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Lyca Radio to broadcast live from Dubai and Abu Dhabi

Lyca Radio’s Breakfast show will come live from Dubai and Abu Dhabi to coincide with this year’s International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA). The show, fronted by Vallisa, will air in its usual slot between 6am and 10am, with live updates in the run up to the IIFA main ceremony on Saturday...

Publication date: 22.05.2023

BBC Radio 2 gets a Rocky Horror show from Made in Manchester

Radio indie Made in Manchester has brought together some of the stars of musical Rocky Horror for a special programme celebrating 50 years of the stage show on BBC Radio 2...

Publication date: 22.05.2023

Liam McCarthy provides update following letter to Tim Davie

The ongoing saga over changes to local BBC radio continues as Dr Liam McCarthy provides an update to his recent open letter to BBC DG Tim Davie. Dr Liam writes: After my open letter and paper to the DG about the cuts to local radio I have had a meeting with a senior member of the BBC’s...

Publication date: 22.05.2023

Andrea Fox joins Matt Richardson at Breakfast on JACK fm

JACKfm’s News Editor, Jo Summerbell has gone on maternity leave after over 10 years at JACKfm Oxfordshire. Most recently Jo has been co-hosting the new breakfast show with local comedian and presenter Matt Richardson...

Publication date: 21.05.2023

Blur’s Alex James reveals on Radio X why the band got back together

Blur joined The Radio X Evening Show with Dan O’Connell last night ahead of the release of their first album in eight years. The Ballad of Darren is due for release on 21 July and the first song from it, The Narcissist, has been released...

Publication date: 19.05.2023

RAJAR Q1 2023: Radio is booming according to the latest figures

Boom Radio is thanking the Late Paul O’Grady for its latest audience figures after it doubled its audience year-on-year, with 635,000 adults now listening each week. “Paul’s Christmas special delivered record numbers for us and set us up perfectly for 2023 according to our own data...

Publication date: 18.05.2023

ITV to air special programmes to showcase Capital’s two balls

Capital’s Summertime Ball and Jingle Bell Ball will be showcased on ITV in a new deal between Global and ITV. The 90 minute entertainment specials will broadcast highlights from the two events. Hosted by Capital Breakfast’s Roman Kemp...

Publication date: 18.05.2023

Smooth Radio North West celebrates 15 years as commercial number one

The original Smooth is celebrating 15 consecutive years as the number one commercial radio station in the North West of England. This follows the release of the latest audience figures which show, despite a slight dip in listeners over the last three months...

Publication date: 18.05.2023

Heart, Capital and Smooth still UK’s top commercial radio brands

According to the latest listening figures, commercial radio is on the up, but its no so for the BBC. Industry body, RAJAR’s Q1 figures released today, show that Heart, Capital and Smooth continue to rate as the top three commercial radio brands in the UK...

Publication date: 18.05.2023

BBC Cuts: Song to be released about keeping local radio local

song has been written about the changes currently taking place around the BBC local radio network in England, endorsed by The NUJ. Beldon Haigh was inspired to write Need My Local Radio after discovering the intended cuts to jobs and programming at BBC Radio Humberside...

Publication date: 18.05.2023