Media UK

IC Radio - news archive

This is an archive of news about IC Radio. Some links may no longer work, due to the transient nature of the internet.

ZEE Radio signs up film critic Taran Adarsh
From Biz Asia. Posted June 13 2008, 11.30am
Leading film critic and journalist Taran Adarsh has exclusively been signed by London’s only Bollywood centric radio station ZEE Radio. The deal means, Adarsh will give listeners exclusive box office news, filmi gossip and trade information straight from the tinsel town to listeners here in the capital. The slot titled 'Box Office Bulletin', starting later this month, will air daily in 2-3 minute capsules on ZEE Radio..Dil Se Bollywood. As well as movie and music reviews, Taran will also look at the box office status from a year ago in a special called “This Time Last Year”. Listeners can also catch Taran’s star interviews featured on his ZEE TV show ‘B Biz’ played back on ZEE Radio’s ‘Bollywood Beatz’ (weekday mornings 09:00) and on ‘Star Struck’ (weekends 13:00). " Station Manager of ZEE Radio, Raj Baddhan said, "Getting such a prominent personality from Mumbai like Taran Adarsh on ZEE Radio reinforces our policy of bringing the best of Bollywood direct from the film capital to our listeners here." ZEE Radio is touted as London’s only all-Bollywood music radio station broadcasting in London on 558AM between 07:00 – 13:00 and 24 hours a day on DAB digital radio. Online streaming starts soon. (more)

Magyar Katolikus Rádió to test DRM on 810 kHz
From Media Network Weblog. Posted June 3 2008, 3.09pm
Magyar Katolikus Rádió (Hungarian Catholic Radio) will do some DRM tests on the next four Wednesdays (4, 11, 18 and 25 June) via their mediumwave tansmitter at Lakihegy on 810 kHz at 1130-1330 and 2230-0200 UTC. Magyar Katolikus Rádió (Source: DRM software radio forums) Bookmark to: (more)

Polish President vetoes media reform bill
From Media Network Weblog. Posted May 18 2008, 12.22pm
Polish President Lech Kaczynski has vetoed the bill on reforming public radio and television. He said it could lead to ‘the further commercialization of the important area if public media and to the curtailing of ordinary citizens’ influence on these media.’ Under the new bill, proposed by the government, the role of the National Broadcasting Council [...] (more)

Tehran to host Qur?an and Islamic radio congress
From Media Network Weblog. Posted May 11 2008, 11.19am
The first International Conference of the Qur’an and Islamic Radio will be held in Tehran in October 2008. Some of the issues to be discussed at the congress are religious and Qur’anic media activities and the way they convey messages, ways to effectively utilize new media technology for Islamic and Qur’anic subjects, new methods and forms [...] (more)

C4 hires ex-R1 man to lead music radio
From Digital Spy. Posted April 24 2008, 4.17pm
Former Radio 1 executive Alex Donelly will lead music output for Channel 4's digital radio stations. (more)

XFM Scotland DJ Wins Top Gong
From Merry Media. Posted April 16 2008, 12.02pm
XFM Scotland presenter Jim Gellatly won the John Peel Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music Radio at the Radio Academy Awards at London's O2 Arena. . (more)

John Peel Award for Xfm DJ
From Radio Today. Posted April 15 2008, 9.25pm
XFM Scotland presenter Jim Gellatly has won The John Peel award for outstanding contribution to music radio at this year's Radio Academy celebration of music radio awards. (more)

WRN expands its US rebroadcasting by partnering with WHRV FM
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 15 2008, 5.40pm
Hot on the heels of signing KBCS in Washington state, WRN, the international London-headquartered TV and radio transmission company has partnered with WHRV 89.5 FM, a public radio station in Norfolk, Virginia, USA, to re-broadcast its 24 hour news and current affairs channel overnight. WHRV 89.5FM is part of WHRO, a regional media company that promotes [...] (more)

Ofcom's Will Jackson joins GTN
From Radio Today. Posted April 14 2008, 1.07am
Global Traffic Network have signed Ofcom executive Will Jackson to join the company as Contract Manager to handle the forthcoming Traffic Radio service for the Highways Agency. (more)

Traffic Radio to get new operators
From Digital Spy. Posted April 10 2008, 9.12pm
The contract to run the national Traffic Radio service is awarded to Global Traffic Network UK. (more)

GTN bags Trafficlink contract
From Radio Today. Posted April 10 2008, 1.50am
Global Traffic Network has out-bid Trafficlink for the multi-million pound contract to supply traffic and travel information to the Highways Agency's Traffic Radio. (more)

GTN bags Traffficlink contract
From Radio Today. Posted April 10 2008, 12.40am
Global Traffic Network has out-bid Trafficlink for the multi-million pound contract to supply traffic and travel information to the Highways Agency's Traffic Radio. (more)

Magic radio launches UGC TV ad campaign
From UTalk Marketing. Posted April 8 2008, 1.53pm
Listeners take control (more)

Magic Radio 'Good Mood Film'
From UTalk Marketing. Posted April 8 2008, 1.15pm
User-Generated ad (more)

Plans for Voice of Mongolia to broadcast via Internet
From Media Network Weblog. Posted March 28 2008, 4.49pm
Representatives of Mongolia’s National Public Radio and Television gathered yesterday to share views on the current state and further trends of the radio station “Voice of Mongolia”. A technical and technological modernization and a need to increase a number of listeners are the most urgent issues of the “Voice of Mongolia”- one of the channels to advertise [...] (more)

BBC helps Radio Pacis
From Radio Today. Posted March 25 2008, 10.47pm
Radio Pacis in Ugandan has launched another FM frequency thanks to the prize money it won at the BBC Africa Radio Awards in 2007. The Arua-based Catholic radio station won the New Station of the Year category and was awarded five thousand dollars to buy equipment. (more)

BBC helps award-winning Radio Pacis to launch FM frequency
From Media Network Weblog. Posted March 25 2008, 5.20pm
Ugandan radio station Radio Pacis has launched a second FM frequency thanks to the prize money it won at the BBC Africa Radio Awards in 2007. The Arua-based Catholic radio station won the New Station of the Year category and was awarded US $5000 to buy equipment.   The competition’s final panel of four expert judges, led [...] (more)

