Virgin to become Absolute Radio (Media Guardian)
Virgin Radio is to be relaunched as Absolute Radio with sweeping changes to its schedule and a vastly expanded playlist.

68 years of BBC World Service radio ends in Bulgaria (Media Network Weblog)
The BBC World Service has stopped broadcasting in Bulgaria. The radio station, accessible at 91.0 FM in Sofia, started operations in the country in 1940.

Virgin Radio to become Absolute (BBC News)
Virgin Radio is to be rebranded as Absolute Radio as its Indian owner aims to turn it into a global business.

Spoof advert for Autoglass promoting radio as an advertising medium (Media Guardian)
Spoof advert for Autoglass, featuring actor David Schneider, promoting radio as an advertising medium...

BBC World Service radio ends FM broadcasts in Bulgaria (Media Network Weblog)
SofiaEcho.com reports: The BBC World Service has stopped broadcasting in Bulgaria. The radio station, accessible at 91.0 FM in Sofia, started operations in the country in 1940 [sic].

Ivel and Vale replaced by Midwest (Radio Today)
Former TLRC stations Ivel FM in Somerset and Vale FM in Dorset have been re-launched as Midwest Radio by new owner Chris Carnegy.

Radio’s Often Misunderstood "20-Hour Work Week" (radio.about.com)
A lot of people, especially typical radio listeners, think the people on-the-air work 4 hours-a-day because that's how long their radio show is. Well, the 20-hour Radio work week is...

Tesco blogger finds Radiohead Fresh & Easy listening (Daily Telegraph)
Radiohead and Fresh & Easy. One is a hugely successful alternative rock band from Oxfordshire, the other is Tesco's as yet unproven US grocery chain.

Star Radio Cheltenham sees Red (Radio Today)
A brand new radio station for Cheltenham and Tewkesbury is set to launch as Red 107.5 takes over from Star Radio.

Commercial radio revenue falls 10% as credit crunch bites (Media Guardian)
Commercial radio revenue in the UK fell more than 10% year on year in the second quarter of 2008, with the biggest fall in national advertising.