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BBC Radio York celebrates 25
From Radio Today. Posted July 7 2008, 12.10am
July 4th was a special day for people in North Yorkshire, as the first BBC Local Radio station for the county celebrated 25 years of broadcasting. (more)

Radio 3 secures WOMAD fest
From Radio Today. Posted July 7 2008, 12.03am
BBC Radio 3 is to be the exclusive media partner for the WOMAD festival for the eighth year, fronted by World Music presenters Andrew McGregor, Charlie Gillett, Lopa Kothari, Lucy Duran and Mary Ann Kennedy. (more)

Question of the week: Should politicians have radio shows?
From Media Guardian. Posted July 6 2008, 11.05pm
Should politicians have radio shows? (more)

My media: Ric Blaxill, Q radio's programme director
From Media Guardian. Posted July 6 2008, 11.05pm
Ric Blaxill, Q radio's programme director (more)

Raiway and Vatican Radio launch DRM tests on 26060 kHz in Rome
From Media Network Weblog. Posted July 6 2008, 12.56pm
From 1 July, Raiway (the facilities company of Italian public broadcaster RAI) and Vatican Radio have started testing DRM on 26060 Khz from Vatican City in central Rome. Mode DRM A - Width 20 Khz, three audio services on the air: RaiWay Roma (AAC+ Mono 20.24 kpbs) AFS, Vatican Radio (AAC+ Mono 20.24 kpbs) RV Worldservice (CELP + Mono 5.26 Kbps). Transmitter power is [...] (more)

BBC Bangla extends FM broadcasts to 6 more cities in Bangladesh
From Media Network Weblog. Posted July 6 2008, 12.39pm
BBC Bangla will broadcast a series of special programmes starting today, to mark the recent launch of six new BBC FM frequencies across Bangladesh including BBC 105.4 FM in Chittagong. The special season will launch with a debate entitled Chittagong: Apnar Shohor, Apnar Proshno (Chittagong: Your City, Your Question) on BBC Bangla radio today. It will [...] (more)

Denver Radio Show Presents: "A Very Brady Hangover"
From radio.about.com. Posted July 6 2008, 6.57am
"The actress who played smallest sister Cindy Brady on "The Brady Bunch" admitted to being hungover and said she felt like getting sick during a Denver radio interview on Thursday,"... (more)

New schedule for BBC Cymru
From Radio Today. Posted July 6 2008, 12.21am
A new schedule will launch for BBC Radio Cymru in the autumn, and will include a new morning show presented by Camp Lawn's Eleri Siôn and Daf Du. (more)

Radio review: In search of the perfect Glastonbury loo
From Media Guardian. Posted July 5 2008, 11.04pm
Radio: The BBC went Glasto-mental this year. At one point, it seemed there were more festival-based programmes than the combined coverage of tennis, football and the Zimbabwean elections (more)

Report recommends changes to make SLBC financially viable
From Media Network Weblog. Posted July 5 2008, 12.39pm
Anusha Palpita, the outgoing chairman of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) who is also a qualified accountant, has produced his government-commissioned report on ways to make the financially ailing state media unit viable. Anusha Palpita has recommended the voluntary retirement of hundreds of SLBC employees as a measure to make the corporation viable. The [...] (more)

Article 19 releases analysis of draft Media Bills for Southern Sudan
From Media Network Weblog. Posted July 5 2008, 12.13pm
Human Rights organisation Article 19 has released its analysis of the revised package of four draft Media Bills proposed for Southern Sudan. Article 19 says the draft Bills largely conform to international standards, but has identified areas for further improvement to the drafts. Article 19 has been working closely with the Ministry for Information and Broadcasting for the [...] (more)

Radio Pakistan to be made modern, efficient broadcasting service
From Media Network Weblog. Posted July 5 2008, 12.00pm
Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) will be made a modern and efficient public broadcasting service, and its deficits will be reduced and programming diversified to meet the challenges of the modern day information environment. These views were expressed by  Federal  Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ms Sherry Rehman, while talking to the Director-General of the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation, [...] (more)

Burmese Junta nobbles shortwave radios donated by China
From Media Network Weblog. Posted July 5 2008, 11.53am
The Democratic Voice of Burma reveals that the military authorities disabled the tuning systems on 2000 shortwave radios donated  by China as part of the emergency aid after Cyclone Nargis. The authorities then distributed the radios in the Irrawaddy Delta and sent photos back to the Chinese to prove that they had been distributed. But [...] (more)

Burmese Junta hobbles shortwave radios donated by China
From Media Network Weblog. Posted July 5 2008, 11.53am
The Democratic Voice of Burma reveals that the military authorities disabled the tuning systems on 2000 shortwave radios donated by China as part of the emergency aid after Cyclone Nargis. The authorities then distributed the radios in the Irrawaddy Delta and sent photos back to the Chinese to prove that they had been distributed. But [...] (more)

Tributes to Sir Charles Wheeler
From Radio Today. Posted July 5 2008, 2.54am
Radio Four journalist and veteran BBC foreign correspondent Sir Charles Wheeler CMG has died from Lung Cancer.Charles was a popular Newsnight and Panorama presenter, and was most recently working on a documentary programme for BBC Radio Four about the Dalai Lama almost until he died. (more)