The Radio Authority has awarded the new regional radio licence for the Yorkshire area to Kiss FM, sister to the radio station currently broadcasting in Manchester.The award by the Radio Authority is however, likely to cause controversy because sales for the regional station are to be handled by MSM, the sales house owned by Capital… Continue reading Kiss FM Wins Yorkshire Radio Licence
Last night’s Switzerland v Holland match broadcast at 19:30 on BBC1, attracted the second highest audience of the competition so far, 8.0 million individuals; this was a 59.4% share of men viewing.Bulgaria v Romania, on ITV at 16:30 attracted the lowest audience of the competition so far, just 4.5 million viewers. Match Channel Day Date… Continue reading Switzerland V Holland Attracts 8 Million Viewers
Classic FM, the national commercial radio station, has won two gold medals at The New York Festivals International Radio Competition. The station collected awards for Best Use of Comedy for Alan Mann’s Fantasy Footnotes and for Best News Anchor for John Brunning.The success follows Classic’s victories at this year’s Sony Awards when it won prizes… Continue reading Classic FM Wins Double Gold In New York
ITV had its best Wednesday peaktime ratings performance so far this year on June 12th, according to unofficial viewing figures.ITV claims it achieved a 47.8% share of the available audience, compared with 20.0% for BBC1 – BBC’s lowest share on any night in 1996. The success of Wednesday night was largely due to Coronation Street… Continue reading ITV Claims Top Wednesday Night Viewing
Senior executives from Britain’s regional newspaper industry have decided that the Internet definitely is an attractive commercial proposition. The Newspaper Society held a forum on future strategy which was attended by 30 senior executives from a number of publishing groups, including Johnston Press, United Provincial Newspapers, Northcliffe Newspapers and Portsmouth and Sunderland Newspapers.The forum voted… Continue reading Regionals Decide Internet Is Attractive Proposition
In a move which is no doubt related to the launch last week of G+J’s Here! (Newsline 04/06), IPC has announced that its Women’s Weeklies Group is to cut the cover price of its two flagship titles Woman and Woman’s own. Prices will drop from 55p to 30p for the June issues on sale June… Continue reading Women’s Weeklies Cut Their Price
Channel 5 Broadcasting have appointed Michaelides & Bednash as part of its core marketing team. The agency will be researching strategic programming and brand issues as part of a team of companies and individuals being formed by David Brook, C5B’s Director of Marketing and Communications. The team will also include media brand consultant Simon Jameson.… Continue reading Channel 5 Appoints Marketing Team And Chooses Sales Systems
Portsmouth and Sunderland Newspapers has announced pre-tax profits for the year ended 30 March 1996; this is a slight reduction on last year’s total of £9.3 million. Profit before tax was £18.6 million, including a £10 million exceptional profit on the sale of the Croydon Advertiser Group in December 1995.The Group confirmed that in the… Continue reading Portsmouth And Sunderland Newspapers Profits At £9 Million
The Daily Mail and General Trust has announced profits of £41 million for the half year ended 31 March. This is an increase of 7% over last year’s results. Trading profit increased by £1.2 million to £39.5 million, a 3% increase, despite an increase of 28% in newsprint prices.Advertising revenues among the national newspapers over… Continue reading Channel One Revenues Disappointing
Granada’s interim results for the 26 weeks ended 30 March showed that profit before tax had risen by 19% to £183m.The media arm of the group performed well: profits from Granada Television and London Weekend Television rose by 16% to £83.5m on turnover of £309.8m, up 5% on last year. Laser, Granada’s broadcast sales house,… Continue reading Granada Profits Rise 19%
