If you’re listening to us via a digital system, you may have noticed that we’re now displayed as “Absolute Radio” on many devices now.
From first thing on Monday morning, all our DAB services changed into their “Absolute” versions. Absolute Radio is available to 90% of the population on the Digital One multiplex - check your [...]

When she was about three, she sat in a tractor on her Dad’s knee.  Her love of vehicles began then, although now she’s more closely connected with faster cars - as witnessed on Top Gear and Fifth Gear.
At ten, she wanted to be a formula one driver.  Now, we’re not 100% sure how Vicki Butler-Henderson [...]

It all started pretty harmlessly, as is the way of these things. An e-mail from Clive arrived Friday night as I was on my way to the airport.
For those who are not familiar with Clive’s e-mails, I should point out they are generally brief, often incomprehensible and leaving the recipient wide scope for…er…. interpretation. [...]

By day, I am a humble salesman, traipsing round town and country flogging our wares. I like my job.
I don’t want to do it any more.
No, I want to work in programming.
I have just been to the first public playlist meeting. It was a great hour of my life.
Holding the hands of two knowledgeable and [...]

This is a PR video we’ve made which explains what we’re doing with Absolute Radio and how we’re trying to make the station even better.

(Note that this video is embedded in YouTube’s high quality format. If it’s a bit slow for you on your internet connection, click on the video and watch it in normal [...]

Hi Belloni boy here.
I made a promo for the breakfast show this morning, and it features a listener explaining why we have changed our name. She said it’s like having a strict father that won’t let us do what we want to do, it’s like a woman, when she finally gets married, she changes her [...]

Before the first, inevitable drop of blood is spilled, may I congratulate both Helen and Christian for giving us this blog’s only true water cooler moment so far. From the vantage point of my sickbed, I’m envisaging battle lines being drawn throughout the building; DJs divided, sales execs segregated, middle-manager turning against middle-manager.
In one corner, [...]

David Lloyd will be leaving us next Friday 19th September. Donnach, Adrian and I didn’t know David that well before we meet in early July and having done so I am really sorry that we did not work together for longer.
As any new owner of a business knows, the most difficult decisions of all often [...]

I’ve just finished perusing Christian’s Free Handy Manbag-Size taster of his new book called “The Men Commandments” and feel compelled to blog.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m a big fan of the OC and think he’s a fabulously talented, intelligent and entertaining man. But I must take issue with his latest oeuvre, which in my opinion* [...]

I’m Allan Lake and I’ll be honest with you all - I don’t think I’ve ever been so excited about anything in my whole life. I actually grew up with this station and the fact that I’m going to be part of the team bringing it to the next level is wicked. It [...]

So! My first blog of many weird, eccentric ramblings to come. The question is what should you all expect?
Well, the new show will be called Absolution and the name says it all; madness and a regular colostomy bag of some of the world’s weirdest and freakiest characters.
Describing what will happen is tricky. Best thing is, [...]

Absolute Radio is based at One Golden Square, and Virgin Radio has been based at the same address since its launch in 1993. Golden Square is in the heart of Soho, and it actually has some fascinating history including a wonderful musical past in this very building.
Today when you head into London, you may well [...]

So we’ve all started to chat to our sales clients about our new brand name and generally the response has been good, but let’s be honest would you really expect it to be bad? There are few agency/advertisers out there that are going to say “I don’t like it.” It’s only a word its and [...]

Paul Brown will be joining us as Absolute Radio’s new Head of Technology on Monday. He joins us from RadioWorks where his colleagues made him a leaving video he’s very keen that everyone should see.

So I’ve been here four weeks now, and what a trip! We’re all starting to get used to the new name now and it feels good to see it above reception, online, on the front cover of Media Week and talked about on the BBC.

It sounds good on air and with the exception of [...]