in their TV sets for England’s next World Cup qualifying clash with Poland on May 31.The campaign begins with commercials on nearly 40 radio stations nationwide which explain that videos do not need to be retuned to pick up an… Continue reading C5 Launches Campaign To Promote England Game

The Radio Authority has confirmed the timetable for digital commercial radio, which is set to bring a new generation of commercial radio services on-air by 1999. The RA has also said that it will be providing £100,000 toward the funding of further technical field-trials of the new digital technology, which will provide room for more… Continue reading RA Publishes Timetable For Digital Radio

LBC 1152 and News Direct 97.3 have recorded audience increases of 30% across some day parts as a result of the General Election, according to a tracking survey carried out by Hallett Arendt. According to Nigel Reeve, managing director of LBC and News Direct, there has also been a decline in some areas of music… Continue reading LBC And News Direct Benefit From Election

Quarter 1 1997 RAJAR figures, released this afternoon, shows that commercial radio has once again moved ahead of the BBC after increasing its share of listening to 49.4%; 1% point ahead of the BBC.National commercial stations did not perform well, with all showing a year on year drop in weekly reach. Talk Radio and Virgin… Continue reading Rajar Q1 1997 – Summary

The University of Ulster will be carrying out the first ever Cross-Media Survey for Northern Ireland.This survey aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of the nature of the media audience in Northern Ireland. In taking a demographically-representative sample of 400, and documenting their entire range of media consumption, the Northern Ireland Cross-Media Survey aims to… Continue reading Media Survey For Northern Ireland

Jane Ennis has been appointed editor of Now magazine. She was previously editor of Here! which was bought by IPC from G&J last week.The last issue of Here! goes on sale next Tuesday, May 6, bagged with a sample copy of Now. After this, Here! will be incorporated into the IPC title. Ennis takes over… Continue reading New Editors At IPC Titles

Saturday 20th April saw the return of New Baywatch with a new series, after the show was dropped from the ITV schedule and replaced with Sabrina the Teenage Witch last year. Advertisers in the first ad break included Adidas, Pepsi, Domestos and Everest, while the second break featured, among others, Orange Tango, the Mail on… Continue reading Programme Analysis: New Baywatch W/E 20/4/97

On 25 April a bill aimed at severely restricting the advertising of tobacco products, curtailing the sponsorship of sporting and cultural events, and banning vending machine sales of tobacco products, became law just days before the Canadian Parliament was dissolved and a general election called.