Monthly Archives: May 2010

Absolute Radio Takes Home 6 Sony Radio Awards

  Clear some space on the mantelpiece because Absolute Radio has won 2 golds, 1 silver and 3 bronze at this years Sony Radio Awards and we are positively bursting with pride. Who’s Calling Christian took gold in the Best Competition category following its phenomenal success on the Christian O’Connell Breakfast Show and Geoff Lloyd’s [...]

Arqiva Award Nominations 2010

Absolute Radio has been nominated for 7 Arqiva Commercial Radio awards. We’re up for Station of the Year, Breakfast show of the Year, Programmer and special programme. dabbl has also been nominated for technical innovation. Geoff Lloyd has been nominated for Presenter of the Year and here’s a little glance back at the last year [...]

The Arqiva Award Nominations – by Paul Sylvester

The Arqiva Commercial Radio Award nominations were announced last night and Absolute Radio was the most nominated station, up for 7 prizes – a truly phenomenal result! Well done to all at Absolute Radio – without whom we wouldn’t be nominated for Commercial Radio Station of the Year. We take on Hallam FM and Wave 105 at [...]

Playlist: 4th May

The playlist is out now. Fyfe Dangerfield’s cover of ‘She’s Always A Woman’ (from the John Lewis ad) moves up to daytime Hurts – Better Than Love (24th May) New duo from Manchester, whose atmospheric music and stylish monochrome press shots recall the 1980s of bands like Tears For Fears. This is the band’s 1st [...]

An eReader with Browser and Podcast Playback – The Barnes and Noble ‘Nook’

Back in February we reviewed the Amazon Kindle eReader and demonstrated how it can be used to enjoy Absolute Radio podcasts. We’ve now just received the Barnes & Noble Nook, which along with the Sony reader is a sure competitor to the Kindle. The Nook has similar functionality to the Kindle with the same e-ink [...]