Planetary Society to pay tribute to Sir Arthur C. Clarke
From Media Network Weblog. Posted March 23 2008, 10.50am
The Planetary Society will pay tribute to Sir Arthur C. Clarke, its long time friend, Advisor and supporter, in a special Planetary Radio show airing Monday, March 24, 2008, and throughout the following week.  Planetary Radio is carried on more than 120 independent stations, XM Public Radio, and on the Society’s website. A supporter of The Planetary [...] (more)

RSF regrets Niger?s three-month suspension of RFI
From Media Network Weblog. Posted March 13 2008, 1.41pm
Reporters Without Borders  (RSF) says it regrets yesterday’s decision by Niger’s Higher Council for Communication (CSC) to suspend local FM retransmission of the French public radio station Radio France Internationale (RFI) for three months for “discrediting” Niger’s institutions by holding a day of solidarity with its imprisoned correspondent, Moussa Kaka, on 10 March. “Instead of dealing with [...] (more)

Estonia helps Georgia reform its public radio-TV company
From Media Network Weblog. Posted February 25 2008, 3.32pm
The Estonian Foreign Ministry is supporting consultations for Georgia’s national public radio-TV company (GTVR – Georgian TV and Radio) with 195,300 kroons (US$18,488). The sum is being allocated from the Foreign Ministry’s development and humanitarian aid budget. According to Foreign Minister Urmas Paet, a democratic society with a market economy cannot function without free and balanced [...] (more)

KEXP and Radio New York team up to launch Radio Liberation
From Media Network Weblog. Posted February 12 2008, 5.30pm
KEXP, Seattle’s listener-supported radio station, and Radio New York 91.5 FM, the city’s public radio station, are joining forces to create Radio Liberation, an unprecedented partnership dedicated to listeners and independent music. Beginning on March 24, 2008, Radio Liberation will air KEXP-produced programming Monday through Friday on Radio New York 91.5 FM. The programming will feature [...] (more)

Lincs FM plans country station
From Radio Today. Posted January 24 2008, 11.05am
Lincs FM has teamed up with MuxCo to apply for the local digital radio multiplex covering Lincolnshire. The sole applicant proposes five new services, including a 24 hour country music station named Lincs Country, UCB and Traffic Radio. (more)

IBA decides not to close classical music station
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 16 2008, 4.29pm
Classical music radio station Kol Hamusica will continue to operate, despite recent plans to shut it down or merge it with another station, Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) Director-General Mordechai Shklar announced yesterday in a meeting of the Knesset’s Education Committee.  The IBA has recently received tens of thousands of letters, emails and phone calls from listeners, urging [...] (more)

BBC Radio 1010 now on the air in Salt Lake City
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 14 2008, 1.49pm
A notice on the website of Salt Lake City public radio station KCPW reads “We’d like to take a moment and welcome the newest member of the KCPW family, BBC Radio 1010. Our 1010 AM signal is now dedicated to news from the BBC World Service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. KCPW [...] (more)

Israelis protest plan to close classical music radio station
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 14 2008, 11.52am
Tens of thousands of people have appealed to the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) against the plans to close the classical music radio station Kol Hamusica. The IBA did not remain indifferent to the protest and is apparently considering keeping the station open.   Tens of thousands of listeners have sent letters and emails and made phone calls to [...] (more)

New Polish government reviews EU grant to Catholic anti-Semitic radio
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 10 2008, 2.46pm
The new Polish Liberal government will reexamine the European Union grant awarded to a controversial Catholic radio station, the press reported. According to Polska newspaper, Poland’s Environment Minister, Maciej Nowicki, is making a critical review of a 15/3 million euro EU grant to Radio Maryja, known for its anti-Semitic and anti-European opinions. Nowicki reportedly hopes to [...] (more)

Xmas brings in more listeners
From Radio Today. Posted December 31 2007, 8.37am
The Highways Agency is expecting more listeners to its digital service Traffic Radio after an estimated one million DAB digital radios were sold across the country over the Christmas period. (more)

Commercial radio archive opens
From Radio Today. Posted December 13 2007, 9.04am
The UK’s first online commercial sound archive featuring classic radio programmes broadcast on Independent Local Radio during the 1980s is about to go live, funded by the Arts and Humanities Council. (more)

NME planning radio station launch
From Press Gazette. Posted December 4 2007, 12.00am
A digital indie music radio station is to be latest brand extension for NME, IPC Ignite announced today. (more)

Israel plans to expand Amharic radio broadcasts
From Media Network Weblog. Posted November 30 2007, 12.22pm
Israel’s Welfare and Social Services Minister Isaac Herzog announced on Wednesday that plans were already under way to expand broadcasting hours for the Israel Broadcasting Authority’s Amharic-language radio show despite recent cutbacks to the national broadcasting body. Speaking at the Knesset Committee on the Status of Women, which was discussing domestic violence in the Ethiopian community, [...] (more)

BBC World Service to be available 24/7 on AM in Salt Lake City
From Media Network Weblog. Posted November 20 2007, 1.10pm
KCPW,  a public radio station based in Salt Lake City and serving Northern Utah, has announced that it is bringing round the clock news from BBC World Service to Salt Lake City.  A notice on the station’s website says “We’re turning our 1010 AM signal to 24-hour news and information from the BBC.  You don’t even need to buy [...] (more)

Asian FX confirmed for West Midlands DAB launch
From Biz Asia. Posted November 1 2007, 2.27pm
Asian FX has been confirmed as the new name for a 24-hour hit digital music radio station in the West Midlands. (more)

Dutch Muslim broadcasters form new foundation
From Media Network Weblog. Posted October 8 2007, 10.00am
The Dutch Muslim organisations NMR and CMO have formed a new broadcasting foundation, the Stichting Verzorging Islamitische Zendtijd (SVIZ).  The Dutch Media Authority has issued the foundation with a licence to broadcast programmes on the public radio and TV networks until 1 September 2010. The foundation will share airtime between the existing Muslim broadcasting organisations NMO and NIO, [...] (more)

Classic Radio Clips from Rudy Giuliani's WABC Radio Show
From radio.about.com. Posted October 7 2007, 11.00am
While Mayor of New York City, Rudy Giuliani hosted a weekly radio show on news/talk radio 77 WABC-AM. In The New York Times, writer Michael Powell has written an amusing... (more)

