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This is an archive of news about Kerrang!. Some links may no longer work, due to the transient nature of the internet.

Kerrang! hires former Xfm DJ
From Radio Today. Posted July 1 2008, 1.03am
Ian Camfield has left Xfm after 10 years, and started a new weekly rock show on Kerrang! Radio. Ian moved to New York last year to host drive on New York's K-Rock, but continued to present a weekly Xfm programme. (more)

Shaw sacked by Kerrang
From Radio Today. Posted May 9 2008, 11.21am
Breakfast presenter Tim Shaw has been dismissed by Kerrang! Radio following an investigation into a competition at the station.The allegations against Shaw concerned the mismanagement of a competition on Kerrang! Radio where the presenter was found to have breached company rules. (more)

Xfm poaches Kerrang! duo
From Radio Today. Posted September 18 2007, 1.04am
GCap Media has hired Kerrang! 105.2's deputy programme director Mike Newman to fill the new position of PC at Xfm South Wales, RadioToday.co.uk can reveal. In addition, Emma Newman, who has been with Kerrang! since launch, will move to Cardiff as music scheduler. (more)

Former Big Brother winner Kate Lawler to present on Kerrang! Radio
From Media Guardian. Posted September 13 2007, 1.00am
Former Big Brother winner Kate Lawler is to co-host the breakfast show on Emap's Kerrang! Radio in the West Midlands. By John Plunkett. (more)

Ugly Phil leaves Kerrang!
From Radio Today. Posted September 11 2007, 8.00pm
West Midlands regional station Kerrang! 105.2 has hired Tim Shaw and former Big Brother winner Kate Lawler to take over the breakfast show from Ugly Phil. The new show will be known as Morning After with Tim & Kate. (more)

Celebrity swearing at Kerrang!
From Radio Today. Posted June 26 2007, 9.10am
Emap's Kerrang! Radio in Birmingham is combining celebrities and swearing for their latest station-wide promotion, by asking listeners to identify hidden swear words. Out of the three celebrity voices - one says "crap", one says "knob", one says "motherf**ker". (more)

Kerrang! Festival Freeload
From Radio Today. Posted June 8 2007, 9.06am
Kerrang! 105.2 is set to bring a host a summer festivals to their listeners featuring backstage news and gossip, with the help of one lucky listener who will get the chance to act as Listener Reporter. The summer of festival-themed activity is part of a new deal with Staffordshire University. (more)

Davidson back at Kerrang!
From Radio Today. Posted May 30 2007, 3.12pm
Radio Clyde Programme Director Gordon Davidson is to be the new PD at Kerrang! 105.2 in the West Midlands. Gordon was part of the original launch team at the Emap rock station 3 years ago. He's since been working as Group Programme Director for The Local Radio Company (TLRC). (more)

Kerrang! Radio Webcam Prank Goes Wrong
From Merry Media. Posted April 12 2007, 5.00pm
Tim Shaw was in a bit of bother with reality show contestants Lianne Dauben and Ben Lunt after he was caught filming them with a webcam - underneath a table.. (more)

Group role for Kerrang! boss
From Radio Today. Posted March 15 2007, 9.49am
Kerrang! 105.2 managing director Adrian Serle has been appointed as Radio Sales Director for Emap Advertising. In this newly created role, Adrian will be reporting to Karen Stacey, Broadcast Sales Director. He will manage all aspects of radio sales and drive Emap Advertising’s commercial strategy. (more)

Dan Morfitt joins Kerrang! Radio from Viking
From thenoise.co.uk. Posted January 20 2007, 4.00pm
Viking FM's Dan Morfitt has been announced as the new voice of Kerrang! Radio overnights, replacing Sean Coleman.Morfitt, who presented Viking's local alternative music show, The Sunday Session, will join Emap's West Midlands rock station this Tuesday (23 January).He will present the 2am-6am slot every weeknight, and will also front a Saturday lunchtime show on the station.Kerrang! Radio was named commercial radio station of the year in the first Radio Magazine end-of-year "best of the best" review, after it won a string of awards at the Sonys and the New York Festival.In the last set of Rajars, the station — which launched in 2004 — claimed just under 400,000 weekly listeners and a 3.4 share of the hotly-contested Brum radio market. (more)

Kerrang masturbation jibe is libel - court rules
From Press Gazette. Posted January 18 2007, 11.25am
11.30am: High Court jury rules it was libellous to accuse a band's tour manager of "pleasuring himself" and awards him £40k damages. (more)

Tour manager sues Kerrang magazine over masturbation claim
From Press Gazette. Posted January 15 2007, 4.24pm
4.30pm: A tour manager has launched a High Court libel action over a claim he was caught masturbating when he should have been at work. (more)

Kerrang! and Xfm face off for South Wales FM licence
From Brand Republic. Posted December 13 2006, 11.12am
LONDON - Emap's rock station Kerrang! Radio is to go head to head with arch-rival GCap's alternative music station Xfm in the battle for Ofcom's South Wales regional FM radio licence. (more)

