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Hits Radio breakfast show co-host Fleur East shared news that her last day on air before she becomes a mum will be this Friday February 9th, with TV and Magic presenter Angellica Bell lined up for cover. Speaking on air just after 8am Fleur said: ‘I can’t believe it’s my last week, it’s honestly flown […] […]

Ofcom has revoked the small-scale DAB licence award for Warminster, Devizes & Trowbridge. The statutory move was made after the winner said it could not start broadcasting within the 18 month launch window. “We have reasonable grounds for believing that the person to whom the licence was awarded will not provide the service within 18 […] […]

Bauer Media has completed analysis on the open beta-version of its Rayo streaming app. Rayo has been available since March, bringing all of its radio brands across the UK and mainland Europe together in once place. Bauer is now working on implementing the insights uncovered, as it seeks to iteratively improve and monitor its proposition […] […]

BBC Radio Solent failed to broadcast its final episode of Stereo Underground this week without explanation. The station dropped the long-running show recently saying it didn’t fit in with a new schedule, even though it survived programming and personnel cuts around the BBC local radio network. The specialist music show, hosted by Richard Latto, was […] […]

Commercial radio has an additional one million weekly listeners according to the latest RAJAR results. The data shows that 39.1 million people listen every week, which is up from 38.1 million in the same quarter last year and sets a new Q4 record. These new figures reveal a sustained increase in commercial radio listening, as […] […]

The Community Media Association and the UK Community Radio Network have come together to coordinate an all-day symposium to discuss the future of the community radio sector. The event, which will be hosted in the London office of the Department for Culture, Media & Sport on 26th March, will bring together decision-makers from community radio […] […]