Northern Marianas public radio faces change after budget cut
From Media Network Weblog. Posted October 3 2007, 12.31pm
The only public broadcaster in the Northern Marianas has stopped airing some programmes because of a budget cut. The KRNM radio station mainly broadcast shows distributed by Public Radio International and produces ten percent of its shows locally through volunteers. Among the shows it used to broadcast were BBC news and a number of US current [...] (more)

Dutch Muslim broadcasters agree to share airtime
From Media Network Weblog. Posted September 26 2007, 5.23pm
The two Dutch Muslim broadcasting organisations have reached an agreement on cooperation to share the airtime available on the public radio and TV networks under the Media Law in the period up to 2010. This amounts to 52 hours of TV and 200 hours of radio per year. The two organisations - the Dutch Muslim Council and the [...] (more)

Malawi Broadcasting Corporation to go commercial to survive
From Media Network Weblog. Posted September 13 2007, 3.00pm
Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) says it has no other alternative to going commercial after budget cuts, claiming it has been pushed to the limit and the only way to survive is to go into business full time at the expense of social responsibility. MBC’s Deputy Director General Bright Malopa said the public radio station will now [...] (more)

My Mentor: Cristian O'Connell on Chris Evans
From The Independent. Posted September 10 2007, 2.45am
I used to listen to Chris Evans when he was doing a Saturday show on GLR in the late Eighties and early Nineties. I didn't know who he was, but it was a wild, anarchic and fantastic radio show back in the day when GLR had presenters like Chris Morris and Danny Baker. They were doing the sort of radio you didn't hear on Radio 1 or 2 or any local stations. I got the idea then it would be an amazing thing to do for a job. (more)

Central African Republic: UN-backed radio strives for national coverage
From Media Network Weblog. Posted September 7 2007, 4.12pm
Text of report by state-owned Central African Republic radio on 5 September Now it’s over to Athanase Karayenga of Fondation Hirondelle [Geneva-based NGO], representing his colleague at Radio Ndeke Luka [Bangui FM station backed by UN and Fondation Hirondelle]. Athanase Karayenga talked with the communications minister about Ndeke Luka’s plan to broadcast to the whole country. At [...] (more)

Radio battle gets hot at the top
From The Times. Posted August 16 2007, 8.32am
London's Heart and Magic radio stations have cemented their lead over rival Capital with new audience figures showing them to be the most listened to radio stations in the capital. (more)

Two apply for Oxfordshire DAB
From Radio Today. Posted August 8 2007, 10.51am
Two applications have been received by Ofcom to operate a local DAB digital radio multiplex licence to cover the Oxfordshire area. Once again GCap Media's Now Digital is going head to head with MuxCo to provide a variety of programming services including Traffic Radio and the new JACK fm. (more)

Uruzgan.FM celebrates its first birthday
From Media Network Weblog. Posted August 8 2007, 10.21am
Uruzgan.FM, the special service for Dutch troops in Afghanistan jointly produced by Radio Netherlands Worldwide and domestic radio network 3FM, celebrates its first birthday today. From 1400-1700 UTC, a special programme will be aired. The service is carried on FM in the Dutch military bases in Afganistan, and by 10 local radio stations in the [...] (more)

Baltic radio holding its own
From Media Network Weblog. Posted August 2 2007, 10.20am
The Baltic Times has published the first installment of Industry Insider – a new series providing snapshots of various industries in the Baltics. This first installment covers the topic of broadcast radio. Broadcast radio has been alive in the Baltics since the 1920s, and has exploded in the post-Soviet period with a number of national [...] (more)

Traffic Radio launches
From Radio Today. Posted July 26 2007, 3.15pm
A new digital radio station's been officially launched today, broadcasting nothing but travel news. Traffic Radio, as the name suggests, is aimed at drivers - and carries the latest road information with bulletins from Trafficlink. The DAB stations include regional travel news for 5 different areas of England and are also available to hear online. (more)

Armenian Public Radio refuses to re-sign contract for popular RFE/RL programmes
From Media Network Weblog. Posted July 24 2007, 8.54pm
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) have expressed dismay at Armenian Public Radio’s rejection of a new contract to continue carrying programmes of RFE/RL’s Armenian Service. RFE/RL Armenian programmes have been aired on Armenian Public Radio - Armenia’s top radio network - since 1998, where they have earned the trust of a [...] (more)

US public radio stations can continue Internet streaming for now
From Media Network Weblog. Posted July 18 2007, 8.48am
WUFT-FM, the public radio station based at the University of Florida, has resumed streaming its air signal over the Internet, but it is conditional because of proposed changes in how radio stations pay royalties. In a statement on its website, WUFT says: “WUFT, along with other public radio stations, has been part of agreements with the organization [...] (more)

World Service Debate Show Returns to New Orleans
From Merry Media. Posted July 14 2007, 2.49pm
The BBC World Service interactive radio and online debate programme, World Have Your Say, will return to New Orleans to broadcast live from the public radio conference PRNDI on Thursday 19 July at 12noon (local time).. (more)

Celtic Music AM awarded community radio licence in Glasgow
From Media Network Weblog. Posted July 11 2007, 12.29pm
UK communications regulator Ofcom has awarded a five-year community radio licence to Celtic Music AM. Earlier this year, Celtic Music Radio completed its second Restricted Service Licence operation for Celtic Connections 2007 with broadcasts on 106.6 FM to parts of Glasgow. Ofcom announced that there no available fulltime FM frequencies in the Glasgow area, so Celtic Music Radio [...] (more)

Traffic Radio goes Digital
From Radio Today. Posted June 29 2007, 10.14am
Highways Agency is launching Traffic Radio across various parts of the UK, making use of space previously used by Smash Hits and Capital Disney. Initial service is expected to commence tomorrow (30th June) with further expansion of the service planned over the coming years. (more)

Europe?s public broadcasters at the forefront of digital radio development
From Media Network Weblog. Posted June 15 2007, 10.38am
The “Public Radio in Europe 2007″ study, published today by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) focuses on key issues related to the future of radio. It is the first comprehensive study on the role of public service broadcasters (PSBs) in the development of digital radio. It highlights the main tendencies in Europe and the latest perspectives [...] (more)

CMR Nashville named world's best
From Radio Today. Posted June 8 2007, 2.59pm
Internet broadcaster CMR Nashville has been picked out as being the best country music station by online service hosting group COBCMS. The site provides streaming and links to country music radio stations all over the world, including more than 200 from America and all over the world. (more)

