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Frank Skinner to entertain fans for an extra hour on Absolute Radio

  Absolute Radio has reaffirmed its commitment to comedy by completing a deal with Avalon to re-sign Frank Skinner in a year-long deal that will also see him extend his much-loved Saturday morning radio show; from Saturday the 2nd of June Absolute Radio will be changing its weekend schedule to allow for an extra hour [...]

Radioplayer nominated for New Media Age Award by Anthony Abbott – Head of Interactive Media

As a founding partner of Radioplayer, we’re proud to say that the not-for-profit company has been nominated in the ‘Best Media’ category at this year’s New Media Age Awards, alongside huge household names such as Google, Microsoft and BSkyB . Now in its 16th year, the prestigious New Media Age awards celebrate excellence in digital [...]

Coldplay LIVE on Absolute Radio

  We are joining forces with Britain’s biggest band once again as Coldplay perform the first London date of their Mylo Xyloto tour. Absolute Radio will take you there as Geoff Lloyd packs up his headphones and heads backstage at the Emirates for this not-to-be-missed one-off Coldplay Hometime Show Special. Geoff has been given exclusive [...]

Data is the new oil by Adrian Fitch – Insights Manager

  When I started in radio in 1990 there were only two sets of numbers that most of us tracked, the quarterly Rajar results and the monthly sales figures. Those of us who were at bigger stations also had regular music research and the occasional bespoke perceptual study to pour over. Since then, we’ve all [...]

Jim Proudfoot Up For Best EPL Commentator Award – Vote Now!

The wonderful voice of our football commentaries on Rock ’N’ Roll Football Jim Proudfoot has been shortlisted for an award. He’s up for the 2011-2012 Best English Premier League TV Commentator at epltalk.com Well done Jim! Vote for the Proudfoot below. VOTE FOR JIM