Newsletter – Radio Industry News

Janice Long lined up for Radio Academy Seque Expo

19th September 2018

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Radio Wales evening show host Janice Long will be in conversation with David Lloyd at The Radio Academy’s Segue Expo in Leeds on Thursday October 18th.

Bauer stations to drop Vodafone Big Top 40 show

19th September 2018

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Bauer is pulling out of the industry-wide Vodafone Big Top 40 show when its contract runs out in December.

Peter Crouch to host new podcast for BBC Radio 5 live

19th September 2018

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Footballer Peter Crouch is to present a new weekly podcast on BBC Radio 5 live.

Vivian Campbell to host shows on BBC Radio Ulster

18th September 2018

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Belfast-born guitarist Vivian Campbell is to present a new six-part series on BBC Radio Ulster.
Vivian is best known as the guitarist with 100 million album selling rock act Def Leppard, who are currently on a world tour.

Film by UK radio producer to be released in cinema

18th September 2018

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A new award-winning feature film about to be released at the cinema has been produced by commercial radio production manager Karl Svenson.

Whickers Radio Audio Funding Award announced

18th September 2018

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This year’s Radio Audio Funding Award from Whickers has been won by ‘Stokely in Cuba by Isis Thompson’ – a radio documentary inspired by civil rights activist Stokely Carmichael.

RTÉ’s FM radio transmitters off-air in Dublin

19th September 2018

RTÉ Radio 1 and 2FM are experiencing transmission problems due to the effects of Storm Ali in Dublin.
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John Creedon and Ruth Smith to host Radio 1 Folk Awards

17th September 2018

Presenters John Creedon and Ruth Smith will host the inaugural RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards on October 25th 2018.
The event, taking place at Dublin’s Vicar St, will celebrate Irish folk musicians and their significant contribution to Irish culture.

Carrie Underwood, Imagine Dragons And Post Malone Ft. Ty Dolla $Ign To Perform At The ‘2018 American Music Awards’

19th September 2018

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DICK CLARK PRODUCTIONS and ABC will feature CARRIE UNDERWOOD and IMAGINE DRAGONS as part of the first round of performers at the “2018 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS.

Techsurvey 2019 – Media, Technology, & Disruption: Where Is Radio Headed? The First Reveal Is At WWRS 2019

19th September 2018

Fred Has Your Must Know Radio Info

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David Oxenford: Court of Appeals Upholds Copyright Royalty Board’s 2015 Webcasting Royalty Rate Decision

19th September 2018

This guest column is by broadcast law attorney and frequent guest contributor David Oxenford. The article was originally published on his <a href="http://www.

Ireland gets digital audio ad exchange from AdsWizz, Communicorp deal

19th September 2018

AdsWizz has teamed with Communicorp Media for a new digital audio advertising exchange in Ireland.

Spotify’s CMO is the latest to depart the company

19th September 2018

Spotify is losing another high-level leader, the latest in a continuing exodus from top positions within the streaming service. Seth Farbman is <a href="https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.

Audio Monitor U.S. Report: “A growing disconnect” as youth favors streaming while older groups continue tuning

19th September 2018

Music Biz and AudienceNet have released their Audio Monitor report on U.S. music consumption habits.

Humble & Fred return to terrestrial morning radio

14th September 2018

Humble & Fred will return to the terrestrial morning show airwaves on Monday for the first time since 2005.
For the past eight years, the infamous Toronto morning show duo have been successfully producing a podcast version of their show.

Arden and Dickinson promise no topic off limits in new podcast The Business of Life

13th September 2018

Canadian singer-songwriter Jann Arden and entrepreneur Arlene Dickinson of Dragons’ Den fame are set to co-host a new hour long podcast.

Celebrate! iHeartRadio Australia turns five today

19th September 2018

It was a fateful day in 2013 when ARN‘s <a href="http://radiotoday.com.

K rock’s Tom Lewis is expecting a baby

19th September 2018

Tom and Sarah Maree’s dropped some massive news on their K rock 95.3 Breakfast show this morning.

NOVA Entertainment partners with Sky News

19th September 2018

NOVA Entertainment and podcast partner Acast have announced an exclusive digital partnership with Sky News.

Listening to Aussie radio just got a lot easier thanks to Siri

19th September 2018

It was announced today that Australian radio lovers will now be able to ask Siri to tune into their favourite stations after RadioApp was updated to be compliant with Apple’s new Siri Shortcut feature.
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Coast FM secures Nikki & de Mello for Breakfast

19th September 2018

97.3 Coast FM have announced Nikki Parkinson and Darren de Mello as its new Breakfast team.
Coast FM have been looking for a new show since Gunner and Ali were revealed <a href="http://radiotoday.com.

1116 SEN charters a plane from Melbourne to Perth for preliminary AFL final

19th September 2018

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The Melbourne Demons go up against the West Coast Eagles in Perth this Saturday, and Melbourne’s Home of Sport 1116 SEN wants to fly listeners to the game.

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NYF Radio Awards Open Mic: Spotlight on “The Current – ISIS on Your Doorstep”

15th September 2018

The 2018 New York Festivals Radio Awards celebrated the World’s Best Radio Programs on June 19th in New York City.

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India’s ‘Biker Radio Rodcast’ wins UK documentary award

15th September 2018

Indian duo Shirshendu Banerjee and Arvinder Singh – known as Shandy and Sunny – won the ‘Whickers Radio & Audio Funding Award’ runner’s up prize in London last week for their ‘Biker Radio Rodcast’.

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