Half of local public radio stations in Macedonia have no plans in place for privatization
From Media Network Weblog. Posted May 30 2007, 3.17pm
As many as 14 out of 29 local public radio stations in Macedonia failed to present the capital transformation evaluation within May 29 deadline. Jordanka Dojranlieva, the head of the Association of Local Private Radio Stations, told Makfax news agency that almost half of radio stations failed to comply with the deadline due to lack [...] (more)

Sonys - final 6 winners
From Radio Today. Posted April 30 2007, 11.08pm
Chris Evans has won his second Sony Radio Academy Award of the night, the Music Radio Personality of the Year, - an award he's now won 2 years in a row. Classic FM has been named UK Station of the Year and this year's Sony Gold Award to recognise a career achievement went to Paul Gambaccini. (more)

Story wins music radio prize
From Radio Today. Posted April 20 2007, 3.19pm
Emap's programming boss Mark Story's been given the PRS John Peel Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music Radio. He was presented with the honour at last night's Radio Academy Celebration of Music Radio in London, and follows in the footsteps of radio legends including Brian Matthew, Tony Blackburn, Chris Tarrant and the late Alan Freeman. (more)

Anti-EU Polish Catholic radio station seeks EU funds: report
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 20 2007, 2.18pm
The Polish Roman Catholic and fiercely anti-EU broadcaster Radio Maryja is seeking money from Brussels to help expand its journalism school, according to a news report on Wednesday. The station’s founder and boss, Father Tadeusz Rydzyk, has applied for a 23- million-euro slice of the total 8.3 billion euros that the European Union has allotted [...] (more)

Cutbacks in Swedish public radio
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 3 2007, 10.59am
Swedish Radio News reports that the number of employees working with national radio production at Swedish Radio will be decreased by 40%. The staff reductions are among the conclusions in an internal study, analyzing the consequence of decisions made by Swedish Radio’s management and Board of Directors. Recently Swedish Radio announced it had to save 100 million [...] (more)

Local public radio stations in Macedonia want their status maintained
From Media Network Weblog. Posted March 30 2007, 3.48pm
The public local radio stations in Macedonia are demanding that the new law on broadcasting and electronic communications grants them their old status. Representatives of 20 public local radio stations came up with the demand during a meeting yesterday in Struga. According to Jordanka Dojranlieva, the head of the Association of Public Local Radio Stations (JLRS), [...] (more)

Sirius Satellite Radio renews long-term programming deal with NPR
From Media Network Weblog. Posted March 13 2007, 2.44pm
Sirius Satellite Radio has renewed an exclusive long-term agreement for NPR to continue programming two 24/7 public radio channels featuring a variety of shows from NPR, other public radio producers and NPR Member stations from across the US. The channels - NPR Now (channel 134) and NPR Talk (channel 135) - include a wide-ranging slate of [...] (more)

XM Irish Music Radio Channel
From Merry Media. Posted March 7 2007, 2.42pm
Coinciding with St. Patrick's Day, XM Satellite Radio, will offer a special 72-hour national broadcast channel devoted exclusively to the music and culture of Ireland.. (more)

Talk Show Host Michael Savage Axed by New Agency For Gay Remarks
From radio.about.com. Posted March 6 2007, 12.00am
From Tmz.com: "Just two days after announcing they were representing him, CAA [Creative Artists Agency] has given homophobic radio host Michael Savage the ax!..As TMZ earlier reported, on the heels... (more)

Keillor and Kornhesier Come to XM Satellite Radio
From radio.about.com. Posted February 16 2007, 12.00am
XM Satellite Radio will add "A Prairie Home Companion" and "Marketplace" to the XM Public Radio (XMPR) lineup. Hosted and produced by Garrison Keillor, "A Prairie Home Companion" - now... (more)

Dutch to build new national FM station in Georgia
From Media Network Weblog. Posted February 13 2007, 12.36pm
Colleagues from Broadcast Facilities Netherlands (BFN), the company that provides technical services to Radio Netherlands Worldwide in Hilversum, have signed a contract to build a radio studio in Tbilisi, Georgia. The facility will be used by a new national classical music radio station, Radio Muza, to be run by Sandra Roelofs, the Dutch wife of Georgian President Mikheil [...] (more)

New Zealand?s pan-Pacific radio services join forces
From Media Network Weblog. Posted February 9 2007, 11.33am
The two pan-Pacific radio services based in New Zealand came together under one roof this week, when Radio 531pi began broadcasting from the National Pacific Radio Trust’s (NPRT) Brown Street headquarters in Ponsonby, Auckland alongside the Trust’s radio network service, NiuFM. The government-appointed charitable trust (NPRT) that has owned and managed the NiuFM Radio Network, since it was [...] (more)

New Directory of Public Radio Stations Available
From radio.about.com. Posted February 2 2007, 12.00am
If you need a database of public radio stations and program producers, Ken Mills has spent quite a bit of time putting together the KMA Directory which features Detailed information... (more)

Radio Burkina cancels news due to lack of resources
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 31 2007, 10.55am
Burkina Faso’s public radio station Radio Burkina cancelled its lunchtime news broadcast yesterday because it had run out of practically everything needed to make the programme. “We are unable to give you the news because of a lack of petrol, meaning we were unable to make a single report,” the programme’s presenter told listeners. The [...] (more)

Popular Moldovan radio station still off the air; CPJ deplores shutdown
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 21 2007, 8.47am
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says it deplores the suspension of the popular Chisinau-based public radio station Antena C. The station, which frequently aired reports critical of the government, has been off the air for more than a month, and local sources said they fear it is part of an official clampdown on news [...] (more)

New Catholic radio station launches in Sudan
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 6 2007, 10.05am
The Catholic Church in South Sudan has a new voice: a radio station dedicated to the country’s first saint, Josephine Bakhita. Bakhita Radio 91 FM, based in the South Sudanese capital, Juba, went on air on Christmas Eve with carols and Christmas messages from Catholic and Anglican church leaders. At midnight, it broadcast live from St. [...] (more)

Australia's 2SM Ends 2006 With a Classic Radio Prank
From radio.about.com. Posted December 31 2006, 1.16pm
Let's end the year with a great Radio prank out of Australia. New.com.au reports a gag pulled on newsreader, Victoria Owens, at 2SM/Sydney just a couple of days ago. Apparently,... (more)

