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Bauer Media is in talks with GCap and Global Radio about the acquisition of BRMB in the Midlands, one of the stations the companies must divest of following their recent merger.Guardian Media Group has also expressed an interest in Heart 106 in the east Midlands, another station affected by competition issues as a result of… Continue reading Bauer Set To Buy BRMB From GCap And Global

Magic 105.4 has launched a new ‘good mood’ poster campaign across 1000 sites in London today.The campaign, which was planned by Starcom, is set to run for two weeks across 1000 6 x sheet poster sites in the city.The creative builds on Magic’s recent ‘lift your mood, change your tune’ TV campaign, which features listener’s… Continue reading Magic Launches New Poster Campaign

Global Radio has offered to sell a number of stations in the Midlands, including Heart 106 in the east Midlands, to appease the Office of Fair Trading.The move comes after the OFT expressed concerns over competition in the area, following Global’s acquisition of GCap Media for £375 in April this year (see Global Radio To… Continue reading Global Offers To Sell Off Midlands Stations

BBC Radio 5 Live has won the radio rights to broadcast FA Cup and England international matches for a further four years.The deal with the Football Association starts from the beginning of the 2008/09 football season with the Community Shield match between Manchester United and Portsmouth at Wembley on Sunday.Radio 5 Live and sister digital… Continue reading BBC Sport Wins Football Radio Rights

Andi Peters is set to host his own ‘Hot or Not’ Monday evening show on heat radio from next week.The former Live & Kicking presenter, recently a runner up on BBC One’s Celebrity Masterchef, will be reviewing the latest movies, DVDs, books, music and TV shows with celebrity guests for listeners.Peters said: “I’m looking forward… Continue reading Heat Radio Signs Andi Peters

Denise Van Outen’s future at 95.8 Capital FM is in jeopardy, following reports in the national press that she is quitting the show just months into her year-long contract.Van Outen is said to be “knackered” as a result of juggling her breakfast show on Capital, alongside co-host Johnny Vaughan, with her TV commitments.The presenter is… Continue reading Van Outen To Leave Capital

Kiss 100 is set to launch its radio service via Apple’s new iPhone, allowing fans to listen to the station on their mobile phone.Listeners will be able to access Kiss at www.totalkiss.com via their iPhone’s mobile internet browser, which will also incorporate an exclusive ‘audio bumper’ before the live coverage.It will be the first time… Continue reading Kiss Launches Radio Stream Via iPhone

RAJAR figures for Q2 2008 show that BBC Radio 2 had the highest weekly reach of all of the national stations, at around 13 million listeners, although it was down both period on period and year on year, by around 4.7% and 0.9% respectively.BBC Radio 1’s weekly reach now stands at around 10.7 million listeners… Continue reading BBC Radio 2 Weekly Reach Declines But Still On Top

ITV has signed a deal with the Football Association which will see non-league FA Cup action available to watch online.ITV and the FA will film preliminary rounds of the FA Cup throughout August, September and October, with highlights available to watch on ITVLocal.com, ITV.com and TheFA.com.Clubs that are not shown on these sites can upload… Continue reading ITV Sites To Show FA Cup Preliminary Rounds

The latest RAJAR figures, for the second quarter of 2008, show that All Commercial radio suffered a year on year dip in weekly reach of around 3.2%, although it remained relatively static period on period.All BBC was up slightly year on year in terms of reach, by 0.2%, while period on period it recorded a… Continue reading All Commercial Radio Suffers YoY Dip In Weekly Reach