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Dr Samir Shah CBE announced as the preferred candidate for BBC Chair. Dr Shah will now appear before MPs on the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee for pre-appointment scrutiny before taking on the £160,000 per annum job for 3 to 4 days per week. He has worked in broadcasting for over forty years and […] […]

The BBC is moving more Radio 3, Radio 4 and World Service radio shows out of London with new network hubs in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Scotland will see the arrival of BBC World Service’s World Book Club and Radio 3’s Jazz Record Requests, alongside 50 annual episodes of Radio 4’s flagship arts programme Front […] […]

Over 20 local radio stations are now taking part in a new revenue sharing deal from Local Radio Support. LRS, founded by Phil England, John Dash and Dominic Barker, was set up last year to help the growing number of independent commercial and community stations, including those on small-scale DAB, with member discounts for key […] […]

World Radio Gardening presenter Ken Crowther is celebrating 40 years of offering gardening advice and tips. Gardening expert Ken first started giving gardening tips and advice to the public in 1986 and since then has gone on to broadcast continually for BBC Local Radio and his own website, WorldRadioGardening.com. Ken founded the website in 2010 […] […]

Lauren Laverne has announced that the 6 Music Festival will return to Manchester in 2024. Speaking on her breakfast show on Tuesday, Lauren confirmed the event will take place from Thursday 7th – Sunday 10th March. The station’s flagship live music festival, which is now based permanently in Greater Manchester, will once again feature unique […] […]

IRN and Sky News have opened entries for the Commercial Radio News Awards 2024. The awards recognise excellent journalism, production and presentation and celebrate the success of news and sports coverage in the sector over the past 12 months. The categories this year are: News Team of the Year (hubs or stations over 1.5M TSA) […] […]