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The shortlist for the Audio and Radio Industry Awards has been revealed with 80 nominations for the BBC. Commercial Radio accounted for approximately 50 nominations spread out over 18 radio stations, whilst podcasting got around 40 mentions on the shortlist. Prison Radio Association had 11 nominations, Times Radio had 10, and talkSPORT and Absolute Radio […] […]

Magic Radio presenters Tom Price and Kat Shoob will be doing a 12-hour karaoke singalong in aid of Cash for Kids. On May 2nd the duo will be host The Big Karaoke Party. Throughout the day they will be joined by fellow Magic Radio presenters including Ronan Keating, Harriet Scott, Nicole Appleton and Angellica Bell, […] […]

Sarah Julian is moving from BBC Radio Nottingham to host Breakfast on BBC Radio WM. The new show will start on Tuesday 7th May, weekdays from 6 till 10am. Sarah joined the BBC in 1997 and is currently the Breakfast Show presenter in Nottingham and has worked across several BBC stations and projects. She was […] […]

Global has appointed Dena McCallum as the Chair of Trustees at its Make Some Noise charity, replacing Jo Kenrick. Dena co-founded the management consultancy Eden McCallum, and takes on the task of driving forward the charity’s ambitions to reach more people. Jo Kenrick has been Chair of Trustees for the past eight years. Additionally, David […] […]

A Community Radio Symposium focusing on the future of the community radio sector in the UK is taking place at the DCMS today. The Community Media Association and the UK Community Radio Network are working together on the event, with support from Trevor Dann and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, bringing together decision-makers […] […]

Two new presenters will join BBC Radio 1 to take over the Friday Early Breakfast slot as part of a monthly rotation, beginning in April. Richie Driss and SMASHBengali are the newest names announced to host the show which launched in January 2021 as a means to showcase new and emerging presenting talent. Richie Driss […] […]