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107.7 The Wolf - news archive

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Fast Track for Wolf licence
From Radio Today. Posted June 9 2008, 10.04am
The re-advertised Wolverhampton licence, currently held by 107.7 The Wolf, has only gained interest from one company - the current owner. (more)

Wolverhampton licence available
From Radio Today. Posted May 8 2008, 12.04pm
The Wolf's licence to broadcast to Wolverhampton has become available to any other interested company. The current licence is helf by Wolverhampton Area Radio Limited and is due to expire on 6 October 2009. (more)

"The Daddy of Them all is Wolfman Jack"
From radio.about.com. Posted March 21 2008, 1.28pm
American Radio icon, Wolfman Jack, is getting some respect from BBC News. Sarah Cuddon writes: Every DJ has their "radio persona"...The most outrageous - from America's Howard Stern to Britain's... (more)

BBC Radio 4 remembers Wolfman Jack
From Media Network Weblog. Posted March 21 2008, 1.20pm
BBC Radio 4 broadcasts the first part of a documentary called “In Search of the Wolf” at 1030 UTC on Saturday 22 March, with part two at the same time the following week. In this programme, part of the Border Blaster series, Nick Barraclough recalls the first pirate radio stations which sprung up across the [...] (more)

Free Xmas programmes on offer
From Radio Today. Posted December 10 2007, 9.22am
Blue Revolution is offering two, 2 hour-long programmes to fill gaps in your schedules this Christmas. Total 80s Christmas with Gary King and The Wolfman Jack Christmas Special are both available free of charge to all stations. (more)

Roy Greenslade speaks to Murdoch's biographer Michael Wolff
From Media Guardian. Posted October 25 2007, 3.10pm
Roy Greenslade speaks to Rupert Murdoch's biographer Michael Wolff about the News Corp boss and the Wall Street Journal. (more)

The sex lives of BBC Radio 4
From Radio Today. Posted September 5 2007, 10.21am
BBC Radio 4 is turning its attention to the sex lives of people living in Britain. The Sex Lives Of Us will provide a snapshot of attitudes towards sex and sexuality in the year which marks the anniversaries of two landmark developments – the 50th anniversary of the Wolfenden report and the 40th anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act. (more)

Charlie Wolf confirms cancer
From Radio Today. Posted June 27 2007, 9.35am
Former talkSPORT and RedFM presenter Charlie Wolf has told RadioToday.co.uk that he has cancer. He will have surgery to remove a tumour on his right kidney in the next fortnight and is expected to make a full recovery. Doctors believe they have caught the disease in time and the future prognosis is very good. (more)

Dance to play Wolfenden in BBC gay decriminalisation special
From The Stage. Posted May 31 2007, 4.20pm
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New Director General for Austrian public broadcaster
From Media Network Weblog. Posted August 17 2006, 5.41pm
Austrian public broadcaster ORF Radio and Television Business Manager Alexander Wrabetz was elected the company’s new general director this evening. In a severe upset to Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel, 46-year-old Wrabetz easily won the vote in the 35-member board of governors on the first ballot. He defeated Schuessel’s candidate, incumbent Director General 63-year-old Monika Lindner, by a clear 20 [...] (more)

Craig: A wolf in geek’s clothing?
From Press Gazette. Posted February 16 2006, 12.00am
Newmark model could wipe out newspapers, warns Guardian editor (more)

Swedish Radio launching web radio channel devoted to Mozart
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 24 2006, 3.03pm
On January 27, the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Swedish Radio is launching the web-only radio channel SR Mozart. This will broadcast music by the famed Austrian composer 24 hours a day until December 8, as part of the anniversary year celebrations. (Source: MediaScan/Sweden Calling DXers) (more)

Breach of rule for talkSPORT
From Radio Today. Posted January 23 2006, 12.51pm
The latest Broadcast Bulletin from Ofcom contains details of a complaint made against Charlie Wolf on talkSPORT duing a phone-in on the station at 5:30am, 4th December 2005. Two listeners objected to a presenter referring to a young American woman, who was killed by a military bulldozer while protesting in the Gaza strip, as “scum”. The complainants thought that, whatever the presenter’s politics, comments such as this were unnecessary when talking about a civilian who was killed while protesting. (more)

One Nine Media to launch TV and radio in Libya soon
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 10 2006, 2.01pm
One Nine Media has signed a contract with Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg), a German printing company, to open a new print house in Libya. The contract was signed by One Nine Media Chairman Abdulsalam Almishri, and Wolfgang Rot, the Director of Heidelberger's branch. Almishri told reporters that the new printing centre is worth $16 million, and it will be located in Tripoli. He said (more)