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Paul Howlett's TV film picks: Reign Over Me | Galaxy Quest | To Kill a King
From Media Guardian. Posted June 4 2008, 12.41am
Paul Howlett recommends Reign Over Me | Galaxy Quest | To Kill a King (more)

Intelsat announces successful launch of Galaxy 18
From Media Network Weblog. Posted May 21 2008, 3.42pm
Intelsat announced today that at 5:43 am EDT the Galaxy 18 satellite was successfully launched aboard a Sea Launch Zenit-3SL rocket. The satellite, built by Space Systems/Loral, will operate from 123 degrees west and serve programmers, government and corporate broadband customers in the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Galaxy 18 will join Intelsat’s [...] (more)

Dixie replaces Ditchy at Real
From Radio Today. Posted May 7 2008, 9.37pm
Former Galaxy Yorkshire and Hallam FM presenter Dixie is joining GMG Radio to host the drivetime show on Real Radio Yorkshire, replacing David Ditchfield. (more)

EXCLUSIVE: Full Sky Digital EPG listings after reshuffle
From Biz Asia. Posted April 24 2008, 11.52am
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. Sky plans to implement a marketing campaign through a number of different media prior to the changes taking place in order to inform viewers of the changes. The new channel line up is currently scheduled to be implemented on a genre by genre basis between 05:00 and 08:00 on the dates specified below. 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LBC and Galaxy go travelling
From Radio Today. Posted April 17 2008, 11.08am
Global Radio is to launch a series of interactive travel initiatives across 97.3 LBC and its Galaxy stations, involving travel editor of The Independent, Simon Calder. (more)

Galaxy Radio launches user-generated programme
From UTalk Marketing. Posted April 17 2008, 10.00am
Listeners take over airwaves (more)

Galaxy changes made official
From Radio Today. Posted April 11 2008, 1.19pm
Ofcom have granted Global Radio's request to increase the number of hours during which their Galaxy stations can broadcast network programming. However Galaxy in Birmingham will still have to carry different programming throughout the day, to stay within the terms of its format. (more)

Global Radio goes national in cost-cutting drive
From The Times. Posted April 8 2008, 4.31pm
Global Radio is planning to nationalise programming as part of its biggest shake-up at its Heart and Galaxy networks since it acquired the former Chrysalis stations last year. (more)

Local shows scrapped at Global
From Radio Today. Posted April 8 2008, 2.35pm
Global Radio have announced major changes to their Heart and Galaxy networks. Weekday mid-morning and afternoon programming will be networked as well as other programmes across the weekend. Comments by chief executive Ashley Tabor suggest the newly acquired One Network will see similar changes. (more)

Local shows reduced at Global
From Radio Today. Posted April 8 2008, 2.35pm
Global Radio have announced major changes to their Heart and Galaxy networks. Weekday mid-morning and afternoon programming will be networked as well as other programmes across the weekend. Comments by chief executive Ashley Tabor suggest the newly acquired One Network will see similar changes. (more)

New owners Global Radio cut Heart and Galaxy local shows
From Media Guardian. Posted April 8 2008, 1.06pm
Global Radio is to slash local programming at its Heart and Galaxy networks in the biggest shakeup since it bought the stations last year. By John Plunkett (more)

Radio analysis: The Global shake-up
From Media Guardian. Posted April 6 2008, 11.02pm
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, 7.06pm
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. The deal will bring together Global’s Heart and Galaxy brands with GCap’s national Classic FM and network of commercial radio stations across Britain including Capital 95.8 FM [...] (more)

Galaxy Radio ?Love Music Love March?
From UTalk Marketing. Posted February 29 2008, 3.23pm
New brand campaign (more)

Galaxy offers Kylie tickets
From Radio Today. Posted February 29 2008, 12.15pm
Global Radio is set to push the Galaxy network in a high-profile awareness campaign, with competitions and prizes including a trip to see Kylie Minogue in Paris. (more)

Global told to make mind up
From Radio Today. Posted January 31 2008, 2.28pm
Global Radio have been set a deadline to decide whether they will make a further offer for the UK's biggest commercial radio group, GCap Media. It follows a takeover attempt in December - now the City have told Heart and Galaxy owners Global that they have until 5 March to make a new bid, otherwise they'll have to wait at least another six months. (more)

