Category Archives: Brands

Absolute Radio receives a record 11 nominations for the Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards 2012! By Paul Sylvester

Absolute Radio has been nominated for a record 11 Arqiva Commercial Radio awards including the big prize – Radio Station of the Year. It’s the biggest haul we’ve had and the most for a single station, including two apiece for Christian O’Connell and Ronnie Wood. The OC is up for best breakfast show and presenter, [...]

Absolute Radio nominated for prestigious digital awards in Silicon Valley

We’re very proud to announce that we’ve been nominated for three awards at the second annual Radio Ink Digital Awards, which will be presented in Santa Clara, California, next month. The Awards come at the end of the 2012 Convergence Conference, which is described not as a radio conference, but as “an internet conference for [...]

Digital Radio Boost for Londoners

It just got a lot easier to listen to one of Absolute Radio’s digital services in London. Today saw Olympic gold medal winner Dame Kelly Holmes scale the BT Tower to switch on one of four new digital radio transmitters. Together they will give a stronger digital signal to over 9 million listeners meaning that [...]

The Big Interview – Johnny Vaughan with Christian O’Connell

Yesterday morning, Johnny Vaughan joined Christian live on the Breakfast Show ahead of his new Absolute Radio show celebrating the Games this summer. With only 101 days to go until the Olympics – he was on fine form. Set to feature interviews with famous comedians, musicians, presenters and Olympians Johnny Vaughan’s show will reflect the [...]

Non-BBC stations closing gap on Sony nominations

This blog entry corrects some errors in a previous post. This year’s Sony Radio Academy Awards nominations are out, and the non-BBC sector is continuing to close the gap on the Corporation, who dropped from 94 nominations in 2010 to 88 in 2012, while over the same period the rest of the industry grew from 73 [...]