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North Korea jams Japanese radio programme for abductees
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 4 2008, 3.50pm
Text of report in English by Japan’s largest news agency Kyodo Tokyo, April 4: Japan confirmed on Friday North Korea’s jamming of a Japanese radio programme containing messages for any surviving Japanese victims of Pyongyang’s past abductions and will report it to the International Telecommunication Union on Saturday, the communications ministry said. North Korea was confirmed jamming [...] (more)

BBC Tees 1 - 0 Century Radio
From Radio Today. Posted March 7 2008, 2.36pm
The longest serving presenter of Century Radio in the North East has defected to the BBC. Football commentator Alistair Brownlee is leaving the GMG station to join BBC Tees, formerly BBC Radio Cleveland, after commentating on Middlesbrough FC matches with Century for 12 years. (more)

BBC reports on Japanese broadcasts to abductees in North Korea
From Media Network Weblog. Posted March 5 2008, 10.58am
Every day a shortwave radio programme broadcast from Tokyo highlights the plight of Japanese citizens believed to have been kidnapped and abducted to North Korea. It is compiled in a small booth in an office owned by a group which campaigns to keep the issue in the public eye and supports the families of those abducted. JSR Shiokaze [...] (more)

Israeli Finance Ministry ordered to meet IBA salary demands
From Media Network Weblog. Posted November 7 2007, 2.01pm
The Knesset’s Economics and Finance Committees, in a specially called joint session on Tuesday, ordered the Finance Ministry to pay the Israel Broadcasting Authority’s workers their requested three-month salary advance as part of the ongoing negotiations between the IBA’s workers, management and the Finance Ministry. The Ministry has been given three days to transfer salaries [...] (more)

Pre-fade problems at TFM Radio
From Radio Today. Posted November 7 2007, 9.40am
On the same day the station won European Station of the Year, there were red faces all round at TFM Radio in Teesside. While programme controller Chris Rick was in Barcelona to accept the accolade during the inaugural European Radio Awards, breakfast show presenter Graham Mack was turning the airwaves blue when a live caller mistakenly went to air during a song. (more)

PHOTOS: Northeast Radio Night
From Radio Today. Posted October 16 2007, 8.49am
Radio people from across the north east gathered in Newcastle at the weekend for the official 2007 Radio Today radio quiz. Congratulations to Century FM PC Paul Smith, Radio 1's Anna Lee, Alex Lester of Radio 2 and John Foster from BBC Tees who formed the winning team. (more)

Double web win for Teesside's Gazette
From Hold the Front Page. Posted October 4 2007, 12.00am
Judges single out GazetteLive.co.uk for praise at AOP Online Publishing Awards (more)

New radio service planned for older Australians
From Media Network Weblog. Posted September 24 2007, 12.35pm
University of Queensland researchers from the Australasian Centre on Ageing and 4MBS Classic FM are collaborating to develop a new radio service specifically for older Australians. Funded by a grant from the Wicking Trust, administered by ANZ Trustees, the new service will address the needs of older socially and emotionally isolated Australians including those living [...] (more)

Jobs boost from Teesside hyperlocal sites
From Press Gazette. Posted September 18 2007, 12.00am
Microsites help Teesside Gazette sell more ads and invest more money in journalism, says editor (more)

HCJB Global starts search for new president
From Media Network Weblog. Posted August 24 2007, 2.37pm
HCJB Global has launched a worldwide search to find a new president to replace David Johnson, who announced he will step down in September 2008 after more than six years of success and major accomplishments as leader of the international missions organization. HCJB Global’s Board of Trustees have established a four-man presidential search team, which has [...] (more)

Radio Cleveland bites the dust
From Radio Today. Posted August 17 2007, 9.40am
BBC Radio Cleveland has changed. It is now known as BBC Tees to better reflect the area it serves, as the county of Cleveland was abolished and replaced by four new unitary authorities in 1990. The station originally launched as Radio Teesside in 1970 but switched to Cleveland in the local government reorganisation of 1974. (more)

