Pat Falconer is to become managing director of London Sports Radio, one of the bidders for the radio licences to be awarded later this year.Falconer left Independent Radio Sales last month after it was announced that the company was to be sold to the Katz Corporation (Newsline 2/6). The former managing director has denied that… Continue reading MD For London Sports Radio
Group sales director with the Publishing Consultancy, Elaine Luff, outlined to MediaTel today the shake-up that has taken place within the advertising department of the publishing company.The changes are as follows; Bella – Stacey Corrie will take over as advertising director from Louise Edwards Take A Break – Louise Edwards becomes sales director, with the… Continue reading Ad Changes At Publishing Consultancy
The Radio Times has released an ABC figure for January to June’93 of 1,503,379. This is a 3.8% fall year-on-year and a 5.6% fall on July to December’92.Since the duopoly was lifted in 1991 the Radio Times has enjoyed the highest circulation of the TV listings magazines. The other titles have yet to release their… Continue reading Radio Times’ ABC Falls
Channel 4 is to launch a prime-time religious series, ‘Witness’. It will feature a wide range of subjects, including neo-Nazis meeting a survivor from Auschwitz and cannibalism in the South Pacific. It intends to avoid organised religion and will concentrate instead on personal belief.Nicholas Fraser, the head of religion at Channel 4 has said that… Continue reading Prime-Time Religion For C4
Closer Encounters, a new cinema advertising initiative launched by RSA Advertising this week, aims to bring cinema advertisers closer to film goers by placing promotions in foyers of cinemas, including product displays and sampling.Marketing manager with RSA, Paul Butler pointed out the advantages of such a system, claiming that advertisers can now “step out of… Continue reading Cinema Advertising Extension
The IPA announced yesterday that Lynne Robinson, currently a Board Director of Leo Burnett, is to join the IPA as Head of Research this October.Lynne’s responsibilities will include monitoring media research surveys, as well as representing the IPA on industry committees, and organising the work of the IPA Marketing Appraisals and Media Appraisals Committees.Lynne Robinson… Continue reading New Head Of Research At IPA
London Business Radio, the consortium between GWR Group, Reuters and Associated Newspapers which has bid for a London AM licence announced yesterday that it intends to take this service nationwide.The consortium is bidding for an AM licence in Manchester this September, and will follow that with bids for licences in all major business and financial… Continue reading London Business Radio Plans Expansion
Today the ITV Network Centre announced the appointment of David Brennan as Controller, Audience Planning.Brennan, who will take up the post on September 1st, is currently Research and Marketing Controller at the airtime sales house MAS.Brennan set up audience research programmes for many ITV successes including A Touch of Frost and Heartbeat, during his time… Continue reading ITV Appoints Research Controller
Granada head of programmes, David Liddiment, has been recruited by the BBC as its head of light entertainment, having been responsible for ITV rating successes such as Coronation Street and You’ve Been Framed. Liddiment’s appointment is a further step by the Corporation to appeal to target audiences outside of the ABC1 bracket in order to… Continue reading BBC Recruit Granada Programme Guru
The Billett Consultancy has carried out research for the Royal Mail examining magazine subscription (4.4m subscribers in the UK), with claims that publishers are missing out on a valuable market by not recognising its importance for the future of magazines.85% of subscribers confirmed that they are planning to renew payments on magazines – an increase… Continue reading Billett Examines Subscription Market
