Francis Currie

Stuart Clarkson chats to Capital’s new national breakfast show team – Roman Kemp, Vick Hope and Sonny Jay – about their show being rolled out across the network plus their recent win at the TRIC Awards.

DEC appeal ads for Cyclone Idai now available for radio and podcasts

Radiocentre is helping to coordinate the latest appeal by the DEC across commercial radio in response to Cyclone Idai.

Guardian - Media

The two-bike, one-car way to go for a walk | Brief letters

Brief letters
Life and style
The two-bike, one-car way to go for a walk
Kilimanjaro’s guides and porters | Late Junction | Female priests | Getting to and from walks
‘We leave our bikes at the end of the walk so we can ride back to where we left

DC Thomson buys Original 106 and Kingdom FM

The owner of Dundee’s Wave 102 has bought Abderdeen station Original 106 and Fife’s Kingdom FM.
DC Thomson Media acquired Wave in 2017 and is the owner of newspapers including The Press and Journal and The Courier.

Radio Jackie celebrates 50 years since first broadcast

South West London commercial station Radio Jackie is celebrating 50 years of serving its local area.
The station started life as a pirate in 1969, with occasional programmes.

Bob Shennan promoted to BBC Managing Director

19th March 2019

The BBC’s Director of Radio and Music, Bob Shennan, is to become the corporation’s Managing Director from next month.
Bob is a former Controller of Radio 2 and 6 Music, having rejoined the BBC in 2009 following a short spell with Channel 4.

Radio to receive €633,000 to make 90 radio programmes

18th March 2019

Radio will receive €633,000 to make 90 radio programmes and projects in the latest funding awards from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland.
At the same time, television will get €5.

Help Our Homeless Radiothon returns to Radio Nova

12th March 2019

Radio Nova is launching its Annual Help Our Homeless Radiothon tomorrow and will run over two days – March 13th and March 14th.

Radio Insight

Domain Insight 3/23: What’s Next For Nash-FM New York?

As Cumulus retains ownership of the “Nash” brand and Entercom committed to the Country format, it was inevitable once Entercom acquired Country “Nash-FM 94.7” WNSH Newark NJ/New York that a new brand would follow.

93.9 MIA Mornings Are Alright, Mack

The station is debuting a new morning show on April 1. Mack in the Morning with Letty B will star popular Miami on-air personality Mack, Los Angeles native co-host Letty B, and producer Nick Pena.

Steve Harvey Hosts Inaugural Benefit

Harvey joined fellow entertainers, celebrities, and business leaders in Atlanta at the inaugural Beloved Benefit, hosting a gathering of more than 2,000 people celebrating community service and empowerment.

Rolling Stone: Rap Radio Is Playing More Women, But Streaming Playlists Lag Behind

If the future is female, then streaming services are wildly behind the times — the big winners on these platforms are overwhelmingly men.

NAB Sbneak Peek: More DARCness From Arrakis

Arrakis is reprising its DARC console announcement from last year, this time with the DARC Surface 12, a 12-fader control surface.

Radio Insight

Mack and Letty B Take Mornings At 93.9 MIA Miami

iHeartMedia Hot AC “93.9 MIA” WMIA-FM Miami Beach has announced it will launch “Mack in the Morning with Letty B” on Monday, April 1.
Mack moves to WMIA from afternoons at CHR “Y100” WHYI, while Letty B joins the station from 102.

Radio and Podcast News – Major changes coming to Canadian radio measurement

Numeris has announced it’s making major changes to the way Canadian radio in small and medium markets is measured. Starting this summer, those 95 stations will join Canada’s major cities in being in ratings year-round.

Numeris to measure all radio markets year-round starting this summer

16th March 2019

Numeris has announced a massive change to the ratings system for Canadian radio.

97.3FM gifts Brisbane motorists cheapest petrol in 15 years

ARN‘s 97.3FM teamed up with Puma Energy Australia today to give out petrol for 97.3 cents a litre.
The team at 97.

Straney into Breakfast as Wave FM makes talent changes

Wave FM has reshuffled its Breakfast lineup again, with Adam Straney replacing Chris Lee on Breakfast.
Straney joins Jade Tona and Travis ‘Trav’ Winks, while Chris moves to a 12pm-3pm Afternoons shift.

Christian O’Connell unveils his 2019 footy correspondent

Gold FM Breakfast has a new AFL correspondent, with Shane Crawford joining the Christian O’Connell Show.
Christian welcomed Shane to the show yesterday, as he hit the air for his first segment including round one predictions.

Chrissie, Sam and Browny’s live Melbourne Comedy Festival broadcast

Nova 100 is celebrating 14 years of partnering with the Melbourne International Comedy Festival this year.

AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND

Top New Talent QandA: Josiah and Elly

21st March 2019

Josiah Shala and Elly Chaney have been named in Radio Today’s Top New Talent to Watch in 2019.
The people of the Goulburn Valley have been getting up with Josiah & Elly on Hit96.9 since June of 2018.

‘Up The Guts’ with Dean Thomas

21st March 2019

After four years as anchor of the Nova 100 Breakfast show, Dean ‘Deano’ Thomas is stepping out of the long shadows cast by Chrissie Swan, Jonathon Brown and Sam Pang.

Asia

Dielectric wins large radio antenna deals in the Philippines

Dielectric, the leading manufacturer of broadcast antennas and RF systems for radio and TV, has secured several UHF TV and FM broadcast antenna deals in the country through its Philippines partner 90 Degrees North.

Asia

DRM launches fifth Enterprise Award