How Pirate Radio Ships Paved the Way for Britain’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Revolution

Edit Time Magazine 28 Sep 2017
One of the first DJs on Radio Caroline was Tony Blackburn, whose experience of broadcasting was limited to his love of Radio Luxembourg, a European station playing pop hits that could occasionally be picked up from within the U.K ... Today, Radio 1 is one of the most influential stations in the international music industry, having introduced audiences to genres from prog rock and electronica, to Britpop and grime....

Radio networks call a truce over survey results - broadcasting is the big winner

Edit Stuff 28 Sep 2017
The press releases around Thursday's GfK radio survey results were a little different to normal. Typically when the survey results are released, both of New Zealand's major radio networks - MediaWorks and NZME - rush to claim victory ... Except this time, the winner was the radio industry. Both networks' press releases began by hailing the rude health of the New Zealand radio industry....

FCC asks Apple to activate the iPhone’s hidden FM radio to aid public safety

Edit The Verge 28 Sep 2017
There were a handful of reasons for this, but two of the more obvious ones were that if your phone receives FM radio, you’re going to be less likely to ......

Why BBC Radio 1 is forever young at 50 years old

Edit The Conversation 28 Sep 2017
Whose turn it it? BBC BBC Radio 1 is celebrating its 50th birthday – and the party is set to last all weekend, with fans treated to 50 themed “golden hours” of archive material ... But you won’t hear it on Radio 1 ... Without it, Radio 1 has little chance of surviving ... When I worked at Radio 1’s Newsbeat, we were particularly pleased by one comment emerging from the endless audience focus groups ... He worked at BBC Radio One from 1998 to 2002....

BBC Radio at 50: 7 TV shows that started out on radio

Edit The Independent 28 Sep 2017
Radio is one of the wondrous mediums for exploration ... Indeed, many prominent TV series got their first start on radio, before ......

Ex-city lawyer suspended over Chicago civil case information

Edit Ledger Enquirer 28 Sep 2017
Two police officers claimed to hear a radio call describing the vehicle driven by Pinex as one used in a shooting ... in a different radio zone....

Bad marketing costs hoteliers

Edit Irish Independent 28 Sep 2017
The study identified the most important dimensions linked to hotel star ratings, with homeliness and events management being important for five-star hotels, while room experience and communication were basic requirements at one-star level ... Radio Nova CEO Kevin Branigan ... Q Radio Nova has released some new research which claims to show that the provision of new licences would grow national listenership....

“Are all human beings too thick for government?” asks Italian radio

Edit New Statesman 28 Sep 2017
" data-adaptive-image-768-img=" " data-adaptive-image-1024-img=" " data-adaptive-image-max-img=" "> “Do you know that you’re interviewing a genius?” On the Italian national station, Radio RAI, a couple of hosts are indulging in a favourite pastime ... One of the hosts, pretending to be him, quotes from Roberto’s supposed work ... Italian radio....

Radio Station Holding ‘the Whole Place Together’ During, Since Maria

Edit Voa News 28 Sep 2017
News anchorman Luis Penchi has slept about three hours a night since Hurricane Maria turned his radio station into one of the few sources of public information on this battered island ... When other radio stations went dark, WAPA 680 kept plugging, delivering a 24-hour stream of news, advice, messages and pleas for assistance from listeners desperate to connect with loved ones ... “Then we write a message to put on the radio.” ....

In Puerto Rico, a radio voice of calm in the storm

Edit Yahoo Daily News 28 Sep 2017
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - News anchorman Luis Penchi has slept about three hours a night since Hurricane Maria turned his radio station into one of the few sources of public information on this battered island ... When other radio stations went dark, WAPA 680 kept plugging, delivering a 24-hour stream of news, advice, messages and pleas for assistance from listeners desperate to connect with loved ones....

Ex-city of Chicago lawyer suspended for withholding info

Edit Dothan Eagle 28 Sep 2017
Two police officers claimed they heard a radio call describing the vehicle being driven by Darius Pinex as one used in a shooting before stopping it ... aired in the officer's radio zone....

North 6th Agency Appoints Karen Mateo As Senior Vice President

Edit Market Watch 28 Sep 2017
Most recently, Mateo served as Senior Vice President of Communications at CBS Radio, where she directed the creation and execution of the division's earned media strategy, as well as conceptualized communications plans for CBS Radio's 117 stations in 26 markets across the United States. Mateo reported directly to the President and CEO of CBS Radio....

Front Row is a new low for the arts on TV

Edit New Statesman 28 Sep 2017
Could this be one of the dumbest, most anodyne arts programmes ever made? " data-adaptive-image-768-img=" " data-adaptive-image-1024-img=" " data-adaptive-image-max-img=" "> I wasn’t planning to review the television incarnation of the Radio 4 arts programme Front Row (23 September, 7.30pm). The spectacle of one journalist having a go at another ......
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