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Xfm (Manchester) - news archive

This is an archive of news about Xfm (Manchester). Some links may no longer work, due to the transient nature of the internet.

New programmer for The Hits
From Radio Today. Posted July 1 2008, 1.28am
Bauer Radio has appointed Xfm Manchester's station sound producer Steve Dunlop as programmes manager for The Hits. (more)

Classic FM, Magic and Xfm Manchester vie for top radio prize
From Media Guardian. Posted June 12 2008, 6.23am
Classic FM, London's Magic 105.4 and Xfm Manchester will do battle for the big station of the year prize at this year's Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards. By John Plunkett (more)

Manford to leave Xfm Manchester
From Radio Today. Posted May 6 2008, 6.27am
Breakfast presenter at Xfm Manchester, Jason Manford, is leaving the station to spend more time working on his stand-up act. (more)

Clyde 1 Scoops Scotland’s First Music Week Award
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted April 7 2008, 7.49am
Radio station, 102.5 Clyde 1, has gone where no Scottish station has gone before and won the Regional Radio Station of the Year title at awards run by influential magazine, Music Week. To win, it had to beat off the challenge of 99.9 Radio Norwich, Heart 106.2, XFM London and XFM Manchester.... (more)

Danny Wallace Joins XFM
From Merry Media. Posted January 31 2008, 11.48am
Danny Wallace joins XFM to host a weekly Saturday show between 10am and 2pm on XFM London and XFM Manchester. Wallace has presented TV shows including Castaway, Test the Nation and How to Start Your Own Country. . (more)

New MD for Xfm Manchester
From Radio Today. Posted November 20 2007, 9.20am
Ande Macpherson has been appointed to the role of managing director for Xfm Manchester. He will continue to provide his programming responsibilities across the Xfm brand, whilst focusing on the Salford Quays-based station. (more)

XFM Manchester Commentary of Man Utd Games
From Merry Media. Posted August 7 2007, 12.46am
XFM Manchester have announced that they will be transmitting full and uninterrupted match commentary exclusively for all Manchester United football matches both at home and away for the 2007/08 season.. (more)

XFM Manchester & Dune FM Favourites in North West England
From Merry Media. Posted June 13 2007, 1.30pm
The Breakfast Show on XFM Manchester presented by Jason Manford and the Drivetime Show on Dune FM presented by Dan Roach have been voted the Best in North West England according to a poll run by Merry Media.Over the past couple of months, Merry Media will be moving from one region to the next in the UK to find the best Breakfast and Drivetime shows on local radio. We have found the best in the South, South West & South East, East of England, Midlands and North West England - and are now looking for the best in London. Visitors to Merry Media voted for their favourite Breakfast Show in North West England with Jason Manford on XFM Manchester gaining the highest amount of votes - with Dan Roach of Dune FM topping the Drivetime poll.. (more)

Local Radio DJs do a runner
From Radio Today. Posted May 18 2007, 10.15am
Several Northwest radio presenters and station staff are getting ready to go head to head against each other in this weekend's Great Manchester Run. Amongst those represented are Key 103, Galaxy, Smooth, Wire FM and XFM Manchester. Three former Century NW breakfast jocks will compete against each other too - Darren Proctor, Tony Horne and Andy Crane. (more)

Manford to replace Tonkinson
From Radio Today. Posted December 11 2006, 5.37pm
Manchester comedian Jason Manford is set to take over the breakfast show at Xfm Manchester, as current host Paul Tonkinson joins Xfm in London to present afternoons. Jason has been covering the show recently but is ready for the new gig from January 2007. (more)

XFM replaces Keavney with Tonks and adds Steve Harris
From Breaking Radio. Posted November 20 2006, 5.10pm
Xfm London is replacing Shaun Keaveny with Xfm Manchester's Paul Tonkinson and has also hired Virgin Radio's Steve Harris to host its new-music show 'Music: Response'. (more)

Xfm loses Keaveny as Tonkinson and Harris join
From Brand Republic. Posted November 20 2006, 3.11pm
LONDON - Xfm London afternoon host Shaun Keaveny is to leave the station, which is replacing him with Xfm Manchester's Paul Tonkinson and has also hired Virgin Radio's Steve Harris to host its new-music show 'Music: Response'. (more)

