Bono defends Radiohead’s ‘In Rainbows’ - from Digital Spy

Bono disagrees with U2's manager Paul McGuinness over Radiohead's In Rainbows.

McKenzie Joins Up with Army Radio - from allmediascotland - Spike

A former senior producer on the all-speech, Edinburgh-based radio station, talk107, is to become breakfast show host on a radio station dedicated to the local army regiments. Mark McKenzie is joining 98.5 Garrison FM, the British Army’s own radio station. This is his second spell...

Rock FM team goes green - from Radio Today

The Street Team from Bauer Radio's Lancashire station Rock FM have unveiled their new collection of station vehicles - four branded 49cc mopeds.

PURE launches a Mini ONE - from Radio Today

A new mini DAB and FM portable radio has been launched by PURE Digital. The ONE Mini is, as you'd expect, a smaller version of the popular PURE ONE radio set.

The Replaced Weighs in on the Replacer: Kuby on Imus

Earlier this week, during a discussion about football player, Adam "Pacman" Jones, a remark by Don Imus sparked a controversy which has put him back in the racial bullseye. (Right:...

The Replaced Weighs in on the Replacer: Kuby on Imus - from radio.about.com

Earlier this week, during a discussion about football player, Adam "Pacman" Jones, a remark by Don Imus sparked a controversy which has put him back in the racial bullseye. (Right:...

UK?s Digital Radio Working Group sets out vision for digital future - from Media Network Weblog

A long term plan should be developed to move all radio services in the UK across to digital, according to the Digital Radio Working Group (DRWG), in its interim report published this week. In the medium term, the group recommends migrating all national, regional and large local stations to Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB), with FM continuing to [...]

Street vendor in Zimbabwe arrested for listening to Voice of America - from Media Network Weblog

Police in Harare have charged a street vendor for listening to a special news programme on Zimbabwe broadcast by the Voice of America, as President Robert Mugabe’s government tries hard to limit alternative information available to voters ahead of a run-off presidential election next week. The vendor, Noel Tichawana, who was arrested about three weeks [...]

Indian FM station to launch in Singapore - from Media Network Weblog

Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (R-ADAG) is all set to launch a 24-hour FM radio station in Singapore that will broadcast Indian film music, news and other entertainment trivia in a collaborative venture with local station MediaCorp Radio. The station will be called Big Bollywood 96.3 FM. “This is the first time an Indian FM station [...]

MuxCo win North Wales DAB - from Radio Today

Ofcom have awarded the new local digital radio multiplex licence for North Wales to MuxCo Wales. It brings the total number of licences due to be operated by MuxCo consortiums to nine.

Mozambique: radio drama tackles human trafficking - from Media Network Weblog

The International Office of Migration’s (IOM) Southern African Counter-Trafficking Assistance Programme (SACTAP) has released a thrilling new drama to radio stations throughout Mozambique to raise awareness of the dangers of irregular migration and trafficking.   Produced by the Johannesburg-based Community Media for Development (CMFD), the 13-part drama entitled “Troco” or “Change” is inspired by the desire of many Mozambicans [...]

Digital NME Radio launches - from Radio Today

Online and digital station NME Radio has launched on Sky Digital channel 0184 and Virgin Media channel 975.The station promises the best in new and alternative music, the latest music news, up-to-the-minute gig-guides and exclusive live sessions.

Broadcasting Corporation of the Bahamas to be revitalised - from Media Network Weblog

Senator the Hon. Kay Forbes-Smith, Parliamentary Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister of the Bahmas, said during the budget debate last week that the transformation of the Broadcasting Corporation of the Bahamas (ZNS) “is critical” to the growth and development of the country. She said that the government is addressing the challenges facing the [...]

Smooth Radio: camera turned on album sleeves in ad campaign - from Media Guardian

GMG Radio is launching a multimillion-pound TV ad campaign for Smooth Radio in which listeners take shots of album sleeves covering parts of their body. By Mark Sweney

Video: Watch the Smooth Radio TV ad - from Media Guardian

102.2 Smooth Radio in London is launching a multimillion-pound marketing featuring well-known album covers being used to mask parts of people’s bodies

I-man Comment on Pacman Bring Quick Response

Not quite 6 months into his new stint doing mornings on WABC/New York, Don Imus is once again at the center of a race controversy. During a discussion about football...

George Carlin Dead - His ‘Seven Dirty Words’ Helped Define Radio’s Boundaries

Comedian George Carlin has died of heart failure. He was 71. Carlin's routine, "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television" was at the heart of a Supreme Court case...

Former Radio Reporter Ron Kirk Sentenced to Prison

According to mercurynews.com: "Former radio station KZST reporter and news anchor Ron Kirk Kuhlmeyer was sentenced to six years in state prison this morning in Sonoma County Superior Court for...

First Universal Internet Radio Platform Rolls Out Next Month

As reported at thestandard.com by Andrew Hendry for Computerworld Australia: Torian Wireless, the Australian developer of the world's first universal Internet radio platform, iRoamer, has agreements with manufacturers that will...

Breaking Up With Satellite Radio

Up until recently, I was a big proponent of Satellite Radio. But, something has changed in me. I'm a little frustrated with the equipment, the procedures, the future merger, and...