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Channel 4 alliance wins chance to fight BBC with ten radio stations
From The Times. Posted July 7 2007, 12.00am
A Channel 4-led consortium won the right yesterday to launch ten new digital radio stations, with a range of broadcasters, including Walt Disney and BSkyB, hoping to offer profitable alternatives to the dominant BBC. (more)

10Radio Celebrate Licence Award
From Merry Media. Posted January 18 2007, 3.40pm
Wiveliscombe, Milverton and their surrounding parishes in Somerset are celebrating the announcement that Ofcom have awarded their radio station - 10Radio - a licence to transmit on FM for the next five years.. (more)

Ofcom Award Community Licence to 10Radio
From Merry Media. Posted January 18 2007, 2.45am
Ofcom have awarded a community radio licence to 10Radio to cover Wiveliscombe in Somerset got a period of 5 years.. (more)

Community Radio for Somerset
From Radio Today. Posted January 17 2007, 11.39am
A new community radio station serving Wiveliscombe, Milverton and their surrounding parishes in Somerset will launch before the end of the year, after Ofcom awarded 10Radio a community radio licence today. The station, set up in 2005 has operated two RSL licences in the area. (more)

Azeri services of Voice of America, Radio Liberty relay on new frequency
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 3 2007, 1.22pm
Text of report by Azerbaijani news agency Turan Baku, 3 January: The Azerbaijani Services of Voice of America and Radio Liberty broadcast their programmes to Azerbaijan on 101.7 FM frequency. Earlier those programmes were relayed on FM frequencies of Anten Radio and ANS [CM radio] as well as on medium waves. The schedule of programmes has [...] (more)

From Jackanory to JackaTory
From Radio Today. Posted August 18 2006, 9.00pm
Conservative leader David Cameron is joining a string of high-profile judges backing an innovative new radio competition to encourage children to read. UKRD, which owns ten radio stations across England, launched pioneering news show The Source for children between eight and fourteen earlier this year. This summer its listeners are being offered the opportunity to win a share of six hundred pounds worth of book tokens in The Source Summer Book Club. Entrants have spent the last three weeks busily writing reviews of their favourite books, helped out by their parents and families. (more)

Pat Kenny tops RTE star salary list
From The Stage. Posted July 3 2006, 4.00pm
Irish state broadcaster RTE has been defending the earnings of its top ten radio and TV stars, which totalled €3.3m in 2004, a combined increase of 24% on the previous year. (more)