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Radio in the U.K.:

Published on Friday, November 06, 2009

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ENGLAND: The BBC has come under fire for spending $41.5 million on the Birmingham-based digital station Asian Network, which “hardly anyone listens to” … BBC Radio Leeds mid-morning host Graham Liver is named as the replacement for Tony Livesey when he departs BBC Radio Lancashire in January … Real Radio’s exclusive X-Factor correspondent Tony Cowell will also be heard on London’s Smooth Radio (102.2) every Monday morning … SCOTLAND: There’s a battle for control of Lanarkshire’s L-107 FM, as managing director Alan Shields is fighting local businessman George Fulston over the station’s debt.

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