Year: 2024

UK

Paddy McGuinness is cycling 300 miles on a Raleigh Chopper for BBC Children in Need

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BBC Radio 2 presenter Paddy McGuinness is cycling 300 miles from Wrexham AFC to Glasgow on a Raleigh Chopper.
The Ultra Endurance Cycle Challenge is to raise money and awareness for BBC Children in Need, and you can even check his live progress on the Paddy Tracker!
Zoe Ball on the Radio 2 Breakfast Show spoke to Paddy and set him off on his way at around 8am today, and he also appeared live on BBC Breakfast.
Actor Michael Sheen left a voicenote for Paddy, saying: “Hello Paddy, it’s your old mate Michael Sheen here. What a fantastic thing you’re doing here. I want to give you as much support as possible, so as inspiration – I’m going to do a bike ride as well!
“I’m going to go from this wall here, all the way across to that wall over there. If I can do it, *grunts* you can do it, mate!
“Good luck, all the best *grunts*! All the best!”
Before setting off on his challenge, Paddy spoke to Dot Davies and James Williams from BBC Radio Wales about what it was like to train with Sir Chris Hoy.
“It’s like being a football fan and having a kickabout with Messi. If you’re a cyclist you’d give your right arm to train with him. He’s so inspiring he gets me through the days when were out training and he’s just a pleasure to be around.”
He went on to explain why he chose the chopper bike for his challenge. “I could never afford one always wanted one its iconic I love the shape of it. That’s going to be the star of the show, kids are going to love this, and then the mums and dads can sort of have the rose tinted spectacles on and take themselves back to their own childhoods.”

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Ireland

Coimisiún na Meán publishes updated guidelines for broadcast coverage of elections

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Coimisiún na Meán has published its Guidelines in Respect of Broadcast Coverage of Elections.
The Guidelines provide direction and advice to broadcasters as to how fairness, objectivity and impartiality can be achieved in their coverage of elections.
The Guidelines are being published in advance of the General Election, scheduled to take place on Friday, 29 November. The Guidelines come into effect from today, Monday 11 November apply to coverage of the elections until the closing of polling stations on 29 November.
Speaking about the publication of the Guidelines, Coimisiún na Meán’s Broadcasting and Video-on-Demand Commissioner Aoife MacEvilly said: “Elections and electoral integrity are a key focus for us at Coimisiún na Meán this year. Broadcasters play a central role in how people are informed during election periods and therefore they must ensure that all news and current affairs programming is fair, objective and impartial. The publication of the election guidelines today will aid broadcasters in their approach to programming during election periods and will help them to ensure their coverage is open and transparent. The guidelines are designed to help broadcasters meet their obligations.”
“Alongside these guidelines, we have published a Candidate Information Pack to provide information for candidates standing for election in Ireland and what they can do if they experience harm online. We are also engaging with online platforms to ensure that they play their part in upholding electoral integrity and ensuring that people across Ireland can make free, fair and informed choices about where to cast their vote.”
These Guidelines see the replacement of the Broadcast Moratorium with an Additional Care Requirement for broadcasters during the Critical Election Period. This decision follows a review of the Moratorium conducted by Coimisiún na Meán. This review included an examination of electoral silence periods in other countries, a survey of attitudes conducted with Ipsos B&A and a public consultation.
As well as providing advice on the new Additional Care Requirement, the Guidelines also advise that during polling hours, broadcasters should not feature speculation on the outcome of the election, including the coverage of opinion polls or exit polls, until the voting has concluded.
Broadcasters are also reminded of the requirements to achieve a fair allocation of airtime during election coverage, the prohibition on political advertisements and the requirement to have in place policies and procedures for handling on-air contributions via social media and to mitigate the risks of AI-generated deepfakes.
These Guidelines also state that it is not appropriate for persons involved with ‘election interests’ to present programmes during the election campaign period – ‘election interests’ includes candidates for an election.
The updated Guidelines for Broadcast Coverage of Elections and the Code of Fairness Objectivity and Impartiality can be found on the Coimisiún na Meán websitecnam.ie. […]

UK

Radio X rebrands as Radio Y to promote television drama Yellowstone

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Radio X is known as Radio Y today thanks to a partnership between Global and Paramount+ UK to promote television drama Yellowstone.

The UK campaign launched this morning in line with the show’s return, with a Yellowstone takeover of Radio X for the entire day.
The station has become Radio Y and the studio has been transformed into a Yellowstone themed Western ranch including props and branding from the show.
To kick off the day, co-branded social media content featuring Radio X Drivetime host and Yellowstone superfan Johnny Vaughan dressed as a cowboy commuting to work on horseback was teased from Johnny’s, Radio X’s and Paramount+’s social media accounts, ahead of his show.
This morning, Radio X Breakfast host Chris Moyles treated his audience to a special ‘Bucking Bronco’ segment to win a £2K cash prize, hosted live from the studio and streamed on Global Player.
The rest of the Radio X breakfast team (James, Dom and Pippa) took turns on the bronco while simultaneously recapping each Yellowstone series to date and listeners had to guess which presenter could stay on the longest as Chris commented on their performance.
One lucky winner received a £2K cash prize and is in with a chance of winning a trip to a ranch in Montana – the home of Yellowstone.
Yellowstone will be promoted on air every hour throughout the day and there will be further chances for listeners to enter the competition, culminating with Johnny Vaughan going full throttle with Radio Y in his drivetime show.
In addition, spoof ads riffing off the Yellowstone theme will play every hour.
The Radio X activity will be supported by on-air promotions on Heart and Capital throughout the two-week period, and national outdoor ads showcasing Johnny in his Yellowstone themed outfit will bring the partnership to life off air.
The partnership is the result of collaboration between Paramount+ UK, Global, Wavemaker and The Promotions Factory.
Anna Priest, Senior Vice President and Head of Paramount+ UK said: “We’re really proud of this collaboration with Global. Radio hosts are the original influencers and with Johnny, Chris and the Radio X team being genuine fans of Yellowstone, it’s an authentic and entertaining way to excite UK fans about the epic return.”
Katie Bowden, Managing Director of Commercial Audio at Global added: “We love working with advertisers to create innovative campaigns and clever partnerships with our radio brands. This is a great example of using the power of radio to engage audiences in a playful and fun way and Radio X is the perfect set for Yellowstone.”

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