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Tim Davie: BBC's marathon man with a colourful track record
From Media Guardian. Posted June 27 2008, 2.23pm
The marketing background of the BBC's new director of music and audio - the man behind the Pepsi Blue campaign - is unlikely to count against him in his new role. By Mark Sweney (more)

Celestial Radio - offshore broadcasting with a difference
From Media Network Weblog. Posted June 25 2008, 12.11pm
Celestial Radio is a radio station broadcasting from a crystal ship, The Celeste, its surface coated in sixty thousand mirror tiles. During July, the Celeste will anchor in the harbours of Margate and Folkestone in southern England from where it will broadcast, on 87.7FM, a specially recorded soundtrack. Inspired by the legendary final broadcast in 1974 [...] (more)

'Robin Hood' spoilers surface
From Digital Spy. Posted June 23 2008, 10.22am
The new series of BBC One's Robin Hood will feature the death of another major character. (more)

Orca launches SurfGirl as standalone magazine
From Press Gazette. Posted May 6 2008, 12.00am
Surfing magazine Carve has spun off its supplement for female surfers, SurfGirl, as a standalone magazine. (more)

Sermons row resurfaces for Obama as his former pastor goes on TV
From Media Guardian. Posted April 24 2008, 11.03pm
Second chapter in the Wright story leaves Democrat candidate vulnerable to rightwing attacks (more)

