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Four Bauer radio brands come together to cover the Isle of Wight Festival

Bauer stations are coming together to cover the Isle of Wight Festival this weekend. Absolute Radio, Greatest Hits Radio, Hits Radio, and Magic Radio will be on site at Seaclose Park, broadcasting live performances, exclusive content and much more from the sold-out event...

Bauer handed £25,000 fine after turning off Absolute Radio’s AM transmitters

Ofcom has fined Bauer Radio £25,000 for turning off all the AM transmitters for Absolute Radio across the UK. Bauer Radio confirmed to the regulator in January this year that Absolute Radio was no longer being broadcast on AM, and so Ofcom revoked the licence on 13 February 2023...

Absolute Radio Country to air Elaina D Smith evening show

Bauer has signed up American country presenter Elaina D Smith’s evening show to broadcast on Absolute Radio Country. The syndicated programme, which is produced and presented in Nashville, Tennessee, will air Sunday to Thursday nights from 7pm. Elaina said “It seems impossible to even think of a word that describes my excitement about joining the Absolute Radio Country family...

Absolute Radio to launch radio station named after a listener

A new radio station is set to launch named after an Absolute Radio competition winner. In the promotion called Absolute Radio You, listeners must describe their own perfect radio station including which five songs they would play to kick it off. Dave Berry announced the new service on his breakfast show this morning after teasing it for the past couple of weeks...

Overnight changes as Chris Martin promoted at Absolute Radio

Chris Martin has been promoted to the role of Executive Music Producer at Absolute Radio meaning an end to his overnight show. Chris, who previously led programming on Absolute Classic Rock will now add Absolute 80s to his responsibilities. As a result, Dan Noble will move to take on the 1-6am weekday slot, with Sophie K taking on the late-night weekend ‘Through the Decades’ show on Fridays and Saturdays from 10pm...

Brothers Osborne series planned for Absolute Radio Country

American country stars Brothers Osborne will be joining Absolute Radio Country to host a special four-part Sunday night series. The duo’s first show will be on Sunday 7th November from 7pm, where they will be playing all their favourite classic country tracks whilst also introducing listeners to some of their new favourite artists...

Bauer airs Coldplay concert across 13 European radio brands

Bauer has broadcast an exclusive Coldplay concert on 13 of its radio brands around Europe from London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire. Stations in eight countries took the feed including Absolute Radio and Hits Radio in the UK, plus Today FM in Ireland, with a total potential audience of 40 million. During the gig, the band was joined on stage by Fleur East, after Chris Martin invited the singer and...

Jimmy Carr lends support to Absolute Radio’s 24 Hour Jukebox in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust

Comedian Jimmy Carr joined Absolute Radio’s Bush and Richie on air to support them as they hosted the station’s first live 24-hour Jukebox, all in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust. Opening up to the Hometime presenters about anxiety and mental health, the award-winning comedian admitted that he once had a panic attack live on stage in front of 4,000 people – but no one noticed...

The Shires’ Ben Earle joins Absolute Radio Country weekends

Ben Earle from British Country Duo The Shires is joining Absolute Radio Country to host a new Sunday morning show. Ben’s first show will be on Sunday 3rd October from 9am –12pm, where he will play his favourite country artists, as well as introducing listeners to some of his ‘ones to watch’...

Shaun Keaveny to narrate comedy series on Absolute Radio

Broadcaster Shaun Keaveny is joining Absolute Radio to narrate the station’s first ever scripted comedy series – Rockanory. Shaun, who has been with BBC 6 Music for the last 14 years, announced back in June that he was leaving the station in September. Each story in Rockanory is based on an apocryphal Rock n’ Roll legend and will be split across the week into 5-minute episodes...