• Virgin Radio UK to air headline sets live from Latitude
    Friday, July 18, 2025 from Radio Today
    Virgin Radio UK will air headline sets from Latitude including Fatboy Slim and Kaiser Chiefs plus a live chat with Elbow’s Guy Garvey
  • Jason Horton appointed interim Chief Operating Officer, BBC Nations
    Friday, July 18, 2025 from Radio Today
    Jason Horton named interim COO, Nations, at BBC, covering for Sarah Calcott
  • BBC Radio 2 shares new folk songs inspired by train stories
    Friday, July 18, 2025 from Radio Today
    BBC Radio 2 returns with 21st Century Folk featuring songs inspired by rail stories to mark 200 years of train travel
  • James Whale interviews Nigel Farage in Talk exclusive
    Friday, July 18, 2025 from Radio Today
    James Whale sits down with Nigel Farage in emotional Talk interview, airing 10am today on YouTube and 10pm on Talk
  • PRS Members’ Fund offers wellbeing breaks for songwriters and bands
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from Radio Today
    PRS Members’ Fund launches breaks to help music creators rest, recover and reconnect with their creativity through new Rest & Rewind initiative
  • Fun Kids and Morrisons launch farm to fork radio series
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from Radio Today
    Fun Kids teams up with Morrisons on a fun new podcast helping kids learn about fresh seasonal fruit and veg through monthly radio adventures
  • Radio station Bournemouth One partners with entertainment venue
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from Radio Today
    East Dorset-based radio station Bournemouth One has entered a new partnership with local arts and entertainment venue Lighthouse Poole
  • Asma Khalid and Tristan Redman to host The Global Story for the BBC
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from Radio Today
    The BBC is launching a new podcast called The Global Story with Asma Khalid and Tristan Redman
  • Commercial radio is a Force for Good as new positive research revealed
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from Radio Today
    Commercial radio reaches 40 million listeners a week and is now rated the UK’s most trusted media channel according to new Radiocentre research
  • US Senate passes aid and public broadcasting cuts in victory for Trump
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from Radio industry | The Guardian
    Members vote 51 to 48 in favour of president’s request to slash $9bn in spending already approved by Congress Senate Republicans on Wednesday won passage of a bill demanded by Donald Trump that will claw back $9bn Congress had previously...
  • New book urges radio industry to act on digital transformation
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from Radio Today
    A new book by Alexis Hue is calling on radio stations to act urgently or risk being left behind in the shift to digital audio
  • Steve Kent joins South Devon Radio for weekday morning show
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from Radio Today
    Radio Caroline veteran Steve Kent is now on air weekday mornings on South Devon Radio with Les Sheehan
  • Ruairidh Mac to mark 200th Lomond Radio show with special surprise
    Tuesday, July 15, 2025 from Radio Today
    Lomond Radio’s youngest presenter is set to mark a milestone with his 200th broadcast next Monday evening.
  • Sunrise Radio CEO Usha Parmar wins lifetime achievement award
    Tuesday, July 15, 2025 from Radio Today
    Sunrise Radio’s Usha Parmar honoured with Lifetime Achievement award at Yorkshire Business Power Awards in Bradford
  • BBC to broadcast 50 hours from Royal Welsh Show 2025
    Monday, July 14, 2025 from Radio Today
    BBC brings over 50 hours of radio, TV and online coverage from this year’s Royal Welsh Show in Llanelwedd
  • Bro Radio heads out across the Vale for summer tour
    Monday, July 14, 2025 from Radio Today
    Bro Radio is taking to the road this summer with live broadcasts across the Vale of Glamorgan during its Six Weeks of Summer campaign
  • Hits Radio partners with Warner Bros Discovery for Superman launch
    Monday, July 14, 2025 from Radio Today
    Hits Radio launched Superman in style with a skydiving stunt at the Angel of the North
  • Ofcom issues £3,500 fine over hate speech on Salaam BCR
    Monday, July 14, 2025 from Radio Today
    Ofcom fines former Salaam BCR operator £3,500 over antisemitic hate speech in October 2023 broadcasts
  • Forth Valley Radio found in breach of licence over missing recording
    Monday, July 14, 2025 from Radio Today
    Forth Valley Radio breached licence after failing to record show investigated by Ofcom for offensive language complaint
  • Radio pioneer and Strawbs frontman David Cousins has died aged 85
    Monday, July 14, 2025 from Radio Today
