1996 was the year in which struggling newspapers continued to lose sales and readership and successful titles went from strength to strength. It also saw the launch of two national newspapers, the Sunday Business and the Planet On Sunday.Despite revamps, promotions, price cuts and new sections being employed by most titles, circulation trends remained similar… Continue reading National Press Round-Up 1996
NYNEX CableComms and Telewest Communications have joined forces to trial direct-response television advertising in the Granada region.Grey Integrated is coordinating the campaign; it will focus on cable telephone and lead with an offer of 1,500 minutes of free local weekend calls.The test will run for three weeks from 20 January. Respondents will be handled by… Continue reading Joint TV Campaign For Cable Companies
Radio group GWR has sold three of its AM radio stations to Radio First for £730,000. They are Classic Gold 774, in Cheltenham and Gloucester; Classic Gold 1557 AM in Northampton; and Classic Gold 1332 in Peterborough.…The separate disposal by GWR of 11% of London News Radio to Daily Mail & General Trust *GWR And… Continue reading GWR Sells Gold Stations
The Radio Authority has accepted 8 applications for the new, small-scale, Independent Local Radio licences within East Sussex. The applicants are:Arrow FM – (Conqueror Broadcasting LTD, Bill Uttley-Moore 01424 426322): A station with wide appeal, in the best traditions of independent local radio. It aims to entertain and inform the people of Hastings and the… Continue reading Radio Authority Receives 8 Applications For East Sussex Licences
Murray Dudgeon has been appointed Managing Director of GWR’s flagship national radio station, Classic FM.Dudgeon joins GWR, the independent radio group, from the media agency, Universal McCann Worldwide where he is currently European Media Director. He is renowned for his expertise in the field of programme sponsorship, production, barter and syndication.Dudgeon takes up his new… Continue reading New Managing Director For Classic FM
TMD Carat has made three new appointments at its Manchester office.Angie Farmer joins TMD Direct Manchester from McCann’s. She brings with her the experience of working on Greenflag National Breakdown and Great Universal Stores accounts. At TMD Direct, Farmer will be working exclusively on the AA, JD Williams and Corgi accounts.Rossana Murphy joins TMD Direct… Continue reading New Appointments At TMDC And IPC
The BBC Radio 1 DJ, Chris Evans, failed to turn up to present the Breakfast Show yesterday. Following discussions with Evan’s agent, the BBC released the star from the final two months of his contract. This agreement means that Ginger Productions, Evans’ production company, will not face legal action. However, the early departure is likely… Continue reading Evans Reaches The Point Of No Return To Radio 1
The ITC has published its report detailing programme complaints and interventions made in December.No programmes broadcast in December resulted in significant interventions or the imposition of a sanction. There were, however, a number of programmes that raised important regulatory issues and a number of complaints.Sky News was one case in point. On 8 October 1996,… Continue reading ITC Programme Complaints And Interventions Report
As reported on Newsline yesterday, MTV Networks Europe is set to launch two new music television channels for the UK called MTV in the UK and M2: Music Television.MTV in the UK will be a dedicated music and youth entertainment channel targeted at 16-34 year olds in the UK and will replace MTV Europe’s existing… Continue reading New MTV Channels Announced
Hollinger International, the group that owns the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, is said to be considering expanding into the regional press. Midland Independent Newspapers is known to have attracted the group’s attention.Hollinger bid £105 million for Midland in 1991. It was beaten by a management buy-out group that paid £125 million. Midland, which publishes The… Continue reading Telegraph To Take A Stake In The Provinces