Chris Jeremy Sets Up Easy FM
From Merry Media. Posted December 28 2006, 7.53pm
Chris Jeremy, presenter on Lincolnshire-based internet station Offshore Music Radio, has recently set up his own FM radio station – in Australia.. (more)

Happy Birthday Entertainment Radio: 100 Years Old
From radio.about.com. Posted December 23 2006, 4.58pm
From Kevin Bissett at theglobeandmail.com: "It was on Christmas Eve, 100 years ago, that an eccentric Canadian inventor made history when he produced the world's first public radio broadcast. ... (more)

UTV extends local station network with Preston licence win
From Brand Republic. Posted December 8 2006, 11.12am
LONDON - Residents of Preston, Leyland and Chorley are to have a new speech and music radio station, Proud FM, dedicated to their part of country, following the award of the new FM local licence by Ofcom. (more)

UTV extends local radio network with Preston win
From Brand Republic. Posted December 8 2006, 11.12am
LONDON - Residents of Preston, Leyland and Chorley are to have a new speech and music radio station, Proud FM, dedicated to their part of country, following the award of the new FM local licence by Ofcom. (more)

Radio 2 music chief Colin Martin to depart
From Media Guardian. Posted December 5 2006, 12.00am
The biggest job in music radio is up for grabs with the departure of Radio 2 music chief Colin Martin. By John Plunkett. (more)

Merchant to front 6 Music radio show
From The Stage. Posted November 30 2006, 2.00pm
(more)

Pacific radio stations in New Zealand join forces
From Media Network Weblog. Posted November 30 2006, 12.50pm
A decision by Pacific community radio stations Radio 531pi and NiuFM to join forces is being welcomed by the New Zealand government as a move that will strengthen broadcasting for Pacific communities in New Zealand. Broadcasting Minister Steve Maharey and Pacific Island Affairs Minister Phil Goff say the decision will enable the two stations to [...] (more)

Head of News at NPR steps down
From Media Network Weblog. Posted October 14 2006, 10.30am
Bill Marinow, the top news executive at National Public Radio (NPR) in the US, yesterday confirmed rumours that he has stepped down from his position to take up the post of ombudsman at NPR. The ombudsman is NPR’s in-house critic and a liaison for listeners. Marinow’s decision, which was made on 5 October but only [...] (more)

Oxford FM licence goes to Absolute Radio
From Media Guardian. Posted October 12 2006, 1.00am
Oxford's over-thirties are to get a new music radio station with the award of a new commercial FM licence to Absolute Radio. By Julia Day. (more)

Yorkshire - Music Radio Quizarama
From via Breaking Radio. Posted October 9 2006, 8.53pm
The RadAcad's regional branch are having a pub quiz on the 7th November hosted by Hirsty. Can you beat last year's reining champions Viking FM. (more)

Technical fault knocks Dutch public broadcasters off cable
From Media Network Weblog. Posted September 27 2006, 1.54pm
About 1.4 million people were affected by a technical problem this morning that cut off the national public radio networks based in Hilversum from cable systems in the west and central parts of the Netherlands. According to a spokesman for cable company Casema, it appears that the problem was caused by some overnight technical work by the NOB, [...] (more)

Polish prosecutor?s dropping case against Radio Marya is ?disgraceful?
From Media Network Weblog. Posted August 31 2006, 3.07pm
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has strongly criticized the decision of a Polish prosecutor for dropping the case against Radio Maryja for broadcasting an anti-Semitic rant, calling it “disgraceful.” In April, Stanislaw Michalkiewicz, a regular commentator on Radio Maryja, a right-wing Catholic radio station with a mass audience, openly scorned the expropriation of Jewish property during the [...] (more)

WGUC-FM Begins 5.1 Broadcasting With Neural Surround™
From Media Network Weblog. Posted August 30 2006, 5.48pm
WGUC-FM 90.9, Cincinnati, Ohio’s Classical Public Radio, has chosen to broadcast in surround sound on its HD1 Channel on HD Radio™ and on its main analogue channel using Neural Audio’s 5.1 technology to become the first radio station in the US to go 5.1 on its main channel with commercially available 5.1 music. This began on Thursday, [...] (more)

Two channels for RTÉ 2FM at Electric Picnic
From Media Network Weblog. Posted August 29 2006, 4.37pm
Irish public radio network RTÉ 2FM will be broadcasting live music on two channels from this year’s Electric Picnic boutique festival over the course of the three days, from Friday 1 September right up until midnight on Sunday 3 September. The event will not only be covered on the regular RTÉ 2FM channel at 90 - [...] (more)

Try guessing what John Peel's son does for a living
From The Independent. Posted August 21 2006, 12.00am
When the White Stripes have played your sitting-room - when you've seen Nirvana rock the Reading Festival at the age of 11; when your house is filled with more records than can feasibly be counted; when your Dad was the late, great John Peel - you might consider yourself well placed to front a new music radio show. And so it has come to pass that, from Thursday, Tom Ravenscroft, the 26-year-old scion of the Peel dynasty, will lend his refined ear and laconic tongue to SlashMusic, a new show on the fledgling internet radio outlet Channel 4 Radio. (more)

Corporation for Public Broadcasting announces radio stations to receive grants in 2007
From Media Network Weblog. Posted August 16 2006, 2.02pm
The US Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has announced that eleven organizations, each representing a single public radio station, have qualified for funding in Fiscal Year 2007 through CPB’s newly expanded Radio Community Service Grant program, bringing the number of organizations that will be receiving Radio CSGs to 406. In September 2005, CPB’s Board of Directors approved [...] (more)

“Digital radio crucial for disaster alert for the deaf and blind�?
From Media Network Weblog. Posted August 16 2006, 10.39am
Digital radio not only improves audio quality and introduces a whole new interactive experience for the user, it also plays a crucial role in disaster and emergency alerts for the hearing and visually impaired, the ABU Digital Radio Convention was told today. Mike Starling of Washington-based National Public Radio (NPR) said HD Radio, the only [...] (more)

Public Radio Fund launched in the US
From Media Network Weblog. Posted August 10 2006, 4.42pm
In a first for noncommercial radio in the United States, three leading groups - the Calvert Foundation, the Ford Foundation and Public Radio Capital - have announced the creation of the “Public Radio Fund” (PRF), which gives individual and institutional investors an entirely new opportunity: a vehicle for investing directly in public radio stations to [...] (more)

