‘The Colonel’ Kermit Womack will end his 72 year broadcasting career when his KERM Inc. shuts down Full Service Talk 790 KURM Rogers/94.5 K248DM Huntsville and 100.3 KURM-FM Gravette AR on July 1. Womack signed on KURM in 1979 and acquired the full-power FM in 2002. He previously owned three other stations that were sold […] […]
The Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama) dominated the radio category at the Malaysia Press Institute (MPI) – Petronas Malaysian Journalism Awards (HKM) 2023 at the Malaysian Journalists Night earlier this month.It won awards in four radio categories: Best Radio Report, Best Radio Documentary, Best Radio Interview and Best Live Radio Broadcast.Bernama Radio’s Nurliyana Farhah Ruslan won the gold for the Best Radio Report category for the report titled “Palestin: Panji Perjjuangan Belum Selesai.”Ahmad Fawzan Azmie Abdul Halil won the bronze in the same category for his report titled “Mek Mulung: Puwitera Wangsa Bangsa.”In the Best Radio Documentary Category Muhamad Azim took bronze with the documentary titled “Menyingkap Kisah Pejuang Kanser.” Raifanabillah Zulkilfi and Natasha Aimee Hasim were awarded the silver award in the Best Radio Interview category for “Membina Pengangkutan Awam Bersana.”In the Best Live Radio category, Wan Nadia Khairani Wan Chik won the gold for live broadcast on “Perkembangan Bedah Siasat Mansa Nahas Elmina” from HTAR, Klang. Ahmad Fawzan Azmie took the silver for “Lintas Langsung Nahas Elmina.”Nurliyana Farah described her win as a recognition of the power to speak out.“I use my trust, duty and responsibility as a journalist to disseminate and expose humanitarian issues and the suffering of the Palestinian people to the public…this is a worthwhile endeavour,” she said. […]
Thornbury Radio has celebrated its third birthday by giving away free cash.
The community radio station ran a competition for one listener to win £105.10, to match its frequency.
The FM service is designed to cover Thornbury and surrounding villages – including Alveston, Olveston, Tytherington, Oldbury-on-Severn, Leyhill, Wickwar, Bagstone and Iron Acton.
In addition, Thornbury Radio will start broadcasting on DAB from September 2024.
Chris Criddle, weekday breakfast show host and Director said; “The station is going from strength to strength with such great positive feedback, more volunteers wanting to get involved and the station being recognised by more people than ever.
“We are attending more events this year and we are told that we are doing a great job by our community.
“With our plans for launching on DAB in September 2024 we hope to make it even easier to listen to Thornbury Radio.” […]
Coleman Insights is launching a National Music Test for the Mainstream AC, Hot AC, Country, Alternative, Classic Hits, Classic Rock, and R&B formats. FACT USASM is available via subscription for radio stations, streaming services, and other users, while results for all seven formats will be ready in time for implementation prior to this year’s Fall […] […]
vCreative and Text Groove have announced an integration placing Text Groove’s text messaging platform inside its vPromotions software. The integration is said to replace the hassle of navigating multiple platforms while fulfilling text-to-win contests, enabling broadcasters to seamlessly sync contest details with ease, leveraging time-saving vPromotions workflows like automatic population of past winner information and […] […]
Radio presenter and podcaster Jon Holmes has opened up about his cancer diagnosis to try and demystify the disease and encourage conversation.
Jon Holmes was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2023, which he says came as a bit of a surprise because quite frankly he was far too busy for all of that nonsense. After a very odd, intense, unexpected, ridiculous year, Jon realised that men don’t tend to talk openly about the preposterous indignity of dealing with cancer. So he decided he would, with other men who have been through it.
In a new eight part series for BBC Radio 4, Jon Holmes Says The C-Word, Jon will be joined by comedians Stephen Fry, Mark Steel, Richard Herring, Matt Forde, and Eric Idle, actors Colin McFarlane and Ben Richards, rock star and The Alarm frontman Mike Peters, and journalists Jeremy Langmead, Nick Owen, and Jeremy Bowen as they share their own personal experiences of undergoing cancer treatment.
Jon Holmes says: “If there had been a podcast like this when I was diagnosed – one full of other people’s stories, advice and light moments to illuminate the darkness of the whole sorry process I’d have lapped it up. But there wasn’t, so I spoke to Radio 4, and now there is.”
Jon and his guests will demystify all things cancer in raw, honest, difficult, often absurd and – yes – funny detail, from fingers up the bum to blood tests via biopsies, surgery, catheters, stomas, feeding tubes, penis pumps (no, really) and incontinence pads.
Jon will seek to stop the stigma and embarrassment associated with these issues, to raise awareness and encourage listeners to ‘get checked’ as he aims to remove the fear from the whole diagnosis and treatment process in an accessible and entertaining way. Aiming to humanise what is often a completely de-humanising process paved with unexpected moments, Jon Holmes Says The C-Word maintains that retaining a sense of humour is all important.
Throughout the series, Jon will also be encouraging listeners to get involved and share their own experiences, whether it’s something they have been through themselves or if they are supporting someone with cancer.
Commissioning editor Rhian Roberts says: “Jon has been so generous in both sharing his own cancer story and also creating a new place for more men to open up and tell theirs. It’s down to earth, full of facts and with as much fun as Jon can muster, and that’s quite a lot. We hope it becomes a space where listeners know they’re in good company, no matter how difficult the subject can be.” […]
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