http://www.mediauk.com/ Radio news feed en-gb This compilation copyright 1994-2012 Media UK; individual stories with contributors Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:05:54 +0000 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:05:54 +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/155436?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=rss_newsfeeds&utm_campaign=XML Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:47:02 +0000 Extraordinary general meetings of Radio France International (RFI), its Arabic subsidiary Monte Carlo Doualiya and l’Audiovisuel Extérieur de la France (AEF) have endorsed the merger of the radio station with the international news channel France 24, the AEF announced on Monday. In a statement, the AEF said that this “allows the creation of an official [...] http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/155436 http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/155427?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=rss_newsfeeds&utm_campaign=XML Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:50:10 +0000 BBC Radio 4 presenter James Naughtie to highlight 60 New Elizabethans. http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/155427 http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/155414?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=rss_newsfeeds&utm_campaign=XML Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:33:24 +0000 Peter Serafinowicz to present Saturday lunchtimes on the digital station. http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/155414 http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/155411?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=rss_newsfeeds&utm_campaign=XML Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:05:07 +0000 The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) today released its FY 2013 budget request, which contains a set of strategic measures to advance its core mission and meet the challenges of the changing global media environment within current spending constraints. “In these times of fiscal austerity, the BBG faces tough choices,” Board members said in a message [...] http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/155411 http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/155406?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=rss_newsfeeds&utm_campaign=XML Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:33:11 +0000 The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has reorganized the South Sudan Television and Radio (SSTV/Radio) following the Public Service policy that civil servants be reformed for better performances. The internal transfers and circular from the Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Atem Yaak Atem said that the reorganization followed widespread meetings and consultations [...] http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/155406 http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/155402?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=rss_newsfeeds&utm_campaign=XML Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:56:29 +0000 Ehard Goddijn has drawn to my attention to this video in the AFRTS Archive featuring airchecks of the closedown announcement of AFRTS Iran and its replacement, the English-language station NIRT International Radio, operated by the Iranian Government in 1976. The latter features, amongst others, the legendary Wolfman Jack. The station operated on mediumwave 1555 kHz. (Source: [...] http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/155402 http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/155397?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=rss_newsfeeds&utm_campaign=XML Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:12:10 +0000 World Radio Day celebrates radio's role in empowering people in remote communities – not just as a source of information, but increasingly as a way to make their own voices heard http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/155397 http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/155396?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=rss_newsfeeds&utm_campaign=XML Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:38:26 +0000 Radio Independents Group proposes match-making service for producers. http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/155396 http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/155392?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=rss_newsfeeds&utm_campaign=XML Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:18:35 +0000 Qatar Foundation (QF) Radio will launch a new all-English broadcast on 91.7 FM, with the current frequency 93.7 FM switching to 100% Arabic. Currently the station carries a mix of Arabic and English programming on the same frequency. QF Radio also plans to shift to new HQ behind the Mathaf Arab Museum of Modern Art. [...] http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/155392 http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/155387?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=rss_newsfeeds&utm_campaign=XML Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:01:48 +0000 The YouTube generation has gained an ally in the worldwide “copyright wars.” The Dutch government wants to change copyright law so new media users can continue to do “creative remixes” of protected content. The Hague will no longer wait for the European Commission to find a compromise. Read the article on the RNW website iBeginShare.attachButton('share-tool-97951232736', {title: 'Loosen [...] http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/155387 http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/155384?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=rss_newsfeeds&utm_campaign=XML Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:44:07 +0000 To mark World Radio Day, 720 ABC Breakfast crossed to 720 Chicago to talk all things radio. The news of the day for World Radio Day was similar around the world as many talk radio stations covered the death of singer Whitney Houston. “It really has dominated the television news, strange because there’s certainly a [...] http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/155384 http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/155380?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=rss_newsfeeds&utm_campaign=XML Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:16:50 +0000 The Zimbabwe Government has intensified efforts to expand radio and television transmission to reach most parts of the country, a Cabinet Minister has said. In his speech to mark today’s World Radio Day, Media, Information and Publicity Minister Webster Shamu said Radio Zimbabwe and Power FM coverage of the country was now 80 percent, while [...] http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/155380 http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/155378?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=rss_newsfeeds&utm_campaign=XML Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:03:51 +0000 Access to the Internet’s most-used sites and tools is being choked in Iran at a politically charged period, blocking communication channels for local businesses, bank clients, scientists and foreign media. Attempts to get on Facebook, Gmail, Yahoo and foreign news pages were either met with an Iranian page saying in Farsi that “Access to this [...] http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/155378 http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/155370?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=rss_newsfeeds&utm_campaign=XML Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:22:18 +0000 Poole community radio station to re-brand as Hot Radio from Bournemouth. http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/155370 http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/155364?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=rss_newsfeeds&utm_campaign=XML Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:53:05 +0000 Listen to Surge on 87.7fm in Southampton for 4 weeks. http://www.mediauk.com/radio/news/go/155364