EXCLUSIVE: Full Sky Digital EPG listings after reshuffle
From Biz Asia. Posted April 24 2008, 11.52am
BizAsia.co.uk brings you the full Sky Digital channel listings as they will appear after the reshuffle. There are no changes planned for following EPG categories Documentaries, Sports, Adult and Radio. Sky plans to implement a marketing campaign through a number of different media prior to the changes taking place in order to inform viewers of the changes. The new channel line up is currently scheduled to be implemented on a genre by genre basis between 05:00 and 08:00 on the dates specified below. Entertainment 101 BBC1 / RTE1 102 BBC2 / RTE2 103 ITV1 / UTV / TV3 104 Channel 4 / TG4 / S4C 105 Five 106 Sky One 107 Sky Two 108 Sky Three 109 UKTV Gold 110 UKTV Gold +1 111 Dave 112 LIVING 113 LIVING +1 114 LIVING2 115 BBC THREE 116 BBC FOUR 117 Channel 4 (Wales) 118 ITV2 119 ITV3 120 ITV4 121 Virgin1 122 Virgin1+1 123 Bravo 124 Bravo+1 125 Challenge 126 ParaComedy 1 127 ParaComedy +1 128 ParaComedy 2 129 SCI FI 130 SCI FI +1 131 ITV2+1 132 UKTV Drama 133 UKTV Drama+1 134 S4C 135 Channel 4+1 / Channel 4 136 E4 / Channel 4+1 137 E4+1 / E4 EIRE 138 More4 / E4+1 (ROI) 139 More4+1 / More4 (ROI) 140 Channel 4 HD / More4+1 (ROI) 141 BBC1 NI (ROI Only) 142 BBC2 NI (ROI Only) 143 BBC HD 144 DMAX 145 DMAX+1 146 Zone Reality 147 Zone Reality +1 148 Zone Reality X 149 Zone Romantica 150 Hallmark 151 E! Entertainm 152 Challenge+1 153 Bravo2 154 DMAX+2 155 Hollywood TV 156 Biography 157 Film24 158 Dave +1 159 ParaComedy2+ 160 MTV 161 RTE1 (NI) 162 RTE2 (NI) 163 TG4 (NI) 164 FX 165 FX+ 166 Information TV 167 Info TV2 168 Passion TV 169 Raj TV 170 Sky One HD 171 My Channel 172 Trouble 173 Trouble +1 174 Five US 175 Five US +1 176 Five Life 177 Five Life +1 178 Men & Motors 179 ITV3+1 180 Red 181 fame TV 182 Channel 6 (only avail ROI) 183 Current TV 184 BEN 185 Ape TV 186 Life One 187 AIT Int'l 188 AnimeCentral 189 Open Access 2 190 Open Access 3 191 Urban TV 192 OBE 193 FX+1 194 Sumo TV 195 propeller 196 Nuts TV 197 Pulse 198 BET 199 200 201 202 203 Channel M 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 Lifestyle & Culture 240 Disc.RealTime 241 Disc.RT Extra 242 Disc.H&Health 243 Sky Real Lives 244 SkyRealLive+1 245 SkyRealLives2 246 UKTV Style 247 UKTV Style +1 248 UKTV Gardens 249 UKTV Food 250 UKTV Food +1 251 Travel Channel 252 Travel Ch +1 253 254 Disc.RT +1 255 Disc.H&H +1 256 Sky Arts 257 Sky Arts HD 258 UKTV Style 2 259 Performance 260 Mainstreet 261 Fashion TV 262 Real Estate TV 263 264 Wine TV 265 Disc.Travel&L 266 Wedding TV 267 Wedding TV+1 268 Africa Channel 269 Diva TV 270 SA Direct 271 Luxe TV 272 Baby Channel 273 Luxe TV HD 274 O'seasproperty 275 276 277 278 279 280 Horse&Country 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 Movies 301 Sky Premiere 302 Sky Prem+1 303 Sky Comedy 304 Sky Action 305 Sky Family 306 Sky Drama 307 Sky ScFi/Horror 308 Sky Classics 309 Sky Mdn Greats 310 Sky Indie 311 SkyScreen 1 312 SkyScreen 2 313 Sky PremiereHD 314 SkyScreen 1HD 315 Film4 316 Film4 +1 317 TCM 318 TCM 2 319 Zone Horror 320 Zone Thriller 321 True Movies 322 True Movies 2 323 movies4men 324 movies4men+1 325 movies4men 2 326 327 movies24 328 movies24+ 329 Nollywood 330 AIT 332 SkyScreen 2HD 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 347 348 349 Music 350 MTV ONE 351 MTV ONE+1 352 MTV BASE 353 MTV HITS 354 MTV DANCE 355 MTV TWO 356 VH1 357 VH1 Classic 358 TMF 359 The Box 360 The Hits 361 KISS 362 Smash Hits! 363 Magic 364 Q 365 Chart Show TV 366 The Vault 367 Flava 368 Kerrang! 369 oMusic TV 370 Channel U 371 Fizz 372 Bliss 373 374 Scuzz 375 376 Flaunt 377 378 ROCKWORLDTV 379 Bubble Hits 380 Musflash TV 381 Bedroom TV 382 NME TV 383 Clubland 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 Music Choice 396 Music Choice 397 398 399 400 Sports 401 Sky Sports 1 402 Sky Sports 2 403 Sky Sports 3 404 Sky Spts Xtra 405 Sky Spts News 406 MUTV 407 408 Sky Sports HD1 409 Sky Sports HD2 410 Eurosport UK 411 Eurosport2 UK 412 413 Motors TV 414 415 At The Races 416 417 NASN 418 Setanta Golf 419 Extreme Sports 420 421 Chelsea TV 422 423 Arsenal TV 424 Arsenal Replay 425 426 427 Fight Network 428 429 Setanta Sports1 430 Setanta Sports2 432 Racing UK 433 Racing World 434 Setanta Ireland (Not NI) 435 Setanta News 436 Celtic TV 437 438 Rangers TV 439 Setanta Sports (ROI) 440 441 442 ESPN Classic 443 444 445 RealmadridTV 446 447 448 LiverpoolFCTV 449 450 Sky Sports HD3 451 452 Rush HD 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 PPV 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 News 501 Sky News 502 Bloomberg 503 BBC NEWS 504 BBC PARL'MNT 505 CNBC 506 CNN 507 S4C2 508 EuroNews 509 FOX News 510 CCTV-9 511 NDTV 24x7 512 Russia Today 513 France 24 514 Al Jazeera Eng 515 516 517 518 519 Documentaries 520 Discovery 521 Discovery+1 522 Disc.Knowldge 523 Disc. 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What Ever Happened to the Radio Hat?
From radio.about.com. Posted April 11 2008, 1.00am
While surfing around I came across this fun old magazine cover from a 1949 edition of Radio Electronics. It features what's described as a "Radio Hat" comprised of a two-tube,... (more)