Japan launches radio for North Korea abductees
From Media Network Weblog. Posted July 9 2007, 9.19am
Text of report in English by Japanese news agency Kyodo Tokyo, 9 July: The government will begin a daily shortwave radio programme late Monday [9 July] aimed at Japanese abductees possibly surviving in North Korea, it said. The 30-minute programme will broadcast voices of the families of abductees and also carry information on the international situation [...] (more)

Japan secures new radio frequency for service targeting North Korea
From Media Network Weblog. Posted March 19 2007, 6.07pm
Text of report in English by Japanese news agency Kyodo Tokyo, March 20 Kyodo - An international body regulating telecommunications told the Japanese government Monday it plans to grant Japan a new radio frequency it had been asking for in order to send family messages to possibly surviving Japanese abductees in North Korea, sources familiar [...] (more)

BBC Proms In The Park 2007 in Tees Valley
From Merry Media. Posted March 15 2007, 11.05am
The Tees Valley has been chosen as a new host for BBC Proms In The Park 2007, which takes place on Saturday 8 September.. (more)

BBC Tees Opening
From Merry Media. Posted March 14 2007, 10.19am
Gareth Southgate will this evening officially open BBC Radio Cleveland's (soon to be BBC Tees) new multi-million pound broadcasting studios and Open Centre.. (more)

Formal opening for BBC Tees
From Radio Today. Posted March 14 2007, 9.48am
The official opening of the new Open Centre at BBC Radio Cleveland will take place tonight by Middlesbrough FC manager Gareth Southgate. The evening will also see the announcement of a name change for the station to BBC Tees, as revealed by RadioToday.co.uk last week. (more)

Japan public broadcaster to help radio service over North Korea abductions
From Media Network Weblog. Posted March 13 2007, 6.34pm
Text of report in English by Japanese news agency Kyodo Tokyo, March 13 Kyodo - Japan Broadcasting Corp. will allow a private group to use a transmitting station for a shortwave radio service called “Shiokaze,” which sends family messages to possibly surviving Japanese abductees in North Korea, the public broadcaster known as NHK said Tuesday. As the [...] (more)

BBC Radio Cleveland to Rebrand as BBC Tees
From Merry Media. Posted March 9 2007, 11.52am
BBC Radio Cleveland is to rebrand as BBC Tees because locals don't associate themselves with the word Cleveland anymore.. (more)

BBC Radio Cleveland to rebrand
From Radio Today. Posted March 8 2007, 4.36pm
BBC Radio Cleveland is to change its name later this year, RadioToday.co.uk has learnt. From the summer the station will be known as BBC Tees. The change is to refelect the fact that Cleveland is no longer a word that locals really associate themselves with. (more)

XM and SIRIUS Satellite Radio Issue Promises and Guarantees
From radio.about.com. Posted March 3 2007, 10.04am
XM Satellite Radio has unveiled its "XM Customer Promise" to XM’s existing and future subscribers which you can see here. The company reiterated a commitment to programming before and after the... (more)

SMG plugs pensions gap
From The Scotsman. Posted January 30 2007, 10.28am
SMG, the Scottish media company that owns STV and Virgin Radio, said it had secured a deal with the firm's pensions trustees to plug the multi-million pound hole in its pension scheme over the next ten years. (more)

Tees Valley Standard to run good news only
From Press Gazette. Posted December 18 2006, 1.29pm
Family-owned newspaper company Active Media has launched a monthly paid-for which will focus only on positive local news. (more)

TV Drive rolls out to Glasgow, Teesside
From Digital Spy. Posted November 17 2006, 9.33am
NTL Telewest's high definition PVR has rolled out to the Glasgow and Teesside areas. (more)

UBC Media Group director dies
From Radio Today. Posted July 20 2006, 10.15am
Roger Silverstone, non-executive director of UBC Media Group plc and member of the Audit and Remuneration committees, died on 16 July following a routine operation. Roger was Professor of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics, having previously worked in television research and production for London Weekend Television, Associated Television and the BBC. (more)

