25 May 2001
| by MediaWeek
Radio Tweenies...Radio is making an increasingly vocal claim to be considered as a medium of choice for targeting tweenagers. Capital Radio media strategy manager Juliet Browse, who is speaking at the Teen World conference ...
that radio's hold on this audience is growing. According to Browse, tweenage viewing on ITV has ...
06 May 2008
| by Media Week
Local commercial radio's audience share in Q1 2008 dropped from 31.4% to 30.3% year on year...- Andrew Harrison, chief executive, RadioCentre The problems for local commercial radio have ...
put more value on national celebrities, which makes it difficult
for local radio stations to compete with the BBC. And secondly, local
radio has lost that unique edge it once had. People don't rely upon ...
03 Jun 2008
| by Media Week
Local radio listeners consume more radio than the population at large, according to research...by First Radio Sales consume at least five hours of
radio on average per day. By comparison, 16 ...
characteristics of local radio listeners,
concluding that those who listen to local stations typically handled by
First Radio are likely to make key purchases near to their homes. Tony Mellor, managing director ...
18 Sep 2006
| by Sarah Crawley-Boevey
Leading radio groups have not ruled out the possibility of buying over-50s station Saga Radio...it was to be auctioned off had "taken the sexiest option". Saga Radio owns four licences: two in the Midlands, one in Glasgow and one in the North-East, which is not due to air until the new year. Meanwhile radio bosses ...
07 Aug 2007
| by Sarah Crawley-Boevey
A bidding war for Emap's radio assets is on the cards, with Global Radio tipped to be the most...Analysts predicted this week that Emap Radio would be sold as a whole
and that a non-quoted player ...
McCall last week admitted her company would
be considering Emap's radio assets and GCap Media chief ...
to
see any existing quoted players making a move," he said. "Global Radio
has deep pockets and I don ...
07 Aug 2007
| by Sarah Crawley-Boevey
LONDON - A bidding war for Emap’s radio assets is on the cards, with Global Radio tipped...Analysts predicted this week that Emap Radio would be sold as a whole and that a non-quoted player ...
McCall last week admitted her company would be considering Emap s radio assets and GCap Media chief ...
to see any existing quoted players making a move, he said. Global Radio has deep pockets and I don ...
13 Sep 2000
| by MediaWeek
SMG picks radio chief...SMG has appointed Bobby Hain as business development director of its radio division. Hain will work alongside Virgin Radio to expand the division. Hain was previously managing director of Beat 106 in Scotland, and before that was programme director at Virgin Radio. "We have stated our intention to grow ...
05 Jan 2001
| by MediaWeek
Westcom radio expands...Westcom Media, operators of Somerset-based local radio station 107.7 WFM, has acquired 100% of the share capital of CAT FM, the local radio station serving Cheltenham and Tewkesbury. Westcom Media, was set up in 1998 to apply for a new radio licence for the Weston-super-Mare area. CAT FM was previously ...
12 May 2000
| by MediaWeek
BBC Radio boosts audience...Radio audiences soared to a new high in the first quarter of 2000 as the growth in “internet listeners” boosted figures across both commercial and BBC radio. Radio had a total reach of 43.4 million adults – 90% of the population – from January to April, according to figures from the Radio Joint ...
31 Jan 2000
| by MediaWeek
Radio spend hits record...Radio has recorded its best ever quarter for advertising, according to the Radio Advertising ...
for the same period on 1998. Radio has also continued its shift from local to national advertising. The final ...
33% of commercial radio revenues in 1999. The top buying point was Carat, which spent £32 million ...