24 August 2005 Arbitron has announced that 100 Kroger stores in the Houston area will participate in market trials of the Arbitron Portable People Meter system. Beginning...
22 August 2005 The search is on to find the most talented and most entertaining personality/personalities to reshape and redefine breakfast radio. Tracy Johnson is looking for...
10 August 2005 When last week’s London radio ratings hit the press Jono Coleman’s replacement Jamie Theakston copped criticism from most newspapers for losing 250,000...
9 August 2005 New York hip-hop station Hot 97 has been slapped with a fine for sponsoring "smackfest" competitions. The station organised a contest from April 2004...
8 August 2005 Nepal's royalist government is threatening to close down a private radio station if it continues to ignore a ban on broadcasting news. The Information...
27 July 2005 Recent reports that long running station WVUV in American Samoa may have finally disappeared from the Pacific airwaves for ever, aren't yet the end of the...
26 July 2005 Sony BMG will pay $US10 million to settle an investigation into pay-offs by record labels to ensure radio airplay. Under the agreement, Sony BMG have...
21 July 2005 Following criticism about old fashioned audience research methodology from super regulator OffCom recently, the UK’s official radio measurement body, RAJAR, has invited tenders to manage...
21 July 2005 The United States has launched a tv and radio advertising campaign in Afghanistan, telling listeners about the multi-million dollar rewards for the capture of Osama...
14 July 2005 UK radio ratings body, RAJAR, has come in for criticism from the new government media and telecoms regulator, Ofcom, for its old fashioned research practices....
8 July 2005 In Indonesia, a former announcer has been arrested after calling a radio station to report a fictitious deadly car bombing. Dedi Hartono reportedly made...
6 July 2005 New York Times reporter Judith Miller has been jailed for contempt of court for refusing to reveal a source to a US government investigation...
5 July 2005 Eight gunmen on motorcycles murdered Philipine radio talk show host Rolando “Dodong” Morales shortly after he finished presenting his program on DXMD. Morales was...
30 June 2005 Canadians will be able to legally buy subscription satellite radio after the Canadian Government approved license applications for three subscription radio proposals, one each from...
30 June 2005 New Zealand’s CanWest Mediaworks has recorded a 12% increase in third quarter earnings and is positive about the prospects of its new national radio...
27 June 2005 Macquarie Bank has shown it considers no diversification too broad, buying the BBC's media services business, BBC Broadcast, in the UK for almost $400 million....
24 June 2005 Jono Coleman has signed up to host breakfast on BBC London, replacing Danny Baker. Coleman says he is “honoured to be back at the...
24 June 2005 One of Brazil's soccer stars has been confronted by bandits while doing a radio interview on his mobile phone. Roberto Carlos, who also plays...
22 June 2005 Clear Channel Radio wants a better ratings system to replace paper diaries, which it believes are antiquated. Clear Channel has challenged the ratings industry...
21 June 2005 American DJs have sent sent radio playlists into overdrive, trebling the usual number of Michael Jackson songs since his acquittal on child sex charges. ...
15 June 2005 In the US, Viacom has confirmed a plan to break up into two separate companies, one centered on broadcast TV and another one built...
15 June 2005 Radio Ad campaigns deliver a better return on investment than television campaigns, according to a new US study. The study, by Millward Brown and...
14 June 2005 Radio broadcasters, communications academics and representatives of developmental agencies will be among those exchanging views at a new radio industry conference in Singapore which begins...
8 June 2005 Dalet Digital Media Systems will be heading to the Broadcast Asia conference held in Singapore between June 14th - 17th with their expanded family...
8 June 2005 A special Radio Conference is being held as part of the larger 'Broadcast Asia' conference in Singapore that begins next week. The RadioAsia Conference...
22 May 2005 BBC journalists and broadcast workers have walked out over plans to cut 3800 jobs. The 24 hour strike - the first of four rolling...
16 May 2005 British households throw about a fifth of their food - untouched and uneaten - straight in the bin, according to a BBC radio show. ...
12 May 2005 BBC journalists and broadcasting workers have called a three day strike over plans to cut almost 3800 jobs. Walkouts will occur on 23 May,...
10 May 2005 Australian/New Zealander Andrew Jeffries has been appointed programme director of Emap Radio’s Kiss. Jeffries, is currently programme director of Emap Radio stablemates Kerrang! Radio...
9 May 2005 Two Vatican Radio executives have been given 10 day suspended jail sentences because the radio's transmitters create too much interference! Cardinal Roberto Tucci and...