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Commercial radio sees mixed Q4 fortunes
From Digital Spy - Broadcasting. Posted February 4 2010, 1.23pm
RAJAR reports mixed fortunes for commercial radio in Q4 2009, as Classic FM suffers but Heart thrives. (more)

Rajars: is digital radio the biggest loser?
From Media Guardian. Posted February 4 2010, 12.13pm
Global's LBC and Heart have scored successes, but the drop in digital listening makes switchover seem further away than everSo it was a good Rajar for Heart 106.2, LBC 97.3 and Terry Wogan, a bad one for Classic FM, BBC Radio 3 and digital radio. (more)

talkSPORT leads the RAJAR way
From Radio Today. Posted February 4 2010, 8.05am
UTV Radio's national sports station talkSPORT has recorded its highest ever market share, and highest ratings for breakfast, whilst Absolute Radio and Classic FM both see a drop in listeners. (more)

talkSPORT leads the RAJAR way
From Radio Today. Posted February 4 2010, 7.48am
UTV Radio's national sports station talkSPORT has recorded its highest ever market share, and highest ratings for breakfast, whilst Absolute Radio and Classic FM both see a drop in listeners. (more)

Global Radio shakes off ad gloom
From Media Guardian. Posted December 21 2009, 12.52pm
Heart and Classic FM parent Global Radio enjoys double-digit growth in ad revenues after 19 months of year-on-year declinesHeart and Classic FM parent Global Radio enjoyed double-digit growth in advertising revenues in November and December after 19 consecutive months of year-on-year declines. (more)

£193m write-off for radio group
From The Times. Posted December 19 2009, 11.11pm
Global Radio, the owner of Classic FM and Heart, has written off a chunk of the investment it made in the past two years to reflect the plunge in value of media assets. (more)

Ralph Bernard returns to radio
From Radio Today. Posted December 14 2009, 4.28pm
Former GCap Media chief Ralph Bernard is to leave his chief executive role at the Royal Albert Hall and return to radio.Bernard, who helped found Classic FM (and is still its chairman), took on his post at the Royal Albert Hall in March this year. (more)

Bernard to return to programme-making
From Media Guardian. Posted December 14 2009, 3.14pm
Former GCap Media chief to leave role at Royal Albert Hall after less than a year Former GCap Media chief executive Ralph Bernard is to leave his role at the Royal Albert Hall to return to radio programme-making. (more)

Digital radio stations off go air after technical glitch
From Media Guardian. Posted December 7 2009, 11.23am
Commercial services on Digital One DAB multiplex including Classic FM, TalkSport and Absolute Radio interruptedDigital radio listeners lost commercial radio stations including Classic FM when they went off air across the country yesterday because of technical problems. (more)

Xmas Radio Times brings in nearly £7m
From Media Guardian. Posted December 4 2009, 7.24am
Christmas issue of the BBC's Radio Times, with two cover designs, on course to match last year for advertisingThis year's Christmas issue of the Radio Times is set to be a recession-buster with total revenue likely to weigh in at almost £7m. (more)

Classic FM's National Listening Day | Radio head
From Media Guardian. Posted November 18 2009, 12.05am
Classic FM wants us to listen to, not just hear, musicYesterday was National Listening Day on Classic FM. Now, you might think that a radio station having a day dedicated to listening is a bit unnecessary, like a restaurant celebrating eating. (more)

Big noise in radio
From Media Guardian. Posted October 26 2009, 12.05am
The head of TalkSport calls the digital switchover timescale 'farcical' and has taken on radio's biggest player, Global Radio, over its influence on the sector's trade bodyFor a few short months, the long-divided radio industry appeared to be singing... (more)

UTV's RadioCentre split will create rift, says UKRD chief
From Media Guardian. Posted October 9 2009, 5.34am
TalkSport parent's departure from trade body will weaken voice of commercial radio, says William RogersTalkSport parent UTV Media's split from the RadioCentre could create a schism in the commercial radio industry and prompt other operators to quit t... (more)

Industry Moves: Global Radio Calls Up Sky.com Editor Perreau
From paidContent:UK. Posted September 29 2009, 8.50am
By John Plunkett: Global Radio has hired BSkyB’s strategic content editor Ben Perreau to be its first director of digital content, working across all the radio group’s brands including Heart, Classic FM and Capital. Perreau, a former editor of NME. (more)

