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Polish Radio External Service begins longwave broadcasting
From Media Network Weblog. Posted July 4 2008, 12.54pm
From July 1, Polish Radio External Service has started broadcasting on 198 kHz longwave. The 198 LW frequency is shared with Polish Radio Parliament, which will continue to broadcast when parliament is in session. At all other times Polish Radio External Service transmits on this frequency. Polish Radio External Service broadcasts in seven different languages: English, [...] (more)

More Thrills than Skills: A Half-life in Journalism - Part Seven
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted June 27 2008, 1.24am
Of course, it could not last for ever . . . But it would last a good few years. When Pirates Ruled the Waves would go through four editions, selling 10,000 copies, between 1968 and 1970. I would soon be driving a Mercedes and owning a couple of discotheques and a publishing business... (more)

Shiv Malik given seven days by court to hand over terror notes
From Press Gazette. Posted June 26 2008, 12.00am
Freelance journalist Shiv Malik has been given a week to hand over material relating to interviews he conducted with terrorism suspect Hassan Butt. (more)

UK radio to go completely digital by 2020
From Biz Asia. Posted June 24 2008, 3.18pm
UK radio services should be migrated on to digital audio broadcasting (DAB) by 2020, according to the Digital Radio Working Group's (DRWG) interim report. The government-backed industry panel recommended the establishment of a timetable for the migration of all UK radio from analogue to digital and said that this should be completed between 2015 and 2020. However, in the medium term, the group recommends migrating all national, regional and large local stations to Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB), with FM continuing to be used by small local and community radio stations. The DRWG does not recommend setting a date for the switchover to digital radio now. Instead, it recommends a timetable for migration is set out, which is dependent on progress against the agreed criteria. The group's initial assessment is that migration could be completed by 2020. Chairman of the DRWG Barry Cox said: "At the end of May this year, sales of DAB sets exceeded seven million. We believe radio must have a digital future and that this will benefit both listeners and industry. Audiences will be able to enjoy increased functionality and more choice of channels, while the industry will no longer have to sustain the increased transmission costs of broadcasting on multiple platforms. "If these benefits are to be achieved, then action must be taken to address the significant challenges which threaten the future growth of the market. There is a great deal to be done to address these issues, and I hope that this interim report will stimulate debate on how to achieve a digital future." The group, set up in November 2007, has been looking at the barriers to the growth of digital radio and the conditions needed to allow digital platforms to become the main means of delivering radio. As part of its work, four sub-groups were set up to consider issues such as the mechanisms for growth, technology, coverage and European harmonisation. Related links: RAJAR: Digital radio listening continues to grow Asian radio industry gives DAB backing EXCLUSIVE: ZEE Radio launch details emerge Asian FX confirmed for West Midlands DAB launch Two new radio stations launch on Midlands DAB Club Asia to offer podcasts via 4 Digital Group Sunrise Radio to go national after new licence win BBC Asian Network to launch two free podcasts (more)

George Carlin Dead - His 'Seven Dirty Words' Helped Define Radio's Boundaries
From radio.about.com. Posted June 23 2008, 5.03am
Comedian George Carlin has died of heart failure. He was 71. Carlin's routine, "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television" was at the heart of a Supreme Court case... (more)

BBC releases EMI archive ahead of Coldplay launch
From The Times. Posted June 11 2008, 12.09am
The BBC will make available to EMI all its television and radio archives of the record company’s acts in a five-year agreement under which the two will also collaborate on television productions. The tie-up, to be confirmed today, comes amid a growing expectation of a strong debut for Coldplay’s album Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends, which is due out tomorrow. It is on track to top 300,000 UK sales in its first seven days. Highlights of the BBC archive include behind-the-scenes footage of David Bowie’s 1974 Diamond Dogs tour , which will be released for sale in CD, DVD and downloadable formats. A BBC Omnibus documentary crew filmed the tour in a period when the singer was using cocaine. The result was the film Cracked Actor. EMI paid an unspecified advance for access to the BBC catalogue. Salim Mukaddam, head of commercial affairs, music, BBC Worldwide, said that the idea behind the deal was “more of a partnership where we are able to exploit each other’s catalogues better”. Also included is a 1967 BBC radio recording of Pink Floyd performing songs from its first album The Piper At The Gates of Dawn - one of the first John Peel sessions. The one exception from the overall deal is The Beatles, whose BBC appearances are covered by an existing agreement. EMI will release a small portion of the material as part of CD and DVD sets or downloads. The entire archive will be released on a yet-unnamed “direct to consumer” website owned by the BBC’s commercial unit. “Content will be made available for sale, or will be free with adverts,” Mr Mukaddam said. The arrangement is non-exclusive and Mr Mukaddam said that the corporation was “in discussions with all the major and some independent labels” about similar partnerships. The BBC already has a more limited agreement with Universal Music, whereby Universal pays cash for access to archive material of its acts. EMI, which is heavily indebted after a takeover by Terra Firma, the private equity firm, is desperate to exploit its music catalogue as a way to boost profits. The company believes that marquee acts such as Pink Floyd and David Bowie could generate a steady, reliable income stream along the lines of the stable profits that it enjoys from its share of songwriter royalties. The BBC will also help to produce music documentaries for EMI acts, largely using its archive, for British and international audiences. Online retailers were saying that pre-orders of the Coldplay album were running at high levels. Play.com, which claims a 6 per cent share of all music sold in the UK, said that it was selling “20 per cent more than Leona Lewis’s Spirit”, which was last year’s fast-seller. It sold 375,000 in its first week and with iTunes also talking about record preorders, Viva La Vida is tipped to sell more than 300,000 at a minimum. (more)

BBC signs archive footage deal with EMI
From The Times. Posted June 11 2008, 12.00am
The BBC will make available to EMI all its television and radio archives of the record company’s acts in a five-year agreement under which the two will also collaborate on television productions. The tie-up, to be confirmed today, comes amid a growing expectation of a strong debut for Coldplay’s album Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends, which is due out tomorrow. It is on track to top 300,000 UK sales in its first seven days. Highlights of the BBC archive include behind-the-scenes footage of David Bowie’s 1974 Diamond Dogs tour , which will be released for sale in CD, DVD and downloadable formats. A BBC Omnibus documentary crew filmed the tour in a period when the singer was using cocaine. The result was the film Cracked Actor. EMI paid an unspecified advance for access to the BBC catalogue. Salim Mukaddam, head of commercial affairs, music, BBC Worldwide, said that the idea behind the deal was “more of a partnership where we are able to exploit each other’s catalogues better”. Also included is a 1967 BBC radio recording of Pink Floyd performing songs from its first album The Piper At The Gates of Dawn - one of the first John Peel sessions. The one exception from the overall deal is The Beatles, whose BBC appearances are covered by an existing agreement. EMI will release a small portion of the material as part of CD and DVD sets or downloads. The entire archive will be released on a yet-unnamed “direct to consumer” website owned by the BBC’s commercial unit. “Content will be made available for sale, or will be free with adverts,” Mr Mukaddam said. The arrangement is non-exclusive and Mr Mukaddam said that the corporation was “in discussions with all the major and some independent labels” about similar partnerships. The BBC already has a more limited agreement with Universal Music, whereby Universal pays cash for access to archive material of its acts. EMI, which is heavily indebted after a takeover by Terra Firma, the private equity firm, is desperate to exploit its music catalogue as a way to boost profits. The company believes that marquee acts such as Pink Floyd and David Bowie could generate a steady, reliable income stream along the lines of the stable profits that it enjoys from its share of songwriter royalties. The BBC will also help to produce music documentaries for EMI acts, largely using its archive, for British and international audiences. Online retailers were saying that pre-orders of the Coldplay album were running at high levels. Play.com, which claims a 6 per cent share of all music sold in the UK, said that it was selling “20 per cent more than Leona Lewis’s Spirit”, which was last year’s fast-seller. It sold 375,000 in its first week and with iTunes also talking about record preorders, Viva La Vida is tipped to sell more than 300,000 at a minimum. (more)