?In getting voice out, Islamic radio stutters? - International Herald Tribune
From Media Network Weblog. Posted August 2 2006, 10.50am
Doreen Carvajal writes in the International Herald Tribune that “The efforts of Islamic countries to get their governments’ views out in a language accessible to audiences elsewhere appear halting compared with a headlong rush in the United States, Germany, France, Russia and Britain to start or expand Arabic programming in a variety of media.” She points [...] (more)

High Definition Radio: DOA Thanks to Podcasting?
From radio.about.com. Posted August 1 2006, 4.04am
That's what Public Radio producer Stephen Hill thinks. According to PodcastingNews.com: "[Hill]...thinks that High Definition Radio, a standard for near CD-quality radio, is dead on arrival, and that podcasting... (more)

Bombs silence Catholic radio station in Lebanon
From Media Network Weblog. Posted July 31 2006, 12.00pm
Radio MNS, an Arabic Catholic radio station, was one of the many means of communication recently silenced by Israeli bombs in Lebanon. “The station functioned without interruption since its creation 12 years ago,” said the radio’s founder, Marie Sylvie Buisson, in statements to ZENIT. Radio MNS was partially destroyed by bombs Sunday of last week, [...] (more)

Arbitron publishes 2006 edition of Public Radio Today
From Media Network Weblog. Posted July 28 2006, 2.37pm
US audience research company Arbitron has just published the 2006 edition of Public Radio Today. This free-to-download 45 page report gives a glimpse at the 26 million people who listen to public radio in the US each week. It contains valuable insights into their education and income profiles, and shows the types and amounts of public [...] (more)

Trevor Dann to head Radio Academy
From Media Guardian. Posted July 21 2006, 1.37pm
12.15pm: Veteran music radio producer Trevor Dann has been appointed director of the Radio Academy. By Ben Dowell. (more)

Jazz station turns into all talk
From Radio Today. Posted July 9 2006, 8.00pm
WBEZ in Chicago , one of America's biggest jazz cities, is set to change format overnight from jazz to a 24 hour news and information format. The station, which broadcasts to Chicago on 91.5FM have an audience share of around 8 per cent and is operated by National Public Radio. It is a similar situation around the United States with Connecticut Public Radio's WNPR FM changing from classical music to talk last month, and other stations in New York, Boston and Washington making similar moves. (more)

Chicago?s jazz radio gets the blues, bows to iPod
From Media Network Weblog. Posted July 6 2006, 2.19pm
The iPod and a growing need for local news have done the unthinkable: They have cost Chicago, one of America’s great jazz cities, its last major source for jazz programming on local radio. WBEZ, Chicago’s National Public Radio (NPR) member station and among the oldest public radio outlets in the United States, has decided to [...] (more)

Two Stations Marred by Embezzlement, Fraud
From radio.about.com. Posted June 23 2006, 9.35am
From freep.com: "A former public radio director was sentenced to probation Thursday for his part in an embezzlement scandal that shook the University of Michigan's stations this year. Michael Coleman,... (more)

Two Radio Stations Marred by Embezzlement, Fraud
From radio.about.com. Posted June 23 2006, 9.35am
From freep.com: "A former public radio director was sentenced to probation Thursday for his part in an embezzlement scandal that shook the University of Michigan's stations this year. Michael Coleman,... (more)

Emap France sold to Arnoldo
From Radio Today. Posted June 20 2006, 9.00am
Emap, owners of Big City and Magic radio stations across the UK have finally agreed to sell its French Consumer Magazines division, Emap France, to Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. for a cash consideration of approximately �380 million. Tom Moloney, Group Chief Executive of Emap, said: "Emap will now be allocating more resource, including launch spend, onto faster growth platforms. The sale of Emap France is in line with this strategy, and also allows us to return to shareholders a significant portion of the value created during our period as a French consumer magazine publisher." (more)

Public broadcasting, Mongolian style
From Media Network Weblog. Posted June 6 2006, 4.03pm
Neal Jackson, Vice President for Legal Affairs at National Public Radio in the US, is in Mongolia this week working with the Asia Foundation to assist Mongolian National Broadcasting as it attempts to make a difficult transition. After more than 70 years as a state broadcaster, the organization is trying to become an independent national broadcaster. Neal is sharing the experiences of NPR and (more)

Sweden: International relays to disappear in Stockholm
From Media Network Weblog. Posted June 2 2006, 2.42pm
Text of report by Radio Sweden text website on 2 June Listeners to Radio Sweden and SR International in Stockholm will probably see some major changes next year, including the disappearance of relays of BBC World Service and National Public Radio. Swedish Radio's management has announced the changes in channel structure resulting from months of studies into the future of public service radio in (more)

Jonathan Groubert on Wisconsin Public Radio this Sunday
From Media Network Weblog. Posted May 26 2006, 1.21pm
Radio Netherlands EuroQuest producer Jonathan Groubert will be the featured guest on Wisconsin Public Radio's global call-in show "Here On Earth" this Sunday, 28 May at 1900 UTC or 2PM CST in the US. He and host Jean Feraca will be discussing Islam, immigration, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Other guest(s) TBA. You can listen to the programme live via the web. You can also call in and participate. From (more)

USA/Pacific: Public radio says it may have to turn to BBC
From Media Network Weblog. Posted May 24 2006, 4.54pm
(more)

Listen Online: WFUV to Broadcast Listeners' 90 Most Essential Songs
From radio.about.com. Posted May 22 2006, 3.55am
Holidays have always been springboards for special radio programming and this Memorial Day WFUV, Fordham University's public radio station has put together the "Top 90 Essential `FUV Songs" as voted... (more)

Emap plans Magic radio revamp
From Media Guardian. Posted May 18 2006, 8.32am
8am: Emap is to overhaul its Magic radio stations in a move that could mean more networked programming and fewer local DJs. By Julia Day. (more)

Extra Radio Netherlands transmissions for Surinam
From Media Network Weblog. Posted May 16 2006, 12.51pm
Due to the flooding in Surinam, Radio Netherlands has added some extra shortwave transmissions relaying Radio Boskopoe, a local public radio station in Totness, the capital of the Coronie district, that normally broadcasts on FM. With the addition of shortwave frequencies, Radio Boskopoe can reach the entire country. Programmes are in Dutch and Sranan Tongo. These extra broadcasts are scheduled (more)