Sky's Ben Perreau named Global Radio digital director
From Media Guardian. Posted September 29 2009, 5.09am
Ben Perreau, a former editor of NME. (more)

Details of radio switchover body revealed
From Media Guardian. Posted September 22 2009, 8.09am
Digital Radio UK to be backed by the BBC and commercial radioThe task of guiding the radio industry towards digital switchover will be overseen by a newly created organisation, Digital Radio UK, backed by the BBC and commercial radio. (more)

Radio review
From Media Guardian. Posted September 3 2009, 10.05pm
Classic FM can sometimes feel too cosy and inoffensive, but Mark Forrest's tone is spot onWhile there are quite a few bits of Classic FM I tend to avoid, Afternoons With Mark Forrest isn't one of them. (more)

Global Radio's Don Thomson to leave
From Media Guardian. Posted September 2 2009, 3.45pm
Global Radio chief operating officer Don Thomson, who joined with Chrysalis acquisition, departing at end of monthGlobal Radio's chief operating officer, Don Thomson, is to leave at the end of this month. (more)

Absolute Radio halts audience slide
From Media Guardian. Posted August 6 2009, 5.04am
Group's reach down just 0.1% on previous quarter, but 29.6% lower than a year ago when it was Virgin RadioAbsolute Radio has stemmed its audience decline since it changed its name from Virgin Radio but still has nearly a third fewer listeners than it did 12 months ago. (more)

Rusbridger to present Classic FM series
From Media Guardian. Posted August 4 2009, 5.16am
Guardian editor's show to use works from Classic FM Hall of Fame as 'starting point for a journey of musical exploration'The Guardian editor, Alan Rusbridger, is to present a 12-part series on Classic FM, beginning later this month. (more)

Arqiva to launch VoD service using Kangaroo technology
From Media Guardian. Posted July 23 2009, 12.03pm
Broadcast transmission company aims to do content deals after buying technology behind defunct broadband TV ventureArqiva, the broadcast transmission company, has confirmed it is to buy the technology behind the defunct broadband TV venture Project K... (more)

Analogue radio switch-off set for 2015
From Media Guardian. Posted June 16 2009, 2.28pm
Government unveils ambitious targets for move to digital radioAll the UK's national radio stations and many local services will stop broadcasting on analogue by the end of 2015, according to ambitious switch-off targets unveiled by the government today. (more)

Global Radio forecasts steady profits
From Media Guardian. Posted May 12 2009, 9.14am
Global Radio chief Ashley Tabor forecasts underlying operating profits for 12 months to end of March 2009 of about £31mGlobal Radio, the owner of radio stations including Classic FM and Capital, has said that it expects to hold underlying operat... (more)

Global Radio shrugs off warning with £31m profit
From The Times. Posted May 11 2009, 10.00pm
Global Radio, the owner of Classic FM and Heart, said that it had managed to hold underlying profits steady at £31 million in the year to March, despite an 18 per cent collapse in advertising and an auditor's warning over its accounts. (more)

Global Radio seeks to quash debt fears
From The Times. Posted May 2 2009, 9.10pm
AUDITORS to Global Radio, the owner of Classic FM and Heart, have raised concerns about the company’s future after it failed to reorganise its debts before posting overdue accounts. (more)

Up to 30 more cuts at Global
From Media Guardian. Posted May 1 2009, 1.41pm
Staff at Xfm and Gold set to be hit hardest by job losses for backroom staff at Global Radio stationsGlobal Radio has implemented a further round of job cuts, with the axe understood to have hit hardest at the group's Xfm and Gold network of stations. (more)

Global Radio sells Digital One to Arqiva
From Media Guardian. Posted April 7 2009, 10.11am
Transmission company Arqiva takes control of national digital radio platform from Capital and Classic FM owner GlobalCapital and Classic FM owner Global Radio has sold its majority stake in national digital radio platform Digital One to transmission company Arqiva. (more)

And the (Sony) nominees are…
From Radio Today. Posted April 6 2009, 7.04pm
Radio One, Radio 3 and Classic FM nominated for UK Station Of The Year at the Sonys. (more)