SGR networks afternoon show
From Radio Today. Posted June 6 2008, 8.19am
SGR Colchester is to lose its local afternoon show, and share output with SGR Ipswich, RadioToday.co.uk can reveal. It means both stations will only be obliged to offer seven hours a day of local programming. (more)

FRCN Zonal Director recommends shortwave during refurbishment
From Media Network Weblog. Posted June 3 2008, 9.46am
Ladan Salihu, FRCN Kaduna Zonal Director, says dismantling of the station’s mediumwave transmitter for the next seven months is a sacrifice that would reposition the station. “It is a necessary sacrifice that we must make in order that we may smile tomorrow, Salihu told The Tide’s correspondent in Jaji, Kaduna State. “ Nobody wants to part with something [...] (more)

DAB: Seven million sets sold
From Radio Today. Posted May 22 2008, 9.17am
The latest digital radio sales figures are in - and they show that after 10 years there are now seven million DAB sets sold in the UK. (more)

Photographer who spent 60 years at Sevenoaks Chronicle dies
From Press Gazette. Posted May 20 2008, 12.00am
Friends and colleagues this week led tributes to regional press photographer Alex Watson who worked for more than 60 years at the Sevenoaks Chronicle and died aged 81. (more)

Martin Newland's Abu Dhabi paper goes seven days
From Media Guardian. Posted May 15 2008, 6.40am
The National, the Abu Dhabi newspaper launched by former Daily Telegraph editor Martin Newland last month, plans to become a seven-day operation. By Stephen Brook (more)

My Life in Media: Mary Kalemkerian
From The Independent. Posted May 12 2008, 12.00am
Mary Kalemkerian is the head of programmes at BBC Radio 7, the digital station that revives drama and comedy favourites from the BBC archives. She is nominated as the Station Programmer of the Year at this evening's Sony Radio Academy Awards. Kalemkerian grew up in the Scottish Borders and trained as a teacher before beginning her radio career 30 years ago. She has worked for the BBC in Edinburgh, Manchester and London, and has run BBC7 since it started in 2002. She lives in north London and has a daughter aged 26. (more)

Xfm cuts more local hours
From Radio Today. Posted May 2 2008, 12.36pm
Ofcom has approved a format change for Xfm London, Scotland and Manchester, allowing them to network another three hours a day. This latest change reduces the amount of locally made programmes on each station to just seven each weekday, including breakfast. (more)

Commercial share drops again
From Radio Today. Posted May 1 2008, 7.00am
The commercial radio industry has added an extra 300 thousand listeners in the last three months, taking the total to 31 million adults. However the industry lost nearly seven million listening hours putting commercial radio's share at just 41 per cent. (more)

New FM radio licences announced in New Zealand
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 21 2008, 10.42am
New Zealand’s Communications and Information Technology Minister David Cunliffe and Broadcasting Minister Trevor Mallard have today announced the release of more than seventy FM radio licences for commercial and non-commercial use. “There is always a demand for new radio frequencies, from both community and commercial interests,” said Mr Cunliffe. “As outlined in our Broadcasting Programme of [...] (more)

Public Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica to go islandwide by October
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 19 2008, 10.09am
The Public Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica (PBC-J) will become available to viewers islandwide come October this year. Currently, the station, which is up and running 24 hours per day, seven days a week, is accessible across 60 per cent of the island, covering most of the Corporate Area and other urban centres including Spanish Town, [...] (more)

Super Station appoints new PD
From Radio Today. Posted April 18 2008, 12.58am
The Super Station Orkney has appointed Ryan Woodman as programme director. The 23 year old started his career at Radio Caroline seven years ago. (more)

Seven-figure investment sets Trinity Mirror Midlands titles on new design path
From Hold the Front Page. Posted April 9 2008, 11.50am
Birmingham Post was today using new package for the first time (more)

BBC and Guardian sites score total of seven Webby nominations
From Media Guardian. Posted April 8 2008, 5.47pm
The BBC and guardian.co.uk have both scored well in the nominations for the 2008 Webby Awards, where the best of the world's websites compete in the 'Oscars of the internet'. By Jemima Kiss (more)

Jerusalem ?peace radio? staff under house arrest
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 8 2008, 3.15pm
An Israeli court today placed under house arrest seven employees of an English-language radio station set up to foster dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians. The Ministry of Communications shut the South African-backed RAM FM’s Jerusalem studio on Monday, saying it did not have a licence to broadcast. RAM FM has denied it was breaking the law. Seven [...] (more)

BBC expands FM in Asia
From Radio Today. Posted April 3 2008, 6.04pm
British Ambassador David Reader today signed for the launch of BBC 99.25 FM in Siem Reap which will broadcast the BBC's international programmes 24 hours a day, seven days a week. (more)

BBC launches new FM relay and radio partnership in Cambodia
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 3 2008, 5.01pm
British Ambassador David Reader today signed for the launch of BBC 99.25 FM in Siem Reap, Cambodia, which will broadcast the BBC World Service 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The BBC has also announced a new radio partnership with Love 97.5 FM, which is now broadcasting the best of BBC World Service programming. Neil Curry, Regional [...] (more)

