http://www.mediauk.com/ Radio news feed en-gb This compilation copyright 1994-2010 Media UK; individual stories with contributors Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:40:33 +0000 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:40:33 +0000 http://www.mediauk.com/article/4733 Media UK wizardry admin@mediauk.com (Not At All Bad Ltd) 10 http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/98846?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=rss_newsfeeds&utm_campaign=XML Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:19:56 +0000 Channel M Television are to move into GMG Radio's head offices in Salford Quays, joining their flagship Real, Smooth and Rock Radio stations.The four staff will move in to Laser House to oversee the schedule, manage the transmitter and Freeview multiplex business. http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/98846 http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/98835?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=rss_newsfeeds&utm_campaign=XML Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:30:28 +0000 BBC presenter Shaun Keaveny turned his show over to The Archers theme today after a bungle meant listeners to the Radio 4 rural soap heard three minutes of rock tunes last night. http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/98835 http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/98829?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=rss_newsfeeds&utm_campaign=XML Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:26:00 +0000 Radio 5 Live's move to the new BBC headquarters in Salford has reportedly been delayed three months. http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/98829 http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/98857?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=rss_newsfeeds&utm_campaign=XML Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:26:00 +0000 Radio 5 Live's move to the new BBC headquarters in Salford has reportedly been delayed three months. http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/98857 http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/98820?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=rss_newsfeeds&utm_campaign=XML Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:06:32 +0000 Sport Relief 2010 promises Match of the Day does Masterchef and Dragons Den does Strictly. What other gems are in store? • Not donated yet? Click here to give to Sports ReliefGird your loins for a telly marathon, ladies and gentlemen, because tonight is Sport Relief 2010! From 7pm on BBC1 tonight we are promised a stellar cast of sports stars and celebrities getting over-excitable in the name of charity. Some will sing, some will dance, many will just make complete fools of themselves while looking mildly uncomfortable. But it's all for an excellent cause, and expected to raise close to £20million for vulnerable people in the UK and the world's poorest countries.For those in any way confused, Sport Relief is the same as Comic Relief, only with a bit more sport and fewer red noses. The event, which has been running since 2002, has spawned several extra heads in the shape of one-off shows and celebrities pushing the boundaries of human endurance. In 2006 David Walliams swam the channel, this year Christine Bleakley waterskied it, not to mention Eddie Izzard's epic 43 marathons in 51 days and the four-day celebrity cycle from John O'Groats to Land's End. Regardless of how you feel about charity telethons, you can't deny that these are achievements, which have raised millions, are pretty impressive. Next year: James Corden will crawl across the Sahara on his hands and knees, dragging Davina McCall and Fearne Cotton behind him. OK, no, I made that up, but a girl can still dream.Two years ago, we we were treated to the frankly bizarre Top Gear does Ground Force, in which Jeremy Clarkson and his cronies completely trashed Steve Redgrave's garden. He was absolutely livid, it was all a bit embarrassing, and as far as I can tell this is not in the schedule for this year's show. I am, however, a bit more gutted about the absence of Sport Relief does The Apprentice – Alan 'Baron' Sugar is currently poking his pointy finger into Gordon Brown's enterprise scheme, so it has been decided he probably shouldn't be on the telly in case this makes us all run out and vote Labour or something.We are, however, promised much telly hilarity in the form of various TV couplings such as Match of The Day does Masterchef (which could be very amusing), and Dragon's Den does Strictly Come Dancing (which almost certainly won't be). James Corden is meeting various sports stars in the guise of Smithy from Gavin & Stacey, but hopefully not taking part in something called The Naked Mile, in which "Stars and members of the public run a mile, naked". There are also special episodes of Walk on The Wild Side, Mock The Week, Outnumbered and Ashes To Ashes and The One Show. There is no celebrity boxing this year, unless you count the joyous Katy Brand taking on Joe Calzaghe. I don't fancy his chances, frankly.Other than that, I really have no idea what the evening holds in store, but I do know that I'll be liveblogging a large chunk of it from 7pm. Not sure what time we'll wrap up – probably around 10.30pm, or when the comment box has deserted me, or when my fingers seize up, or when Fearne Cotton turns up – whichever comes first. It should be fun - see you at 7!BBCCharitiesCelebrityHeidi Stephensguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/98820 http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/98813?