31 March 2004 Clothing chain, FCUK, is about to launch its own radio station in the UK. Independent radio production company, Somethin’ Else, has been commissioned to...
29 March 2004 Audience figures, provided by Britain's GfK electronic watch system, are twice as accurate as the diaries used by Rajar, according to the explosive results of...
25 March 2004 There are signs and predictions in the UK that radio advertising revenue will be overtaken by the internet, possibly by the end of next year....
25 March 2004 In Belfast, Ireland, a truck driver told a court the reason he plowed into another car and killed the driver and passenger was because he...
22 March 2004 NTL Broadcast and the UK Commercial Radio Companies Association (CRCA) have announced the categories for the 2004 NTL Commercial Radio Awards. The awards seek to...
21 March 2004 In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has fined Infinity Broadcasting for apparently wilfully broadcasting indecent material in connection with The Howard Stern...
17 March 2004 Now here’s an interesting contest out of the USA. Lex & Terry do a syndicated morning show on 22 rock / classic rock stations across...
14 March 2004 In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission intends to fine three Clear Channel radio stations for apparently airing indecent material. The material was broadcast...
10 March 2004 The Fijian government is planning to set up a Broadcasting Standards Authority along the same lines as the regulators in Australia and Britain. Information...
25 February 2004 Howard Stern’s program has been axed from six Clear Channel radio stations after an interview with Rick Salomon, the man filmed having sex with hotel...
19 February 2004 The British Government may be considering a plan to break up the BBC and remove its independent status as the fallout from the Hutton Enquiry...
18 February 2004 UK radio group Scottish Radio Holdings has rejected accusations that radio stations have a monopolistic hold over advertisers at the Competition and Consolidation in Commercial...
10 February 2004 After 22 years on breakfast, US Radio Legend Rick Dees announced this week he has been axed from his KIIS-FM Los Angeles Breakfast Show, effective...
4 February 2004 Italy's controversial media bill has suffered a setback in Parliament. The legislation, which critics say is designed to benefit Prime Minister Berlusconi's business interests,...
30 January 2004 Andrew Gilligan, the BBC radio reporter who began all the BBC's recent troubles by saying the British Government "sexed up" the risks posed by Saddam...
29 January 2004 Both the Chairman of the BBC, Gavyn Davies and the Director General, Greg Dyke, have resigned after adverse findings against the BBC in the Hutton...
29 January 2004 The BBC's Director General Greg Dyke has resigned in the wake of Lord Hutton's enquiry findings. The new Acting Chairman Lord Ryder of the...
20 January 2004 Digital radio sales were up in the UK this Christmas according to figures released by The Digital Radio Development Bureau. About 100,000 digital radios...
23 December 2003 Throughout 2003 Radio Australia has supported media training and development initiatives in the Asia-Pacific. The network hosted a training program for a group of...
23 December 2003 FCC Chairman Michael Powell told companies in the communications field to "strap on their helmet, buckle their seat belt and hang on" when he spoke...
11 December 2003 WABC New York breakfast presenters Curtis & Kuby got a little more of a traffic report than they bargained for when a caller's car was...
10 December 2003 U.K. “stand and deliver”; Diaries vs watches, “Dr Fox” quits U.K.
26 November 2003 This week in London, ABC Correspondent Matt Peacock received a prestigious award from the Foreign Press Association at a ceremony at the Sheraton Park Lane Hotel....
19 November 2003 After a 5 week stint in a drug rehab clinic, cleaning up from an addiction to prescription painkiller drugs, Rush Limbaugh was back on...
8 November 2003 Philanthropist Joan B. Kroc has bequeathed $200 million to the National Public Radio network.
5 November 2003 Uncontrollable fires in California damaged many tv and radio transmission towers as they raged out of control last week. More than 2,000 homes were...
18 October 2003 US talk show host Rush Limbaugh has admitted a problem with prescription drugs after being caught out by a leaked story to a newspaper....
12 October 2003 The US digital radio technology IBOC, which was plagued with transmission faults and was recently turned off, is now back on air again thanks...
12 October 2003 US Radio Advertising Bureau head Gary Fries believes “end-to-end electronic documentation is necessary for broadcasters to provide better verification and overall accountability.” Speaking at...
9 October 2003 Two sessions analyzing audience research at the NAB conference revealed some listening trends that will be of interest to Program Directors. The Arbitron...
