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BBC Radio Merseyside Breakfast will be hosted by Phil Munns for four days a week, and Lisa Marrey for one day a week, following the departure of Paul Salt from the show. From September 4th, former Dee 106.3 journalist Phil Munns will present Monday to Thursday, whilst evening show presenter Lisa Marrey will do Fridays. […] […]

The local shows on Hits Radio Bristol and Hits Radio South Coast are moving from Drive to mid-mornings. Current presenters, Jono Holmes in Hampshire, and Jason Webster in Bristol, will move from the 4pm till 7pm slot, to 10am till 1pm from September 4th. The move means Tom Green’s mid-morning show will no longer air […] […]

The BBC has started to officially release details of some shared programming coming to local radio in September, starting with the South and East of England. Full plans of all local radio scheduled will take the BBC months to announce, on a region by region basis, but for now here’s what we know: South BBC […] […]

Hot Radio in Poole has been found in breach of its licence for not broadcasting local news or enough specialist music as per its Key Commitments. Following a complaint, Ofcom listened to the station and found it was meeting its original output requirement, its social gain objectives and was accountable to its target community. However, […] […]

Greatest Hits Radio is launching new local services for Kent and Northern Ireland. The national version of the station is currently available on DAB, however from 4th September it will launch localised versions with local news bulletins and travel. Both areas will continue to take national programmes, including Debbie Mac’s afternoon programme. Bauer operates Cool […] […]

Jazz FM and Scala Radio presenter Jamie Crick has passed away aged 57 after a short illness. Jamie, who was last on-air at Jazz FM yesterday afternoon, began his radio career in 1988 at Guildford based County Sound in Surrey, then spent a few years in BBC Radio before joining Classic FM in 1993, where […] […]