26 January 2005 A New York radio station has been criticised for airing a twisted song that mocks the victims of the South Asian tsunami. WQHT has been...
5 January 2005 Casey Kasem has signed a new long-term contract with his current syndicator, Premiere Radio Networks in the USA. Each weekend, Kasem hosts American Top...
5 January 2005 In the USA, Clear Channel has come under fire from women's health advocates over a Christmas contest which offered breast enlargement surgeries to women in four cities....
5 January 2005 Satellite radio broadcasting grew by huge leaps in America during 2004. The two satellite radio companies, Sirius and XM both announced subscriber milestones as 2004...
5 January 2005 A new web site (www.radioheritage.net) has been launched to celebrate the story of radio broadcasting in the Pacific region, and to provide a home for...
4 January 2005 The BBC has reportedly given staff instructions on how to walk through a door! The Sun reports that workers in Birmingham have been issued...
31 December 2004 In Chile, a man has won a car in a Santiago radio station competition after kissing it for 54 hours. The 22 year old...
30 December 2004 A Peruvian radio journalist - seized by a mob of armed villagers in a remote Andean jungle - has been released, four days after being...
22 December 2004 In the UK the Wireless Group's case against ratings company RAJAR has been struck out in the British High Court. The Wireless...
22 December 2004 America's largest radio network, Clear Channel, has chosen Fox News Radio to provide national news for most of its news and talk stations in deal...
21 December 2004 There are calls for an independent board to oversee one of the world's best known media brands, the BBC, which would end decades of self...
7 December 2004 The BBC says it will cut 2900 jobs - more than 10% of its workforce - over the next three years, as part of a...
21 November 2004 A US radio talk show host has been criticed for calling Condoleezza Rice an 'Aunt Jemima' and saying she isn't competent to be the new...
18 November 2004 Howard Stern was the cause of a huge traffic jam as crowds gathered for an outside broadcast where he handed out Sirius boom boxes and...
16 November 2004 A radio station manager and broadcaster has died after being shot in an ambush, becoming the ninth journalist killed this year in the Philippines. ...
15 November 2004 The BBC has been forced to deny reports it is planning to lay off up to half of its 28 000 staff. London's Evening...
10 November 2004 Latest ratings’ figures from Rajar indicate commercial radio stations in Britain have been too busy worrying about each other and face a real threat from...
10 November 2004 UK broadcasting regulator, Ofcom, has been called on to ensure the merger of Capital and GWR does not lead to abuse of position. Agencies...
31 October 2004 Swiss Radio International airs its last programs on shortwave and satellite today, switching its information output to the internet. After almost 70 years of...
28 October 2004 The BBC has denied reports it will cut almost a quarter of its 28 000 workforce. According to a report in The Times, news...
26 October 2004 Veteran British radio announcer, John Peel has died of a heart attack at 65 while holidaying in Peru. Peel had worked for the BBC's...
22 October 2004 The world's third largest music company, EMI Group, says it and other music companies face a US investigation into how music companies influence what songs...
20 October 2004 In Britain, Rajar has outlined the next phase of its hunt for a viable electronic measurement system to replace its current diary system, with tests...
20 October 2004 Virgin Radio Chief Executive, John Pearson, will step down from the company in April. The surprise resignation, which has been announced to Virgin staff,...
11 October 2004 In a deal reportedly worth half a billion US dollars ($A704 million) over five years, Howard Stern will present his iconic show for US satellite...
29 September 2004 An agreement in the US between Arbitron and VNU could see the birth of new national marketing research which will collect multi-media and...
27 September 2004 The 2004 European Radio & Television Symposium is on again during November in Berlin. The theme of the radio symposium day, on 10 November, ...
20 September 2004 To mark its 10th anniversary, German broadcaster, Deutsche Welle, has added Klingon - spoken in the Star Trek series and movies - to the 30...
8 September 2004 UK media regulator, Ofcom, has revealed plans for a new FM commercial radio licence for the Kidderminster area in the West Midlands. Radio companies...
8 September 2004 Three of the biggest media groups have been invited to discuss possible bids for BBC Worldwide. Executives from Time Warner, Walt Disney Corporation and...