LBC celebrates, Galaxy tumbles
From Radio Today. Posted January 31 2008, 8.58am
While Heart 106.2 and Magic 105.4 argue over who wears London's commercial crown, there's another success story for Global Radio in the city. LBC 97.3 has achieved its best ever market share, best ever average hours and best reach in nearly two years. (more)

Matt Wilkins joins Radio City
From Radio Today. Posted January 29 2008, 2.51pm
Former Galaxy Yorkshire presenter Matt Wilkins has joined Radio City to host a brand new late night show. (more)

Galaxy scraps digital-only shows
From Media Guardian. Posted January 21 2008, 5.15pm
Global Radio's digital dance station Galaxy is to stop broadcasting its own standalone output and simulcast content from its network of regional FM stations. By John Plunkett (more)

Global changes at Galaxy
From Radio Today. Posted January 21 2008, 12.40pm
Global Radio is changing the concept of Galaxy Digital to offer listeners more live programming. The output of Galaxy on DAB in areas without an FM service, along with Sky and Virgin Media, will be a relay of programmes from one of the four analogue Galaxy stations in Manchester, Yorkshire, Newcastle and Birmingham. (more)

Global Radio in �300m takeover bid for GCap
From The Independent. Posted January 7 2008, 1.20am
Global Radio, whose stations include Heart and Galaxy, has made a takeover bid for GCap Media which would value the company at more than �300m. (more)

Global Radio in £300m takeover bid for GCap
From The Independent. Posted January 7 2008, 12.00am
Global Radio, whose stations include Heart and Galaxy, has made a takeover bid for GCap Media which would value the company at more than £300m. (more)

CCTV-9 to discontinue Galaxy-3C satellite service to North America
From Media Network Weblog. Posted December 21 2007, 11.34am
China Central Television (CCTV) will stop broadcasting CCTV-9 (its 24-hour English language service) to North America via the Galaxy-3C satellite from January 1, 2008. Instead, audiences in North America can receive CCTV’s programmes through the Echostar Satellite LLC Dish Network platform in the United States or Rogers Cabke Communications in Canada respectively. (Source: CCTV) (more)

Ofcom raps Galaxy for F-word rant
From Media Guardian. Posted December 17 2007, 1.17pm
Ofcom has censured a Manchester radio station after a DJ's four-letter rant was inadvertently broadcast on air. By John Plunkett (more)

Galaxy 102 found in breach
From Radio Today. Posted December 17 2007, 10.41am
Breakfast presenter Rob Ellis and Galaxy Manchester have been found in breach of regulator Ofcom's rules, following the broadcast of an off-air conversation, in which Ellis used "the most offensive language... when children are likely to be listening." (more)

Marketing director Nick Button leaves Capital
From thenoise.co.uk. Posted December 14 2007, 11.46am
Capital 95.8 marketing director Nick Button is leaving the station at the end of the year after 12 months in the job. He will not be replaced. Button joined the GCap London station in January, after defecting from Emap rival Kiss 100. He previously spent five years at Chrysalis Radio as the Galaxy Network brand marketing director. Capital [...] (more)

My Life in Media: John Lloyd
From The Independent. Posted November 26 2007, 1.35am
J hn Lloyd, 56, is the co-creator of QI - now in its fifth series and currently airing on Friday nights on BBC2. An acclaimed writer and radio and television producer, his list of credits include creating long-running radio series Quote ... Unquote, The News Huddlines and The News Quiz and TV comedy hits Not The Nine O'Clock News, Blackadder and Spitting Image (which he co-originated). Lloyd also co-wrote the first series of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy with his friend the late Douglas Adams. Since 1987 he has directed commercials including campaigns for Boddingtons, Barclaycard and Phileas Fogg. In 1999 Lloyd set up Quite Interesting Ltd ? a company dedicated to making life less boring in all media. Lloyd is the co-author of The QI Annual, published this month, and The Book of Animal Ignorance. He lives in Oxfordshire with his wife Sarah and three children. (more)

Sweet music for Chrysalis
From The Scotsman. Posted November 21 2007, 1.00am
Chrysalis said a string of upcoming releases from artists David Gray, Gnarls Barkley and Feeder would help offset a "weak" first half for the music group. The firm, which recently sold its Heart and Galaxy radio business for �170 million, said albums... (more)

