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Friday, February 5, 2010

Radio Around the World

SCOTLAND: A new survey finds BBC Radio Scotland has lost almost 250,000 listeners over the past three years, and their flagship Good Morning Scotland lost 75,000 listeners in a yearENGLAND: The latest RAJAR report shows a record 8.1 million weekly listeners tuned into Sir Terry Wogan’s BBC Radio Two morning show in his final three months before retiring … GMG Radio hires Mediacom’s Richard Jacobs to take over as head of commercial strategy … Thanks to a 13% jump in the number of people listening to DAB in England, digital radio listening grew 11% over the past year, according to the latest RAJAR data … TAIPEI: Radio station owners are demanding the National Communications Commission (NCC) stop a plan to release more broadcasting licenses, saying competition would cut into ad revenues and could make it difficult for them to surviveCANADA: Laurie Langcastor is out and Karen Black is in as afternoon drive host on Winnipeg’s CJOB-AM (680) … CKOV-FM (103.1) in Kelowna, British Columbia has flipped from country to AC. You can listen to “The Q 103.1” by clicking hereThe Radio-Info United Kingdom board has a discussion about your favorite British radio stationsDiscuss it.

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