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=rss_newsfeeds&utm_campaign=XML Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:18:02 +0000 The BBC apologises after Radio 4 listeners heard a song played on digital station 6 Music. http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/98813 http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/98819?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=rss_newsfeeds&utm_campaign=XML Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:57:35 +0000 The University of Glasgow has suspended a programme on its student radio station Subcity, and removed details of the show from the station's website.It comes after the last edition of "Party Party", transmitted between 2100 and 2200 GMT on Sunday night. During the programme the presenters claimed to be drinking a litre of tequila, used numerous swear words and explicitly discussed sexual activities. The station manager is carrying out an investigation into the broadcast. Though the presenters promoted the responsible drinking website Drinkaware once, they repeatedly encouraged listeners to drink a shot of spirits for every tune they played. One broadcaster recounted how he had threatened violence, and considered using a knife or spanner, against a group of men he suspected of throwing drink at him in an Edinburgh club. http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/98819 http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/98782?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=rss_newsfeeds&utm_campaign=XML Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:57:26 +0000 Travis Baxter has been appointed as a Consultant for Content and External Affairs Director at Bauer Media, reporting to Dee Ford. He will work with Ric Blaxhill and Regional MDs to develop compelling content for their stations across the UK and continue to support Bauer with external trade bodies and in its Public Affairs lobbying efforts. http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/98782 http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/98776?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=rss_newsfeeds&utm_campaign=XML Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:53:38 +0000 The BBC Radio 3 DJ Charlie Gillett died yesterday in a London hospital. http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/98776 http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/98772?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=rss_newsfeeds&utm_campaign=XML Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:26:35 +0000 The University of Glasgow has suspended a Sunday show on student station Subcity, after featuring a litre of tequila, numerous swear words and explicit discussions on sexual activities.The ‘Party Party’ show, broadcast for on hour on Sunday night at 9pm, has been suspended while the station manager carries out an investigation. http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/98772 http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/98730?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=rss_newsfeeds&utm_campaign=XML Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:50:49 +0000 BBC presenter Shaun Keaveny turned his show over to The Archers theme today after a bungle meant listeners to the Radio 4 rural soap heard three minutes of rock tunes last night. http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/98730 http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/98721?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=rss_newsfeeds&utm_campaign=XML Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:37:13 +0000 BBC Radio has apologised for a technical problem which replaced the output of Radio 4 with that of 6 Music.It comes just days after the wrong shipping forecast was broadcast, and a repeat of the Now show was aired instead of a new show. http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/98721 http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/98722?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=rss_newsfeeds&utm_campaign=XML Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:15:37 +0000 Antonia Quirke is caught in the middle of a cross-Channel face-off. http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/98722 http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/98715?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=rss_newsfeeds&utm_campaign=XML Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:29:51 +0000 Staff told switch has been put back for 'technical reasons' and will now not be completed until November next year at earliestBBC Radio 5 Live's move to Salford has been hit by a three-month delay and will now not be completed until November next year at the earliest.Staff on the station, which is due to move from London to the BBC's new north-west base at Salford Quays next year, were told that the delay was down to "technical reasons".A 5 Live spokesman denied that the move had been delayed and said the station had "always aimed to be broadcasting from Salford by the end of the 2011 and we still expect to do that".However, 5 Live controller Adrian van Klaveren said in an update on the move at the end of last year that he hoped it would be completed by "mid-2011"."We were told that it was being delayed for three months due to technical reasons and it will not now happen until November," said a source."It's unfortunate because no one is going to want to move in November when the children are still in school. The whole point of moving in the summer was because that is when the children are on holiday."Radio 5 Live is making the move to the new MediaCityUK development in Salford – along with BBC sport, children's, learning and parts of future media and technology – as part of the corporation's commitment to expand its presence in the nations and regions. It is expected the Salford Quays development will cost the BBC £877m.The 5 Live switch will be a phased move, with Tony Livesey's weeknight show already broadcast from the BBC's studios in Oxford Road, Manchester.Daytime strands such as Victoria Derbyshire's morning phone-in are expected to be among the first flagship programmes to make the move, with the breakfast and drivetime slots likely to be among the last.All of the station's daytime lineup will present from its new Salford base, but none have committed to living in the area full time.A 5 Live spokesman said: "It is not true to say that our plans have been put back by three months. The station always aimed to be broadcasting from Salford by the end of 2011 and we still expect to do that. BBC Radio 5 Live's late night strand from 10.30pm is already broadcasting from Manchester."