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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Radio Around the World

ENGLAND: BBC Radio 5’s Simon Mayo will leave his afternoon drive shift at the end of the year for afternoons on BBC Radio 2 … Considered “The Voice of Radio 4,” Peter Jefferson has been told by the BBC he will be let go after a 45-year career … AUSTRALIA: The Macquarie Radio Network has shut down its news website, livenews.com, a victim of low advertising revenue since its launch two years ago … Kyle Sandilands remains suspended from Austereo’s 2Day-FM in Sydney following his “Concentration Camp” comments, but told reporters he will be back on the radio next week … NEW ZEALAND: Radio New Zealand was knocked off the air for part of Tuesday morning when a fire alarm sounded and their offices were evacuated … CANADA: The National Film Board has released a documentary about Fort McPherson’s CBQM-AM (690) in the Northwest Territories, an all volunteer station catering to about 800 listeners … The newest station in the nation is on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, where CFSI-FM (107.9) has signed on … INDIA: The Mantri Karnataka Premiere League (cricket) will partner with Red FM to promote all KPL matches in Bangalore, Mysore, Mangalore and Gulbarga … The talk on the Radio-Info Latin America board is the plans of the Venezuelan government to take over private radio stationsDiscuss it.

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