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A special programme to mark 50 years since the first BBC Radio 1 Roadshow will air on BBC Sounds next month. Announced exactly 50 years after the first event in Newquay, ‘My Radio 1 Roadshow at 50’ will premiere on BBC Sounds from 5pm on Bank Holiday Monday, the 28th August. Tony Miles, who appeared […] […]

Greg James failed his mission to find 30 Radio 1 presenters by the deadline of midday on Friday meaning the station went to dead air for five minutes. The breakfast host was on a boat looking for the final presenter in “Radio 1’s Giant DJ Hunt” when the 100 hour deadline approached and, as threatened, […] […]

The Culture, Media and Sport Committee is backing measures to deregulate commercial radio and secure its future on voice-activated devices such as smart speakers. The committee says the Government should include measures to protect radio when it introduces the Media Bill to address the risk to the industry of larger platforms controlling access to stations […] […]

Studio equipment from Radio Caroline’s former pirate radio ship Ross Revenge will feature in an episode of a new TV show called Retro Electro Workshop on the Yesterday channel next week. The ten-part series about the dying art of repairing electronics is fronted by super-fixer Rob Howard. In the show he and his team find, […] […]

Tim’s Listening Party is back on Absolute Radio for a second series from this Sunday. […]

Somehow we are already into the second half of 2023 and for commercial radio there are undoubtedly lots of positives to celebrate when you look at our half-year report card. Audiences for commercial stations recently reached record levels, up to 38.7m each week (1.5m greater than the same time last year) with listening share also […] […]