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Carlos announces Heart 70s return following time off for operation
Heart 70s breakfast show presenter Carlos has announced he’ll be back on-air soon following time off for medical reasons. Carlos says he’s taking one more week off as recovery is taking longer than anticipated due to complications during a recent operation. Tweeting an update to his listeners...Publication date: 11.05.2023
Lyca Media in breach for not providing local news on Time 107.5
Ofcom has found Time 107.5’s parent company Lyca Media II in breach of its Format for not broadcasting any local news when monitored. The regulator said local news was not broadcast at any time during the week 13 to 19 February 2023 and the station was not meeting the requirement...Publication date: 09.05.2023
Oasis’ Bonehead to guest host special show on Radio X
Guitarist and founding member of Oasis, Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs is joining Radio X to host a show this Bank Holiday. The special programme, Bonehead’s Bank Holiday, airing on Monday 9am – 11am, will include some of his favourite tunes and stories from the Oasis days...Publication date: 05.05.2023
Comedian Andrew Ryan joins Q Radio Breakfast line-up
Cork comedian Andrew Ryan has joined Declan Wilson and Amy McGuckin on the all-new Q Radio Breakfast show. Andy, who is well known for his storytelling, is one of the most in-demand, stand-up acts at comedy clubs across the UK and Ireland...Publication date: 04.05.2023
Global creates new roles and makes promotions in senior team
Global has promoted some staff and created new roles in its Broadcasting & Content team. Richard Steel has been promoted to Managing Editor of Heart. He moves from being Deputy Managing Editor...Publication date: 04.05.2023
ARIAS winners are announced – BBC picks up 17 Gold Awards
The annual ARIAS took place last night at London’s Theatre Royal and saw the BBC win 17 Gold out of the 28 awards. BBC Radio 4 picked up Gold for UK station or network of the year and Tony Blackburn was honoured with the Pioneer Award, presented by Greg James...Publication date: 03.05.2023
Tickets for Capital’s Summertime Ball have sold out
Capital’s Summertime Ball with Barclaycard has sold out after less than a week on sale. Fans rushed to snap up their tickets for the event at Wembley Stadium, where more than 80,000 Capital listeners will be at the show on Sunday 11th June...Publication date: 02.05.2023
Rebrand for Nation Radio to celebrate Coronation weekend
Nation Radio is rebranding across the forthcoming bank holiday weekend to celebrate the Coronation. The network of stations will be playing the Best of British artists for the duration of CoroNation Radio hosted by Neil Fox, Russ Williams and Greg Burns...Publication date: 02.05.2023
Careless Whisper voted no.1 song of all time in Smooth Radio poll
A Smooth Radio listener poll has seen Careless Whisper voted the number one song of all time. Smooth’s All Time Top 500, the station’s annual countdown, attracted almost 32,000 votes. The results were played on-air across the Bank Holiday weekend, with the number one...Publication date: 01.05.2023
Big birthday surprise for Heart listener who wins £1million
Heart listener Margaret Coetzer, who turns 40 today, became Britain’s newest millionaire live on Heart Breakfast this morning. She won the life-changing amount in the live final of Heart’s Make Me A Millionaire...Publication date: 28.04.2023