Xfm London loses Keaveny as Tonkinson and Harris join
From Brand Republic. Posted November 20 2006, 3.11pm
LONDON - Xfm London afternoon host Shaun Keaveny is to leave the station, which is replacing him with Xfm Manchester's Paul Tonkinson and has also hired Virgin Radio's Steve Harris to host its new-music show 'Music: Response'. (more)

Rise and fall at GCap Media
From Radio Today. Posted October 26 2006, 9.44am
Capital Radio at an all time low, and a slow start for Xfm Manchester, but GCap Media remains the largest commercial radio company in the UK.First figures for Xfm Manchester were lower than expected with a 1.1 per-cent audience share and a weekly reach of just 3 per cent (85,000 listeners in a TSA of 2.7 million). (more)

Industry awaits RAJAR figures
From Radio Today. Posted October 25 2006, 9.56am
The countdown is on to official listening figures being released to stations at 17:30 today. Public data for the period ended 17th September 2006 (Quarter 3) will be released from 7am tomorrow.Xfm Manchester is just one of the stations getting figures for the first time. Older stations such as 107 The Bee, which started broadcasting over a year ago, get their first results in January 2007. (more)

Xfm Manchester breaks world record with Bezathon launch
From Brand Republic. Posted October 6 2006, 2.10pm
LONDON - Xfm Manchester has entered the Guinness Book of World Records for a mass participation dancing record, involving more than 400 people, that was inspired by indie rock band Happy Monday's 1990 cult dance floor hit, 'Step On'. (more)

Xfm Manchester escapes ad ban
From Radio Today. Posted June 15 2006, 6.00am
Xfm Manchester's launch campaign has escaped a ban for causing offence in the city. The ads were placed on billboards and bus shelters, and featured babies dressed up and posing as iconic music characters, with the strapline "a new music station is born". The poster which generated 23 complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority showed two babies posing as the Gallagher brothers, the Liam baby giving a V sign to the passing public. "I imagine these are the same sort of people who don't go to zoo as baboons have exposed bottoms," Ande Macpherson, Programme Director for GCap North told Radiojam, "the reality is that the creative execution connected with anyone who would interested in Xfm Manchester and the amount of positive feedback dwarves the offended voices." (more)

Nick Davidson: My Life In Media
From The Independent. Posted May 8 2006, 12.00am
Nick Davidson, 37, is the managing director of Xfm, the London radio station which is up against Radio 1 and Radio 2 for UK Station of the Year in today's Sony Radio Awards. He is also responsible for GCap Media North, which includes the Xfm Manchester, Xfm Scotland and Century brands. Although work is divided between London and Manchester, he lives in Cardiff with his wife Beverley and their two daughters. When he's not pondering the possibilities of digital radio he can be found watching Liverpool FC. (more)

Xfm Manchester and Topman team up for store reopening
From Brand Republic. Posted March 27 2006, 11.03am
LONDON - Topman is marking the re-opening of its new flagship store at Manchester's Arndale centre by teaming up with the city's newest radio station, Xfm Manchester. (more)

XFM Manchester start testing
From Radio Today. Posted February 21 2006, 4.34pm
The new commercial radio station covering Manchester started irregular trade tests yesterday ahead of it's launch at 8am on March 15th 2006. Intermittent burts of music and short idents, along with a feed of sister station 105.4 Century FM, housed in the same building have all made it onto the new frequency of 97.7 Mhz FM. However the tests are not continuous and may not be regular until the beginning of March. (more)

Clint Boon: My Life In Media
From The Independent. Posted January 1 1970, 12.59am
Clint Boon, 47, is a presenter on Xfm Manchester and a member of Madchester band Inspiral Carpets. He began his radio career on the Liverpool station Crash FM in 1995. He has since stood in for Terry Christian on Century FM in Manchester and spent a year at Revolution in his hometown Oldham. Since Xfm Manchester started in March 2006, he has hosted Music: Response from Monday to Thursday as well as Saturday evening show Boon Army. He is nominated for two Sony Awards: Music Broadcaster of the Year and The Specialist Music Programme Award. (more)