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UK podcast company Platform Media has been acquired by Stockholm-based PodX for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2021 by Matthew Sherry and Matt Sayward in conjunction with the 21six Group, Platform Media delivers production, distribution and monetisation for podcasters. Its original content label Folding Pocket has produced The Good, The Bad & The Rugby; Football’s […] […]

Wight Digital Radio CIC has announced its intention to bid for the new DAB radio multiplex licence covering the Isle of Wight. The licence is currently being advertised by Ofcom in Round 6 with any new services likely to be on-air at the end of 2025 at the earliest. Wight Digital Radio is made up […] […]

LASER558 will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of the original launch by re-creating the station’s first day. It’ll be happening on the day itself – May 24th 2024. Station Director, Steve Bannister, said: “We are very excited to be bringing a special celebration of LASER558’s launch 40 years ago. Many of those original jocks have […] […]

Siren Radio will close at the end of June after the University of Lincoln announced it will be handing its licence back to Ofcom. The service, which has been part of the University since 1996, has been a full time community station since 2007. In a statement, station manager Ryan Jones writes: “A special week […] […]

Bauer has officially opened its new HQ in London, housing all of its radio and publishing businesses in one place. Absolute Radio, Magic, Greatest Hits Radio, KISS, Hits, Scala and Jazz are now broadcasting from The Lantern, near Euston station. With studios and offices over two floors, plus equipment rooms in the basement, it’s a […] […]

Ed Vaizey is to host lunchtimes on Times Radio, sharing the show with Ayesha Hazarik. They take over presenting duties recently relinquished by Mariella Frostrup and Ruth Davidson. Ed Vaizey is a former culture minister and Conservative peer, and joined Times Radio in 2022, taking the reins of a weekly Friday evening show covering everything […] […]