US

Eddie & Jobo Reuniting At B96 On April 1

Audacy Gold CHR “B96” WBBM-FM Chicago will (re)introduce Eddie Volkman and Joe “JoBo” Bohannon to the station on Monday, April 1 at 7:00am for a foolish celebration of their legacy. The duo hosted mornings together at the station from 1988 until 2008 outside of a seventh month stretch in 1994 where they were fired and […] […]

ASIA

Philippines: GMA radio stations lead Mega Manila airwaves

GMA Network’s flagship AM radio station Super Radyo DZBB 594 registered a total audience share of 45 percent in March, marking a significant increase from its February performance of 30.7 percent.According to a company release, DZBB’s lead over closest competitors DWWW 774 and DZRH Nationwide 666 remains undisputed. For the months of February and March, DWWW 774 had a total audience share of 14.4 and 21.8 percent, respectively. DZRH had 20 percent and 9.8 percent for the same period.Barangay LS 97.1, GMA’s flagship FM radio station, led other radio stations in March with a total audience share of 44.1 percent, while its nearest competitor 90.7 Love Radio had 14.2 percent. Barangay LS 97.1 also claimed the top spot for Mega Manila listeners in February with a 43.7 percent total audience share over 90.7 Love Radio’s 11.8 percent.GMA Network’s radio stations have also earned distinctions from various award-giving bodies lately. In February, Super Radyo DZBB was recognized as AM Radio Station of the Year at the 2024 Platinum Stallion National Media Awards of Trinity University of Asia. At the 2nd Laurus Nobilis Media Excellence Awards of the Lyceum Philippines University Cavite held in March, it anchors were honoured with the Laurus Nobilis Media Excellence in Radio News Reporting: veteran broadcast journalist Susan Enriquez (Female Category) and Joel Reyes Zobel (Male Category). Papa Dudut of Barangay LS 97.1 was awarded the Laurus Nobilis Media Excellence in Radio Disc Jockeying for the Male Category. […]

US

AWFM Unveils 2024 Gracie Award Winners

Today, the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWMF)—the nonprofit organization supporting women across all media segments—announced winners of the 49th Annual Gracie Awards. The Gracies celebrate outstanding achievements in media dedicated to women, by women, and about women across diverse platforms in news and entertainment. This year’s winners will be celebrated at AWMF’s annual […] […]

UK

Date set for Capital’s new breakfast show with Jordan North

Jordan North will join Capital on Monday 8th April following the departure of Roman Kemp this morning. Roman hosted his last show on Thursday 28th March with Sian and Chris after six years on the show, and ten years at Capital. Looking ahead, Jordan North told RadioToday: “My alarm clock is on, and I cannot […] […]

UK

Tony Blackburn takes over BBC Radio 2 breakfast to celebrate 60 years of the pirates

Tony Blackburn has taken over the breakfast show on BBC Radio 2 in a stunt to celebrate 60 years since the launch of Radio Caroline. He interrupted the music and started playing Caroline by The Fortunes, and said his pirate colleague Johnnie Walker would have been with him but he’s slept in(!). On-Air, Tony said: […] […]

UK

BBC Radio 5 Live at 30 – Dotun Adebayo looks back

I first arrived at Radio 5 Live at the old TV Centre in west London back in July 1998, as a guest on what was then known as Late Night Live with Nick Robinson. I remember the date because my appearance was predicated by an opinion column I had been asked to write for The […] […]