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KISS Breakfast with Jordan and Perri has secured Costa Coffee as its brand-new sponsor and will host the show live from a store to celebrate. Costa will also sponsor the breakfast show on KISSTORY and KISS Fresh as part of the deal running till the end of 2024. The new sponsorship marks the first long-term […] […]

The capital is known for its diverse subcultures, and community-led radio stations are no exception. Here’s how they are evolving their brands from the grassroots, whilst offering people a pathway into the music industry, writes Lucy Snell. “Having had a pretty lonely experience growing up, listening to a breakfast radio show was a form of […] […]

Bauer Media’s charity network Cash for Kids has announced £1.6 million will be made available to help with the cost-of-living crisis. This is a 22% increase on the funding made available this time last year, and will be given to families via the charity’s Emergency Appeal. To date the appeal has raised nearly £7.5 million […] […]

Southampton’s Voice FM has launched a new weekday breakfast show to shine a spotlight on global environmental issues. The station says Your Green Breakfast is the UK’s first regular breakfast radio show dedicated to tackling climate change, pollution, recycling and more. Your Green Breakfast is hosted by Xan Phillips who is an environmental campaigner and […] […]

Stereo Underground, BBC Radio Solent’s weekly indie and alternative music show, is coming to an end on the BBC and going independent. The programme, presented by Richard Latto, was recently recommissioned amidst the local radio changes, but is now heading in a new direction. Announcing the changes on-air, Richard said the move was because of […] […]

The government is considering changes to how foreign record labels and foreign recording artists qualify for rights to be paid in public and on broadcast radio. A consultation has launched on the eligibility and recording artists, record labels, collecting societies, broadcasters and public venues are invited to share their views by 11 March. UK copyright […] […]