Iraqi public radio available on the web
From Media Network Weblog. Posted May 16 2006, 10.31am
Dave Kernick writes: The main radio service of the Iraqi Media Network (IMN), Republic of Iraq Radio, is now available on a live audio stream from the organization's website at www.iraqimedianet.net. The website is available in Arabic, English and Kurdish. The audio stream is accessed via a large pink button on the Arabic and English home pages - these pages and the Kurdish home page also have (more)

Thailand launches radio show for dogs
From Media Network Weblog. Posted May 11 2006, 12.20pm
Inspired by a United States radio show for pets, a Thai dog lover has launched a round-the-clock online music radio programme for canines, a report said today. DogRadioThailand.com, which made its debut yesterday, offers both vocal and instrumental music for dogs, the Bangkok Post said, quoting radio programme operator Anupan Boonchuen. "I've noticed that dogs often respond to music. Some wag (more)

BBC Radio 2's Chris Evans Named Music Radio Personality
From radio.about.com. Posted May 10 2006, 4.20am
From itv.com: "Comeback kid Chris Evans thanked the BBC for giving him a 'second chance' after he was named Music Radio Personality at the Sony Awards...Evans, sacked from Virgin Radio... (more)

Chris Evans named radio's personality of the year
From The Independent. Posted May 9 2006, 7.25am
Comeback kid Chris Evans was named Music Radio Personality of the Year at the industry's equivalent of the Oscars. (more)

NPR planning to experiment with video on its podcasting portal
From Media Network Weblog. Posted May 7 2006, 11.29am
National Public Radio (NPR) in the US is proposing to experiment with video on its podcasting portal, VP-Digital Media Maria Thomas said on Friday. In a podcasting update to the NPR board, she said the network's podcasting partners had grown from 7 public radio stations at launch last August to 40 now. Revenue from underwriting goes to partner stations based on the number of downloads per partner, (more)

BBC Hungarian radio service donates digital archive to Hungary
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 25 2006, 3.06pm
A copy of the digital archives of the BBC's Hungarian radio service, reflecting the country's history, culture and political events over 66 years, will be placed in Hungary's national library and public radio archives after an agreement was signed by the BBC World Service and the library today. The 1,100 discs contain copies of archived broadcasts made by the BBC's central archives up until the (more)

Local radio stations fined for breaching media law
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 25 2006, 2.16pm
Two local public radio stations, in Rotterdam and the Hague, have each been fined €1050 by the Dutch Media Authority for breaching the media law. One of the articles in the law states that such local stations must devote at least 50 per cent of their transmission time to informative, cultural and educational programmes, of particular relevance to the place they serve. In this case, both Stichting (more)

Public Radio On The "Take"?
From radio.about.com. Posted April 17 2006, 2.22pm
Hearing about payola scandals from the AM and FM side of Radio is common. I guess we were naive to think Public Radio was above that. Mlive.com reports: "The practice... (more)

New voice for online stations
From Radio Today. Posted April 12 2006, 10.45pm
A new association has been created by internet radio stations to represent the industry. The Association of Streaming Media Companies (ASMeC) will lobby for fairer licencing of music, as well as develop commercial opportunities and network resources. Tom Lousada of Glasgow's Magnetic Radio is the association's co-ordinator. Tom told Radiojam that in order for internet radio to develop and move into profitability, representation was critical: "The streaming media industry offers the consumer a varied choice of entertainment that is not viable under the traditional media model, it is therefore vital that the correct practices are developed and maintained to ensure quality for the consumer and the ability for the industry to grow in size and commercial value." (more)

Celebration of Music Radio
From Radio Today. Posted March 31 2006, 6.30pm
Last night saw the Celebration of Music Radio take place in London. Phill Jupitus hosted the evening, and the show started with Beverly Knight � who had previously appeared as a show case artist at Music Radio several years ago. The Zutons also played. The evening presentations and Awards finished with Embrace who played their number 2 single, Nature�s Law and Gravity. PPL Lifetime Achievement Award wasAwarded to Roger Daltrey. Fran Nevrkla the chairman of PPL said a few words � on this the second year of the Lifetime Achievement Award. The Award was presented to Roger Daltrey by Andy Kershaw, BBC Radio 3. (more)

Broadcast Electronics introduces HD Radio to Thailand
From Media Network Weblog. Posted March 30 2006, 3.39pm
Broadcast Electronics (BE) has installed an HD Radio™ system for a public radio network targeting mass transit commuters in Bangkok. The system was acquired by RNT Television Plc, which has a contract to broadcast to buses in Thailand using a portion of existing licensed FM frequencies. Broadcast Electronics installed the HD Radio system last week. "Interest has been growing in Thailand, like (more)

Production 06 event sold out
From Radio Today. Posted March 24 2006, 2.15pm
The Radio Academy�s decision to revamp their Speech Radio and Music Radio Conferences this year has proved to be a massive success with the daytime event being completely sold out. �We are delighted with the response we�ve had. There is a large list of people missing out because they did not register early enough, which just goes to prove that the interest in Academy events is as strong as ever.� Said John Bradford, the Director of the Radio Academy. (more)

Production 06 is a must attend
From Radio Today. Posted March 20 2006, 5.20am
Production '06 from The Radio Academy is set to be a must attend event for anyone interested in music, speech, promotions, news, talent or even production. The new title is the result of merging two conferences - Speech Radio and Music Radio. The merger will see more talks and more radio professionals attending one single event. It is taking place next week (Thursday March 30th) at BAFTA, The British Academy of Film and Television Arts in London. It will be followed by the Celebration of Music Radio at the Caf� De Paris. (more)

Detroit Public Radio General Manager Charged With Embezzlement
From radio.about.com. Posted March 18 2006, 3.45pm
MaryAnn George writes in the Detroit Free Press: "Michael Coleman, the embattled general manager of Detroit Public Radio, told the Free Press today that he didn't take food, alcohol, airline tickets and hotel rooms in exchange for on-air acknowledgements while... (more)

ANWB will continue live traffic updates on public radio
From Media Network Weblog. Posted March 13 2006, 1.02pm
The Dutch travel association ANWB has announced on its website that it will continue to provide live voiced traffic updates to the national public radio networks between 0600 and 2230 local time. It isn't clear if the public broadcasters will have to pay extra for this service. At the beginning of the month, the ANWB said that if radio stations wanted the service to continue, they would have to (more)

