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India focuses on piracy
The Indian Music Industry (IMI) is a group of 142 music companies and they have announced that they are stepping up many initiatives to fight digital piracy. The country’s version of the Supreme Court, the Kolkata High Court, issued an order that directs 387 ISPs to block over 100 illegal music websites that are known to be copyright infringing. Read More
India's Radio One adopts "English music" approach
India's Radio One believes that most stations play the same music and sound virtually the same—so it has made a decision to adopt an "English music" approach in Delhi and Mumbai. Its effort, a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Next Mediaworks, will not air any news, because, according to The Business Standard "due to regulatory restrictions… Read More
Australian radio hosts in hot water for calling India a "S***hole"
Sydney, Australia's 2Day-FM morning team of Kyle Sandiland and Jackie O are no strangers to controversy, but now they have an entire nation unhappy with them. While appearing on an Australian TV show, Sandiland called the nation of India a "s***hole," and denounced the Ganges River as a "junkyard." The Council of Indian Australians denounced the st… Read More
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AUSTRALIA: Fairfax Media, which owns Melbourne's 3AW, Sydney's 2UE and 6PR in Perth, has hired the accounting firm KPMG as it continues down the road to selling their stations, with Macquarie Radio interested in 3AW, according to the Australian ... PHILIPPINES: GMA Network, which owns radio, TV and print media, reported ad revenue declined 13% in t…
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CANADA: In Toronto, Gord Stellick is leaving sports CJCL-AM (590) for the hockey channel on Sirius. To cover Stellick, "The Fan" moves Andrew Krystal from 1pm-4pm, followed by Primetime Sports in afternoon drive- Discuss it ...
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ENGLAND: Ticket requests for BBC Radio 1's "Big Weekend" have broken all records. Registration for the free tickets for the show, featuring The Black Eyed Peas and Lady Gaga happens in May ...
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The UK's Absolute Radio could soon be looking for a buyer
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that India-based Bennett, Coleman & Company, whose parent company The Times Infotainment Media (TIML) of India bought Virgin Radio Holdings in 2008, is considering putting up the United Kingdom-based Absolute Radio for sale. Bennett Coleman CEO Ravi Dhariwal tells the Journal, "We are in the process of conductin…
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AUSTRALIA: 3AW (693-AM) talk host Ross Stevenson signs a
long-term contract to stay with the Melbourne talk station. It's believed
to be an eight-year deal worth $1 million annually according to the Herald Sun newspaper
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AUSTRALIA: An analysis shows Fairfax Media, whose holdings include Sydney's 2UE and Melbourne's 3AW, would be better off selling the company, according to The Australian newspaper ... LIBYA: A number of radio stations are being taken over or started by rebels seeking to overthrow Muammar Gadaffi, including Radio Free Tobruk and another in Bengazi, …
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CANADA: Radio-Info confirms that CHTZ-FM (97.7) in St. Catharines, Ontario and PD/PM Drive host Mike Tyler have parted ways.
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SCOTLAND: Former Real Radio personality Robin Galloway, fired when he set up his
producer to walk nude past an elected official, joins Glasgow's Radio
Clyde for afternoons ... AUSTRALIA: A top Islamic group is calling for Sydney's Muslim 2MFM to not have their license renewed for what it deems "sectarian fringe views" ...
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AUSTRALIA: Austereo has finally named the successors to its popular afternoon show of Hamish and Andy, both of whom are leaving to pursue other ventures. Fifi Box & Jules Lund will take over Monday through Thursday afternoons, with special Hamish & Andy shows on Fridays only ...
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AFGHANISTAN: Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty's Radio Azadi in Kabul has launched a text messaging service to better reach listeners. The war torn nation has over 17 million mobile phone users out of a population of 29 million ...
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INTERNET RADIO: Just in time for the holidays, Grace Digital Audio has introduced their newest internet radio, the GDI-IR2550p, which can access 50,000 radio stations via its 802.11b/g/n WiFi connection, and has built-in controls for Pandora. It will retail for $169.99 ...
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SOMALIA: Soldiers linked to two separate Islamic terror groups attacked independent radio stations Horn Afrik and GBC in the capital of Mogadishu, taking over the stations and stealing broadcast equipment. Since the start of this year, six radio stations have been attacked by insurgent forces … CANADA: Steve Moore is the new Music Director / Midd…
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AFGHANISTAN: President Hamid Karzi has ordered an investigation into the death of Radio Television Afghanistan reporter Sayed Hamid Noori, found stabbed to death near his home in the capital city of Kabul … KENYA: Mombasa-based Radio Salaam host Habib Suleiman and his wife are being held as suspects in the bombings during a World Cup soccer bro…
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ENGLAND: GMG Radio promotes North West operations managing director Andy Carter to managing director of Smooth Radio, which is set to launch as a national DAB-platform station on October 4 … AUSTRALIA: Former Australian Broadcasting Corp. host and radio morning personality Andy Muirhead is in more trouble, now charged with possessing child porn
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ENGLAND: Former BBC Radio 1 and longtime Classic-FM DJ Simon Bates is leaving to become the host for Smooth Radio’s new national morning show … DAB radio maker PURE has launched “FlowSongs,” where listeners can download songs they like for a fee from the PURE radios, using an embedded version of Shazam … Global Radio online and interactive…
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PHILIPPINES: Police arrested five men involved in cattle-rustling for the murder of former Radyo Natin-Kalinga news anchor Jose Daguio. Police believe he may have been murdered because he knew of the men’s criminal activities … DUBAI: The BBC has stopped broadcasting its World Service radio station in the Emirate on 87.9 FM due to a license iss…
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ENGLAND: There may be a reunion of the “Sachsgate” duo, as former BBC Radio 2 host Russell Brand may be a guest on the TV show “Friday Night With,” with his former partner Jonathan Ross … IRELAND: The latest ratings for Dublin show Hot AC 98FM up over a full share to 11.6, making it the first #1 victory since late-2006. You can listen to “Dublin … Read More