Bam Bam joins BBC London 94.9
From Radio Today. Posted March 15 2008, 6.52pm
Former Kiss 100 and Capital DJ Bam Bam has re-surfaced on BBC London. His first show was covering for Danny Baker on Friday and is scheduled to re-appear next week. (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. MuxCo Gloucestershire, owned by UKRD, Murfin Media, Town and Country and MuxCo Ltd will provide 10 commercial services, and the local BBC station. (more)

Smurfs mark 50th birthday in Belgium
From Digital Spy. Posted January 16 2008, 11.18am
The Smurfs are celebrating their 50th birthday with a year-long party across Europe. (more)

William Hill signs up with breakaway Turf TV
From The Scotsman. Posted January 14 2008, 12.00am
WILLIAM Hill today became the latest bookmaker to show the breakaway racing channel Turf TV. (more)

William Hill jumps off fence to join Turf TV
From Daily Telegraph. Posted January 13 2008, 12.01am
William Hill, the bookmaker, has joined rivals in signing up to buy Turf TV's live horse-racing feeds. (more)

Turfed-out SIS in running for BBC arm
From Daily Telegraph. Posted January 6 2008, 12.01am
Satellite Information Service, the racecourse television company which has just lost its monopoly on British betting shops, is among the few remaining bidders for the BBC's £150m Resources business. (more)

GCap rejects Global Radio bid
From Radio Today. Posted January 5 2008, 10.46am
Soon after having their bid for Emap rejected in December, Global Radio made a move for Britain's largest commercial radio group - GCap Media. Reports that the offer was rejected surfaced this morning, with GCap saying the offer undervalued the company. (more)

Ladbrokes accepts Turf TV into shops
From Digital Spy. Posted January 4 2008, 11.51am
Ladbrokes agrees to show Turf TV in its 2,200 betting shops. (more)

Turf TV a fixture for Ladbrokes
From The Scotsman. Posted January 3 2008, 12.00am
LADBROKES, the UK's biggest bookmaker, has dropped its opposition to racing service Turf TV, agreeing to show the channel in its 2,200 betting shops. (more)

Blank screens force Ladbrokes into deal with rival Turf TV
From Daily Telegraph. Posted January 2 2008, 12.01am
Ladbroke has finally signed a deal with Turf TV - after its 2,300 betting shops were left without pictures of the first two races from yesterday's Cheltenham meeting. (more)

Turf TV signs up Ladbrokes
From Media Guardian. Posted January 1 2008, 11.45pm
The fledgling betting shop channel Turf TV will announce another breakthrough in its media rights battle with Britain's largest bookmakers today, confirming that it has signed a contract with Ladbrokes (more)

Turf TV poised to win broadcasting battle
From Media Guardian. Posted December 31 2007, 11.53pm
· Big betting shop chains ready to sign deal· Top racecourses transfer exclusive rights today (more)

Ladbrokes ready to sign up with Turf TV
From Daily Telegraph. Posted December 29 2007, 12.01am
Bookmaker Ladbrokes is poised to sign up with Turf TV in a move expected to force rivals William Hill and Betfred to follow suit. (more)

Turf TV confident of signing up bookies
From Daily Telegraph. Posted December 26 2007, 12.01am
The new betting shop racing service backed by 31 top racecourses is confident of signing up the remaining big three bookmakers following Coral's decision to break ranks over the weekend. (more)