A new voice for America in Europe - NPR to replace VOA in Berlin
From Media Network Weblog. Posted February 13 2006, 1.06pm
The International Herald Tribune reports that, when the Voice of America's FM licence in Berlin expires in April 2006, it will not be renewed. Instead, homesick Americans in the German capital will be able to listen to National Public Radio (NPR). The Berlin station is a new tool for NPR, which does not license or operate radio stations in the United States. Instead, it sells programming to (more)

RN's Jonathan Groubert features in Here on Earth
From Media Network Weblog. Posted February 10 2006, 2.29pm
Jonathan Groubert, the producer/presenter of Radio Netherlands' European Affairs magazine EuroQuest will be the featured guest on Wisconsin Public Radio's global call-in show "Here On Earth" on Sunday, 12 February at 9PM in Europe, 2000 UTC or 2PM CT in the US. Valentine's Day is coming up and he and host Jean Feraca will be discussing trials and tribulations of marriage, specifically his (more)

RN's Dheera Sujan features in Here on Earth
From Media Network Weblog. Posted February 10 2006, 2.29pm
Radio Netherlands producer Dheera Sujan (not Jonathan Groubert as earlier advised) will be the featured guest on Wisconsin Public Radio's global call-in show "Here On Earth" on Sunday, 12 February at 9PM in Europe, 2000 UTC or 2PM CT in the US. Valentine's Day is coming up and Dheera and host Jean Feraca will be discussing trials and tribulations of marriage as featured in the Radio Netherlands (more)

Radio 747 to revert to old name of Radio 5
From Media Network Weblog. Posted February 9 2006, 3.43pm
The public radio network currently known as 747AM will revert to its old name, Radio 5, and undergo a major change in profile. That's the most significant change in the radio strategy document published today by the Board of Management of Dutch public broadcasting. The changes to 747AM will account for around half of the 13 million euro per year savings that must be made across the public radio (more)

Radio 747AM to revert to old name of Radio 5
From Media Network Weblog. Posted February 9 2006, 3.43pm
The public radio network currently known as 747AM will revert to its old name, Radio 5, and undergo a major change in profile. That's the most significant change in the radio strategy document published today by the Board of Management of Dutch public broadcasting. The changes to 747AM will account for around half of the 13 million euro per year savings that must be made across the public radio (more)

National Public Radio launches third phase of podcasting project
From Media Network Weblog. Posted February 9 2006, 10.38am
Just six months after launching its first podcasts, America's National Public Radio (NPR) has launched the project's third phase with a number of new elements: The first free download of NPR's hit irreverent topical quiz show, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! – which also marks the first full-program podcast of an NPR-produced show In collaboration with NPR member stations across the country, a (more)

BBC Arabic radio and online goes on tour to meet Arab youth
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 29 2006, 5.32pm
BBC Arabic radio and online is taking to the road to meet and debate with young people in the Middle East and North Africa. The initiative entitled "Your future, who decides it?" showcases BBC Arabic output, including its online site, bbcarabic.com. It also encourages participation in especially themed BBC presenter-led debates, which are promoted a week ahead with interactive booths, provocative (more)

BBC Newshour to be broadcast live from US public radio station
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 27 2006, 11.25am
Two editions of the BBC World Service programme Newshour are to be broadcast live from the studios of US public radio station WUNC (91.5 FM) in North Carolina on Monday. Robin Lustig will present the programmes at 1200 and 1400 UTC in front of a studio audience. According to the WUNC website, a limited number of tickets are still available, and breakfast will be provided. (more)

Elstein takes MacKenzie to task over measurement
From Media Guardian. Posted January 25 2006, 6.19pm
If Kelvin MacKenzie had pushed through his system of electronic radio audience measurement he would have 'inflicted disaster' on the sector, according to trade body chairman David Elstein. By Maggie Brown. (more)

MacKenzie taken to task over measurement
From Media Guardian. Posted January 25 2006, 6.19pm
If Kelvin MacKenzie had pushed through his system of electronic radio audience measurement he would have 'inflicted disaster' on the sector, according to trade body chairman David Elstein. By Maggie Brown. (more)

C4 set to launch digital radio stations fronted by TV talent
From The Stage. Posted January 24 2006, 9.55am
Channel 4 is planning to launch a number of speech and music radio stations broadcasting shows hosted by its screen talent, in a bid to challenge the BBC's dominance of the market. (more)

Dutch public radio broadcasters extend contract with Nozema Services
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 19 2006, 5.14pm
The Dutch public radio broadcasters have extended their contract with Nozema Services, which will continue to look after the AM and FM transmitter network from the end of the current contract period, 1 July 2006, until 31 August 2010. The period for competive tendering closed on 18 November 2005, and Nozema Services emerged as the company that offered the highest quality and most cost-effective (more)

Soapstar host lands Magic show
From Media Guardian. Posted January 19 2006, 11.06am
11am: Ben Shephard is capitalising on his high profile as co-host of ITV's Soapstar Superstar by signing a deal to present a Saturday night show on Emap's Magic radio station. By Julia Day. (more)

DJ dashes to aid of phone-in caller
From Media Guardian. Posted January 6 2006, 4.09pm
A DJ at Liverpool's Magic Radio 1548 abandoned his studio to rush to the aid of a caller who died after suffering a suspected heart attack during a phone-in today. By Jason Deans. (more)

Public Radio International expands HD Radio portfolio with BBC Mundo
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 6 2006, 3.17pm
Public Radio International (PRI) has announced the addition of BBC Mundo to its lineup of public radio programming. Produced by BBC World Service, PRI's programming partner since 1986, the 24/7 Spanish-language service features a wide variety of programmes. KPCC/Los Angeles, KVCR/San Bernardino (CA), and KNAU/Flagstaff (AZ) are among several PRI affiliate stations slated to launch BBC Mundo this (more)

Kyrgyzstan: State broadcaster streams live on the internet
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 1 2006, 4.57pm
Kyrgyz National Radio, the main domestic radio programme of the State National Broadcasting Corporation, is available on a live audio stream accessible from the broadcaster's website at www.ktr.kg. The site also has links to live streams of the second programme, Radio 21st Century, and Kyrgyz state television, although these were not working when checked by BBC Monitoring on 1 January 2006. (more)