AP integrates news feeds with Worldnow news system: NAB Show 2012

18 April 2012 The Worldnow news system has integrated its technology with the Associated Press' ENPS data feed. Announcing the new development at this year's NAB convention, the...

BroadcastAsia2012 will unveil revolutionary technologies

18 April 2012 In its quest for continuous evolution to stay relevant to fast-moving industry needs, BroadcastAsia has set its sights beyond broadcasting to spotlight the convergence of...

Connect Me to the World at RadioAsia 2012

18 April 2012 The 2012 Radio Asia conference will take place in Jakarta next month with a range of international speakers, including many Australians. The conference theme, Connect...

2012 New Zealand Radio Award finallists named

11 April 2012 The finalists for the 2012 NZ Radio Awards have been announced. Three finalists are in the running for best programmer of the year: Grant Millman,...

International Radio Festival and Forum in May

5 April 2012 IRIB’s 12th International Radio Festival, held in association with the ABU, will take place in Iran in May. The festival and associated conference forum provides...

First 2012 New Zealand survey results released

3 April 2012 The latest New Zealand survey results have been released today. There are two surveys in New Zealand each year, across all the country's radio markets.

Another Somali radio journalist killed

1 March 2012 The head of a private Somali radio station shut down by militants has been killed outside his home. The attackers killed Somaliweyn radio director Abukar...

Renowned American radio drama producer dies

7 February 2012 Internationally renowned radio dramatist and audiobook producer Yuri Rasovsky has died in Los Angeles. Born July 29, 1944, in Chicago, Rasovsky was a lonely only...

First 2012 UK Rajar ratings released

7 February 2012 The latest UK ratings show that Capital FM is once again London’s biggest commercial radio station, now with 2.3 million weekly listeners. Capital FM...

Radio journalist killed in Mogadishu

31 January 2012 Hassan Osman Abdi, known on air at Shabelle Radio in Mogadishu as ‘Fantastic,’ was killed on Sunday evening in the Somali capital. Abedi was Chief...

Desert Island Discs celebrates 70th anniversary

31 January 2012 The BBC Radio 4 program Desert Island Discs was first broadcast on 29 January 1942, and celebrates its 70th birthday this week. It holds the...

Hungary station says censorship may cause it to shut down

23 January 2012 Around 10,000 people have rallied in support of a Budapest radio station critical of the government, which may soon be forced to shut down by...

Nigerian investigative radio journalist murdered

21 January 2012 News editor Nansok Sallah, of the Nigerian government-owned radio station Highland FM, has been found lying face-down in a shallow stream under a bridge less...

Putin doesn’t like what he hears on Russia’s free radio stations

21 January 2012 Vladimir Putin has made it clear that he will not take criticism from his country’s remaining independent media outlets lightly. Russia's Prime Minister lectured Alexei...

Hong Kong DAB+ to switch on early this year

4 January 2012 As Hong Kong approaches full switch on of DAB+ digital radio channels in the next few months, international technology company All In Media (AIM) has...

Afghanistan broadcast training institute launched with Aussie help

23 December 2011 A new vocational institute located in Afghanistan has been launched, to provide professional standard studies for aspiring radio, television and online broadcasters and journalists. Nai...

UK digital radio switchover compulsory once 50% penetration reached

2 November 2011 Last week the UK Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, Ed Vaizey, made a significant speech to the UK’s 'Drive to Digital' conference, outlining...

Afghan Journalists say peace process causes self censorship

28 September 2011 Journalists across Afghanistan say that they practice self-censorship because of fears arising about the peace process. Boost News Agency reporter Jawaid Rostapoor says he fears...

Upload Sound and Music samples for schools

15 September 2011 The UK's Sound and Music project is inviting musicians, field recordists and sonic artists from around the world to be part of a new...

ABU Collaborates with SES for BroadcastAsia2012

14 September 2011 Singapore Exhibition Services (SES) will collaborate with the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) in preparation for the BroadcastAsia2012 International Conference that will take place at Suntec...

UK Radio Festival on October 31st

13 September 2011 Two of the UK’s most respected radio and music industry leaders have agreed to appear at this year’s Radio Festival. Gwyneth Williams, Controller of BBC...

IBC Conference begins in Amsterdam

8 September 2011 The IBC Conference has begun in Amsterdam, with a range of radio and broadcast companies showing off their best and newest products. The...

Frontier Silicon announces full support for the Hong Kong digital radio market

24 August 2011 Frontier Silicon, a supplier of digital radio and connected audio technology, announced on Friday the addition of a Chinese User Interface (UI) option to its...

No more Fairness in US political reporting rules

23 August 2011 The Fairness Doctrine for media, which began in America nearly 60 years ago as a means of giving equal time to differing political views on...

BBC sells Radio Times magazine

16 August 2011 The iconic Radio Times magazine has been sold as part of a wider deal where the BBC has divested itself of many of its publishing...

Digital Tx licences renewed for another 12 years in Britain

10 August 2011 Britain’s national DAB multiplex company Digital One has been granted a 12 year extension to its licence by Ofcom. The commercial radio service, owned by...

Quarter of radio listening in UK is now via digital

3 August 2011 Ofcom's second annual Digital Radio Report has been published in Britain, showing just over a quarter (26.5%) of all radio listening hours were to services...

New national digital radio service now on air in Germany

3 August 2011 Germany has switched on the new national DAB/DAB+ network. Twenty-seven transmitters covering 40 million consumers were switched on by Media Broadcast, and listeners across the...

800 more commercial radio licences for India: Phase three roll out approved

14 July 2011 In a week that has seen three terrorist bombs shatter lives on the monsoon drenched streets of Mumbai, the Indian radio industry has had some...

Gold Arqiva Award for Dee Ford in London

6 July 2011 The 2011 Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards were presented in London this week, with Absolute Radio, GMG Radio, Jack FM Oxfordshire amongst stations to receive several...

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