UK

This is the Coast is joining the Lincolnshire & Humberside MuxCo DAB digital radio multiplex as its sister company hands back the small-scale DAB licence award. The move will give the station improved reception along the Yorkshire coast in Bridlington, Hornsea, Driffield and across East Yorkshire from March 1st. Meanwhile, East Coast Digital Radio, which […] […]

Nation Broadcasting is bringing back Swansea Bay Radio once more following Bauer’s decision to rebrand The Wave as Hits. Kev Johns, Phil Hoyles and Steve ‘Wiggy’ Wiggins will form the main schedule as the name returns on St David’s Day. It’ll be the 7th rebrand for the 102.1 frequently, having been originally known as Swansea […] […]

Gwent Broadcasting’s original morning show host Peter Milburn is making a return to radio there. Peter presented the show on Gwent Broadcasting from 1983, and continued in that slot when the station was merged into Red Dragon Radio two years later, subsequently becoming programme director and then managing director. Now, Peter hosts a syndicated radio […] […]

TalkRadio host Piers Morgan is going uncensored by ditching regulated broadcast radio and television in favour of his YouTube channel. Piers says the linear broadcast schedule has become an unnecessary straitjacket and he’s going to where his audience is. His channel has 2.3m global subscribers and that’s where he’ll host his show exclusively from Monday […] […]

The Winchester small-scale DAB multiplex is back on-air after falling silent in November 2023. The original licensee, UK DAB Networks (Operations) Limited, went into voluntary liquidation resulting in many radio stations being taken off-air. A new company emerged to take over the licence and following a positive and swift consultation by Ofcom, has started broadcasting. […] […]

BBC presenter Tony Blackburn has announced he’s ending his Sunday afternoon show on BBC local radio. The syndicated programme, which is broadcast on BBC Radio Berkshire, Oxford and Solent, will finish on March 24th 2024. Tony says he’ll instead concentrate on his BBC Radio 2 programmes, The Golden Hour and Sounds of the Sixties, and […] […]