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Capital’s Jingle Bell Ball will be streamed live to big screens at Tottenham Court Road this year. The experience comes complete with a seating area, hot chocolate stand and Capital’s Jingle Bell Ball merchandise giveaways for Barclaycard customers. Global says the free event will be a fully immersive digital experience, creating a snowy Winter Wonderland […] […]

Former Capital Breakfast host Chris Tarrant is back at Boom Radio to host his first Christmas special for the station. The Who Wants to be Millionaire presenter will be on-air from 4pm on Boxing Day playing his own choice of music. The station says “Broadcasting from his own home, prepare to hear a range of […] […]

Recently launched DAB station Soleil Radio is now broadcasting in St Helier on 107.7FM. The frequency, recently given to sister station Channel 103 after it argued coverage in the capital wasn’t very good, went through a change of format request to remove a reference to 25-44 year olds which enabled the quick switchover. Ofcom says […] […]

Ernie Almond, one-half of the former Ern and Vern Show on BBC Three Counties Radio, has died at the age of 80. His co-host Jonathan Vernon-Smith paid tribute on Tuesday, saying: “My dear friend Ernie Almond passed away peacefully this afternoon. I was lucky to have him in my life for 31 years. I’m heartbroken! […] […]

talkSPORT’s new breakfast show line-up will be complete on Monday when Jeff Stelling joins to host each Monday and Tuesday. As announced in August, he’ll be co-hosting with Ally McCoist twice a week. Then on Wednesdays, it’s Alan Brazil and Ally McCoist before Alan is joined by Gabby Agbonlahor on Thursdays and Ray Parlour on […] […]

Claudia Winkleman has announced she’s leaving BBC Radio 2. The news came during her show on Saturday morning, saying she’s wanting to spend more time with her kids, and her last show will be in March 2024. Romesh Ranganathan, who currently presents For The Love Of Hip Hop for Radio 2 and BBC Sounds each […] […]