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Q Radio - news archive

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

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)

Fashionable young women form the vanguard of Q Radio
From The Independent. Posted June 2 2008, 12.00am
"If you were looking at Q you might expect the show to be presented by a 40-year-old white man with a beard and a passion for guitars," says Ric Blaxill, when talking about the flagship programme of Q Radio, which launches today with a full schedule of presenters. (more)

David Quantick to get own show in Q Radio launch
From Media Guardian. Posted May 30 2008, 6.25am
David Quantick, the writer behind Grumpy Old Men and Harry Hill's TV Burp, is to get his own radio show next month with the launch of Q Radio. By Jemima Kiss (more)

David Quantick to get own show in Q Radio relaunch
From Media Guardian. Posted May 30 2008, 6.25am
David Quantick, the writer behind Grumpy Old Men and Harry Hill's TV Burp, is to get his own radio show next month with the relaunch of Q Radio. By Jemima Kiss (more)

Coldplay to join Q's Samanthi
From Radio Today. Posted May 29 2008, 12.26pm
The re-launch of Bauer's Q Radio will be hyped up with an exclusive interview between evening show presenter Samanthi and Coldplay. (more)

More flock to Q Radio
From Radio Today. Posted May 22 2008, 12.19am
Media journalist Anthony Barnes has been appointed as online editor across Bauer's Q brand in advance of the re-launch of Q Radio. (more)

Q Radio lines up Kane, Piller for relaunch
From Digital Spy. Posted May 19 2008, 3.37pm
Russell Kane and Eddie Piller have signed up to be two of the first DJs on Q Radio. (more)

More line up for Q Radio
From Radio Today. Posted May 19 2008, 12.48pm
Jazz records founder Eddie Piller and acclaimed young stand-up comic Russell Kane from BBC Radio 2 and Big Brother's Big Mouth are to join all new Q Radio which launches on June 2nd. (more)

Samanthi helps Q re-launch
From Radio Today. Posted May 13 2008, 10.00pm
Former Xfm and BBC 2 presenter Samanthi will help establish Bauer's newest station Q Radio when it re-launches on June 2nd, by hosting a daily flagship show.The re-modeled station will kick off with an exclusive show by REM featuring 15 of their favourite tracks. (more)

Q Radio marks relaunch with REM special
From Media Guardian. Posted May 13 2008, 7.53am
Bauer Radio's digital station Q Radio will relaunch next month with an exclusive show from REM. By John Plunkett (more)

Bauer to bring more mag titles to radio
From Digital Spy. Posted February 11 2008, 1.59pm
Bauer Radio plans to relaunch Q Radio and bring more of its magazine titles to the airwaves. (more)

River Media buys into Q Network
From Radio Today. Posted July 3 2006, 12.00pm
River Media, along with the Alpha Newspaper Group and the Irish News have announced the purchase of the Q radio network. Together, the consortium has a number of regional media interests in Mid-Ulster - and this new deal is said to be worth millions of Euros. River Media are a becoming a major player in radio in Northrn Ireland, having recently won the new licence for Newry in June, and Ballymene last year. (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)