Japan/North Korea: Radio for Japanese abductees adopts new schedule
From Media Network Weblog. Posted June 29 2006, 11.43am
A radio station aimed at missing Japanese citizens believed to have been abducted and held in North Korea has recently changed its shortwave schedule. Shiokaze [Sea Breeze] radio now broadcasts as follows: 1030-1100 gmt on 9855 kHz, in Korean (Sunday and Wednesday), English (Monday and Thursday), Japanese (Tuesday and Friday), Chinese (Saturday). 2030-2100 gmt on 9785 kHz, [...] (more)

Voice of the People trial delayed again in Zimbabwe
From Media Network Weblog. Posted June 15 2006, 5.26pm
The government of Zimbabwe has once again postponed the trial of Radio Voice of the People  (VOP) journalists, trustees and board members nine months after their arrest and confiscation of their equipment. The government failed once again to produce witnesses. The trial of the VOP staffers and board members, accused of operating a radio station [...] (more)

Japanese radio programme for abductees jammed in North Korea
From Media Network Weblog. Posted May 31 2006, 8.10pm
Text of report in English by Japanese news agency Kyodo Tokyo, 31 May: A Japanese group investigating missing Japanese believed to have been abducted by North Korea said Wednesday [31 May] it will change its radio frequency so as to prevent North Korea from jamming it. The group, known as the Investigative Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to North Korea, broadcasts the programme (more)

Community awards explained
From Radio Today. Posted April 28 2006, 2.00pm
Ofcom have explained the factors behind the awarding of six community radio stations on 13th April 2006. The six stations to win a new licence were Aldershot Army Radio (Aldershot, Hampshire), Beats FM (Cardiff), Cross Rhythms Teesside (Stockton on Tees), Pendle Community Radio (Nelson, Lancashire), Trust FM (Chesterfield) and 209radio (Cambridge). All community radio services must satisfy certain 'characteristics of service' which are specified in Article 3 of the Community Radio Order 2004. The RLC was satisfied that each of the groups awarded a licence met these 'characteristics of service'. In addition, each application was considered having regard to the criteria set out in section 105 of the Broadcasting Act 1990 ('BA 1990') (as modified by the Community Radio Order 2004). A summary of these criteria is set out below. The key considerations in relation to these criteria, which formed the basis of the RLC's decisions to award licences to particular applicants, are also set out below. Where applicable, the relevant subsection of section 105 of the BA 1990 is noted in brackets. (more)

Makeover for Teesdale weekly
From Press Gazette. Posted March 23 2006, 12.00am
The 152-year-old weekly Teesdale Mercury has redesigned to give the paper a more modern feel. (more)

Long interview with VOP trustee Isabella Matambanadzo
From Media Network Weblog. Posted March 10 2006, 10.48am
AllAfrica.com carries a long and interesting interview with Isabella Matambanadzo, one of the trustees of the Voice of the People (VOP), the independent radio station that broadcasts to Zimbabwe via the Radio Netherlands Madagascar relay. The interview explains a lot of the background to the current situation, whereby VOP has been unable to make new programmes since before Christmas. One point - (more)

Zimbabwe court gives more time for case against VOP trustees
From Media Network Weblog. Posted March 4 2006, 11.36am
Harare Magistrates Court has thrown out a bid by trustees of Voice of the People (VOP) to be removed from remand. The Court has given more time for investigators to look for fresh evidence to be used in the prosecution of the trustees, charged with broadcasting without a licence. The court ruled that the six trustees must return to court on 27 April. In the meantime, the judge said the state (more)

VOP remand hearing postponed to end of month
From Media Network Weblog. Posted February 11 2006, 11.23am
In Zimbabwe, the remand hearing of the six trustees of Voice of the People (VOP), due to take place yesterday, has been postponed to 28 February since the prosecution was not ready with its case. The State also dropped the weekly police reporting condition, which the trustees were ordered to adhere to when they were arrested at the end of January. The trustees are being charged with broadcasting (more)

Sky Radio introduces "no repeat" policy at 0900-1700
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 17 2006, 3.08pm
Dutch commercial broadcaster Sky Radio launched a new music policy this week, which guarantees that a song will not be repeated the same day during the period 0900-1700 local time. The station says that a survey showed listeners want more variety in the music, and is hoping that the new policy will attract back some of the listeners the station has lost over the past couple of years. Andy Sennitt (more)