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CANADA: It's a done deal - the merger between XM Canada's Canadian
Satellite Radio Holdings and Sirius Canada has been finalized, giving
the combined company over 1.8 million subscribers and making it one of
the nation's largest media companies ... AUSTRALIA: The ratings are in for Sydney, where 2Day-FM did slip in
mornings, falling to a 10…
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IRELAND: A major gaffe, in a radio ad that aired nationally including on
RTE Radio 1. It touted a visit by Queen Elizabeth and referred to her as "Her
Royal Highness" instead of "Her Majesty" - in essence referring to the Queen
as a Princess ...
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ENGLAND: BBC Radio Bristol host Peter Rowell, who made news recently when he went missing, has now been arrested and charged with indecent assault, facing four counts dating back to the 1990's. That's according to the Daily Mail ...
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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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IRELAND: After five months off the air following a
lewd sexual act that occurred on an airplane heading back to Ireland, Neil Prendeville will return to Cork FM. No criminal charges
were ever filed ...
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FRANCE: Management at Radio France International has ordered all of their reporters to leave Japan, due to the concerns of radiation from the meltdowns of a number of Japan's nuclear reactors ... BOTSWANA: Private radio station Gabz-FM is making changes, and a newspaper is reporting that many who are being fired are not getting their salaries, incl…
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IRAQ: Gunmen in Kalar stormed the offices of Kurdish Voice Radio, looting and destroying the broadcast equipment. The station had been calling for people to demonstrate and seek political reforms similar to what is happening in other countries in the Arab world ...
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AUSTRALIA: Melbourne's 3AW (693-AM) news anchor Kate Wilson dealt with any radio reporter's worst nightmare - a bad case of the hiccups, which lasted throughout her newscast. You can listen to Wilson's hiccup-filled newscast here ...
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LIBYA: Protesters against Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi are taking over radio stations in an effort to reach followers and broadcast their calls to topple his regime ... IRELAND: The US-syndicated Pink Floyd show "Floydian Slip" will now be heard on internet station Zenith Classic Rock in Waterford on Wednesday and Sunday ...
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CANADA: Former Toronto "Mix 99.9" & CHOM-FM's Kim Rossi will
join Niagara's NNTV news when it launches in February ... Virgin Radio
Montreal is actively looking for a new midday host as midday DJ Heather
Backman is leaving both Virgin & Canada for WQAL-FM (104.1) in
Cleveland, Ohio ...
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IRELAND: RTE Radio 1 appoints former RTE Radio "Late Late Show"
executive producer Jim Jennings as the new head of operations ...
ENGLAND: BBC Radio 1 says when Chris Moyles is off in January, night
host Zane Lowe will be his replacement.
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ENGLAND: Heart Network and Classic FM parent Global Radio is
restructuring its sales team, led by commercial strategy director
Stuart Mays, with each agency team to be led by an account director and client
strategist ... Vanessa Feltz is named to take over for Sarah Kennedy as
the host of BBC Radio 2's early morning show ...
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SCOTLAND: Facing an investigation by OFCOM for failing to broadcast news and other programs, Lanarkshire's L-107 (107.9) has powered down and handed its license back to the broadcast regulator ... Real Radio Scotland's Robin Galloway, fired for persuading his producer to run naked past political Labour Party leader Ed Millband, speaks out about his…
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An Irish DJ exposes himself on an airplane, later cries on the air
Ireland's Cork 96FM morning show host Neil Prendeville was returning home from London where he was promoting a restaurant. The Telegraph newspaper reports things went wrong even before the plane was airborne.
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ENGLAND: BBC Radio 5 DJ Danny Baker will be off the air TFN while he battles cancer,
posting on Facebook, "After a pretty mouldy diagnosis a month back I
finally begin chemotherapy on Monday with further radiotherapy from
January" ... Bauer Media has officially filed a request to OFCOM
to take their dance station "Kiss" national, creating a new…
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CANADA: Former Virgin Radio Ottawa morning co-host Katherine "Kitty" Dines will join CJMJ-FM "Majic" (100.3) as afternoon show co-host & news anchor, starting November 8 ... ENGLAND: The good news for BBC Radio 1 morning host Chris Moyles - he averages 7.1 million listeners each week.
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PHILIPPINES: The lawyer for Radio Mindanao Network dismisses the findings of an investigation that “accused the radio station of monopolizing the phone link to the hostage-taker
and stopping a police negotiator from getting through.” The gunman who took over the bus killed eight Hong Kong tourists … Police in Baguio City arrested a man suspected in…
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ENGLAND: After 17 years as the host of BBC Radio 2’s early morning “The Dawn Patrol,” Sarah Kennedy is leaving. The Guardian newspaper says that soon the entire show is “expected to be revamped after that” … BBC Radio 1 is off the hook and will not face any disciplinary action after airing the unedited version of Cee-Lo Green’s new explicit …
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ENGLAND: After a 38-year run as the host of the BBC Radio 4 quiz show Brain of Britain, host Robert Robinson is retiring … The former editor of the Independent and the New Statesman, and Jacqui Smith, the controversial former British Home Secretary who banned Michael Savage from entering the UK, are among the leading candidates to become the new…
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Ireland's RTE Radio tells a job applicant to go "$%&# yourself"
In a nation with 15% unemployment, it isn’t shocking when someone sends out a resume looking for work. However, a 28-year old DJ in Ireland who was looking for a job sent an application online to the national radio service, RTE Radio, and his online reply left him stunned.
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