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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BBC Radio 4’s The Now Show to come to an end after 25 years

Hugh Dennis and Steve Punt are to launch a new comedy podcast for BBC Radio 4 as The Now Show is to end after 25 years.

Publication date: 06.03.2024

Bauer regional content director Andy Shier to step down as Pirate FM and Wave 105 rebrand

Regional Content Director for Bauer South of England & Wales Andy Shier is leaving his role at the end of this month as Pirate FM and Wave 105 turn into Greatest Hits Radio...

Publication date: 06.03.2024

Talk Radio to continue unaffected as Talk TV drops broadcast platforms

Talk TV is dropping its linear television channels and moving online only – with Talk Radio continuing on AM and DAB as normal.

Publication date: 05.03.2024