Category Archives: People

Playlist: 27th July

The playlist is out now.

Manic Street Preachers – (It’s Not War) Just The End Of Love (13th September)
The Manics have hit a rich vein of form since 2007’s ‘Send Away The Tigers’ album – and this is a classic Manic Street Preachers track. It’s the first song from new record ‘Postcards From A Young Man’ [...]

Media Week honours Absolute Radio’s Luke Moore

When Media Week announced its 30 under 30 list, it was revealed our very own Luke Moore, Head of Sponsorship made the list after being narrowed down from more than 120 strong entries. Luke has been at One Golden Square for nearly ten years after joining the team for work experience, and it’s clear how [...]

Absolute Radio Star – The Trophy Is Passed On To Llia Apostolou

It’s that time of the year again where Absolute Radio celebrates a member of it’s staff for their achievements and enduring hard work.
This time round the weighty trophy was graciously passed on by previous winner Andrew Ryan and awarded to the station’s Music Section Producer Llia Apostolou.
As many members of our team do, Llia first [...]

WORLD CUP SUCCESS – A Headline Everyone Wants to Write, by Paul Sylvester

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We were all confident Baddiel & Skinner’s Absolute Radio Podcasts with Sony Ericsson would be a success. I don’t think any of us would have thought we’d smash the one million download mark in just 12 podcasts.
The World Cup podcast market is incredibly crowded this year with at least [...]

Both Maggie and Tumshie Were Swooning by Christian O’Connell

I’m often asked what DJs and radio shows do I like and rate. Over the last few years there has been one show thats given me more happy hours spent grinning and laughing at their podcasts than any other. It has cheered me up and inspired me to push myself and my show into new [...]