While Chris Tarrant can still proclaim himself King of the Breakfast Shows in London, the success of Chris Evans’ Breakfast Show on Virgin’s AM and FM frequencies could be worrying for both Capital 95.8 FM and Radio 1.The new team of Kevin Greening and Zoe Ball on Radio 1’s Breakfast Show added 400,000 listeners to… Continue reading Q4 RAJAR Summary – Breakfast Listening
Dominic Riley, marketing manager at BBC Digital Radio, was the first speaker at the Marketing Week\New Media Age Digital Radio conference which took place this week at the Regency Hotel.Riley began by pointing out the benefits of digital radio as he sees them: CD quality sound; no interference; new stations; easy to use radio; and… Continue reading Digital Radio Conference Report
Anyone out there planning on buying sperm via the internet (you never know), ought to first heed the warnings of the Government’s fertility watchdog: The Human Fertility and Embryology Authority (HFEA). The HFEA has warned potential sperm recipients of the dangers of the growing trade in illicit sperm. A number of reproductive services have been… Continue reading Web Round-Up W/E 13/02/98
Capital Radio’s new Capital Gold network which was given the go-ahead last week by the Radio Authority (subscribers see Capital Gold To Extend Reach), announced its programme schedule this week. The network, which will broadcast across Hampshire, Sussex, Kent and Birmingham as well as London, promises to “bring some of London’s best known presenters to… Continue reading Capital Gold Network Announces Programme Line-Up
Comcast Corporation has announced that its Comcast UK division is to be bought by UK telecommunications company NTL for $600 million (£363 million). Comcast UK shareholders are to receive 0.3745 shares of NTL common stock for each share of Comcast UK common stock held.Comcast has stipulated that if the average closing price of the NTL… Continue reading NTL Buys Comcast UK For £363m
Regional dailies publisher Northcliffe Newspapers Group has announced that Steve Batch, managing director of Northcliffe Electronic Publishing, has joined the board of directors. The appointment represents Northcliffe’s desire to develop a stronger presence in the field of electronic publishing.Batch has been responsible for the implementation of Northcliffe’s move into electronic publishing which sees the launch… Continue reading Northcliffe Appoints Board Director
The UK national newspaper market suffered drops in both sales and readership during 1997, despite a short-lived resurgence during September as the public sought information in the aftermath of the death of Princess Diana.January to December 1997 ABC figures for all the nationals reveal that there was a 1.4% year on year drop in sales… Continue reading National Press Market Round-Up – 1997
30 Beautiful Homes, the title piloted by IPC Magazines in September last year (subscribers see Pilot Issue Review – 30 Beautiful Homes), is to launch on 18 February, priced £2.40. Along the way it has shed five of its homes to become 25 Beautiful Homes.According to publisher Yvonne Ramsden sales of the pilot issue exceeded… Continue reading More Home Titles To Launch
Mobile phone company One 2 One has secured a one year deal with Virgin Radio to sponsor the Virgin 1215AM ‘Traffic and Travel’ bulletins. The sponsorship is worth in the region of £750,000 and begins on 9 March.The deal was negotiated by Dan Levitt at Motive, on behalf of One 2 One, and by Virgin… Continue reading One 2 One Association With Virgin
Gaylord Entertainment has announced that it will be closing its CMT Europe cable network on 31 March 1998. The US company said that the 24-hour cable country music channel was “unprofitable.”Carl Kornmeyer, president of Gaylord’s Communications Group, said: “CMT’s format of providing country music videos via satellite 24-hours-per-day has resulted in losses of about $10… Continue reading CMT Europe To Close