Digging deep to break the story that China didn’t want to surface
From Press Gazette. Posted December 18 2007, 12.00am
Working at a time when it remained illegal for foreign journalists to travel without government permission, ITV News China correspondent John Ray and his cameraman Ben England were the first television journalists to expose the cruel mistreatment... (more)

The gap in radio markets: Smashing the mould
From The Independent. Posted December 10 2007, 12.20am
If Henry Bonsu lost his heart when he was unceremoniously dumped by the BBC, he has found his soul at Colourful Radio, a satellite and online station that delivers a diet of highbrow talk radio to a primarily black audience. (more)

Turf TV wins racing from Africa
From Daily Telegraph. Posted December 3 2007, 12.01am
Turf TV, the television service backed by 31 British racecourses that beams pictures into betting shops, has poached a three-year contract from its bookmaker-controlled rival Satellite Information Services (SIS). (more)

Reporter turfs out gardening career to become award winner
From Hold the Front Page. Posted November 26 2007, 12.00am
Richard doesn't let the grass grow as he blossoms into successful new career (more)

UK-based networking site for the over-50s launched
From Media Network Weblog. Posted October 31 2007, 1.13pm
Saga, the UK-based insurance and holiday company for the over-50s, has launched a social networking Web site for silver surfers in a bid to emulate the huge popularity of MySpace, Bebo and Facebook. Saga Zone aims to attract those aged over 50 to the burgeoning social networking sector currently dominated by younger users. It will enable [...] (more)

Turf war Bookies sued over TV
From The Guardian. Posted October 15 2007, 1.00am
Turf TV and 30 of its founder shareholder racecourses suing William Hill, Ladbrokes, Coral, BetFred and the bookie's trade association for engaging in anti-competitive behaviour. (more)

Bookies ‘tried to stifle turf rivals’
From The Times. Posted October 14 2007, 12.00am
BRITAIN’S biggest bookmakers are this weekend facing accusations of anticompetitive behaviour in trying to stifle a new horse-racing TV service. (more)

How to pitch to FourFourTwo magazine
From Press Gazette. Posted September 17 2007, 12.00am
Leading football magazine filled with latest news, exclusive interviews and features. (more)

BBC Scotland targets 'sandwich surfers'
From Press Gazette. Posted September 11 2007, 12.00am
A generation of "sandwich surfers" who watch BBC News videos at lunchtime from their desks is overtaking the corporation's early-evening local news bulletins, according to the BBC Scotland head of news and current affairs, Atholl Duncan. (more)

Muxco bags two DAB licences
From thenoise.co.uk. Posted September 6 2007, 5.03pm
5.05pm update: Muxco has beaten rival bidder Now Digital to win the local DAB multiplex licences for Herefordshire/Worcestershire and North-east Wales/West Cheshire. In Herefordshire/Worcestershire, MuxCo has teamed up with Murfin Media and Town and Country Broadcasting, and will launch an eight-station line-up, with three transmitters covering 80 per cent of the population by next September. Stations include [...] (more)

Andy Kershaw freed from jail under curfew
From Media Guardian. Posted September 5 2007, 1.00am
BBC radio DJ Andy Kershaw has been released from jail after spending six nights in custody for allegedly breaching a restraining order. By Rachel Williams. (more)

Shut by Chávez, Venezuela?s RCTV to return on cable
From Media Network Weblog. Posted July 12 2007, 1.14pm
RCTV, Venezuela’s oldest and most popular television channel before it was shut down 28 May by President Hugo Chávez, will resurface this month on cable, RCTV Director General Marcel Granier said yesterday. Granier said the privately-owned Radio Caracas Television will broadcast on subscription television from July 16, some six weeks after being shut down when Chávez [...] (more)

Scottish radio stations face uncertainty as Emap merger talks resurface
From The Scotsman. Posted June 21 2007, 11.49pm
THE future of Emap's radio stations, including Scots networks like Clyde and Forth, resurfaced again yesterday amid reports that Emap and GCap media have held merger talks. (more)

