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A Scottish station says the "F-word" is OK to say on the radio
While the United Kingdom's broadcast regulator OFCOM may deem the language offensive, St. Boswells, Scotland radio station Brick-FM (103.0) has other ideas.
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London's new urban "Rinse FM" is in breach of code for multiple F-words
A mom with a 12-year-old son complained about hearing five instances of the word within a ten-minute period in the early afternoon hours of March 30. The UK's Ofcom regulator has investigated and found that Rinse FM is indeed in breach of the code, though there will be nothing like the kind of sanction the FCC would like to impose in the U.S. Read More
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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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ENGLAND: Bauer Media has received the most nominations in the
upcoming 2011 Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards. Bauer Media has 13
nominations including "Best Morning Show o the Year," with Global Radio
receiving eight nominations and Absolute Radio & GMG Radio each with
seven ...
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HONDURAS: Radio Uno director Arnulfo Aguilar barely escaped an ambush hours after broadcasting news from Wikileaks that claimed the Honduran Army was secretly selling weapons to Mexican and Columbian drug cartels. This comes two weeks after a fellow Radio Uno reporter received death threats and had his car sabotaged ...
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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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CANADA: Vancouver's CKPK-FM (100.5) "The Peak" afternoon host Peter Schaad is leaving to become the new radio voice for Major League Soccer's expansion Vancouver Whitecaps, whose games will be heard on sports/talk CTFE-AM "Team" (1410) ... The changes that Radio-Info reported at Toronto's CFXJ-FM "Flow" (93.5) are the talk of the Radio-Info Toronto…
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Radio in the U.K.
Former Sky TV sports hosts Richard Keys & Andy Gray, fired when their off-air sexual remarks were mistakenly aired, have joined TalkSPORT to host weekdays from 10am-1pm. They replace Mike Parry, who resigned just two days before the addition of Keys & Gray, and Mike Graham, who will be reassigned ...
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CANADA: The government is stepping in and helping Toronto's CARN-FM (98.7) with their fight against the CBC, which has tried to block their signal due to claimed interference ... After 20 years behind the mic in London, Ontario, morning co-host Mindy Williamson has parted ways with Corus-owned CFHK-FM (103.1) Fresh-FM ...
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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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ENGLAND: Former BBC Radio 4 Director Mark Damazer will be given the royal honor of Commander of the Order of the British Empire ... London's Capital Radio (95.8) will be going nationwide this week, as Global Radio is scrapping their Galaxy Network along with Red Dragon-FM, Ram-FM, Trent-FM & Leicester brands - Discuss it ... Read More
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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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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: Astral Media appoints Karen Fryer to National Account Manager – Astral RadioPlus Halifax, overseeing the new sales office in Halifax, Nova Scotia … Longtime Western Canada announcer Dave “Big Daddy” McCormick has been cut loose by CISL-AM (650) in Vancouver, where the 50-year radio vet has been voicetracking for the past two years … Vancouv…
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Radio-Info's Internet and Digital radio news
When WJZA-FM (103.5) flipped from smooth jazz to oldies, it left a void in Columbus, Ohio that has now been filled by Rocket Media’s online ColumbusJazzRadio.com, with help from former WJZA PD Bill Harman. You can listen to the internet station here … AccuRadio’s ChicagoRadioOnline.com adds longtime Windy City radio voice “Wild Bill” Garcia and f…
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ENGLAND: Broadcast regulator OFCOM is starting its annual review of licensing fees, and will consider lowering some fees due to financial burdens some stations and companies are carrying … Happy Birthday to BBC Radio London (94.9FM), which turns 40 this week … NIGERIA: Africa Independent TV and Ray Power Radio owner Raymond Dokpesi has been taken i… Read More
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BAHAMAS: The Broadcasting Corporation of the Bahamas-run 1540-AM ZNS was knocked off the air after copper thieves stole wiring from their transmitter. AM-1540 programs were moved to sister-station Power 104.5, according to their website – Discuss it … ENGLAND: Former ITV news anchor John Suchet will take over as the morning host on Global Radio’s…
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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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MALAYSIA: Kuala Lumpur’s 988FM’s morning show host Jamaluddin Ibrahim and station CEO Wong Lai Ngo allege they were fired after Ibrahim discussed race on the air, and they’re claiming that the government had a hand in their firings … ANGOLA: Radio Despertar host & reporter Alberto Graves Chakussanga was found dead of a gunshot wound to the …
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A British pirate radio operator is uncovered and fined
It didn’t take British broadcast regulator OFCOM long to find the operator of “Unknown FM,” a station broadcasting illegally and also interfering with the satellite TV signals of BBC1 & BBC2. The complaints came from the town of Chingford, and authorities subsequently raided the home of Paul Hampshire, finding him as the DJ of his illegal station, …
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