Question Time: Howard Goodall
From The Independent. Posted March 23 2009, 12.00am
Work: Composer and broadcaster. (more)

Global Radio defies Ofcom over warning
From Media Guardian. Posted March 13 2009, 5.41pm
Capital and Classic FM parent Global Radio is on a collision course with Ofcom after rejecting the regulator's "yellow card" punishment imposed on one of its local stations for playing the wrong kind of music. (more)

Classic choice for Hotel Du Vin
From Radio Today. Posted March 13 2009, 8.13am
Boutique hotel chain Hotel Du Vin has chosen Global Radio's Classic FM as its first radio sponsorship partner. (more)

BBC leads Music Week nominations
From Radio Today. Posted March 1 2009, 6.36pm
Four BBC stations, along with three of Bauer's Big City stations, Planet Rock, Classic FM and London's Heart have been nominated for a 2009 Music Week Award... (more)

Benecol continues at Classic FM
From Radio Today. Posted January 30 2009, 12.04am
Carat Sponsorship has secured a six figure deal between Benecol and Classic FM, to sponsor the Classic FM Live event. (more)

Global Radio signs Stuart Mays from Associated Newspapers
From Media Guardian. Posted December 15 2008, 2.30pm
The Capital and Classic FM parent Global Radio has hired Stuart Mays from Associated Newspapers to fill the newly created role of director of commercial strategy. (more)

Hello. I'm a Classic FM PC
From Radio Today. Posted November 11 2008, 11.26pm
Global Radio's latest major sales deal involves Classic FM managing director Darren Henley and many other members of staff appearing in a video claiming to be a PC. It's part of Microsoft's global Life Without Walls campaign. (more)

Laser Broadcasting's future in doubt
From Media Guardian. Posted October 6 2008, 11.28am
A nine-strong local radio group co-founded by one of the launch directors of Classic FM faces an uncertain future after a creditor applied for the company to be wound up. (more)

What lies ahead for Stephen Miron at Global Radio?
From Media Guardian. Posted August 19 2008, 2.08pm
Stephen Miron's key challenges as chief executive of Global's radio division include reversing Capital's fortunes, hanging on to Classic FM and rebranding the group's local stations. (more)

More concerts for Classic FM
From Radio Today. Posted June 18 2008, 7.21am
GCap Media's Classic FM has signed a deal worth over a million pounds with AEG, the owners of the London music venues indigO2 and the O2 arena.The agreement will see the national station as both sponsor and media partner for new classical concerts from October 2008 till February 2009. (more)

Blackadder man joins Classic FM
From Radio Today. Posted May 15 2008, 11.09am
The man behind the music of tv shows such as Blackadder and The Vicar of Dibley has joined Classic FM as their composer-in-residence and Saturday afternoon presenter. (more)

Blackadder composer Howard Goodall joins Classic FM
From Media Guardian. Posted May 15 2008, 8.12am
Howard Goodall is to join Classic FM this summer as the station's next composer-in-residence and Saturday presenter. (more)

Commercial Radio attracts more
From Radio Today. Posted May 1 2008, 6.00am
The commercial radio industry has added an extra 300 thousand listeners in the last three months, taking the total to 31 million adults. National stations Classic FM and talkSPORT all gained a small amount of extra listeners, but Virgin took a slight total drop of 0. (more)

EXCLUSIVE: Full Sky Digital EPG listings after reshuffle
From Biz Asia. Posted April 24 2008, 10.52am
BizAsia.co.uk brings you the full Sky Digital channel listings as they will appear after the reshuffle. There are no changes planned for following EPG categories Documentaries, Sports, Adult and Radio. (more)

Nationals to promote in-car DAB
From Radio Today. Posted April 20 2008, 11.20pm
Virgin Radio, talkSPORT, Planet Rock and Classic FM are just some of the high-profile radio stations promoting the benefits of in-car DAB listening this summer. (more)

Radio analysis: The Global shake-up
From Media Guardian. Posted April 6 2008, 10.02pm
Last week Global Radio - home of Heart and Galaxy - spent £375m aquiring GCap Media - the home of Classic FM and Capital Radio... (more)

