Friday, 20 December 2019
The Flying Eye in the Sky
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In 1974, LBC's Helicopter 417 took to the skies above the capital with reporter Bob Holness onboard keeping an eye on rush hour traffic...
Sunday, 15 December 2019
Radio doesn't come cheap
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On this day in 1993 (according to David Lloyd's Radio Moments, obviously), GWR acquired Wolverhampton's Beacon Radio for £3.7m as w...
Friday, 13 December 2019
Election night live
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Is it just me - a self-confessed political geek - or is there nothing quite like the buzz of the night after polls close in a general electi...
Tuesday, 10 December 2019
Does Spotify pose a threat to radio?
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How many times have you heard "radio is dead, everyone listens to Spotify now" or words to that effect? It's not true, of cour...
Tuesday, 3 December 2019
What purpose do tight music rotations serve?
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One of the most common criticisms of commercial radio is it plays "the same few songs all the time" - so why do it? The logic is s...
Wednesday, 27 November 2019
Global saves local radio - yes, really!
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Capital gains six new FM transmitters from Monday as the brand replaces Touch FM, Banbury Sound and Rugby FM. It comes after Quidem, which h...
Tuesday, 26 November 2019
The Radioplayer boom and speaking with one voice
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UK Radioplayer celebrates its ninth birthday next year. First announced in 2009, as a partnership between the BBC and commercial radio, it w...
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