Rock and pop concerts for Dubai after Live Nation buys Gulf promoter Mirage
From The Times. Posted March 24 2008, 12.00am
The world’s biggest live music companies are to take their battle for supremacy to the Gulf states after announcing plans to turn the region into the next lucrative staging post for rock’s biggest stars. Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), which reinvented the Dome as a live music venue, plans to lure acts such as Prince and Bon Jovi to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to perform in new, purpose-built arenas. Live Nation, the world’s largest concert promoter and AEG’s leading global rival, is beating a similar trail. It has acquired a controlling stake in Mirage, a leading Dubai-based promoter, which has hosted concerts by Aerosmith and Shakira. Madonna, who has signed an exclusive music and concert deal with Live Nation, is expected to add Dubai, the UAE’s main city, to her tour circuit. The race to bring rock and pop to the Gulf is part of a wider effort to develop the region as a centre of tourism. Emirates is intent on making itself the world’s airline of choice, for example, a world in which millions use it to fly to the area’s rapidly expanding resorts and developments. Those resorts are already among some of the most exclusive on the planet, The World, perhaps the best-known of them, and its peers built on so grand a scale that they can be seen from space. And some of music’s most famous names are allegedly buying their slices of these exclusive spots. Yet if the superstars are intent on spending money on seven-star hotel suites and private islands, the Gulf remains a source of untapped income. Despite a wealthy expatriate population, a young music-loving local audience and the fact that 15 million visitors are expected to visit Dubai in the next decade, the Gulf region has yet to establish a consistent infrastructure for live music. With live performances replacing record sales for artists’ pension plans, the region, overlooked so far by the likes of U2 and the Rolling Stones, is seen as the next frontier for promoters to conquer. AEG Live has hired Thomas Ovesen, the man behind some of Mirage’s biggest concerts, to oversee a new live promotions office in Dubai. AEG Live hopes to operate arenas in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, seating 10,000 to 15,000 fans and styled after its own O2 in London, inside two years. Mr Oveson plans to draw young, wealthy music fans from neighbouring states by staging Las Vegas-style residencies featuring big names. Mr Ovesen said: “My vision is that the UAE will be the hub for entertainment for the entire region. We believe the O2 model, where Prince played 21 nights, could really work in the region. The right type of artist can expect to clear $1 million. But until now, the local live music scene has been fairly insignificant.$” AEG plans to host Broadway musicals as well as pop concerts in its new arenas, with the shows marketed at foreign expats living in Bahrain, Qatar and Oman. The company has promised to balance ticket prices so that the local Asian population can attend. Randy Phillips, president and chief executive of AEG Live, said: “A presence in that region is very important to us in terms of growth and finance opportunities.” His Dubai-based rival Mirage Promotions, which secures acts such as Diana Ross and Bryan Adams for corporate clients in the region, will be rebranded as Live Nation after the US giant took a 65 per cent controlling stake. Elissa Murtaza, its managing director, said: “Whilst our current focus is to be on the burgeoning UAE, our position in the Middle East provides us with the opportunity to expand our operations. Our new partnership with Live Nation will help us to accelerate our growth by providing us better access to talent and resources.” The Gulf does have a flourishing local music scene, which is reflected in the recently launched MTV Arabia service and the arrival of a concert infrastructure, but it does present some logistical problems for touring international rock stars. Some artists have been unwilling to undertake a four-day round trip to Dubai for a one-off show. Promoters also have to make provision for an entirely car-bound audience. This month Celine Dion played her first Dubai concert, at the Four Seasons Golf Club, charging £135 for a platinum seat. Organisers had to promise the authorities smooth-flowing traffic and car-parking for 9,000 vehicles before the concert could take place. Western stars will have to respect local sensibilities. Last month, the Radio 1 DJ Grooverider was sentenced to a four-year prison term in Dubai after admitting to carrying cannabis into the country. “They can have the rock’n’roll but not the sex and drugs,” Mr Oveson said. He added: “Given the wealth of the country, the possibilities for charging for high-end, quality shows are endless. Frankly, if Elvis were alive, he’d consider a visit to Dubai in the next couple of years. I believe the future is here.” (more)

Rock and pop concerts for Dubai after AEG buys Gulf promoter Mirage
From The Times. Posted March 24 2008, 12.00am
The world’s biggest live music companies are to take their battle for supremacy to the Gulf states after announcing plans to turn the region into the next lucrative staging post for rock’s biggest stars. Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), which reinvented the Dome as a live music venue, plans to lure acts such as Prince and Bon Jovi to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to perform in new, purpose-built arenas. Live Nation, the world’s largest concert promoter and AEG’s leading global rival, is beating a similar trail. It has acquired a controlling stake in Mirage, a leading Dubai-based promoter, which has hosted concerts by Aerosmith and Shakira. Madonna, who has signed an exclusive music and concert deal with Live Nation, is expected to add Dubai, the UAE’s main city, to her tour circuit. The race to bring rock and pop to the Gulf is part of a wider effort to develop the region as a centre of tourism. Emirates is intent on making itself the world’s airline of choice, for example, a world in which millions use it to fly to the area’s rapidly expanding resorts and developments. Those resorts are already among some of the most exclusive on the planet, The World, perhaps the best-known of them, and its peers built on so grand a scale that they can be seen from space. And some of music’s most famous names are allegedly buying their slices of these exclusive spots. Yet if the superstars are intent on spending money on seven-star hotel suites and private islands, the Gulf remains a source of untapped income. Despite a wealthy expatriate population, a young music-loving local audience and the fact that 15 million visitors are expected to visit Dubai in the next decade, the Gulf region has yet to establish a consistent infrastructure for live music. With live performances replacing record sales for artists’ pension plans, the region, overlooked so far by the likes of U2 and the Rolling Stones, is seen as the next frontier for promoters to conquer. AEG Live has hired Thomas Ovesen, the man behind some of Mirage’s biggest concerts, to oversee a new live promotions office in Dubai. AEG Live hopes to operate arenas in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, seating 10,000 to 15,000 fans and styled after its own O2 in London, inside two years. Mr Oveson plans to draw young, wealthy music fans from neighbouring states by staging Las Vegas-style residencies featuring big names. Mr Ovesen said: “My vision is that the UAE will be the hub for entertainment for the entire region. We believe the O2 model, where Prince played 21 nights, could really work in the region. The right type of artist can expect to clear $1 million. But until now, the local live music scene has been fairly insignificant.$” AEG plans to host Broadway musicals as well as pop concerts in its new arenas, with the shows marketed at foreign expats living in Bahrain, Qatar and Oman. The company has promised to balance ticket prices so that the local Asian population can attend. Randy Phillips, president and chief executive of AEG Live, said: “A presence in that region is very important to us in terms of growth and finance opportunities.” His Dubai-based rival Mirage Promotions, which secures acts such as Diana Ross and Bryan Adams for corporate clients in the region, will be rebranded as Live Nation after the US giant took a 65 per cent controlling stake. Elissa Murtaza, its managing director, said: “Whilst our current focus is to be on the burgeoning UAE, our position in the Middle East provides us with the opportunity to expand our operations. Our new partnership with Live Nation will help us to accelerate our growth by providing us better access to talent and resources.” The Gulf does have a flourishing local music scene, which is reflected in the recently launched MTV Arabia service and the arrival of a concert infrastructure, but it does present some logistical problems for touring international rock stars. Some artists have been unwilling to undertake a four-day round trip to Dubai for a one-off show. Promoters also have to make provision for an entirely car-bound audience. This month Celine Dion played her first Dubai concert, at the Four Seasons Golf Club, charging £135 for a platinum seat. Organisers had to promise the authorities smooth-flowing traffic and car-parking for 9,000 vehicles before the concert could take place. Western stars will have to respect local sensibilities. Last month, the Radio 1 DJ Grooverider was sentenced to a four-year prison term in Dubai after admitting to carrying cannabis into the country. “They can have the rock’n’roll but not the sex and drugs,” Mr Oveson said. He added: “Given the wealth of the country, the possibilities for charging for high-end, quality shows are endless. Frankly, if Elvis were alive, he’d consider a visit to Dubai in the next couple of years. I believe the future is here.” (more)

My Life in Media: Sports commentator Barry Davies
From The Independent. Posted March 24 2008, 12.00am
Sports commentator Barry Davies, 70, has been broadcasting for over 40 years. He has covered 10 World Cups, 10 Olympic Games, seven Winter Olympics, seven Commonwealth Games and many Wimbledons. On Saturday he reprises his role as "Voice of the Boat Race", commentating for LBC Radio. He lives in Datchet, Berkshire, with his wife Penny, whom he met on his first job for BBC Radio. Their daughter, Giselle, is director of communications for the International Olympic Committee, and their son, Barry, is managing director of the online betting shop Betfair. (more)

Students take over BBC Radio 1
From Radio Today. Posted March 20 2008, 1.30am
Students from Cambridge student radio station CUR1350 are claiming their prize of a show on Radio 1 this weekend as seven presenters host the early show on Bank Holiday Monday. (more)