Major UK commercial radio deal agreed
From Media Network Weblog. Posted March 31 2008, 6.06pm
Privately-owned Global Radio said today it was to buy Britain’s largest commercial radio group, GCap Media for an agreed £375 million, to create a bigger rival for the BBC. (more)

Global to buy Classic FM owner
From BBC News. Posted March 31 2008, 5.27pm
Global Radio says it will buy GCap Media, the owner of radio stations Classic FM and Xfm, in a £375m deal. (more)

Global asks for extension to GCap deadline
From Daily Telegraph. Posted March 23 2008, 12.01am
The radio group chaired by former ITV boss Charles Allen is thought to have asked for more time to formalise its £371m takeover bid for Classic FM owner GCap Media... (more)

Gcap opens books as Global takeover nears
From Daily Telegraph. Posted March 6 2008, 12.01am
GCap has finally agreed to takeover talks with Global Radio, which has improved its offer for the owner of Classic FM and Capital Radio. (more)

Global raises GCap proposal to £370m
From Financial Times. Posted March 4 2008, 8.33am
The UK's largest commercial radio broadcaster, which owns Classic FM and Capital Radio, has received a higher proposed offer of 225p a share from Global Radio... (more)

Fresh offer for Classic FM firm
From BBC News. Posted March 4 2008, 8.00am
Global Radio says it will make an improved offer for GCap Media, the owner of Classic FM and Xfm. (more)

Global Radio raises GCap bid as battle hots up
From Daily Telegraph. Posted March 4 2008, 7.20am
Former ITV boss Charles Allen has put last-minute improved offer for GCap directly to shareholders as the battle for the owner of Classic FM and Capital Radio intensifies. (more)

GCap suitor expected to walk away
From Media Guardian. Posted March 3 2008, 7.55am
Global Radio is understood to have no desire to overpay for GCap, home to Classic FM and London's Capital, after its improved £333m offer was rejected last week... (more)

Global Radio 'may tune out of GCap'
From Daily Telegraph. Posted March 2 2008, 12.01am
A decision by Global Radio about whether to raise its bid for GCap Radio hangs on a knife-edge this weekend after the owner of Classic FM and Capital Radio firmly rebuffed last week's improved £330m bid. (more)

GCap shareholders back decision to reject Global offer of 202p per share
From The Times. Posted February 29 2008, 11.35pm
Charles Allen, the chairman of Global Radio, was considering whether to sweeten his offer for GCap Media last night after the Classic FM owners rejected a revised offer that valued Britain's biggest commercial radio broadcaster at £333 million. (more)

GCap spurns higher offer from Global Radio
From Financial Times. Posted February 29 2008, 9.05am
The owner of Capital, Classic FM and Xfm radio stations rejected a revised £333m offer from Global Radio, the private-equity backed company run by former ITV boss Charles Allen... (more)

Global Radio faces pressure from G Cap shareholders to raise offer
From The Times. Posted February 20 2008, 12.00am
Charles Allen’s Global Radio has come under pressure from key shareholders in GCap Media to increase its offer for the owner of Classic FM and Capital 95.8. (more)

Programme director leaves GCap
From Media Guardian. Posted January 24 2008, 11.30am
The GCap Media group programme director, Dirk Anthony, has become the latest executive to part company with the Capital and Classic FM parent company. (more)

Internet radio: all the music without the awful adverts
From Media Guardian. Posted January 22 2008, 3.25pm
Netbytes: Internet radio stations like the newly launched My Classic FM offer the chance to listen to your favourite music without the constant interruptions of effusive presenters and advertising... (more)

GCap should have broadcast Global’s bid
From The Times. Posted January 8 2008, 12.00am
For a communications company, GCap Media has been curiously uncommunicative. The owner of Capital Radio and Classic FM chose to keep quiet about a £313 million takeover approach it received in mid-December. (more)

GCap rejects approach from Global Radio
From Media Guardian. Posted January 6 2008, 11.51pm
GCap, the commercial radio group, has rejected a takeover approach valuing the operator of Capital 95. (more)

Fru Hazlitt appointed GCap chief executive
From Media Guardian. Posted December 20 2007, 1.05pm
Fru Hazlitt has been confirmed as the new chief executive of GCap Media, the UK's largest commercial radio broadcaster and home to Classic FM and London's Capital 95.8. (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. (more)