    Strawbs frontman and radio pioneer David Cousins has died aged 85, after a career spanning music and independent local radio
  • Amazon Music and Wondery back APA accessibility scheme again
    Monday, July 14, 2025 from Radio Today
    AudioUK teams up again with Amazon Music & Wondery to keep the APAs accessible through its Pay What You Can scheme
  • Independent Irish radio stations unite to promote DAB+ digital radio
    Friday, July 11, 2025 from Radio Today
    New Digital Radio Alliance Ireland launches to promote DAB+ and support independent stations across the country
  • In Demand Radio launches media tie-up with Liverpool airport
    Friday, July 11, 2025 from Radio Today
    In Demand Radio to broadcast live from Liverpool John Lennon Airport with exclusive giveaways and events
  • Two new DAB multiplexes to expand radio reach across London
    Friday, July 11, 2025 from Radio Today
    New South and West London DAB multiplexes launching this autumn with space for 50 stations across the capital of England
  • Olly Murs joins BBC Radio 2 in the Park Sunday line-up
    Friday, July 11, 2025 from Radio Today
    Olly Murs will perform in his home county at Radio 2 in the Park in Chelmsford this September with DJs including Sara Cox and Trevor Nelson also on the line-up
  • Smooth Radio’s Kate Garraway and Jenni Falconer take on rooftop tennis
    Thursday, July 10, 2025 from Radio Today
    Kate Garraway and Jenni Falconer go head-to-head in a musical tennis match on the Smooth Radio rooftop
  • Nation reacts to Ofcom consultation by turning off third TX
    Thursday, July 10, 2025 from Radio Today
    Nation Broadcasting has confirmed it will turn off its three remaining FM transmitters serving Ceredigion rather than the previously announced two, amid Ofcom concerns
  • Bay Broadcasting completes takeover of Galway Bay FM
    Wednesday, July 9, 2025 from Radio Today
    Bay Broadcasting gets go-ahead to take control of Galway Bay FM owner following CCPC approval
  • Kyle and Jackie O face possible prosecution for contempt for comments made during Erin Patterson’s triple murder trial
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from Radio industry | The Guardian
    ‘I encourage all commentators to engage their brains before they open their mouths,’ judge said Erin Patterson found guilty of murdering relatives with lunch laced with death cap mushrooms Five key moments in the murder trial of...
  • Launch your radio presenting career with Learning Waves
    Monday, June 30, 2025 from Radio Today
    Learning Waves is relaunching its radio presenter course this September for 12 new aspiring broadcasters
  • Brian Dowling and Jennifer Zamparelli to cover Today FM mid-mornings
    Friday, June 27, 2025 from Radio Today
    Brian Dowling and Jennifer Zamparelli are stepping in to present Dave Moore’s Today FM mid-morning show while he takes a two-week break
  • John Giles to retire from punditry after 23 years with Off The Ball
    Friday, June 27, 2025 from Radio Today
    Football great John Giles retires from Off The Ball after 23 years, with a tribute night in August
  • Antoinette Lattouf wins against the ABC - podcast
    Wednesday, June 25, 2025 from Radio industry | The Guardian
    What started as five casual radio presenter shifts has turned into one of the most closely watched court battles in Australian media. In 2023, Antoinette Lattouf was removed as a fill-in host of an ABC radio program after she shared a...
  • Federal court rules ABC unlawfully terminated Antoinette Lattouf after ‘orchestrated campaign by pro-Israel lobbyists’
    Wednesday, June 25, 2025 from Radio industry | The Guardian
    Journalist was taken off air three days into five-day contract in December 2023 after sharing Gaza post on social media Australia news live: latest politics updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The ABC...
  • Battle of the Hits to continue as Bauer responds to court order
    Monday, June 23, 2025 from Radio Today
    "The brands are clearly different", says Bauer following Greatest Hits Radio court order from Classic Hits Radio. The station has changed to GHR
  • Live Aid concert to be broadcast on radio to mark 40th anniversary
    Monday, June 23, 2025 from Radio industry | The Guardian
    Greatest Hits Radio to air original performances from stars such as Queen and David Bowie in 10-hour show on 13 July The 1985 Live Aid broadcast that featured legendary performances from Queen, David Bowie, the Who and Paul McCartney...
  • Cuts to BBC World Service funding would ‘make us less safe’, MPs tell ministers
    Sunday, June 8, 2025 from Radio industry | The Guardian
    Reducing budget would involve closing parts of institution promoting UK soft power abroad, leaving gap for Russia to push propaganda Hours before Rachel Reeves stood up to deliver her budget last year, government officials were still in...