First full day at NAB Europe
From Radio Today. Posted November 6 2007, 9.18am
Back in Barcelona, and the first full day of the NAB conference showed how diverse this event is – I’ve seen people from more countries than I knew Europe had.. and a few that certainly aren’t European. As well as a fair stock of Americans, there’s delegates from the Middle East and even New Zealand here – the latter including Vaughan Hobbs, formerly of Heart and Galaxy, but now wearing the badge for NZ network More FM. (more)

WRN signs contract with Rainbow Radio for North America digital satellite coverage
From Media Network Weblog. Posted October 30 2007, 1.48pm
WRN, the UK-based television and radio transmission company, has signed a contract with Rainbow Radio to start broadcasting the station across North America via the Galaxy 25 digital satellite. Rainbow Radio, which describes itself as “the premier-licensed Ghanaian/West African commercial radio”, is currently broadcasting across the UK and Ireland on Sky, channel 0207. Mac Amoah, CEO, [...] (more)

Rainbow Radio expands coverage
From Radio Today. Posted October 29 2007, 12.22pm
Rainbow Radio is extending its transmission area from the UK and Ireland on Sky 0207, to include North America via the Galaxy 25 digital satellite. The west-African orientated station is receiving support from UK transmission company WRN to help further enhance their American presence. (more)

Will Galaxy or Kiss survive
From Radio Today. Posted October 26 2007, 4.58pm
Speculation is continuing about who will buy Emap - if anyone. A report in The Times suggets Global Radio are cash rich enough to buy the entire division, which would result in room for only one youth brand. But would it be Kiss or Galaxy which survives. (more)

Global tipped to buy Kiss stations from Emap in youth push
From Media Guardian. Posted October 26 2007, 2.14pm
Global Radio is likely to buy the Kiss radio stations from Emap and merge it with its own Galaxy brand, a leading media agency has predicted. By Caitlin Fitzsimmons. (more)

Global enjoys static results
From Radio Today. Posted October 25 2007, 8.37am
New kids on the block Global Radio are continuing to enjoy the results experienced by Chrysalis with a slight increase in listening habits to the groups Heart and Galaxy networks. However the weekly reach for LBC shows a drop of 51,000 listeners this quarter. (more)

New marketing push for Galaxy
From Radio Today. Posted September 17 2007, 8.17am
Global Radio is starting a new advertising campaign designed to push the station into the national spotlight. The six figure campaign, which will include press, online and viral marketing, launches today in titles such as The Daily Star and Reveal magazine. (more)

Five executives axed as Global Radio restructures
From Brand Republic. Posted September 14 2007, 4.10pm
LONDON - The axe has fallen on five top executives at Global Radio, owner of LBC, Heart and Galaxy, in a major management shakeout aimed at streamlining decision-making at the group. (more)

Job cuts at Global Radio
From Radio Today. Posted September 13 2007, 12.45pm
Senior bosses at Global Radio have announced a management shake up which will see Heart MD Barnaby Dawe, LBC MD David Lloyd, Galaxy MD Martyn Healy, Heart PD Francis Currie and the Heart marketing director Tina Finch all being made redundant. (more)

Hirsty gets a week off
From Radio Today. Posted September 13 2007, 12.14pm
Simon Hirst and his breakfast team have suspended by Galaxy 105 management following an on-air discussion about trophy souvenirs. The drastic action follows a listener complaint about the team apparently condoning anti-social behaviour. (more)

Galaxy breakfast team suspended
From thenoise.co.uk. Posted September 13 2007, 12.14pm
The entire breakfast team at Galaxy 105 in Yorkshire has been suspended after a listener complaint about a discussion on drunken stealing. Breakfast presenter Simon Hirst and co-hosts Danny and Jojo were taken off the air for a week after their show on Monday morning. It is understood that the complaint came from a woman who was [...] (more)

Galaxy heralds Manchester 'Robellution'
From Brand Republic. Posted September 3 2007, 2.10pm
MANCHESTER - Global Radio's Galaxy station in Manchester has launched a multichannel campaign centred around its breakfast show with DJ Rob Ellis. (more)

Global takeover complete
From Radio Today. Posted July 30 2007, 5.02pm
Global Radio has finalised its takeover of the Heart, Galaxy and LBC brands from previous owners Chrysalis. Shareholders have approve the deal to sell the radio stations to Global for £170m in total. The deal was brokered last month after Chrysalis reviewed its radio portfolio and decided to sell. (more)

