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This is an archive of news about BBC Radio Northampton. Some links may no longer work, due to the transient nature of the internet.

Humphrey Lyttelton: In his own words
From Media Guardian. Posted April 26 2008, 12.13am
We're coming to you from Northampton, described as the Naples of the Midlands - as often as Naples is described as the Northampton of Lombardy (more)

Northampton Chronicle claims earthquake first
From Press Gazette. Posted March 7 2008, 12.00am
?The Chronicle and Echo in Northampton claims it was the first newspaper in the country to break the story of last week’s earthquakes. (more)

Editor named for Northampton Chronicle & Echo's vacant seat
From Hold the Front Page. Posted October 29 2007, 12.00am
Weeklies' group editor appointed to Johnston Press title (more)

Difficult decision for Ofcom
From Radio Today. Posted October 22 2007, 12.42pm
The awarding of the digital radio multiplex for Northamptonshire was a "particularly difficult decision" for Ofcom's Radio Licensing Committee. However, GCap won the DAB spot because of a realistic launch schedule and "very satisfactory" coverage proposals. (more)

Sabras Radio awarded space in Northamptonshire
From Biz Asia. Posted October 11 2007, 11.38pm
Leicester based Sabras Radio has won space to broadcast its service to Northamptonshire, as part of an effort to boost local digital output in the area. (more)

GCap Media wins Northampton
From Radio Today. Posted October 11 2007, 5.03pm
GCap Media has won the new local digital multiplex for the Northamptonshire area. NOWdigital will provide nine commercial services, including current stations Northants 96, Gold, Connect FM. Xfm will launch in the area along with UCB and Jack FM. BBC Radio Northampton will also feature. (more)

Ofcom awards new local digital radio multiplex licence for Northamptonshire
From Ofcom. Posted October 11 2007, 4.00pm
A new item from the Ofcom website. (more)

Northants creates rugby village
From Radio Today. Posted August 30 2007, 12.40pm
Northants 96 has agreed a deal with Northampton Saints not only to cover and promote the rugby club, but also create an area in the south end of the stadium to be known as Northants 96 Village. The area is used by fans prior to home games and will now feature entertainment from the radio station. (more)

Northants 96 talks cobblers
From Radio Today. Posted August 7 2007, 8.27pm
GCap Media's Northants 96 is now the official radio station of Northampton Town Football Club, aka The Cobblers, RadioToday.co.uk can reveal. Club Chairman David Cardoza announced the deal today, which includes presenter columns in the official match programme, ticket give-aways on-air and stadium branding for Northants. (more)

Northants 96 brings magic alive
From Radio Today. Posted July 13 2007, 2.39pm
GCap Media's Northants 96 is celebrating the release of the new Harry Potter film today by getting hundreds of local schoolchildren together to read the first book in the series. Each youngster is reading out half a page of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone aloud on stage at Northampton Saints' rugby ground. The station's also been broadcasting live from the event. (more)

Northamptonshire attracts 2
From Radio Today. Posted July 4 2007, 1.15pm
Two applications have been submitted to Ofcom to operate the local digital radio multiplex licence in Northamptonshire. The bidders are MuxCo Northamptonshire Ltd, owned by MuxCo and Forward Media, and Now Digital Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GCap Media plc. (more)

Northampton DAB advertised
From Radio Today. Posted April 4 2007, 1.33pm
Applications to run the new DAB digital multiplex in Northamptonshire have been invited by Ofcom. It will serve a potential audience of 500,000 adults, and the applications fee is a non-refundable £5,000. The closing date is 3.00pm on 3 July 2007. (more)

Ofcom Advertises Northamptonshire DAB Licence
From Merry Media. Posted April 4 2007, 12.26pm
Ofcom today advertises a new local Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) radio multiplex licence to cover Northamptonshire.. (more)

Ofcom advertises new local digital radio multiplex licence for Northamptonshire
From Ofcom. Posted April 4 2007, 9.01am
A new item from the Ofcom website. (more)

Businessman bids for Silverstone
From BBC News. Posted March 28 2007, 7.27am
A property developer makes a £56m offer to buy Silverstone, BBC Radio Northampton says. (more)

300 enter hospital awards
From Radio Today. Posted February 2 2007, 9.46am
This years National Hospital Radio Awards will take place on Saturday 31st March at the Park Hotel in Northampton, as part of the HBA's Spring Conference. This year the awards have attracted nearly 300 entries from stations across the UK. (more)

Connect FM moves to Peterborough
From Radio Today. Posted January 9 2007, 8.22am
Connect FM, the radio station serving Kettering, Corby and Wellingborough in Northamptonshire is set to leave behind their studio base in Kettering and move outside their own broadcast area to co-locate with sister station Lite FM at the group headquarters of parent company Forward Media. (more)

Radio Northampton celebrates
From Radio Today. Posted February 3 2006, 1.03am
There has been a significant jump in the number of listeners tuning in to BBC Radio Northampton, according to the latest figures released today by Rajar. Figures show that in the last quarter of 2005, 107,000 people listened each week – an extra 15,000 listeners in the Northamptonshire region, compared to the same time the previous year. In addition, the audience reach rose from 20.9 per cent to 24.0% over the same period – which means that nearly a quarter of the adult population in Northamptonshire is tuning in to the station each week. (more)