'Spooks' star exits in seventh series
From Digital Spy. Posted March 17 2008, 10.41am
Spooks will lose one if its major characters midway through the seventh series. (more)

North of Scotland Radio Licence Up for Grabs
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted March 13 2008, 8.50pm
A commercial FM radio licence is up for grabs, in the north of Scotland, lasting up to seven years. Currently, Lochbroom FM hold the licence to broadcast to the Ullapool area, but the licence is due to expire on May 22 next year. Hence, broadcasting regulators, Ofcom, are inviting... (more)

Seven seeks to oust WAN's non-executives
From Financial Times. Posted February 26 2008, 2.00am
Seven Network, the Australian media group, indicated yesterday it would seek to oust the board of West Australia Newspaper Holdings over a perceived lack of... (more)

Korea?s Arirang TV to launch English radio news service
From Media Network Weblog. Posted February 24 2008, 12.40pm
Arirang TV will launch a seven-language subtitle service and English radio news service in Korea. Chang Myung-ho, the President and CEO of Arirang TV, announced the new services at a press conference on Friday. The station delivers news, cultural programs, educational shows and documentaries worldwide via satellite 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Starting [...] (more)

Global strikes deal with Fox
From Radio Today. Posted February 22 2008, 12.12pm
Heart 106.2 has secured a year-long deal with 20th Century Fox to promote seven high-profile movies over the next 12 months. (more)

GCap in tune with ads
From The Scotsman. Posted February 1 2008, 12.00am
XFM Scotland owner GCap Media has seen revenues surge by seven per cent and insisted that it sees "no evidence" of a slowdown in radio advertising. (more)

RAJAR results for Q4 2007
From Radio Today. Posted January 31 2008, 12.00am
The radio industry is reporting highs and lows as the final set of listening figures for 2007 are released today. Swansea Bay Radio, Seven FM, Brunel FM and Original 106.5 are reporting for the first time, whilst Hertbeat has dropped out of the survey. (more)

Industry awaits RAJAR results
From Radio Today. Posted January 30 2008, 1.25am
The radio industry is awaiting the final set of listening figures for 2007 as Q4 data is fed to stations from 5:30pm today. Swansea Bay Radio, Seven FM, Brunel FM and Original 106.5 are reporting for the first time, whilst Hertbeat drops out of the survey. (more)

End of an era as Scottish newspaper leaves home of seven decades
From Hold the Front Page. Posted January 29 2008, 10.05am
Herald staff bid farewell to offices in former mill (more)

WWVH in Hawaii gets antenna makeover
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 28 2008, 1.46pm
Radio station WWVH in Hawaii, operated since 1948 by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to broadcast time, frequency and other announcements, recently powered up innovative replacement antennas. In a seven-year project to adopt a technology used on Navy ships, NIST has installed new antennas encased in fiberglass rather than traditional steel supports, to [...] (more)

Telegraph.co.uk launches seven new web TV programmes
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted January 14 2008, 12.00am
Telegraph TV bolsters schedule with new politics, culture and travel shows (more)

Essex to launch Smooth NE
From Radio Today. Posted January 3 2008, 5.06pm
Seventies pop icon David Essex will join breakfast presenter Tom Davies at 8am on Tuesday 8th January to launch Smooth Radio across the North East of England. (more)

Classic FM launch new services
From Radio Today. Posted December 12 2007, 9.44am
Classic FM is launching six new online radio streams of the station and a new online television channel. All seven of the services will be available online alongside the original Classic FM channel from January 7th at MyClassicFM.co.uk (more)

Seven Squared to launch two new Sainsbury's magazines
From Press Gazette. Posted December 12 2007, 12.00am
Customer Publisher Seven Squared is launching two new magazines for Sainsbury’s. (more)

Editor of Now quits after seven months
From Media Guardian. Posted December 11 2007, 6.54am
The editor of IPC women's weekly Now is leaving one of the biggest jobs in journalism after just seven months. By Stephen Brook (more)

ClusterSeven Joins Google Enterprise Professional Program
From Press Release, via webitpr. Posted December 10 2007, 9.00am
New York/London, December 10, 2007 ? ClusterSeven today announced it has joined the Google Enterprise? Professional program, which extends the power of Google across the enterprise and helps customers get more value out of their Google enterprise deployments. ClusterSeven software monitors the activity and changes in business-critical spreadsheets with no impact on the user. Acting much like a closed circuit television set (CCTV), the Enterprise Management Software records spreadsheet activity over time, building the 'movie'... (more)

Trafficlink sold for £16million
From Radio Today. Posted December 7 2007, 2.25pm
Traffic and Travel provider Trafficlink has been sold in a deal worth over £16 million.Buyers ITIS provide real-time traffic information and technology to UK and international businesses. It's unknown how the sale will affect staff at Trafficlink's seven regional offices. (more)

Sleeper TV hit set to scoop seven comedy Oscars
From Media Guardian. Posted December 2 2007, 12.10am
Gavin and Stacey has won record nominations for this week's Comedy Awards. Vanessa Thorpe reports on the genesis of a modern classic (more)

BBC launches its first 24-hour FM relay in Trinidad
From Media Network Weblog. Posted November 27 2007, 2.37pm
Listeners in Trinidad and Tobago can enjoy for the first time the BBC’s internationally famous radio programmes 24-hours a day, seven days a week with the launch of BBC 98.7 FM. Audiences across both islands now have access to a wider mixture of BBC programmes including some tailored specifically for the Caribbean. Debbie Ransome, Head of BBC [...] (more)

More BBC Radio for Trinidad
From Radio Today. Posted November 27 2007, 7.23am
Listeners in Trinidad and Tobago can now hear the BBC's radio programmes 24-hours a day, seven days a week with the launch of BBC 98.7 FM. Audiences across both islands now have access to a wider mixture of BBC programmes including some tailored specifically for the Caribbean. (more)

Seven gongs for university at Guardian Student Media Awards
From Hold the Front Page. Posted November 23 2007, 12.00am
Future talent is recognised by premier awards series for students (more)

York scoops seven student media awards
From Media Guardian. Posted November 22 2007, 12.03pm
York University won seven awards at the 29th Guardian Student Media awards, including student newspaper of the year. By Jemima Kiss (more)

York scoops seven student media awards
From Media Guardian. Posted November 22 2007, 8.56am
York University won seven awards at the 29th Guardian Student Media awards, including student newspaper of the year. By Jemima Kiss (more)

Big John Staying with Hallam FM
From Merry Media. Posted November 18 2007, 2.28pm
Hallam FM has announced that Big John @ Breakfast is staying on the airwaves for another three years. He has already been waking up South Yorkshire for the past seven years and is said to be "chuffed" at staying.. (more)

Gavin & Stacey up for seven gongs
From Media Guardian. Posted November 7 2007, 9.19am
BBC3 show Gavin & Stacey has bagged seven nominations for this year's British Comedy Awards - an event TV viewers may never get to see. By Ben Dowell. (more)

Radio Today at NAB Europe
From Radio Today. Posted November 5 2007, 8.11am
Hola from Barcelona. Whilst readers of our weekly radio newsletter Seven Days in Radio had an exclusive preview blog from Barcelona yesterday, here we bring you the antics of our regular reporter Matthew Hardman, who is enjoying all the fun of the fair, so to speak.. (more)