Intelsat Galaxy 17 satellite operational
From Media Network Weblog. Posted July 23 2007, 1.17pm
Intelsat has announced that its new Galaxy 17 satellite is fully operational and providing services. The satellite, built by Thales Alenia Space and launched by Arianespace on 4 May, arrived at 74.05°W on Thursday, 5 July and Intelsat took control of the satellite from Thales Alenia Space on Friday, 6 July. Galaxy 17 will eventually be [...] (more)

Comic legends join Radio 4
From Radio Today. Posted July 16 2007, 3.59pm
Harry Enfield and Andrew Sachs head the line-up for a new BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Douglas Adams' novel Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. Harry will play the title role in the 6-part series to be broadcast later this year. It will be produced by the man behind Adams' radio remake of The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy, Dirk Maggs. (more)

Richard Park joins Global
From Radio Today. Posted July 3 2007, 4.47pm
Former Capital Radio boss Richard Park is set to join Global Radio in a new role as Executive Director. Global are currently in the process of buying LBC, Galaxy and Heart radio stations from Chrysalis for £170m. The Irish-backed acquisition vehicle is headed by former ITV chief Charles Allen. (more)

Radio daze
From The Times. Posted June 26 2007, 12.00am
Chris Wright set up Chrysalis in 1967, but for all the success in signing Blondie or Bowie, keeping the City happy has been harder. The record label went in the 1980s; the television production arm was offloaded a decade later. Now the Heart-to-Galaxy radio business has gone, again amid investor pressure, led by the fast-quipping Andy Brough of Schroders – although with the shares off 23 per cent since the sale process began the result has underwhelmed. (more)

Chrysalis sells radio stations
From The Scotsman. Posted June 25 2007, 11.15am
RADIO stations including Heart and Galaxy were today sold for �170 million to a group led by former ITV chief executive Charles Allen. (more)

170m for Chrysalis Radio
From Radio Today. Posted June 25 2007, 7.15am
The proposed sale of Chrysalis Radio has been announced this morning. A new investment company, Global Radio, is set to take over Heart, LBC and Galaxy for £170m. The news follows much industry speculation, after a strategic review was announced in February. (more)

Breakfast changes at Galaxy
From Radio Today. Posted June 21 2007, 9.01am
Wes Butters (more)

Classic FM in �1m Deal with Ford Galaxy
From Merry Media. Posted June 12 2007, 3.27pm
Classic FM has teamed up with Ford Galaxy in a £1 million campaign. The twenty-week deal will see the launch of a brand new programme - Ford Galaxy of Stories - which will air every Sunday from 4-5pm from June 17th.. (more)

Classic FM in £1m Ford deal
From Radio Today. Posted June 12 2007, 8.05am
Classic FM has signed a one million pound deal with Ford for a series of radio programmes, to run for 20 weeks on the national GCap station. Various celebrities including Richard E.Grant and Harry Enfield will narrate the weekly one-hour show named Ford Galaxy of Stories. (more)

Local Radio DJs do a runner
From Radio Today. Posted May 18 2007, 10.15am
Several Northwest radio presenters and station staff are getting ready to go head to head against each other in this weekend's Great Manchester Run. Amongst those represented are Key 103, Galaxy, Smooth, Wire FM and XFM Manchester. Three former Century NW breakfast jocks will compete against each other too - Darren Proctor, Tony Horne and Andy Crane. (more)

Galaxy offers a Rough Guide
From Radio Today. Posted May 11 2007, 9.18am
Chrysalis-owned Galaxy Radio is set to produce a series of holiday podcasts for listeners to download. It's all part of an advertising deal with Rough Guides, which will air on Galaxy stations, in Manchester, Birmingham, Yorkshire and the North East. (more)

Chrysalis emits positive signal on radio revenue
From The Scotsman. Posted March 21 2007, 11.50am
MEDIA company Chrysalis, which owns the Heart and Galaxy radio station brands, said trading during its first half had met expectations and its radio and music businesses were set to outperform their sectors over the full year. (more)

Chrysalis trading well
From Radio Today. Posted March 21 2007, 8.03am
Heart and Galaxy owners Chrysalis have announced trading during its first half of the year is broadly in line with the Board’s expectations, and that both radio and music businesses remain well placed to outperform the sectors in which they operate. Meanwhile the 'review' is still going well. (more)