  • NPR lawsuit aims to strike a blow for press freedom against Trump’s attacks
    Sunday, June 1, 2025 from Radio industry | The Guardian
    Lawsuit challenges president’s move to cut federal funding as station says it is ‘matter of necessity and principle’ In the Trump administration’s unprecedented war on the American media, a lawsuit brought by public broadcasters could...
  • The BBC World Service is a vital beacon of truth in the fight against fake news | Letters
    Friday, May 30, 2025 from Radio industry | The Guardian
    The BBC World Service must be properly funded if it is to remain a vital source of truth amid growing global disinformation, writes Diana Hirst . Andrew Campbell fears that cuts will harm Britain’s reputation and economy. You are right...
  • The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: a boon to the UK, as well as audiences elsewhere | Editorial
    Friday, May 23, 2025 from Radio industry | The Guardian
    Britain would benefit from pledging more sustained and committed support in this age of disinformation and global turmoil Two years ago, BBC Arabic radio left the airwaves after decades. Soon afterwards, Russia’s Sputnik service began...
  • The world reveres the BBC – and so should we | Letters
    Monday, May 19, 2025 from Radio industry | The Guardian
    Readers respond to the cuts being made to the broadcasting corporation’s budget, including for the World Service Martin Bell makes an excellent case for the great importance of maintaining the BBC World Service ( Having risked my life in...
  • Having risked my life in war zones for the BBC, I know this: cuts to the World Service will be disastrous | Martin Bell
    Wednesday, May 14, 2025 from Radio industry | The Guardian
    In an age of disinformation, our broadcaster is trusted to find and tell the truth. Now more than ever we need it Martin Bell is a Unicef ambassador and a former BBC war reporter In a short space of time, the British government has made...
  • Ministers demand BBC World Service plan for cuts as aid budget slashed
    Sunday, May 11, 2025 from Radio industry | The Guardian
    Exclusive: David Lammy asks BBC bosses to draw up tightened budget amid criticism move could harm UK’s global influence David Lammy is asking BBC bosses to draw up tens of millions of pounds’ worth of cuts to the World Service as part of...
  • ‘Fight back’: journalist taking Trump administration to court calls for media to resist attacks
    Monday, May 5, 2025 from Radio industry | The Guardian
    Patsy Widakuswara, lead plaintiff in lawsuit fighting order to dismantle Voice of America, says US government is becoming more aggressive The lead plaintiff in a lawsuit fighting Donald Trump’s order to dismantle Voice of America has...
  • Partisan and ‘creepy’ interviews are threat to democracy, Nick Robinson says
    Sunday, May 4, 2025 from Radio industry | The Guardian
    Exclusive: BBC presenter warns ‘shared space for national debate’ at risk from platforms that fail to challenge leaders Fawning and partisan podcasts that give politicians hours of unchallenged airtime pose a danger to democracy, Nick...
  • Trump signs executive order to cut funding for public broadcasters
    Friday, May 2, 2025 from Radio industry | The Guardian
    President says neither NPR nor PBS presents ‘fair, accurate or unbiased portrayal of current events’ Donald Trump has signed an executive order that seeks to cut public funding for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting...
  • Jeremy Vine looks back: ‘What will I do after Radio 2? I don’t know. Die?’
    Sunday, April 27, 2025 from Radio industry | The Guardian
    The broadcaster on radioactive tomatoes, his suburban upbringing and still being a showoff Born in 1965 in Epsom, Surrey, Jeremy Vine is a journalist and broadcaster. Vine’s media career began at the Coventry Evening Telegraph...
  • Lewis Machipisa obituary
    Friday, April 25, 2025 from Radio industry | The Guardian
    My friend Lewis Machipisa, who has died aged 52 after a short illness, was a Zimbabwean journalist who spent nearly two decades at the BBC World Service in London working as a producer and editor. Lew, as colleagues knew him, started his...
  • BBC launches satellite news channel in Myanmar after Trump silences VOA
    Thursday, April 24, 2025 from Radio industry | The Guardian
    Corporation responds to ‘urgent need’ following earthquake by taking over Voice of America’s former channel The BBC has stepped in to launch a news service in Myanmar after the devastating earthquake in the country, replacing a US...
  • For Trump, the message is all. No surprise he’s targeting NPR and PBS | Margaret Sullivan
    Tuesday, April 22, 2025 from Radio industry | The Guardian
    Trump’s anti-media diatribes are part of the authoritarian playbook. Congress must reject his planned cuts It was entirely predictable that Donald Trump would go after public media in America. Harming the reality-based press – in every...
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