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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 […] […]

East Midlands regional radio station Gem is to lose its FM frequency to Greatest Hits Radio. Gem, which broadcasts on 106 MHz, started life in 1997 as Radio 106 before changing names to Century 106, Heart and then Gem 106. It has had many owners over the last 26 years, with Bauer buying it off […] […]

BBC Radio 3’s Breakfast programme is going on the road again with Petroc Trelawny presenting a week of live broadcasts across Northern Ireland. […]