Exclusive Review: Asian Network's Love Bollywood
From Biz Asia. Posted June 17 2007, 1.30pm
As part of its programming changes, the BBC Asian Network unveiled a series of new shows, the most ambitious one being 'Love Bollywood', which launched on Saturday 16th June and Sunday 17th June. I had a listen to the eight-hour marathon over the two days and spoke to key industry and media insiders, representatives from the listening community and of course his own mind, to critique the shows, which clearly left a lot to be desired! "Is it wrong to buy pirate CDs and DVDs?" (Yawn!) This age-old issue isn't even a debate anymore - the answer is a foregone conclusion. But 'Love Bollywood' (replacing the hugely popular 'Film Cafe') believes this is a hot topic to discuss for a full hour on its Sunday edition. Worse still, on its Saturday edition, the presenters were devoting precious airtime to vapid brain-dead issues such as "Kissing In Bollywood", linking kissing to potential progression of the Indian film industry (for Chrissake!). What followed was a string of Joe Blogs calling the hotline to express random amateurish viewpoints (all in the guise of interactivity), nothing you haven't heard before or don't know about. [If this lot is keen to get this in-depth, why not get artistes and filmmakers who are notorious/famous for kissing to talk (if at all) and debate with credible culture crusaders? But heyho, that's hard work!] The precise problem with 'Love Bollywood' is that it fully and heartlessly takes out the entertainment and fun quotient from Bollywood to give it a falsely and superficially serious edge, that is far from welcome on weekend mornings. The razzle dazzle, glamour, gossip and excitement associated with the industry have gone for a toss only to be replaced by topics, points and facts that reflect a serious non-understanding of the Indian film industry and what it stands for. There is nothing time-specific about this programme either - you can play it anytime of the day and it will fit in! So why have it replace 'Breakfast'? Alright, so on the odd occasion we are lucky to have an intelligent commercial product or an aesthetic one from parallel cinema ('Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi', 'Sardari Begum', 'Omkara', 'The Legend Of Bhagat Singh', to name a few) but let's get real- on the whole, Bollywood cinema is predominantly commercial cinema, known the world over for its escapism and grandeur - why completely intellectualise it with casual verbal diarrohea that's far from stimulating or thought-provoking? More amusingly, why do that, when the presenters (two self-proclaimed 'it' boys, a fun-filled madcap and a shreeky political correspondent - none of whom match the intended character of the revised programme) quite evidently suffer from a pronounced lack of domain knowledge and expertise? (leave aside the floundering oratory and miserable pronounciations!) More pertinently, what is all this debate eventually leading to? Does 'Love Bollywood' have serious recommendations or solutions to curb piracy or was it a debate for the sake of a debate to kill an hour? The stunning Lara Dutta sat pretty in BBC's Mumbai studio on Saturday answering bog-standard PR questions about her new release....'Love Bollywood' obviously believes she's big enough to have back, considering she featured on 'Film Cafe' only last week! An over-saturated Amitabh Bachchan was used as a 15-minute filler, talking about the usual "honour" and "privilege" that it was to be felicitated by BAFTA and the IIFA Awards (for which he is the brand ambassador) being "the best". What else were the producers and presenters expecting him to say? Let's tread the originality path now.....The Maestro feature (featuring Asha Bhonsle on Sunday) is an obvious rehash of 'Musical Genius', that was previously on Sunday Soundtrack. The Lurve Bollywood feature (where a listener talks about a song to do with his/her love life or something like that!) is reminiscent of 'Undercover Lover' on Sonia Deol's show. The concept of interactivity and phoning in is a lame attempt to ape 'Phone-In by Nihal'? (At least, he does a good job of it!) So much for an all-new 'Love Bollywood'! Finally, according to the maiden episode of this programme, the Chopras' 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge' was a defining moment in Bollywood. What does 'defining moment' mean? And whose opinion is that? The presenters'? The producers'? Or was their result drawn out of an online customer survey or a research scanning the annals of Bollywood history? Does it take a runaway hit at the box-office (like 'DDLJ') to define or redefine Bollywood? We don't think so! If 'DDLJ' redefined Bollywood, in recent years, what about RAAZ (which made the horror genre fashionable in Bollywood all over again), 'Jism' and 'Murder' (which brought in a wave of sensuousness), 'Dil Chahta Hai' (which introduced new-age youth culture), 'Don' (which popularised remakes), 'Krrish' (which gave Bollywood its first superhero), 'Lagaan' (which brought in sport), 'Rang De Basanti', 'Black Friday' and 'Parzania' (which brought in political awareness and consciousness) and 'Khosla Ka Ghosla', 'Honeymoon Travels...' and 'Bheja Fry' (which introduced unconventional budget cinema to the box-office)? Sorry guys, these films redefined Bollywood! (Heard of them?) I can't, for the life of me, understand why anyone with two grey cells would want to surface at 8am on weekends to endure four boring hours of pseudo-analytical gibberish interspersed with the odd song! Lazing around in your duvet, cooking some tidy breakfast, gardening....or perhaps.....tuning into the telly might be saner alternatives! What do you think of BBC Asian Network's new weekend programming, email us at raj@media247.co.uk. (more)