• To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email editor@mediaguardian.co.uk or phone 020 3353 3857. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 3353 2000.• If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly "for publication".BBC Salford moveRadio 5 LiveRadio industryJohn Plunkettguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/98715 http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/98717?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=rss_newsfeeds&utm_campaign=XML Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:45:02 +0000 Britain's oldest, poshest weekly has a bruising new editor – and her hatchet is outPG Wodehouse got a lot of fun out of a fictional magazine called Milady's Boudoir, which continually teetered on the brink of bankruptcy. If a millstone can be said to teeter on the brink of anything. The editor was Bertie Wooster's florid Aunt Dahlia, a jolly good sort whose view-halloo could awaken the dead. She was ruthless on behalf of Milady's Boudoir, demanding unpaid contributions from Bertie (who called it a weekly for the half-witted woman) and life-giving injections of cash from her husband (who referred to it sourly as Madame's Nightshirt).When I say fictional . . .You couldn't fail to smell the potpourri whiff of Milady's Boudoir in The Lady, a 125-year-old weekly. Or to see Aunt Dahlia in the new editor, Rachel Johnson, who, in The Lady and the Revamp (Channel 4), arrived full of beans ("It's going to be bags of fun!"), took it by the scruff of its neck and shook it till its dentures dislodged. Rachel is the younger sister of the sublimely Woosterish Boris.And, at first, it was the most tremendous fun. Who wouldn't enjoy Rachel's breezy description of her new offices ("A cross between an undertakers and a lunatic asylum") or her collision with the almost hereditary staff ("His father was here and his father's father before him")? Her management style owes something to Boudica: "Ben's a dear boy, but he hasn't wielded the hatchet enough." The dear boy was the proprietor, and loathe to massacre long-standing staff in case they sued his socks off.The literary editor was slaughtered on the spot. The assistant editor was not sacked (see above, under socks off) but moved out of sight to a room with rat poison on the floor and a leaking roof weeping into wastepaper baskets. The previous editor, game girl, took some shifting: "I feel as if I'm prising each finger off and she's clinging to the ledge." But in the end, they'd all gone.And still the circulation hesitated around 30,000. The Lady needed 35,000 to break even. Joan Collins drifted through to do, as Rachel said vaguely, "something". Julie Andrews stared icily out of their Christmas cover ("It looks like an open casket"). In a flash of inspiration Debo, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, was approached as an agony aunt ("What would you do if children persisted in eating with their mouths open?" "Bash 'em!"). Rachel was launched on a media charm offensive ("Get Rach on to sofas!"). A Sunday Times profile described her as putting dancing shoes on a corpse, and sometimes she sees the force of that. "In the real world this is a piddling little magazine that nobody cares about. Or buys." Pause. "I don't mean that."She has started writing a diary about being an editor. I expect it to sell well.Storyville: Kings of Pastry (BBC4) was about three chefs, Jacquy, Philippe and Regis, competing to become Meilleur Ouvrier de France, or MOF. These are the creme de la creme of pastry chefs, and entitled to wear a coveted red, white and blue collar, the sure sign that nobody does it better. To win it they must, over three intense days, do things with sugar you would not believe. The pièce de résistance (it seems impossible to discuss pastries in English) is the wedding cake. Having spun champagne showers of glittering sugar, pleasure domes with caves of ice, Saturn rings of chocolate, they must carry this treacherous concoction, apparently held together by breath alone, to the judging area. Phillippe's sculpture reached the ceiling but, as he put it down, it shattered with a sound like a breaking heart.He was a tall, thin young man and, like his sugar sculpture, he collapsed. The judges showed no stern impartiality. They wept. They embraced him. One laid his own MOF badge beside him as inspiration. Another said: "You can blow sugar. Blow! It will give your piece volume." "So," said Phillippe, "I made a flower . . . a ribbon . . . some kind of a bird." And, of the three, only he became a MOF. He had high marks in other categories and, of course, he had shown guts. The president of the jury could hardly speak for emotion.I never saw so many strong men sobbing at once and – a little tip here – humidity is the enemy of sugar. I bet you didn't know that.TelevisionNancy Banks-Smithguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/98717