GCap Media's veteran boss Bernard resigns
From Daily Telegraph. Posted November 23 2007, 12.05am
GCap Media, the owner of Classic FM and London's Capital radio, has confirmed that its chief executive of 25 years is to step down, at a "pivotal time" for the radio industry. (more)

Dutch Classic FM to also play pop music tomorrow
From Media Network Weblog. Posted November 15 2007, 2.38pm
Tomorrow between 7 am and 7 pm Dutch time (0600-1800 UTC) listeners to Classic FM, which normally plays light classical music, will instead hear both classics and pop music. The intention is to demonstrate how many pop music hits were inspired by classical music. (more)

Classic FM hosts Teacher awards
From Radio Today. Posted November 13 2007, 12.19pm
The Classic FM Music Teacher of the Year Awards 2007have taken place at London’s Chappell music store in Wardour Street. Presenter Jane Jones and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Education Lord Andrew Adonis presented the awards. (more)

Classic FM remains on top
From Radio Today. Posted October 25 2007, 7.56am
GCap Media's Classic FM remains the biggest commercial radio station this quarter. An extra 140,000 people are now listening, taking its audience to almost six million listeners every week. Virgin Radio remains steady with 1.5m and talkSPORT with 2.3m. (more)

Moyles and Wogan take a dip
From Radio Today. Posted October 25 2007, 7.27am
All five of the BBC's main national networks have seen a fall in breakfast figures, while Classic FM and talkSPORT have seen a rise. Chris Moyles drops from 7.257millon to 6.982million quarter on quarter, while Radio 2's Terry Wogan is down from 7.92m to 7.68m. (more)

Lord Eatwell joins Classic FM
From Radio Today. Posted October 22 2007, 7.33am
Classic FM has appointed Lord Eatwell, the President of Queens’ College Cambridge and the former chairman of the Commercial Radio Companies Association as the chairman of the Classic FM Consumer Panel. (more)

Tribute show on Classic FM
From Radio Today. Posted October 18 2007, 7.16am
National GCap Media station Classic FM is paying tribute to the work of great British cellist Jacqueline du Pré, who died 20 years ago. A special edition of the Evening Concert will be presented by Julian Lloyd Webber. (more)

Classic FM signs 25-concert deal with Liverpool Philharmomic Orchestra
From Media Guardian. Posted October 12 2007, 12.00am
8am: Classic FM has struck its biggest ever live music deal with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. By John Plunkett. (more)

Gambaccini returns to Classic FM
From Media Guardian. Posted September 28 2007, 12.00am
Paul Gambaccini is to return to Classic FM to present a landmark series about his classical music heroes. By John Plunkett. (more)

New radio service planned for older Australians
From Media Network Weblog. Posted September 24 2007, 11.35am
University of Queensland researchers from the Australasian Centre on Ageing and 4MBS Classic FM are collaborating to develop a new radio service specifically for older Australians. (more)

The big Hug Off at Capital
From Radio Today. Posted August 31 2007, 12.33pm
Capital's Craig Doyle and Xfm's Alex Zane took part in a Hug Off in the Classic FM corridor in front of an over active crowd of radio people recently. The event was hosted by radio legend Simon Bates. Who wins? You'll have to watch it and decide for yourself with the following video footage.. (more)

Tim Marlow Joins Classic FM
From Merry Media. Posted August 29 2007, 12.20am
Tim Marlow joins Classic FM this autumn to host a new 12 part art series that will see him explore the artistic tastes of celebrities including Kirsty Wark, Michael Palin, Quentin Blake and Jon Snow.. (more)

Five presenter joins Classic
From Radio Today. Posted August 28 2007, 8.44am
Five arts presenter Tim Marlow is joining Classic FM to host a series of mini interviews looking at the artistic tastes of eminent celebrities. Michael Palin, Jon Snow, Quentin Blake and Kirsty Wark are among the celebrities confirmed for In The Frame, which is sponsored by The Art Fund. (more)

Classic FM talks visual art
From Media Guardian. Posted August 28 2007, 12.00am
8am: Classic FM has signed Channel Five arts presenter Tim Marlow to host a series exploring 12 celebrities' favourite works of art. By Chris Tryhorn. (more)