Two apply for Hereford DAB
From Radio Today. Posted June 7 2007, 10.13am
Ofcom has received two applications for the Herefordshire & Worcestershire local digital radio multiplex licence. They are MuxCo Hereford and Worcester Limited, and Now Digital Ltd. MuxCo investors include Murfin Media and Town and Country Broadcasting. Now Digital is fully owned by GCap Media. (more)

Horse racing: Bookies will use every means in Turf TV war
From Media Guardian. Posted June 6 2007, 1.00am
William Hill's chief executive said racing has 'declared war' on the betting industry over television rights. By Greg Wood. (more)

Emap station 3c has ceased
From Radio Today. Posted March 28 2007, 5.47am
Emap's digital country music station 3c has closed. A message on the station's website simply says 3c is no longer on air, and it has been a pleasure serving you. It then refers surfers to visit the website of an American-based country music station, Voice of Country. (more)

How to: use search engines for precision surfing
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted March 19 2007, 3.24pm
It may be damn long, but Colin Meek's look at smart search is also damn handyemail this article   digg this   del.icio.us (more)

Virgin Radio offers Kudos
From Radio Today. Posted March 14 2007, 12.09am
The rather impressive* website for Virgin Radio is getting even more interactive by offering a service called Kudos - a unique online community feature which aims to increase the amount of surfing current users do within the site, and to encourage new visitors to stay longer. (more)

See, Speak and Surf with Sky
From SkyDigi Online. Posted January 15 2007, 1.38pm
BSkyB has launched a new campaign that brings together its television, telephone and broadband services for the first time. (more)

More cats are listening longer
From Radio Today. Posted December 27 2006, 8.59am
The internet radio station for cats, Cat Galaxy, has passed the two million audience mark. Although the station is controlled by humans, cats around the world are making Cat Galaxy their station of choice whilst they are surfing the web. (more)

FourFourTwo signed to sponsor Football League Awards
From Brand Republic. Posted November 23 2006, 11.11am
LONDON - The Football League is looking for sponsors of its 2007 awards night as FourFourTwo magazine has re-signed to support the event for another year. (more)

Old spats resurface as Germany repels bogeyman's TV bid
From The Times. Posted November 10 2006, 12.00am
NO PUNCHES were pulled in the German media establishment yesterday as the country's politicians resolutely brushed off Silvio Berlusconi's bid for the Munich TV group Pro Sieben.... (more)

Former USIA chief criticises ?turf battles? in US international broadcasting
From Media Network Weblog. Posted November 1 2006, 2.22pm
The attention of those who oversee US broadcasts for abroad is being “diverted to intramural turf battles that accomplish little to advance US efforts to communicate with international publics” according to Alvin Snyder, a former Executive of the United States Information Agency. According to Snyder, writing for the University of Southern California Center on Public Diplomacy, ”the BBG [...] (more)

