UK

BBC Sounds is reporting it had five million listeners in a two week period with growth from live listening and new podcast including The Traitors Uncloaked. The last two weeks of January and early February (22nd Jan – 3rd Feb) included content associated with the final of The Traitors and big weeks in sport. There […] […]

WorldDAB is publishing its first French-language ebook named Mise en place du DAB+ – la radiodiffusion numérique. It comes as DAB+ is expected to reach 60% mainland population coverage in France in the coming weeks. The 118-page publication, free to download from the WorldDAB website, is a French translation of the “Establishing DAB+ Digital Broadcast […] […]

Group Chief Financial Officer at Bauer, Anna Sedgley, has decided to leave Bauer Media Group after three years. Anna says she’s off to start a new chapter in her life – focusing on Board positions and Advisory roles. Yvonne Bauer, Owner and CEO of Bauer Media Group, says: “I am a bit reluctant to let […] […]

This is the Coast is joining the Lincolnshire & Humberside MuxCo DAB digital radio multiplex as its sister company hands back the small-scale DAB licence award. The move will give the station improved reception along the Yorkshire coast in Bridlington, Hornsea, Driffield and across East Yorkshire from March 1st. Meanwhile, East Coast Digital Radio, which […] […]

Nation Broadcasting is bringing back Swansea Bay Radio once more following Bauer’s decision to rebrand The Wave as Hits. Kev Johns, Phil Hoyles and Steve ‘Wiggy’ Wiggins will form the main schedule as the name returns on St David’s Day. It’ll be the 7th rebrand for the 102.1 frequently, having been originally known as Swansea […] […]

Gwent Broadcasting’s original morning show host Peter Milburn is making a return to radio there. Peter presented the show on Gwent Broadcasting from 1983, and continued in that slot when the station was merged into Red Dragon Radio two years later, subsequently becoming programme director and then managing director. Now, Peter hosts a syndicated radio […] […]