Blur's Alex James to present Classic FM show
From Media Guardian. Posted July 19 2007, 12.00am
8am: Classic FM has signed Blur's Alex James to present a show looking at classical music's influence on pop. By John Plunkett. (more)

GCap scoops London bomb story
From Radio Today. Posted July 5 2007, 8.28am
London radio stations owned by GCap Media are claiming they broke the news three hours earlier than their competition about the discovery of a car bomb in Park Lane on Friday. The stations, including Capital 95.8 and Classic FM confirmed the news at 4:45pm. (more)

GCap Media Sign £100,000 Microsoft Office Campaign
From Merry Media. Posted June 22 2007, 12.24am
GCap Media have secured a £100,000 5-week campaign with the 2007 Microsoft Office system that will run across Capital 95.8, Classic FM and XFM.. (more)

Classic FM to air children's stories with star narrators
From Media Guardian. Posted June 12 2007, 12.00am
9.15am: Classic FM is to broadcast a 20-week children's series narrated by Richard E Grant and Harry Enfield as part of a £1m partnership deal with Ford. By Jemima Kiss. (more)

Turnaround time for GCap after profits fall
From The Scotsman. Posted May 30 2007, 11.06pm
RADIO group GCap Media - owner of brands including Xfm in Glasgow, Classic FM and Capital - yesterday underlined the continuing slump in advertising as it announced a 35 per cent drop in annual pre-tax profits, to £14.4 million. GCap immediately said it... (more)

Sonys - final 6 winners
From Radio Today. Posted April 30 2007, 10.08pm
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)

Classic FM in live webcast
From Radio Today. Posted April 16 2007, 1.56pm
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)

Classic FM Secures Promotion
From Merry Media. Posted February 13 2007, 12.50pm
GCap Media’s Classic FM has secured a three-week £135k deal with South African Tourism – the promotion will be South African Tourism’s first significant radio campaign.. (more)

SA Tourism deal for Classic FM
From Radio Today. Posted February 13 2007, 12.34pm
GCap Media station Classic FM has joined forces with South African Tourism for their first major radio campaign in the UK. The promotion will conclude with Henry Kelly giving away a trip to South Africa. The three week deal is worth £135k. (more)

GCap signs with Trafficmaster
From Radio Today. Posted February 7 2007, 4.12pm
GCap Media has signed a new deal which will see travel news from Trafficmaster featured on all 37 stations owned by GCap including Classic FM and Capital Radio. Trafficmaster's network comprises 7,500 sensor sites across the UK, covering 8,000 miles of Britain's motorways and A-roads. (more)

New MD of Classic FM and theJazz
From Merry Media. Posted January 8 2007, 2.07pm
GCap Media has promoted Darren Henley to the position of Managing Director of its flagship national station Classic FM and new DAB station theJazz.. (more)

New MD for Classic FM brand
From Radio Today. Posted January 8 2007, 11.17am
National GCap Media station Classic FM has appointed a new managing director to oversee the station and all associated brands, included recently launched the Jazz. Darren Henley has been promoted from his position of station manager and will take up the new role with immediate effect. (more)

O Holy Night wins radio poll of carols
From Media Guardian. Posted December 23 2006, 12.00am
O Holy Night has retained its place as the nation's favourite Christmas carol in a poll of 37,000 Classic FM listeners. By David Ward. (more)

Dutch Classic FM also on satellite from 18 December
From Media Network Weblog. Posted December 14 2006, 9.53am
Dutch commercial station Classic FM is joining the bouquet of Canal Digitaal Satelliet from Monday 18 December. It will be encoded in Mediaguard2 (and Irdeto2) and will broadcast via Astra 1G as follows: 12515 GHz, Horizontaal (transponder 105), symbol rate: 22000, FEC: 5/6. (more)

Paul McCartney turns Classic FM DJ
From Media Guardian. Posted December 4 2006, 12.00am
4.30pm: Classic FM has announced Paul McCartney will be a guest DJ on Thursday. By Katie Allen. (more)

GCap Media expects 9% decline in revenues
From Brand Republic. Posted September 28 2006, 10.09am
LONDON - Classic FM and Capital Radio group GCap Media is forecasting a 9% drop in total revenues for the six months ending September 30. (more)

