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James McVey from The Vamps joins Smooth Country
James McVey from The Vamps is joining Smooth Country to host a five-night special to celebrate country music artists. The A-Z of Country Music with James McVey will be broadcast on Smooth Country from Monday 18th to Friday 22nd October, 9pm to 10pm. Earlier this year James announced that it was his dream to be a presenter on Smooth Country one day. His campaign on social media including here and...Publication date: 14.10.2021
BBC Radio 3 will be Capturing Twilight this winter
BBC Radio 3 is marking the start of the Winter season with Capturing Twilight, a week of special programming featuring music, literature, and art. The special week, from Sunday 24 – Sunday 31 October, is inspired by the magical time between night and day. Highlights include: ...Publication date: 13.10.2021
BBC wins Broadcaster of the Year at New York Festivals Awards
The BBC has won Broadcaster of the Year at the New York Festivals Radio Awards. Most of the Gold Awards went to the BBC or to independent producers working on BBC programmes. Across its radio networks, the BBC collected 14 Gold awards, 7 Silver and 10 Bronze with podcast series’ including I’m Not A Monster, Where Is George Gibney and Fight Of The Century all picking up several each...Publication date: 13.10.2021
talkSPORT expands Premier League international rights deal
talkSPORT has extended its exclusive international audio rights package with the Premier League for a further three years until the end of the 2024/25 season. The rights deal sees talkSPORT continue as the Premier League’s global audio partner – a role it has fulfilled since 2012. The agreement enables the broadcaster to distribute official live audio commentaries of Premier League matches to all countries around the world...Publication date: 12.10.2021
Hits Radio’s Fleur East to perform on stage with Coldplay
Fans at Coldplay’s comeback London gig this evening will be greeted with a familiar face after Chris Martin invited singer and Hits Radio presenter Fleur East to perform with the band. Keeping with tradition, the band promised that they have “a couple of things going on” for this evening’s intimate gig for just 2,000 lucky fans, one of which will now include the surprise...Publication date: 12.10.2021
Comedian Marcus Brigstocke to present a new comedy series on Jazz FM
Jazz FM is to broadcast its first ever comedy series, “The Cabinet of Jazz” every Sunday evening from 17 October at 9pm, for the 10 weeks leading up to Christmas. Based on the real-life run for president in 1964 by Grammy winning jazz titan Dizzy Gillespie, the series will see self-confessed jazz nerd and occasional Jazz FM host, comedian Marcus Brigstocke ask a famous jazz fan or musician to...Publication date: 11.10.2021
Europe’s Biggest Dance Show returns with BBC Radio 1
Radio 1 will be once again partnering with radio stations from across Europe for a marathon broadcast showcasing the best of each nation’s dance scene. The stations will join forces with Radio 1 for the mass simulcast on Friday 29 October. Radio 1’s Dance Party host Danny Howard will kick off the marathon show at 6.30pm with 30 minutes of the hottest dance music from the biggest UK acts before handing over to the next country...Publication date: 08.10.2021
In photos: Global’s Make Some Noise raises over £2.7 million
Global’s Make Some Noise has raised over £2.7 million for small charities that help disadvantaged people across the UK after a day of on-air activities. All of its radio brands came together – Heart, Capital, Classic FM, Smooth, LBC, Radio X, Capital Dance, Capital XTRA and Gold – to raise funds and awareness for small charities in local communities across the UK, including food banks, mental health and domestic abuse helplines...Publication date: 08.10.2021
Permanent radio show for Judge Rinder at talkRADIO
Judge Rinder has signed up as the new permanent host of Drivetime every Friday on talkRADIO and talkRADIO TV. Rob had covered the show earlier the year but now commits to hosting one programme a week. He says: “After guesting in the Drivetime chair this summer, I’m absolutely delighted to be joining the brilliant talkRADIO schedule permanently...Publication date: 07.10.2021
Courtney Pine to receive The Gold Award at Jazz FM Awards
Legendary British saxophonist Courtney Pine is to receive the prestigious Gold Award at this year’s Jazz FM Awards with PPL and PRS for Music. Pine, one of the most celebrated UK jazz musicians of all time whose three-decade career has included being awarded both an OBE and CBE for services to music, will collect the award in-person at the ceremony at Under the Bridge in West London on Thursday 28 October...Publication date: 07.10.2021