Chrysalis revenues on the up
From Media Guardian. Posted February 5 2007, 12.00am
10.15am: Heart and Galaxy owner Chrysalis has reported a recovery in its radio revenues. By Chris Tryhorn. (more)

RAJAR Q4-06 - Chrysalis Radio
From Merry Media. Posted February 1 2007, 2.09pm
Chrysalis Radio, comprising the Heart, LBC and Galaxy networks, has recorded its highest ever weekly audience reach and listening hours in the Q4 2006 Rajar survey.. (more)

More cats are listening longer
From Radio Today. Posted December 27 2006, 8.59am
The internet radio station for cats, Cat Galaxy, has passed the two million audience mark. Although the station is controlled by humans, cats around the world are making Cat Galaxy their station of choice whilst they are surfing the web. (more)

Intelsat changes the names of 16 satellites
From Media Network Weblog. Posted December 4 2006, 1.20pm
As of 1 February 2007, Intelsat will change the names of 16 of its 51 satellites. The name change is part of the integration process, following the recent merger with PanAmSat. The changes being implemented are the following”: Galaxy (G) replaces the Intelsat Americas (IA) brand Intelsat (IS) replaces the PanAmSat brand (PAS) Unique or joint venture satellites, such as SBS-6, [...] (more)

3 teams up with Galaxy to push music store
From Brand Republic. Posted November 3 2006, 11.11am
LONDON - Mobile operator 3 kicks off a radio push for its 3MusicStore tomorrow including a promotion and ads on Chrysalis's dance and R'n'B music network Galaxy. (more)

Chrysalis on crest of a wave
From The Scotsman. Posted November 1 2006, 12.47pm
HEART and Galaxy radio group Chrysalis said today it had overcome a challenging year for the media industry to deliver on targets set a year ago. (more)

�10.8m Chrysalis earnings
From The Scotsman. Posted November 1 2006, 12.47pm
HEART and Galaxy radio group Chrysalis said today it had overcome a challenging year to deliver on targets set a year ago. (more)

Chrysalis doubles profits
From Radio Today. Posted November 1 2006, 7.52am
Chrysalis, owners of the Heart, LBC and Galaxy radio brands have reported an increase in profits , and the appointment of Jorgen Larsen as an Independent Non Executive Director.Heart 106.2 is the number one commercial radio station in London, and in the last 12 months has extended to the East Midlands with the purchase of Century 106. (more)

Radio results lift Chrysalis
From Media Guardian. Posted September 20 2006, 1.00am
9.45am: Heart and Galaxy owner Chrysalis said today its radio division was outperforming the market. By Chris Tryhorn. (more)

Emap marketing boss joins GCap
From Radio Today. Posted September 14 2006, 9.15am
The marketing director of the new Kiss network is set to leave Emap less than a year into the role, to take up a similar position with Gcap Media at Capital Radio. Nick Button will take up his new post in the new year, replacing Carl Lyons who left Capital in May. Nick was previously at Chrysalis Radio where he had been for five years as brand marketing director for the Galaxy Network (more)

New board member at Chrysalis
From Radio Today. Posted August 31 2006, 12.00pm
Chrysalis Group, owners of Heart and Galaxy radio brands around the UK have appointed Jeremy Lascelles, CEO of Chrysalis Music, as a Main Board Director. He takes up his new position tomorrow (1st September). Jeremy joined Chrysalis in 1994 as Managing Director of Chrysalis Music. He was promoted to Chief Executive of the Music Division in 2001 and has presided over the significant growth in the Division's Net Publisher's Share, which has increased from �3.2m in 1994 to �10.7m in 2005. Chrysalis Music was the UK's No 1 Independent Music Publisher in 2005 by market share. (more)

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

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

A solid year for Chrysalis
From Radio Today. Posted August 3 2006, 8.30am
The Q2 2006 Rajar results, released today, once again show a solid year on year performance for Chrysalis Radio. The Heart Network remains the UK's No 1 ILR brand, with Heart 106.2, in the key London market, increasing its share from 5.0% to 6.1% year on year. Galaxy continues to be the UK's largest commercial radio network for young adults with 2.5m listeners. (more)

Spoony to leave BBC Radio 1
From Radio Today. Posted July 28 2006, 3.15pm
Spoony has decided to leave BBC Radio 1 to explore other offers, including hosting programmes on BBC Five Live. Spoony currently hosts the weekend breakfast show from 7 - 10am and has been with the station for six years, but now feels it is time to move on. Previously Spoony has worked on commercial stations Kiss 100 and Galaxy. (more)

