Clare Balding to front her first radio show on Radio 2

Former Mix 96 and Heart jock joins MKFM
From Radio Today. Posted 20 May 2013, 09:23
Community radio station MKFM has hired former Chiltern/Heart 97.6, BBC Three Counties and Mix 96 presenter Gaz Wesley for breakfast.... (more)

BBC Radio 1's Nick Grimshaw stumbles as it turns to age-old strategies
From Torin Douglas's Media Brief. Posted 20 May 2013, 08:21
David Hepworth in the Guardian looks at the drop in Radio 1 listening since Nick Grimshaw took over the Breakfast Show. "It's been noted that these are the most pronounced falls since Matthew Bannister took over at Radio 1 in 1993 and aimed to shake off its unfortunate image. (more)

TalkTalk extends X Factor deal
From Media Guardian. Posted 19 May 2013, 19:34
Telecoms company to retain ITV's primetime talent show as key part of its marketing campaign in the UK (more)

BBC Radio 1's Nick Grimshaw stumbles as it turns to age-old strategies
From Media Guardian. Posted 19 May 2013, 18:00
David Hepworth: The station's bosses are focused on attracting a younger audience – but kids today have many more places to find music (more)

Grace and Mary by Melvyn Bragg – review
From Media Guardian. Posted 19 May 2013, 12:00
Melvyn Bragg's latest novel is an insightful, moving tale of ageing and our helplessness in the face of dementia, writes Alex Preston (more)

New research, new broadcasters - Radio 3 announces Next Generation Thinkers
From BBC Media Centre. Posted 19 May 2013, 09:55
After a nationwide search, BBC Radio 3 and the Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) have today unveiled the ten academics that have been named New Generation Thinkers 2013.... (more)

Should John Humphrys have won an award for savaging his own boss?
From Media Guardian. Posted 19 May 2013, 00:05
Peter Preston: The BBC's inquisitor was honoured for his dissection of George Entwistle. But why do director generals put themselves through it? (more)

Rewind radio: Sony awards; The Danny Baker Show; PM; Cerys on 6 – review
From Media Guardian. Posted 18 May 2013, 18:00
Danny Baker, Eddie Mair and Cerys Matthews were deserving winners at last week's Sony awards, writes Miranda Sawyer (more)

Pensioner, 75, found in his flat TWO YEARS after he died with Classic FM still playing
From Daily Mail. Posted 17 May 2013, 21:37
Konstantinos Georgakopolos, 75, was only discovered two years after his death when bailiffs forced their way into his house in Kent (pictured second along) to recover unpaid solicitors' fees.... (more)

Dambusters anniversary: Chris Evans given trip in Britain's only airworthy Lancaster
From Daily Mail. Posted 17 May 2013, 21:33
Radio presenter Chris Evans today flew in the iconic Lancaster bomber(pictured) to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Dambusters raid. (more)