Over the course of the last fortnight we have given away more than 200 Pure Highway in-car DAB radios.
The online daily draw has proved to be incredibly successful with almost 25,000 entries and more than 67,000 page impressions on our DAB microsite.
The biggest day for entries was Friday 14th November when we had 15,000 [...]

It was back in January in studio A when David Lloyd first introduced myself and Tony Moorey to JK and Joel.
“This is Tony and Guy” he announced. (The new presenters were amused that their show was being produced by hairdressers).
After moving to The Midas for a swift half - which became a few pints in [...]

It’s an historic day for America and here at Absolute Radio we marked the occasion by making Jo and Ben get up incredibly early to host the breakfast show from 4am (they’ve actually done a full day for once).
How do you celebrate such an occasion?
With a very special audio and visual Kettle Classic (of course!).
Enjoy…

If you haven’t already heard, Dianne Thompson’s taking over as non-executive chairman at the RadioCentre.
Who is she, what’s she going to be doing and why’s she so important for us?
Dianne runs the National Lottery operator, Camelot - she is actually inside every machine deciding on the lucky dips. More importantly, she is one of the [...]

So today saw the start of a new Era for Absolute Radio with the marvellous Jo Russell (another Russell) helming Christian O’Connell’s Breakfast Show while he jets off for yet another pina colada with one of those little umbrellas in the top.
It’s Jo’s first show for Absolute Radio so naturally there will be some nerves. [...]

Here’s a link to this week’s new playlist.

At Absolute Radio – we believe that the radio has a lot going for it, especially in this time where everyone is having to tie the purse strings a little tighter. Why – because it’s FREE.
Yes, FREE!
No 79p downloads, no credit card information to hand out online, no broadband PC access needed to find [...]

Heather Small of M People fame (or should that be shame) sung a song a few years ago in which she asked ‘what have you done today to make you feel proud?’ Thankfully here at Absolute Radio we’re less likely to play that and U2’s Pride will more often get a spin. [...]

By day, I am a humble salesman, traipsing round town and country flogging our wares. I like my job.
I don’t want to do it any more.
No, I want to work in programming.
I have just been to the first public playlist meeting. It was a great hour of my life.
Holding the hands of two knowledgeable and [...]

What a journey. The task was building a radio station which kept the best bits of the Golden Square success story, adding in some extras and making sure they fitted perfectly. And choose a new name. And do it all it a matter of days. A jigsaw. A pretty big one.
Getting the [...]

I’m delighted to let you know that Jo Russell is joining us.
Jo is one of the best-loved commercial radio presenters outside London (she is the lead player in the ‘Jo and Twiggy’ breakfast show which has dominated its East Midlands market for years) . You may recognise that show’s name. Every Sony and Arqiva judge [...]

Casting production talent is probably one of the most difficult jobs in the world. It really is an arranged marriage. You’ve found the groom - now you need to find a bride. Not only do they need to be good at their jobs, but they need to get on with the [...]

Every time I float any potential new talent names, I notice that whoever I am speaking to purses their lips and nods sagely as if to say: ‘That would be a brave decision, Clive. Brave’. I guess it’s ‘cos I’m not really scared off from recruiting the srvices of presenters who might have had a [...]

The relationship with your show producer is a bit like a marriage, but without the make up sex after an argument. Roque my producer has been my corner man for over seven years and that’s why it’s with genuine sadness he leaves me and moves onto some new suit and tie job that doesn’t involve [...]

Ofcom publishes an annual review of what it calls The Communications Market, and yesterday it published the latest edition. It’s a long document running to something like 360 pages, and I’ll readily admit that I’ve not yet read it all (if you fancy your own copy, download it here).
But I have had a look at [...]