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Items Tagged With: “Pakistan”
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Pakistan’s bidding for new ISPs
The country of Pakistan sent out invitations for bidding to help create a “national-level URL filter and blocking system.” This new project has all the technology sectors from Silicon Valley to South Asia buzzing because of the size of the task. The country wants to basically tighten its control over the Internet and choke off what they define as d… Read More
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ENGLAND: Former BBC 6 Music DJ George Lamb joins UTV Radio's TalkSPORT to host a weekend evening show. You can listen to London's TalkSPORT here ...
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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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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
Another radio reporter is murdered in Honduras
Media groups have expressed outrage over the murder of HRN Radio reporter Henry Suazo, who was allegedly shot outside his home in La Masica. The radio station released a statement according to AFP, saying "We urge the authorities to clarify the facts, the motives and the perpetrators of this crime." Suazo is the 10th journalist this year to be kill… Read More
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NEW ZEALAND: Popular shock-jock Lain Stables won’t be starting his new job today on Auckland’s Radio Hauraki. He was involved in a fight with an airline employee at the Auckland Airport and apparently suffered a concussion during the brawl … SCOTLAND: Former Radio Clyde host Des McLean announced he will claim sexual discrimination as a reason h…
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BULGARIA: An April Fool’s stunt by a private FM Darik Radio nearly created a panic in a number of countries, airing a report saying the nation should adopt the euro as a parallel currency to the Bulgarian dollar … ENGLAND: BBC Radio 5’s “Five Live” morning host Nicky Campbell is in hot water for dropping the “C-word” by mistake, say… Read More
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HAITI: Signal-FM (90.5) in Petion-ville is one of only three radio stations that are broadcasting from the Port-au-Prince area right now, and which also have an active website and streaming audio. Read More
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ENGLAND: Following a complaint by RadioCentre, the BBC admits it went too far promoting U2’s CD launch last year, giving “undue prominence” to the band … The BBC’s iPlayer received 115 million requests in December, a record month for the app … FRANCE: All France Televisions channels, RFO radio stations and Radio France stations are joining to… Read More
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FRANCE: Europe 1 radio host Christophe Beauregard, who has been off his Le Grand Direct show for 10 days since calling President Nicolas Sarkozy’s wife Carla Bruni a pig, was fired for comments “out of keeping with the spirit of the station” … ENGLAND: Popular BBC Radio 6 hosts Adam Buxton & Joe Cornish are going on indefinite leave from … Read More
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ARMENIA: The government announced it will switch to digital TV & radio broadcasting by 2015, but must raise $200 million to cover the conversion costs … VENEZUELA: A government report says a Colombian army radio signal is blocking Venezuela’s national radio station, claiming it’s “part of a strategy to destabilize” the nation … INDIA: T… Read More
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SCOTLAND: Bauer’s Radio Tay (1161-AM ) cuts seven jobs, five of them full-time. One of those was newsman Greg Russell, who announced his firing on the air and his feelings about it at the end of his last newscast. Read More
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NEW ZEALAND: MediaWorks-owned The Edge-FM in Auckland is offering a couple a $50,000 wedding – as long as they agree to do the ceremony in the nude for all to see … ENGLAND: Metro FM (107.7) radio DJ Mark Thorburn was arrested, charged with assaulting a Northumberland woman at his home … Heart Radio (100.7) is planning a 15th anniversary part… Read More
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CAMEROON: The government, saying “The radio is not a law court, where individuals and institutions are tried and the presenter of a radio program passes judgement,” shut down private radio station Sky One in Yaounde, because it allowed callers to speak out against the government … PAKISTAN: Rockets were fired at an unnamed radio station in Khud… Read More
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MEXICO: Their home may be Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but the Pittsburgh Steelers newest radio affiliate is Grupo Radio’s Radio Acir (88.9) in Mexico City … PAKISTAN: The latest media victim of violence in the region is Voice of America’s Deewa Radio reporter Rehman Buneri, whose house was ransacked & destroyed by the Taleban … SOMALIA: A nu… Read More
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ENGLAND: BBC Radio 2’s Sarah Kennedy, who’s no stranger to making outrageous statements, made her latest in a sexual remark about 6 foot 5 inch cricket star Andrew Flintoff – listen here … Fareham’s WAVE-FM (105.2) Managing Director Martin Ball is planning to lead a team of listeners on a climb of Africa’s Mount Kilimanjaro … AUSTRALIA: Aft… Read More
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ENGLAND: BBC COO Caroline Thompson tells the Guardian newspaper that the BBC made a mistake by not establishing a digital station catering to children’s programming … Leeds United and Yorkshire Radio agree to renew their broadcast deal to keep the soccer games on Minster-FM (104.7) … In Southampton, Play Radio (107.8/107.2) has launched with an AC… Read More
Michael Jackson is saluted by radio stations around the world
PAKISTAN: Karachi’s City FM (89.0) played Jackson’s music non-stop. The station GM told ABC News, “There are many people in Pakistan who don’t know that the world is round but know who Michael is” … LATVIA: Former prime minister Ivars Godmanis will host five-hour tribute to Michael Jackson this weekend on SWH Radio … HOLLAND: The death of Michae… Read More
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PHILIPPINES: Armed men riding motorcycles attacked the building housing Catholic radio station dzPA in Abra province. There was no reported damage or injuries … INDIA: A pretty good week for Radio Mirchi, tops in the weekly ratings in Bangalore with a 20.8 share, 17.2 share in Delhi, 18.8 share in Kolkata and 24.7 share in Delhi – all #1 rated in… Read More
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AUSTRALIA: In Perth, Aboriginal Noongar Radio (100.9) is set to launch July 5, and will “promote indigenous languages and musicians” … China Radio International has launched their 3rd station in the nation, this one in Canberra on FM-88 … The CEO of Commercial Radio Australia says Sydney will follow Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth and begi… Read More
