Allied Radio has denied rumours that it is to be taken over by Southern Radio and instead suggested that it is on the verge of an acquisition. Allied Radio includes Mercury and County Sound in Surrey and West Sussex and Southern Radio includes Southern Sound and Ocean Sound covering Sussex and Hampshire.
The London Radio Company, which has applied for 2 London radio licences, has appointed LBC’s former managing director, Charlie Cox, to head its management team. Both LRC’s bids are for speech-based services similar to those currently provided by LBC.
Publishing director of Woman’s Own, Chris Boyd, is leading a new television campaign to increase the readership of his title, as well as Woman magazine, both of which have seen fallen sales over the past couple of years.The TV campaign, already on the air in Tyne Tees and Granada regions, aims to compete with similar… Continue reading IPC TV Campaign For Woman & Womans Own
Classic FM has joined forces with Time International magazine to offer advertisers a joint package covering both print and radio. The deal includes guaranteed spots in Classic Reports, the station’s nightly news, music and arts review programme, and space in Time International’s British Isles edition.There are no set rates for the new initiative as the… Continue reading Classic & Time Joint Sell
Classic FM has joined forces with Time International magazine to offer advertisers a joint package covering both print and radio. The deal includes guaranteed spots in Classic Reports, the station’s nightly news, music and arts review programme, and space in Time International’s British Isles edition.There are no set rates for the new initiative as the… Continue reading Classic & Time Joint Sell
Following recent speculation that ITV was planning to scrap plans to transmit The World Cup if England failed to get through, the network is attempting to show its commitment to the sport by signing up for a further 30 hours of live European and International football this Autumn.According to network figures, last season’s coverage of… Continue reading ITV Football Finalised
BT were unwilling to comment this morning on recent research by Marketing magazine into its BT3 privatisation campaign, which has placed the Inspector Morose ads at the top of the “most disliked advertisements on television” list. BT has defended the campaign, claiming that the public offer was 1.7 times oversubscribed, proving that it must have… Continue reading BT3 Campaign Goes Down Badly
In a survey published today by the Henley Centre into the future of the media, it was shown that watching television is becoming less popular as a leisure activity.The report came to the conclusion that there is a “cultural underclass”; the poorest members of society, those with the least disposable income, spend 11 hours a… Continue reading Television Losing Popularity?
According to reports today, The Sun has not succeeded in stealing sales from the Daily Mirror, with Monday’s figure for the latter staying stable at 3,670,000. The Mirror has managed to maintain a secure hold on its readers with Monday’s sales topping 2.56 million. Today has dropped again this week falling from an average of… Continue reading Mirror Holds Its Own In Sun War
June de Moller has been taken on as new managing director of Carlton Communications, replacing Keith Edelman. De Moller has run various divisions of Carlton since 1983 but has most recently been in charge of business development.
