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talkSPORT 2 introduces the EFL Fan Network Show

talkSPORT 2 is introducing a new programme and podcast called the EFL Fan Network Show. The broadcast will be released weekly every Thursday at 6pm, starting today, Thursday 18th January, and will be available live on talkSPORT 2. It will be hosted by Justin Beattie, one of talkSPORT’s Fan Network contributors. The EFL Fan Network […] […]

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Dorset radio station Purbeck Coast FM to close citing financial pressure

The Swanage Pier Trust is to close Dorset community radio station Purbeck Coast FM due to a lack of funding and practical pressures. The Trust says the pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis had a huge effect on the station’s day-to-day operating costs, as well as its inability to secure sponsorship from local businesses. Swanage Pier […] […]

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BBC Radio Cymru 2 officially approved by Ofcom as a UK Public Service

BBC Radio Cymru 2 is to become a fully-fledged public service radio station following a consultation by Ofcom. The move means more original Welsh-language hours will be broadcast on the station. Under the BBC Framework Agreement, the introduction of a new UK Public Service is a material change and therefore subject to a competition assessment […] […]

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PRS for Music recognised as a Top Employer in the UK

PRS for Music has been certified as a Top Employer 2024 by the Top Employer Institute. The certification recognises a company’s dedication to a better world of work which it exhibits through its HR practices. PRS for Music is one of just 2,300 employers across 121 countries to have been recognised. The accreditation has been […] […]

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York Hospital Radio marks 60 years of broadcasting

The volunteer broadcasters of York Hospital Radio will be celebrating the radio station’s 60th anniversary on Friday, 26 January. A special day of live shows, together with two civic visits, will mark 60 years to the day since the very first show was broadcast to listeners in York’s hospitals in 1964. To celebrate the 60th […] […]

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Bradford small-scale digital radio multiplex owner applies to move transmitter site

The owner of the Bradford small-scale radio multiplex service has applied for a licence variation request to move one of its transmitters. Bradford Digital Media Limited says the owner of the building upon which its Eccleshill transmitter is located gave notice that the building was being sold and would be redeveloped, and that power would […] […]