3AW Remember When’s Simon Owens has shared a tremendously moving Facebook post ahead of the first show tonight, Sunday February 16, after Philip Brady OAM’s death….
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Kay Wright has been appointed Head of BBC Midlands to lead all of the BBC’s local services for radio, TV and online across the West and East Midlands.
She will be responsible for BBC Radio WM, BBC CWR, BBC Radio Stoke, BBC Radio Shropshire, BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester, BBC Radio Derby, BBC Radio Leicester and BBC Radio Nottingham.
In addition to Midlands Today, East Midlands Today, two Sunday Politics programmes, and the region’s digital output.
She takes over from Hayley Valentine who became Director of BBC Scotland last year.
Kay joined the BBC in 1999 and went on to lead BBC Radio Leicester and BBC CWR in the Midlands as Executive Editor before joining the BBC worked in regional and national newspapers.
Most recently she has been heading up TV and digital news output in the North East of England and before that headed up the BBC in the Midlands on an interim basis in 2023.
Kay Wright says: “Having spent much of my career in Leicester, my heart truly belongs in the Midlands. I can’t wait to get back to work with the enormously talented, creative and committed news and programme-makers this region boasts. It will be a huge privilege to work with BBC colleagues as well as regional stakeholders to deliver the highest quality content for our audiences.”
Jason Horton, Director of Production for BBC Local, says: “Kay is a hugely experienced editorial leader who has led a number of teams across the Midlands over the past few years. Her relentless focus on our audiences, understanding what they want from BBC Local, her creativity and her leadership, are qualities that I am sure will make her time leading the BBC across the Midlands a huge success. I am excited to see what she achieves.”
Kay will take up her new role as Head of BBC Midlands from Monday 17 March.
Radiodays Europe is happening in March 2025 – use code RTY25ATH to get a discount and join us in Athens! More..
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Despite their move from Oakland to Sacramento while awaiting construction of their new stadium in Las Vegas, MLB’s Athletics will continue their relationship with iHeartMedia.
Conservative Talk 650 KSTE Sacramento will take over as the franchise’s broadcast home for the 2025 season. Games will also continue to be heard in the Bay Area on “iHeart Sports 960” KNEW, which had been the flagship for the Oakland Athletics from 2020 through 2024, and the “A’s Cast” stream on iHeartRadio.
Longtime voice of the franchise Ken Korach as well as Johnny Doskow and Chris Caray will continue to cover Athletics games. KSTE and A’s Cast will carry thirty minute pre and post-game shows for all games with the streaming channel also carrying “A’s Cast Live” for two and half hours before all weeknight games, the “A’s Clubhouse Show” after games, and “A’s After Dark” after every home game. A’s scout Shooty Babbitt and former MLB infielder and West Sacramento native Steve Sax will join as contributors to the pre and postgame shows. […]
After 32 years across two stints at Lotus Conservative Talk 570 KVI Seattle, morning host John Carlson will retire on April 4. […]
When I went to Radiodays Europe for the first time two years ago, I found a favorite radio station. Prague’s Europa 2 was playing a Top 40 mix very different than anything available in North America, including still having some pop/rock component. I’ve gotten an early start on my listening for this year’s Radiodays, to be held in Athens on March 9-11, and I’ve already found at least one station that I think will be a ROR readers’ favorite. […]
Lakeland Media, a 50/50 partnership of John David Linder’s Linder Media LLC and Lynn Ketelsen’s Ketelsen Media LLC, will purchase Headwaters Media’s three stations in Atwater and Benson MN for $375,000. The deal for Classic Rock “94.1 The Loon” KKLN Atwater/Willmar, Classic Hits 93.5 KSCR-FM Benson, and Classic Country 1290 KBMO/103.5 K278CX Benson is structured with $200,000 going to seller John Jennings in a consulting agreement through January 2027. KKLN will join Lakeland Media’s other holdings in the Willmar market that includes Classic Country “Big Country 100.1” KOLV Olivia, Hot AC “Q102” 102.5 KQIC Willmar, Classic Hits “106.5 The Train” KLFN Sunburg, and News/Talk 1340 KWLM/96.3 K242CF Willmar and 101.1 K266CM Sunburg. […]
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