Monthly Archives: December 2009

Wake up to Christian O’Connell, Frank Skinner and Dave Gorman on your iPhone

Listeners all over the country are now able to wake up to their favourite Absolute Radio presenter wherever they are, with a new free clock radio alarm application for the Apple iPhone. You can choose from your favourite Absolute Radio DJs Christian O’Connell, Frank Skinner or Dave Gorman to personally wake you up with custom [...]

Playlist: 16th December

The playlist is out now. Rage Against The Machine – Killing In The Name (out now) Have you signed up yet? The ultimate Anti-establishment track from the 90s look set to be a hit again, over 15 years after it was first released, thanks to an online campaign hoping ‘Killing In The Name of’ could [...]

Sarah Champion

Sometimes it is with heavy heart and great regret that we announce someone’s departure. Sometimes it is clearly an opportunity that can’t be missed and we wave people off with all of our love and best wishes. On this occasion, we’re talking very much about the latter. After more than 4 years at Golden Square [...]

UK Radio Hall of Fame: Terry Wogan by Tony Moorey

It was a rather special day for the British broadcasting industry yesterday, as one of our greatest voices received the most well deserved of awards. At the Millennium Hotel in Grosvenor Square Terry Wogan was inducted into the UK Radio Hall of Fame and presented with the 2009 PRS John Peel Award for Outstanding Contribution [...]

RAJAR Internet Listening Update by Adam Bowie

RAJAR has today published the topline findings of its latest “MIDAS” survey that looks at “internet delivered audio services”: in other words, podcasts and listen again. It shows that the number of people who listen to Personalised Online Radio services has increased from 3.9m to 4.5m – a figure that’s almost certainly between driven by [...]