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This year’s BBC Radio 4 Reith lecturer has been announced as Ben Ansell, Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. His four lectures, titled Our Democratic Future, will consider how to build political systems that work for all and are robust enough to face the wide-ranging challenges of the twenty-first century. […] […]

DC Thomson has closed its all-digital Scottish station PURE Radio after four years. The company says the service didn’t quite reach the expected listener and revenue numbers. Instead, DC Thomson says it will focus on the growth and development of its local stations – Original 106 in Aberdeen and Kingdom FM in Fife – which […] […]

Ofcom has found Stoke Mandeville Hospital Radio in breach of its licence after a complaint was made about the use of racially discriminatory language. The incident happened on the Tuesday Night Request Show in April 2023. During the programme, one presenter (“Presenter 1”) revealed the answers to questions that had been asked to listeners earlier […] […]

Global has announced X-Posure Daily will be its first on demand show exclusive to Global Player. X-Posure Daily will be presented by Radio X’s ‘guru of new music’ John Kennedy, host of the music discovery show, X-Posure. John will showcase music from emerging talent and established favourites when ‘X-Posure Daily’ goes live, Monday to Thursday […] […]

A social media post asking for a new Drivetime presenter on BBC Radio Solent has been removed following major backlash from listeners. The recruitment ad, which said “We’re looking for a creative Presenter/Producer to join our team” was removed within hours following hundreds of negative comments. Listeners pointed out that the station had recently “sacked” […] […]

BBC local radio stations suffered major technical issues during the first week of shared programmes in the South and East as presenters say they are “clinging to the wreckage” of what’s left. The first round of new shared programmes, which was announced 10 months ago, started on September 4th – with more regions to follow […] […]