Brunel FM appoints Programmer
From Radio Today. Posted June 27 2006, 10.45pm
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. Prior to his stint overseas, Andy was Station Manager of Country 1035 in London. With over 16 years experience working in radio, Andy has worked at radio stations as diverse as Choice FM and Classic FM with stops at Severn Sound, Chiltern Radio, Galaxy Radio, 603 Radio and Mix 107. (more)

PanAmSat successfully launches Galaxy 16
From Media Network Weblog. Posted June 18 2006, 1.46pm
PanAmSat announced today that its Galaxy 16 satellite had successfully soared into space at 12:50 a.m. ET. Launched into orbit by Sea Launch, Galaxy 16 is the 24th satellite in PanAmSat’s fleet and its 11th over the United States. The satellite, to be located at 99 degrees west longitude, will replace Galaxy 4R. This is [...] (more)

Sea Launch prepares to launch Galaxy 16 satellite
From Media Network Weblog. Posted June 6 2006, 2.25pm
The Odyssey Launch Platform and the Sea Launch Commander have departed Home Port in Long Beach, California, in preparation for Sea Launch's third mission of the year, the launch of PanAmSat's Galaxy 16 communications satellite. The Sea Launch team is working toward liftoff at the opening of a two-hour launch window, at 12:50 am Pacific Daylight Time (07:50 GMT) on 17 June. The Sea Launch vessels (more)

Ex-Chrysalis boss joins United
From Radio Today. Posted May 24 2006, 2.00pm
Programming and training consultant Jim Hicks is joining consultancy organisation United Radio as an Associate. One of his most recent roles was as Group Programme Director for Chrysalis Radio which he took up in 2000 where he steered strategy and helped develop the programme management team and key on air talent. Jim Hicks boasts 25 years of experience in radio both in the UK and overseas. In 2005 Jim launched Purely Radio offering management consultancy, training and coaching for executives and key on air talent in the radio industry. Jim continues to work closely with Chrysalis Radio brands such as Heart, Galaxy and LBC. (more)

Galaxy 16 communications satellite to launch in June
From Media Network Weblog. Posted May 18 2006, 3.31pm
Sea Launch, the world's sole company to orbit satellites from a pad in equatorial waters, will send an American satellite into space in June, the international consortium said today. Sea Launch said a Russian-made Zenit-3SL carrier rocket would orbit the Galaxy 16 communications satellite. "Sea Launch is now preparing for the launch of the Galaxy 16 communications satellite, in June," the company (more)

Chrysalis radio revenues slide
From Media Guardian. Posted February 9 2006, 10.34am
10.30am: Heart and Galaxy owner Chrysalis has suffered a 2% decline in radio revenues, the company said today. By Chris Tryhorn. (more)

Xfm announce Manchester launch
From Radio Today. Posted January 30 2006, 11.15am
The date has been set for the launch of the Manchester's newest radio station. 97.7 Xfm will launch on March 15th 2006 and will feature an impressive line-up including Andy Rourke and Tony Wilson at weekends. The daytime line up includes Comedian Paul Tonkinson on breakfast and former-Rock FM jock Mark Kaye on afternoon drive. Clint Boon, who has been presenting the mid-morning show on The Revolution in Oldham will host the weekday evening show called Music:Response whilst former Galaxy 102 Breakfast jock Adam Cole will also form part of the line-up. (more)

John Dash joins UTV as Group PD
From Radio Today. Posted January 16 2006, 11.46am
John Dash will join UTV Radio this month as ILR Group Programme Director with responsibility for programming across UTV�s 17 local radio stations in the UK. With more than 25 years experience in commercial radio, John is one of the industry�s most experienced programmers. A graduate of Bradford University, John was formerly programme director at Red Dragon in Cardiff, Key 103 in Manchester, Galaxy 101 in Bristol and most recently at Wave 105 on the south coast which won the accolade of �Commercial Station of the Year� in 2004. (more)

Charles Allen buys Heart and Galaxy
From The Times. Posted January 1 1970, 12.59am
Chrysalis has agreed a £170 million deal to offload its radio stations to an investment group headed by Charles Allen, the former chief executive of ITV. (more)