Fire at Radio Pakistan
From Media Network Weblog. Posted October 31 2007, 2.58pm
A fire which broke out at Radio Pakistan’s Karachi station on Sunday has destroyed all the fourteen studios on the first floor of the building as well as seven booths, Master Control Room, Digital Subscribers Line networking room, FM/Studio Transmission Link Room, maintenance room and commercial recording room. A Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation Karachi statement has said [...] (more)

247 promotion for Virgin
From Radio Today. Posted October 30 2007, 12.35pm
Virgin Radio is to run a 24 hours a day, seven days per week for the Yellow Pages directory enquires service 118 247. The non-stop competition will offer prizes to listeners every hour of every day for a whole week, ending on November 5th. (more)

Radio review: Elisabeth Mahoney on The Mind of Mr JG Reeder on BBC7
From Media Guardian. Posted October 29 2007, 11.47pm
Elisabeth Mahoney says episodes of The Mind of Mr JG Reeder are currently going out thrice daily on BBC7. (more)

Two new radio stations launch on Midlands DAB
From Biz Asia. Posted October 26 2007, 8.23pm
The West Midlands today have two new Asian radio stations on DAB, both of which are from the same umbrella group - Panjab Radio. It signed a contract with MXR digital to be a service provider on their West Midlands multiplex earlier this year. The successful religious and entertainment station Panjab Radio has been available in London digitally for the past seven years. It can also be picked up on DAB in West Yorkshire. This is the first time Panjab Radio has branched into the Midlands to tap into the highly populated Panjabi market. Not snubbing its non-Panjabi audiences, Panjab Radio has also launched a new general Asian entertainment station steering towards the youth tentatively called Q Asia (previously known as Urban Asia). The station officially begins broadcasting (with presenters) at the start of 2008, until then it hopes to generate enough noise around the new addition as a direct commercial competitor to Radio XL, Sunrise Radio and its Punjabi Radio. Q Asia will be announcing its official name and programme line-up in the coming days, keep it with BizAsia.co.uk for the exclusive news break. Previously, Surjit Singh Ghuman Managing Director of Panjab Radio said, "My four years of hard work and determination to get on to West Midlands on DAB has finally paid off and feels like a dream coming true, but in reality the very hard task of getting the message to the Panjabi community will start now and our listeners will be over the moon as they will not be confined to a TV and instead listen to us on DAB digital radio anywhere in the home, work or whilst on the move." Diane Wray, Managing Director MXR Digital said, "I am really delighted that Panjab Radio are joining the rosta of stations broadcast by MXR in the West Midlands and look forward to working with the team to promote DAB in the area." Panjab Radio is replacing the slot left vacant by Jazzfm, with its 128kbps capacity being split into two 64kbps - one for Panjab Radio and the other for Q Asia. Related links: Panjab Radio to launch in the West Midlands Biz Asia Industry Whispers - Issue 74 Panjab Radio all set to celebrate seven years Biz Exec: Surjit Ghuman - Panjab Radio (more)

Five Live blames 'dud summer' for bad ratings
From The Independent. Posted October 26 2007, 1.05am
Radio Five Live, the BBC station specialising in sports and news, has suffered a fall in its audience to the lowest level for seven years. (more)

BBC Radio Five Live hits seven-year low
From Media Guardian. Posted October 25 2007, 8.33am
BBC Radio Five Live has slumped to its lowest audience for at least seven years in a tough quarter for the two BBC national speech networks. By John Plunkett. (more)

Rajar: Radio 4 and FiveLive lose listeners
From Press Gazette. Posted October 25 2007, 12.00am
The BBC's national speech radio stations have suffered an audience slump in the past three months, with Radio FiveLive recording its lowest weekly reach in seven years and Radio 4's Today programme falling below the six-million listener mark. (more)

Radiohead sell 1.2 million albums?
From Digital Spy. Posted October 11 2007, 10.51am
Radiohead have reportedly sold 1.2 million copies of their seventh album In Rainbows. (more)

Democratic Voice of Burma producing extra satellite programmes
From Media Network Weblog. Posted September 26 2007, 10.24am
The Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) has increased its production as a result of the crisis in the country. ”We normally broadcast two hours every day on shortwaves but at the moment, in addition to that, we also broadcast seven hours daily by satellite,” the station’s deputy director Khin Maung Win told AFP in an interview. Including [...] (more)

TV man returns to radio
From Radio Today. Posted September 24 2007, 7.24am
HTV News anchor Richard Wyatt is joining BBC Radio Bristol for a month to host the breakfast show. Starting this morning, Richard will return to where he started his broadcasting career in the seventies. (more)

Readership hike for seven dailies
From Press Gazette. Posted September 24 2007, 12.00am
Seven out of 12 national daily newspapers have shown estimated readership increases according to the biannual National Readership Survey. (more)

Daily Star Sunday 'kicking seven bells' out of rivals
From Press Gazette. Posted September 24 2007, 12.00am
Daily Star Sunday editor Gareth Morgan tells Patrick Smith how, with a youthful and irreverent approach and aggressive marketing, the five-year-old red-top is ‘kicking seven bells’ out of the opposition. (more)

How to pitch to Seven magazine
From Press Gazette. Posted September 24 2007, 12.00am
The magazine covering politics, film, art, music and culture. (more)

Richard Wyatt Returns to BBC Radio Bristol
From Merry Media. Posted September 22 2007, 11.32am
TV personality Richard Wyatt is guest presenting the BBC Radio Bristol breakfast show from Monday 24 September for a month. Wyatt has been HTV's news anchor for a few years and worked at Radio Bristol in the seventies.. (more)

New sound for World Service
From Radio Today. Posted September 21 2007, 8.37am
On Monday 24th September, the BBC World Service launches a new sonic brand identity to its thirteen English Language networks. It's the first change on this scale for the service in over seven years, Radio Today can reveal. (more)

Reporter's 'secret seven' schools exclusive ruffles town hall feathers
From Hold the Front Page. Posted September 20 2007, 12.00am
Paper stands by story after council claims it was based on guesswork (more)

Seven follows Ten’s HD lead
From Rapid TV News. Posted September 17 2007, 11.12pm
Following Ten Network’s announcement on September 14 of a stand-alone high-definition channel on Australia’s DTT platform, Seven Network says it too will come to the HD party. (more)

KM Group rebrands ctr 105.6
From Radio Today. Posted September 12 2007, 8.51am
As expected, ever since the sale of ctr 105.6fm to the Kent Messenger Group almost 12 months ago, Maidstone's local radio station is now known as kmfm. The name change brings the amount of km branded stations in Kent to seven. (more)

Birmingham News goes 'ultra-local' to launch seven new editions
From Hold the Front Page. Posted September 12 2007, 12.00am
160,000-distribution paper is rebranded as it recruits 25 citizen correspondents (more)

Bangladesh news channel suspended for 7 days
From Media Network Weblog. Posted September 8 2007, 11.23am
Reporters Without Borders has called on the interim government to reverse its decision to suspend the country’s only privately-run 24-hour news channel CSB News for a period of seven days. The worldwide press freedom organisation said it appeared the decision could be linked to the channel’s broadcasts of footage from anti-government demonstrations. “The closure of [...] (more)

Martin Hoyle RADIO
From Financial Times. Posted September 8 2007, 3.00am
BBC7 are commissioning more programmes now that what appeared to be an inexhaustible treasure chest of archives has reached the barrel-scraping stage and certain... (more)

Seven Squared signs transatlantic publishing deal
From Brand Republic. Posted September 6 2007, 12.15pm
LONDON - Customer publishing agency Seven Squared has linked up with Transcontinental Media, a leading publisher of consumer magazines in Canada, to offer its services to clients in Canada and the US. (more)

