Alexis Thompson has been appointed head of promotions and sponsorship at London Radio, replacing Keith Belcher. London Radio represents London News 97.3FM and London News Talk 1152 AM.London News is also said to be pursuing Andrew Neil, who has already turned down opportunities to host his own show on Talk Radio and on the BBC’s… Continue reading London Radio Appointment
A new 15-minute radio programme will be broadcast on stations across the South of England from later this month, based on the Guardian’s entertainment supplement The Guide, and presented by Katie Puckrick.
The Children’s Channel, which has been carrying the name TCC on-air since last September, formally becomes TCC from Monday next (January 16th).
The first round of the Thursday night sitcom battle went to the BBC last week, according to unofficial estimates. The programmes are shown at 2030-2100. BBC: Down To Earth (Richard Briers) – 11.3m ITV: Outside Edge – 8.6m
The Stock Exchange last night launched an insider dealing investigation into the heavy trading of Saatchi and Saatchi shares, in the four hours before the resignation of three top executives was officially announced.Acting chairman, Charlie Scott, addressing investors and analysts today, has said that the company’s falling share price was due to “hysterical press coverage”… Continue reading Stock Exchange Inquiry Into Saatchi Insider Dealing
Four further senior executives at troubled agency Saatchi and Saatchi have resigned, bringing this week’s total to seven.Today’s resignations come from Nick Hurrell and Moray MacLennan – Joint MDs at Saatchi UK, and James Lowther and Simon Dicketts – both Creative Directors.Saatchi’s share price as at 1.00pm was down 2.5p to 109.5p.
Greg Dyke is to return to broadcasting as chairman and chief executive of Pearson’s television interests. Dyke resigned as chief executive of LWT last February, after it was taken over by Granada in a hostile bid.Dyke will join Pearson on March 1 and will be responsible for expanding the group’s television interests worldwide. Pearson owns… Continue reading Dyke Joins Pearson
Viewing figures for BBC1’s National Lottery programme have fallen steadily since the first draw on November 19, which attracted over 20 million viewers. The latest figures, for December 31, show the programme attracting 12.53 million viewers.The top programme over the new year period was BBC1’s Auntie’s Bloomers, hosted by Terry Wogan, attracting 17.85 million viewers.… Continue reading Lottery Viewing Falls
Channel 4 is to run a version of Brookside in 30-second episodes on commercial radio, for 2 weeks from Janaury 17. The radio episodes will promote a week’s worth of TV episodes, when the soap, which normally runs 3 times a week, will be shown on 5 consecutive nights.As well as promoting the storyline the… Continue reading Brookside Radio Trial
Three senior executives – Jeremy Sinclair, acting Chairman, Bill Muirhead, US Chief Executive and David Kershaw, Head of London Operations – yesterday all resigned from troubled advertising agency Saatchi and Saatchi over their ‘anger at the Board’s decision to oust Maurice Saatchi as Group Chairman’, accusing the board of “commercial vandalism”.Unlike Maurice Saatchi the above… Continue reading Three More Quit At Saatchis