Review: BBC One 2006 Ident - Surfers
From Merry Media. Posted October 9 2006, 12.54pm
The Surfers was finally played last night on BBC One in Northern Ireland. Filmed at Puerto Escondido on the West Coast of Mexico in which 4 surfers are enjoying Surfing on a huge wave. Seems like the ident would fit perfect during daytime but not actually used until late at night which is again, another surprise. The Moon being used during the day was also a surprise.. (more)

Henry Bonsu: My Life In Media
From The Independent. Posted September 11 2006, 12.00am
Henry Bonsu, 38, is director and presenter on Colourful Radio, the new speech-based digital station aimed at Europe's African and Caribbean communities. Perhaps best known as the man axed for being "too intellectual", he has been a journalist since 1990, working on BBC radio and TV programmes including Today, World at One, Public Eye and Black Britain. For two years he anchored the Drivetime news programme on BBC London 94.9, interviewing leading politicians, business people and celebrities. He has written for The Times, The Mail on Sunday, Daily Express, The Voice, New Nation, Pride magazine and the London Evening Standard. He lives in Brixton, south London, with his girlfriend Sharlene. (more)

Digital talk station aims for multicultural audience
From Press Gazette. Posted August 28 2006, 12.00am
The managing director of the UK's newest digital talk radio station, Colourful, which targets an ethnically diverse audience, claims it intends to be the largest independent talk radio station by 2008. (more)

Guinea radio listeners finally get chance to channel surf
From Media Network Weblog. Posted August 15 2006, 5.52pm
Guineans huddled round radio sets today as the West African country’s first private station took to the air, ending a state broadcasting monopoly nearly half a century old. “I’ve spent the whole morning zapping from one station to another, because now I’ve got the choice,” said local journalist Makale Soumah. “The music is more varied [...] (more)

Technorati gets a colourful makeover
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 25 2006, 11.15am
Blog search engine now has two home pages (more)

Former Capital Radio boss mounts bid for new Liverpool station
From Brand Republic. Posted July 14 2006, 11.07am
LONDON - David Mansfield, the former chief executive of GCap Media and Capital Radio, has resurfaced as chairman and shareholder of a bid for the new Liverpool FM radio licence. (more)

TalkSport proves that there is life after Kelvin
From The Independent. Posted June 5 2006, 12.00am
he latest mayhem at TalkSport, the radio station founded by Kelvin MacKenzie, has already produced one of the great World Cup headlines: "Brazil out of the World Cup". This is Alan Brazil, the former footballer and TalkSport's colourful breakfast show co-host. (more)

Silver surfers stick with big news brands
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 24 2006, 9.45pm
Web users over 55 favour BBC News but make up a greater slice of Telegraph.co.uk's audience (more)

White-Smith resurfaces in managing director role at Newsquest
From Brand Republic. Posted January 16 2006, 11.01am
LONDON – Chris White-Smith, the former group sales director of Telegraph Group, is joining regional newspaper publisher Newsquest. (more)

Broadcasters: True quality has been drowned out in this cacophony of voices
From The Independent. Posted January 1 1970, 12.59am
In the world of radio, the plates are always shifting, and once in a while the public, up on the surface, experience a slight tremor. It was possible to feel one last Monday, when the Sony Awards people announced a shortlist of 25 names who would be competing for the title of "Broadcasters' Broadcaster", to mark the Sonys' 25th anniversary. (more)

July's surfeit of news helped attract more readers, but only Associated can celebrate long term
From The Independent. Posted January 1 1970, 12.59am
"News," said Evelyn Waugh, "is what a chap who doesn't care much about anything wants to read." On that definition, July offered newspapers excellent opportunities. Floods inundated the country, investigations began into terror attempts in London and Glasgow, and Amy Winehouse carried on partying. (more)