Radio Farda broadcaster allowed to leave Iran
From Media Network Weblog. Posted September 4 2007, 10.50am
Radio Farda broadcaster Parnaz Azima, who had been banned from leaving Iran for the past seven months, has been given permission to leave the country. Azima told Radio Farda today that intelligence officials have told her to collect her passport from the authorities. Azima said she will pick up her passport today and leave Iran [...] (more)

Hallam's big party for Big John
From Radio Today. Posted August 30 2007, 10.19am
Big John has been waking up South Yorkshire on Hallam FM for seven years this week – so he and his breakfast team are holding a birthday party for listeners at the The Oasis food Court in Sheffield’s Meadowhall Shopping Centre! The Plain White T's will also be there performing their new single Hey There Delilah. (more)

Panjab Radio all set to celebrate seven years
From Biz Asia. Posted August 27 2007, 9.06pm
Popular digital station Panjab Radio is celebrating its seventh year on air this Sunday (2nd September) at its studios based in Hayes. The day will begin at 10am and finishing at 4pm, famous Panjabi singers from India Jeet Jagjit, Ranjit Bath and Banny A, UK artists K B Dhindsa and Kuldeep Purewal will be performing on the day. Managing Director, Surjit Singh Ghuman says, "Celebrating our birthday in signature Panjab Radio style is what we are known for. I honestly don’t think any other radio station provides for the community like we do and this is what Panjab Radio is about." The afternoon schedule consists of well known singers performing religious songs for the audience. All of the singers are flying in from Panjab for this event. Panjab Radio presenter Ricky quotes, "Keeping a mix of cultural singers in a religious environment caters to all of our listeners, we wanted to appeal to both our older listeners and the youth, by getting famous artists to perform live adds the extra sparkle to the event." Panjab Radio is a medium through which thousands of the world's Panjabi community, home and away, can express their views and opinions, whilst keeping in touch with their culture and roots. Panjab Radio can be heard on Sky Channel 0130, DAB Radio in Greater London and West Yorkshire and live online. (more)

Seven pages of in-depth fire coverage from weekly with staff of four
From Hold the Front Page. Posted August 23 2007, 12.00am
Independent pulls out the stops for biggest story in decades (more)

Radiohead album delayed until 2008
From Digital Spy. Posted August 16 2007, 11.22am
Radiohead will not be releasing their seventh studio album until 2008, say reports. (more)

The Wright move for talkSPORT
From Radio Today. Posted August 16 2007, 7.26am
If winning a bunch of awards, including Station of the Year at the Arqiva's wasn't enough, talkSPORT is up seven per cent in weekly reach since the same period last year. Hours and Market Share are also, up year-on-year, although quarterly figures show total hours have dropped over a thousand. (more)

GCap Media announces new UK classic hits network
From Media Network Weblog. Posted July 24 2007, 6.47pm
Following the acquisition of Classic Gold Digital in April 2007, UK broadcasting group GCap Media has announced the formation of its new national classic hits network which will be called ‘Gold’. The 18 AM and DAB Classic Gold radio stations will merge with the seven AM and DAB Capital Gold stations to form the national Gold network [...] (more)

GCap Launching 'Gold' National Station
From Merry Media. Posted July 24 2007, 5.02pm
GCap Media have announced that following the acquisition of Classic Gold Digital, the new national classic hits network will be called 'Gold'. The 18 AM and DAB digital Classic Gold radio stations will merge with the seven AM and DAB digital Capital Gold stations to form the new Gold network which will go live on-air and online from 7pm on Friday 3rd August.Gold will be aiming at ABC1 35 to 54 year old music fans playing the widest breadth of music currently available on commercial radio. The network will carry the strapline "It's all about the music" and listeners will be able to enjoy a variety of specialist music programmes, interviews, podcasts, guest presenters and live exclusive performances.. (more)

Seven Community licence awards
From Radio Today. Posted July 13 2007, 9.20am
The next phase of community radio licensing has seen groups in Stonehaven and the Mearns, St Boswells, Dunoon, Glasgow, Barrhead, Lisburn and Belfast all gain a new licence. Just one group did not make it this time around - Radio Asia in Glasgow. (more)

Tiscali to offer seven Sky channels
From Media Guardian. Posted June 27 2007, 1.00am
1.30pm: Broadband service Tiscali TV has signed a deal to carry BSkyB's basic channels, such as Sky One and Sky News. By Chris Tryhorn. (more)

Zimbabwe: Preparations for launch of new 24-hour radio station underway
From Media Network Weblog. Posted May 15 2007, 3.13pm
Text of report by Zimbabwean TV on 14 May [Presenter] Final touches are being put to the studios of Voice of Zimbabwe, the new 24-hour seven-days a week radio station. The Secretary for Information and Publicity Comrade George Charamba, who visited the studios in Gweru, said the launch of the station is long overdue. [Reporter] Workmen [...] (more)

RAJAR: Commercial v BBC
From Radio Today. Posted May 10 2007, 8.25am
Whilst the BBC reach and share are at record levels, and Moyles achieves a record reach of seven million listeners, Commercial Radio is leading the way for digital listening. Together, radio listening in the UK remains stable at 45 million listeners, or 90% of the population. (more)

BBC World Service English radio launched on S-DMB in South Korea
From Media Network Weblog. Posted May 4 2007, 2.10pm
BBC World Service’s 24-hour English radio channel has been launched on TU Media of Korea, one of the most advanced media platforms in the world. BBC World Service is the first international radio channel available on a 24 hours a day, seven days a week basis to users of TU Media - Korea’s world’s first [...] (more)

Seven magazine makes plea for £750k funding
From Press Gazette. Posted May 4 2007, 8.00am
An independent magazine lauded by the founders of Time Out and The Big Issue is seeking investment of £750,000 to become a monthly. (more)

Monks plead with US Congress to restore funding for RFA Tibetan broadcasts
From Media Network Weblog. Posted May 3 2007, 4.15pm
Seven Tibetan Buddhist monks have been to Capitol Hill to give Congress a simple message: Restore all funding for Radio Free Asia’s Tibetan broadcasts. Zurkhang Karma, the union representative for Radio Free Asia, said the subcommittee’s leaders expressed support for putting $1.5 million back into the spending bill for Tibetan broadcasts but made no promises. The [...] (more)

Sonys - 7 more winners
From Radio Today. Posted April 30 2007, 9.14pm
The second batch of seven Sony Radio Academy Awards have been handed out - and 6 more were won by the BBC. Christian O'Connell broke the trend, picking up one for Virgin Radio's competition "Who's Calling Christian?" (more)

Radio Ukraine International increases English on shortwave
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 23 2007, 3.07pm
Starting tomorrow, 24 April, Radio Ukraine International is increasing the number of daily English broadcasts on shortwave from four to seven. The new shortwave schedule in English will be as follows: 0000-0100 UTC to North America on 7440 kHz 0300-0400 UTC to North America on 7440 kHz 0500-0600 UTC to Western Europe on 9945 kHz 0700-0800 UTC to Western Europe on 9945 [...] (more)

Classic FM in live webcast
From Radio Today. Posted April 16 2007, 2.56pm
GCap Media station Classic FM is producing its first ever webcast this week. The online show, the first one of its kind for the station, will feature opera singers Natasha Marsh and Alfie Boe plus Classic FM online talent contest winner, seventeen year old Rhiannon Lamberth. (more)