Welsh bands support Emap's £3m Kerrang! bid
From Breaking Radio. Posted December 1 2006, 12.20pm
The Stereophonics, Bullet for My Valentine and the Lost Prophets are among the Welsh bands supporting Emap's bid to bring Kerrang! Radio to South Wales. (more)

Welsh bands support Emap's £3m Kerrang! bid
From thenoise.co.uk. Posted December 1 2006, 12.16pm
The Stereophonics, Bullet for My Valentine and the Lost Prophets are among the Welsh bands supporting Emap's bid to bring Kerrang! Radio to South Wales.Emap has confirmed it will be submitting an application to Ofcom by 12 December for the licence, with a decision expected in spring 2007.Adrian Serle, MD of Kerrang! Radio, said: "Wales has an awesome history of rock music that Kerrang! has always supported."You only have to look at the hotbed of talent from this area to know that Kerrang! has a natural home here, serving a buzzing scene with the genuine article."Kelly Jones, from The Stereophonics, said: “The need for this radio station is reflected in music and download sales, live music ticket sales, growth in demand for festivals and the advent of websites such as Myspace.�If successful, Emap has pledged to invest £3 million in launching the station, hiring new presenters and helping to develop the area's local live music scene.More from kerrangradiowales.co.uk (more)

Kerrang to bid for South Wales
From Radio Today. Posted November 14 2006, 12.23am
Fresh from their win in Liverpool with an all-talk format, Emap has launched a bid to extend Kerrang! Radio to South Wales.The closing date for applications to Ofcom is December 12th, with the new licence covering Cardiff, Swansea and parts of Newport. (more)

XFM appoints Kerrang's Adam Uytman
From via Breaking Radio. Posted October 9 2006, 9.13pm
XFM have appointed Kerrang Radio's Adam Utyman to the post of Progamme Director. He replaces Andy Ashton. (more)

Kerrang! Radio DJ dies
From Radio Today. Posted October 9 2006, 6.45pm
Fellow presenters share their tributes as Robert Dentith passed away at the young age of 29. (more)

Xfm brings in programme director from Kerrang!
From Brand Republic. Posted October 9 2006, 4.10pm
LONDON - Xfm London has switched programme directors, appointing Adam Uytman from Kerrang! West Midlands today following Andy Ashton's departure last week. (more)

Xfm hires Kerrang!'s Adam Uytman as programme director
From Media Guardian. Posted October 9 2006, 1.00am
GCap Media has moved quickly to replace Andy Ashton, the programme director of its London Xfm station, who left the company last week by 'mutual consent'. By Julia Day. (more)

Big Brother Star Slaps Kerrang! Radio Host
From Merry Media. Posted September 8 2006, 3.23am
Big Brother star Lea Walker hit out at Kerrang! radio presenter Tim Shaw in a row over her porn past live on air.. (more)

No Dole for Kerrang! jock
From Radio Today. Posted August 22 2006, 6.00am
A complaint has been lodged with Ofcom regarding a feature during The Breakfast Show with Tim Shaw on Kerrang! 105.2 in April this year. The feature was called Dole or no Dole and was created as a humorous take on the television programme Deal or no Deal. The single listener who complained said that the apparent premise of the competition - the presenter ringing unsuspecting members of the public, who may or may not have been claiming state benefits, so that competitors could guess how many benefits they were claiming - was offensive and “vindictive”. (more)

No tattoos and no rock gestures for Kerrang! editor
From Press Gazette. Posted June 8 2006, 12.00am
As Kerrang! celebrates its 25th birthday, editor Paul Brannigan takes Alyson Fixter through some rock clichés. (more)

Engineer sues Kerrang! after ‘sick’ interview
From Press Gazette. Posted May 18 2006, 12.48am
A sound engineer is suing for libel damages over an interview with the rock band Bullet For My Valentine which appeared in music magazine Kerrang!. (more)

Kerrang! hits audience high
From Media Guardian. Posted May 11 2006, 4.09pm
Rajars: Emap's West Midlands alternative music station Kerrang! has achieved its highest ever audience figures. By Julia Day. (more)

Emap TV chief leaves after six years
From Media Guardian. Posted March 31 2006, 8.28am
8am: The head of Emap's TV channels, Shirley Renwick, has resigned after six years in charge of the Q, Kerrang! and Kiss TV spin-offs. By Dan Milmo. (more)

Former Stereophonics drummer gets his own Kerrang! Radio show
From Brand Republic. Posted January 5 2006, 11.01am
LONDON – Kerrang! Radio has signed up Stuart Cable, the former drummer with Welsh rockers the Stereophonics, for his own weekly Friday night show. (more)

Kerrang! gets Stereophonic sound
From Media Guardian. Posted January 4 2006, 10.18am
Emap has hired former Stereophonics drummer Stuart Cable to host a new Friday night show on rock station, Kerrang!. By John Plunkett. (more)