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Shania Twain speaks to Radio 2 on taking this year’s Glasto Legend slot

Following this morning’s announcement that Shania Twain will perform in the Glastonbury Legends slot at this year’s festival, Gaby Roslin spoke to her on today’s Radio 2 Breakfast Show.

Publication date: 14.03.2024

DJ Sam Sax wins the KISS Chosen One competition

Sam Sax has been named KISS’ Chosen One having won the station’s search for its next big up-and-coming DJ.

Publication date: 13.03.2024

Jordan Banjo and Perri Kiely broadcast live from Costa on KISS

KISS breakfast team Jordan Banjo and Perri Kiely spent Tuesday morning broadcasting live from a Costa store in Walthamstow.

Publication date: 13.03.2024

Past Perfect Radio launches for vintage music lovers

Past Perfect Radio is a new online and smart speaker station playing music from the 1920s to the 1950s.

Publication date: 12.03.2024

BBC Radio to broadcast rediscovered historic dramas

BBC Radio 4, 4 Extra and Radio 3 are to broadcast a season of plays that have been returned to the BBC Archives.

Publication date: 12.03.2024

BBC Radio Scotland’s Ricky Ross wins Country Music Association award

Ricky Ross has received an award for championing country music on his Another Country show on BBC Radio Scotland.

Publication date: 11.03.2024

Doc Brown joins Jazz FM as part of 60-minute Discovery line up

Comedian, actor, rapper and vinyl collector Ben Bailey Smith, AKA Doc Brown, is joining Jazz FM as part of the station’s Saturday and Sunday 60-minute Discovery line up.

Publication date: 11.03.2024

Celebrities back BBC talent search for next voice of Bradford

A BBC talent search to find the next voice of Bradford to report on the UK City of Culture has been backed by three celebrities.

Publication date: 11.03.2024

Boom Radio asks listeners to help fight against the BBC

Boom Radio is asking listeners to complain to the BBC and write to their MPs in a bid to stop the corporation launching a rival service. Boom Radio, created by Phil Riley and David Lloyd, says the new Radio 2 extension sounds remarkably like its own service.

Publication date: 07.03.2024

Lauren Layfield and Shanequa Paris to host Radio 1’s Life Hacks

Lauren Layfield and Shanequa Paris are joining BBC Radio 1 as the new hosts of the station’s Life Hacks programme.

Publication date: 07.03.2024