BBC Gloucestershire - news archive

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

Never a boar-ing moment for Gloucestershire weekly
From Hold the Front Page. Posted January 31 2010, 7.50pm
Staff welcome wildlife group mascot to newspaper offices... (more)

Never a boar-ing moment for Gloucestershire weekly
From Hold the Front Page. Posted January 31 2010, 7.20pm
Staff welcome wildlife group mascot to newspaper offices... (more)

Case study of a broadband backwater
From Media Guardian. Posted June 16 2009, 2.27pm
It might be a new town just a few miles north of Bristol, but Bradley Stoke is plagued by not spots where residents struggle to get a reliable broadband serviceBradley Stoke feels like the sort of place that really ought to have a great broadband service. (more)

Bristol Evening Post's Blackadder is made editor of the Gloucestershire Echo
From Press Gazette. Posted June 9 2008, 11.00pm
Kevan Blackadder, assistant editor of the Bristol Evening Post, will be the new editor of Gloucestershire Echo following the departure of Anita Syvret. (more)

Editor Anita Syvret leaves the Gloucestershire Echo after 18 years
From Press Gazette. Posted May 12 2008, 11.00pm
Pioneering editor leaves but says local papers have a bright future... (more)

BBC locals celebrate RAJAR
From Radio Today. Posted May 1 2008, 10.56pm
BBC Coventry and Warwickshire adds 15,000 listeners, Radio Gloucestershire adds 6,000, and Vanessa Feltz's audience on BBC London 94.9FM rises to an all time high. Those are the highlights from the BBC local radio stations for quarter 1, 2008. (more)

Anita Syvret steps down after 18yrs at Gloucestershire Echo
From Press Gazette. Posted April 28 2008, 11.00pm
One of the few women to edit a major UK regional newspaper, Anita Syvret, is leaving the Gloucestershire Echo to set up a media consultancy business. (more)

Anita Syvret quits after 18 years at Gloucestershire Echo
From Press Gazette. Posted April 28 2008, 11.00pm
One of the few women to edit a major UK regional newspaper, Anita Syvret, is leaving the Gloucestershire Echo to set up a media consultancy business. (more)

High-value homes targeted for Gloucestershire news and property launch
From Hold the Front Page. Posted March 12 2008, 9.00am
Weekly Stroud Life emerges from Northcliffe Media stable... (more)

Severn Sound Go Funny for February
From Merry Media. Posted February 4 2008, 11.39am
Severn Sound in Gloucestershire are spending a whole month focusing on comedy in the county. The station has joined forces with many organisations including Gloucester City Council and the Guildhall. . (more)

Gloucestershire digital licence awarded
From Media Guardian. Posted January 23 2008, 10.16am
Ofcom has awarded a digital radio multiplex licence covering Gloucestershire that will bring 11 local stations to the county. (more)

MuxCo wins Gloucestershire
From Radio Today. Posted January 22 2008, 5.28pm
Ofcom has awarded the new local digital radio multiplex licence for Gloucestershire to MuxCo. The only other applicant came from GCap Media's NOW Digital consortium. (more)

BBC Gloucestershire gives more
From Radio Today. Posted January 16 2008, 8.11am
During severe weather conditions last week, BBC Radio Gloucestershire provided extra emergency programming covering the flooding, snowstorms and power cuts. (more)

Two apply for Gloucestershire
From Radio Today. Posted October 26 2007, 9.04am
Two applications have been submitted for the new local digital radio multiplex licence in Gloucestershire. GCap Media's NOWdigital and MuxCo Gloucestershire Limited are both proposing a variety of new stations. (more)

Small Gloucestershire title has big video aims
From Press Gazette. Posted September 27 2007, 11.00pm
Small paid-for Gloucester weekly The Forester has launched its own video news channel FTV. (more)

Gloucestershire DAB advertised
From Radio Today. Posted July 19 2007, 11.29am
A new DAB Digital Radio multiplex licence for Gloucestershire has been advertised today by Ofcom. Just under half a million adults are expected to receive the new services, but the final figure depends on the successful applicants proposals. (more)

England and Gloucestershire cricketer to present press awards
From Hold the Front Page. Posted June 11 2007, 11.00pm
Winners of EDF Energy South West Media Awards will be announced today... (more)

RAJAR Q1-07 - BBC Radio Gloucestershire
From Merry Media. Posted May 10 2007, 10.55pm
BBC Radio Gloucestershire has gained 10,000 extra listeners over the last year and now has an average weekly audience of 96,000 – a record for the station – according to latest official figures.. (more)

Ofcom Award Community Licence to Stroud FM
From Merry Media. Posted January 18 2007, 2.51am
Ofcom have awarded a community radio licence to Stroud FM to cover Stroud in Gloucestershire for a period of 5 years.. (more)

Frank Gillard Award Nominations 2006
From Merry Media. Posted September 5 2006, 9.25pm
The nominations for this years Frank Gillard Awards have been announced today. A record number of 25 stations  have achieved nominations in the awards which celebrate BBC Local Radio. BBC London 94. (more)

Who needs pictures?
From The Independent. Posted June 4 2006, 11.00pm
You have to feel a little sympathy for the members of the Radio Five Live team who, having been assigned to cover the passion and excitement of the World Cup, will find themselves heading down the M4 to spend an afternoon in Gloucestershire in the company of a group of American airmen. (more)

Ofcom local radio rules put to test
From Media Guardian. Posted March 9 2006, 8.11am
8am: Ofcom's radio licensing panel will today consider a case in Gloucestershire which will test the defineinition of a local radio station. By Maggie Brown. (more)

Northcliffe to cut posts at Gloucestershire newspapers
From Press Gazette. Posted January 11 2006, 3.36pm
Northcliffe’s Gloucestershire Echo and Gloucester Citizen are to cut up to 20 editorial posts. (more)

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