Over 2.5 million users of .eu domain
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 11 2007, 4.23pm
The .eu online domain name is enjoying a runaway success with over 2.5 million registered users during its first year, the European Commission said. Booming demand for .eu Internet addresses has made them the third most popular in Europe and the seventh most widely used in the world, according to the European Union’s executive arm. ”After just [...] (more)

BBC to Broadcast Global Concerts
From Merry Media. Posted April 10 2007, 1.32pm
Global concerts spanning seven continents will be broadcast on the BBC this summer, it was announced on BBC Radio 1's breakfast show today.. (more)

BBC digital radio via 3G
From Radio Today. Posted March 29 2007, 7.39pm
The BBC is to trial the broadcasting of up to eight of its national radio stations via 3G mobile phones. Radio 1, 1Xtra, Radio 2, Radio 3, Radio 4, 6 Music, BBC7 and the Asian Network will beavailable within a month to Vodafone, Orange and 3 customers who subscribe to their network's TV service. Radio 5 Live will not be available. (more)

Northern community applicants announced
From Radio Today. Posted March 29 2007, 1.04pm
Seven groups have applied to run community radio services in North and North-East England, Ofcom announced today. Applications have come in from hopefuls in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Hartlepool and Sunderland, as well as two applicants in North Yorkshire and one each for Durham and Middlesbrough. (more)

Northern community applicants
From Radio Today. Posted March 29 2007, 1.04pm
Seven groups have applied to run community radio services in North and North-East England, Ofcom announced today. Applications have come in from hopefuls in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Hartlepool and Sunderland, as well as two applicants in North Yorkshire and one each for Durham and Middlesbrough. (more)

Swedish Radio wishes you a Happy New Year in four langauages
From Media Network Weblog. Posted March 19 2007, 4.33pm
A New Year begins for many people in Sweden and the rest of the world at seven minutes past one a.m. on March 21st. Persians, Afghans, Tadjiks, Kurds, Azeris and Somalis celebrate Nowroz. Swedish Radio is broadcasting a New Year programme in four languages: Persian, Kurdish, Somali and Azeri. SR International has a special Nowroz broadcast [...] (more)

Swedish Radio wishes you a Happy New Year in four languages
From Media Network Weblog. Posted March 19 2007, 4.33pm
A New Year begins for many people in Sweden and the rest of the world at seven minutes past one a.m. on March 21st. Persians, Afghans, Tadjiks, Kurds, Azeris and Somalis celebrate Nowroz. Swedish Radio is broadcasting a New Year programme in four languages: Persian, Kurdish, Somali and Azeri. SR International has a special Nowroz broadcast [...] (more)

BBC Radio Manchester Go Back in Time
From Merry Media. Posted March 14 2007, 10.55am
BBC Radio Manchester is travelling back in time to the Seventies in aid of Comic Relief.. (more)

Ofcom Award 7 New Community Licences
From Merry Media. Posted March 13 2007, 3.05pm
Ofcom today announces the award of seven new community radio licences. Community radio is a new tier of radio which complements the mix of services already provided by the BBC and commercial radio sectors.. (more)

Seven licensed, five refused
From Radio Today. Posted March 13 2007, 12.47pm
Ofcom has announced the latest batch of community radio stations to secure a five year broadcast licence. Out of the 12 considered, five were not granted. The seven new stations will cover Bristol, Glastonbury, Exeter, Swindon, Barry and Poole (two licences). (more)

Ofcom awards seven new community radio licences
From Ofcom. Posted March 13 2007, 10.01am
A new item from the Ofcom website. (more)

Capital Gold Documentary
From Merry Media. Posted March 7 2007, 2.31pm
Capital Gold, the UK’s classics hits radio station, is to broadcast a seven-part radio documentary series dedicated to the history and the recordings of some of the most influential music labels in the world.. (more)

Jobs go as BBC closes seven shops
From Media Guardian. Posted February 28 2007, 12.00am
3pm: The BBC is closing seven merchandising stores with the loss of 23 jobs. By Jason Deans. (more)

Court of Appeal rules in Ackroyd's favour after seven-year sources row
From Press Gazette. Posted February 21 2007, 10.50am
Journalist Robin Ackroyd has won a seven-year legal battle versus Mersey Care NHS Trust to protect a confidential source. (more)

BBC Two in the Seventies
From Merry Media. Posted February 16 2007, 5.00pm
The watershed was firmly in place by the 1970s with The Goodies making its debut after 9pm in 1970 due to it being of an adult nature. This was later changed and moved to BBC One.. (more)

NUJ: BBC News seven days from possible strike
From Press Gazette. Posted January 11 2007, 1.30pm
1.30pm: BBC News staff could be seven days away from strike action over plans for compulsory redundancies. (more)

Serbia?s RRA shuts down eight stations
From Media Network Weblog. Posted December 28 2006, 2.48pm
Seven radio stations and one television station in Serbia have been shut down for broadcasting without a licence. The Republic Broadcasting Agency (RRA) has shut down the following stations for broadcasting illegally on the territory of Belgrade: radio stations Kruna, Hit, Kriket, OK, Kontakt, Radio 24 and Maksis, and the television station Palma. Some station officials showed [...] (more)

Looking into the future
From thenoise.co.uk. Posted November 27 2006, 9.10am
The future of radio is visual, says Sharath Chandra from India's Radio Mirchi, who put in an appearance at this year's Radio Academy "Radio At The Edge" conference (more from Cridland's bloggy blogg blog).Visual radio allows users to receive information on songs being played, download ringtones and participate in contests through mobile phones. So, how well is it taking off in India?This from Indian digital news site, ContentSutra:According to “sources from Radio Mirchi�?, visual radio penetration in India is 10 percent in Delhi and six-seven percent in Mumbai... [But] one problem is that people don’t know how to turn visual radio features on. A P Parigi, CEO of Entertainment Network India Ltd, says that the initial response is encouraging (is it really?); a marketing plan is in the works to drive usage. (more)

Burundi judge detains two radio journalists
From Media Network Weblog. Posted November 23 2006, 3.28pm
A Burundi judge has detained two journalists accused of broadcasting secret information concerning seven people suspected of plotting a coup, while investigations were pending. The suspected coup plotters, including former president Domitien Ndayizeye, were arrested in August after police said they had strong evidence the men planned to kill President Pierre Nkurunziza and seize power. Domitile Kiramvu [...] (more)

Stokes sells half-share of Seven TV network
From The Times. Posted November 21 2006, 12.00am
Kerry Stokes, the Australian media mogul, has sold a half-share in his Seven television network in Australia to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, the private equity firm, for A$735 million (�298 million).... (more)

Chris Tarrant joins KMFM
From Radio Today. Posted November 14 2006, 11.17am
Chris Tarrant is to join KMFM - for a special one-off Christmas Day programme.The three hour show, which he will co-present with his daughter Fia, will start at 9am on all seven KM stations including the recently aquired CTR FM in Maidstone. (more)

Letter: A craft that is no longer noble
From Media Guardian. Posted November 14 2006, 12.00am
Letter: Headlined "The press toe the line on the Iraq war", it was easily missed at the bottom of page seven of MediaGuardian, following an entire page given to an interview with a Capital Radio disc jockey. (more)