GCap gets hip with jazz launch
From Media Guardian. Posted September 19 2006, 12.00am
11.45am: GCap Media is to launch a digital station that will aim to do for jazz what Classic FM has done for classical music. by Chris Tryhorn. (more)

GCap Media value dips below £300m
From Media Guardian. Posted August 8 2006, 12.00am
3.30pm: The value of Capital Radio and Classic FM owner GCap Media sank below £300m for the first time today. By Julia Day. (more)

RAJAR Q2-06 - GCap
From Merry Media. Posted August 3 2006, 2.33pm
Solid audience performance across GCap Media Stations with reach up to 16.3 million listeners and 33% commercial share. Overall commercial listening has increased and GCap remains the largest operator in the commercial radio sector with topline growth across the group. (more)

Kelly in Classic FM comeback
From Media Guardian. Posted August 2 2006, 12.00am
2.45pm: Henry Kelly is to make a surprise return to Classic FM as Sunday morning presenter four years after he was fired. By Ben Dowell. (more)

Classic FM launch record label
From Radio Today. Posted July 11 2006, 1.30pm
GCap Media national station Classic FM is the latest radio station to launch a record label. (more)

Hollywood Glamour for Classic FM
From Radio Today. Posted June 28 2006, 9.15am
The film actor and director Richard E. Grant is to make his radio presenting debut on Classic FM with a brand new programme delving into the lives and the music of Hollywood’s greatest film composers. Richard E. Grant’s Great Movie Composers begins on Sunday, July 23 at 2pm. (more)

Brunel FM appoints Programmer
From Radio Today. Posted June 27 2006, 9.45pm
107.7 Brunel FM, the new local radio station for Swindon launching in late Summer has appointed Andy Beeley as its Programme Controller. Andy joins Brunel FM having spent the last couple of years at radio stations in Canada. (more)

Richard E Grant signed up to present Classic FM show
From Brand Republic. Posted June 27 2006, 1.06pm
LONDON - Richard E Grant, star of 'Withnail & I' and 'How to Get Ahead in Advertising', will make his radio debut on GCap Media's Classic FM presenting a new programme delving into the lives and the music of Hollywood's greatest film composers. (more)

GCap release preliminary results
From Radio Today. Posted May 24 2006, 12.00pm
GCap Media today release their Preliminary Results for the 12 months to 31 March 2006. Their underlying Pro-forma Group Results indicate revenue is down 12.7 per cent at 220.2 million pounds with profit before tax of 22.2 million. (more)

Classic FM launch new charity
From Radio Today. Posted May 2 2006, 6.45am
Classic FM is proud to announce the launch of their new charity which is called Classic FM Music Makers. With the help of listeners, they aim to transform thousands of lives, using classical music. (more)

100th turn-on for Digital One
From Radio Today. Posted April 21 2006, 1.30pm
The world's largest DAB digital radio network, operated by Digital One, turned on its 100th transmitter at Preseli in southwest Wales today. The Preseli transmitter brings national commercial DAB digital radio coverage to more than 140,000 people in the area. (more)

Takeover of Sky Radio group officially completed
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 15 2006, 9.56am
The takeover of the Sky Radio Group by the Telegraaf Media Groep (TMG) and its investment partners has officially been completed, following formal approval being granted by the authorities in the Netherlands and Hessen, Germany. (more)

Veronica increases stake in Sky Radio Group to 10%
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 14 2006, 10.41am
Dutch broadcasting foundation Veronica has increased its stake in the Sky Radio Group from 3.5% to 10%. The move follows the purchase of the group by a consortium including the Telegraaf Media Group (TMG) and some investment partners. (more)

Classic FM puts on Klass act
From Media Guardian. Posted January 27 2006, 11.13am
11.15am: Popstar turned classical pianist Myleene Klass is joining Classic FM as a presenter, with a new Sunday breakfast show launching next month. By Jason Deans. (more)

Darren Henley: My Life In Media
From The Independent. Posted December 31 1969, 11.59pm
Darren Henley, 34, is the managing director of Classic FM and the new national digital radio station, theJazz. He has worked at Classic FM since its launch in 1992, starting as an overnight newsreader. (more)

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