Monthly Archives: January 2012

Faces For Radio Is Back – and It’s Bigger and Better Than Ever

We are rolling out our biggest marketing campaign ever with a brand new creative for ‘Faces for Radio’. We are also making history by claiming a radio media first with a dynamic ‘Now Playing’ live feed on digital outdoor sites! This feature uses live RSS feeds to indicate the artist that is currently playing live [...]

Patter of tiny feet for Frank Skinner

It was a big weekend for Absolute Radio’s Frank Skinner. On the day he celebrated his 55th birthday, he also revealed to listeners of his Saturday morning show that he is set to become a father with long-term partner Cath. The comedian and award-winning radio presenter spoke in hushed tones as he cleared his throat and said, “I [...]

Playlist: 27th January

The playlist is out now. Gotye – Somebody That I Used to Know Moves up to A-list – a massive record. Coldplay – Charlie Brown Next single (March) – moves up to B-list. The Fray – Heartbeats The lead track from the U.S. band’s 3rd album ‘Scars & Stories’ (out 5th March) is added to [...]

RadioTalk: Redefining Radio

This week’s RadioTalk is a look back at our  Redefining Radio event. The podcast is presented by Matt Deegan and is a round table discussion on how the internet is transforming radio, especially relating to partnerships, social media, targeted advertising, new platforms and devices and digital strategies. The podcast has some audio from the Redefining [...]

Absolute Radio Digital Digest by Owen Smith

You may have noted that Digital Digest wasn’t uploaded last week, and the reason for this is as follows.  I didn’t write one in protest at the SOPA and PIPA bills which are currently being debated in congress, much like Wikipedia, who blacked out all of their pages in protest against said bills last Wednesday.  [...]