CTR 105.6 FM Sold to the Kent Messenger Group
From Merry Media. Posted November 11 2006, 2.49am
The local radio station for Maidstone - CTR 105.6 FM has been sold to the Kent Messenger Group bringing the total amount of stations the company owns to seven.. (more)

Strike at RFO New Caledonia settled after 7 months
From Media Network Weblog. Posted November 10 2006, 12.29pm
A strike which has been going on at the public broadcaster RFO in New Caledonia for the past seven months has been settled. The management have signed an agreement with the USTKE union to end the strike action, which was called to win the re-instatement of a sacked technician, Rock Haocas. RFO’s manager, Benoit Saudeau, says the [...] (more)

CTR sold to KM Group
From Radio Today. Posted November 10 2006, 12.00pm
EXCLUSIVE: Maidstone's local radio station, CTR has been sold to the Kent Messenger Group.The agreement to purchase shares from major shareholders of CTR now gives KMG total control of seven local FM stations in Kent. (more)

BBC moves Russell Brand to Saturday night on Radio 2
From Brand Republic. Posted November 2 2006, 11.11am
LONDON - BBC Radio bosses have rewarded comedian Russell Brand with a move to Radio 2 after only seven months on the corporation's digital alternative station 6 Music. (more)

ProSieben, LG start user-made video ad campaign
From Media Network Weblog. Posted November 1 2006, 2.49pm
German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 and Korea’s LG Electronics plan to start their first online advertising campaign using videos made by online customers. ProSieben’s online and multimedia advertising unit, SevenOne Interactive, said today it was launching a contest for the best black-and-white advertising video for LG’s Chocolate White phone made by a user of Web community MyVideo. Users [...] (more)

Radio 3 to broadcast 'Wilfred Owen Week'
From Media Guardian. Posted October 23 2006, 1.00am
Radio 3 is to dedicate a week of programming to a literary subject for the first time, with a seven-day celebration of the war poet Wilfred Owen. By Ben Dowell. (more)

Big switch on for Town 102
From Radio Today. Posted October 19 2006, 10.04am
The new local radio station for Ipswich, Town 102 has gone live this morning at 7:30am, with the Nick Morrell breakfast show.The station is owned by Tindle Radio and won the licence in December 2005 after fighting off competition from seven other applications, including bids from UKRD and The Radio Business. (more)

TalkSport wins Premiership radio package
From Digital Spy. Posted October 11 2006, 2.45pm
Commericial radio station TalkSport acquires one of the seven Premier League radio packages from BBC. (more)

TalkSport wins three years of Saturday Premiership games
From Brand Republic. Posted October 11 2006, 8.10am
LONDON - TalkSport is bringing top league football coverage to national commercial radio for the first time, after it won one of seven 32-game Premier League packages for three seasons from 2007/2008. (more)

Seven picks up 'Palin's New Europe'
From Digital Spy. Posted October 9 2006, 9.00pm
Seven Network picks up Michael Palin's newest travel series. (more)

UKTV in seven figure deal for 'Taggart' and 'Rebus'
From Digital Spy. Posted October 5 2006, 3.20pm
UKTV Drama licenses 89 hours of SMG Productions from Minotaur International. (more)

Seven million subscribers for XM
From Radio Today. Posted October 4 2006, 9.51pm
XM Satellite Radio has announced over 285,000 new subscribers over the last quarter, giving them over seven million subscribers so far. (more)

BBC Radio Cymru Drop Daily Soap
From Merry Media. Posted October 4 2006, 11.49am
BBC Wales announced that BBC Radio Cymru's daily soap Rhydeglwys, will come to an end of this year, after seven years on air.. (more)

All Out win BBC commissions
From Radio Today. Posted September 14 2006, 1.45pm
Multi-award winning radio indie All Out Productions has received its biggest-ever set of commissions from BBC Radio 4 � twelve programmes totalling nearly seven hours of programming. All programmes will be aired in 2007. David Cook, co-founder of All Out Productions told RadioToday.co.uk: �This set of commissions reinforces our really strong relationship with BBC Radio 4. Our past Radio 4 programmes have attracted some of the highest accolades in the field, and we hope that these will deserve just as much attention.� (more)

Daily Record sponsors Sport
From Radio Today. Posted September 14 2006, 10.30am
GMG station Real Radio Scotland has signed a one-year deal with The Daily Record and Sunday Mail to become the official sponsor of the station's Real Sport news bulletins, from immediate effect. Owned by the Trinity Mirror Group, The Daily Record and Sunday Mail will sponsor seven daily bulletins from Monday to Friday, and four bulletins on both Saturday and Sunday. (more)

Gulf News fumbles Rugby Sevens deal
From Brand Republic. Posted September 4 2006, 11.09am
Gulf News has been dropped as the newspaper sponsor of the Dubai Rugby Sevens tournament in favour of freesheet 7Days, Campaign can reveal. (more)

The 1st BBC Africa Radio Awards
From Merry Media. Posted August 30 2006, 2.36pm
Radio listeners across Africa are being urged to tell the BBC about their favourite radio station for the first BBC Africa Radio Awards. Radio fans and broadcasters alike are being encouraged to talk to the BBC about possible entries for the awards which launch on Monday 4th September and culminate in a final in Nairobi, Kenya on 21st May 2007. The BBC Africa Radio Awards recognise and celebrae seven areas of achievement - highlighting the sations and individual broadcasters who have earned their audiences respect and gained popularity for quality programmes.. (more)

BBC introduces Africa Awards
From Radio Today. Posted August 30 2006, 9.00am
The BBC are encouraging radio listeners across Africa to tell the organisation about their favourite radio station for the first ever BBC Africa Radio Awards. Radio fans and broadcasters alike are being encouraged to talk to the BBC about possible entries for the awards which launch on Monday 4 September, and culminate in a final in Nairobi, Kenya on 21 May 2007. The BBC Africa Radio Awards recognise and celebrate seven areas of achievement - highlighting the stations and individual broadcasters who have earned their audiences' respect and gained popularity for quality programmes. (more)

Galaxy back at Creamfields
From Radio Today. Posted August 24 2006, 6.00pm
Galaxy has been re-signed as the official radio partner for Creamfields for the second year running. Last year saw Galaxy hosting its first ever festival stage at the event. And this year it�s back � bigger and better. Creamfields is to take place over the August Bank Holiday in its new home at Daresbury Estate, Cheshire. Some 40,000 people are expected to attend the final UK dance festival of the summer and for those who can�t make it Galaxy will carry the best DJ sets of the day, live artists, and interviews. It all kicks off on Saturday, August 26 from 5pm and continues live on-air for a massive seven hours until 1am. (more)

Galaxy abck at Creamfields
From Radio Today. Posted August 24 2006, 4.45pm
Galaxy has been re-signed as the official radio partner for Creamfields for the second year running. Last year saw Galaxy hosting its first ever festival stage at the event. And this year it�s back � bigger and better. Creamfields is to take place over the August Bank Holiday in its new home at Daresbury Estate, Cheshire. Some 40,000 people are expected to attend the final UK dance festival of the summer and for those who can�t make it Galaxy will carry the best DJ sets of the day, live artists, and interviews. It all kicks off on Saturday, August 26 from 5pm and continues live on-air for a massive seven hours until 1am. (more)

Sportsman’s future could be decided ‘in seven to 10 days’
From Press Gazette. Posted August 16 2006, 11.00pm
Five staff have been made redundant at The Sportsman, but the company's administrators have said they are confident a buyer will be found to safeguard the other 100 jobs still at s

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