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Absolute Radio Dramatically Cuts Losses

Absolute Radio today reported a dramatic reduction in losses for the group in 2010, reflecting significant progress, despite an exceptionally difficult and uncertain economic climate and a nervous advertising market. Financial statements for 2010, filed today, show the group slashed its losses by more than 58%, to £5.973m as compared to £14.486m in the previous [...]

Absolute Radio Reveals its Radioplayer Search Referrals Traffic

In June, Absolute Radio revealed that listening through Radioplayer accounted for over half (53%) of the Absolute Radio   Network’s 7.2m hours of online UK streaming. In August a ‘snap-shot’ showed Radioplayer with a massive 6.7 million unique browsers over the previous four weekly period. Radioplayer has continued to innovate, becoming connected on Facebook which enabled [...]

Some Great News from the Programmes Team by Tony Moorey

(Gaz on the left in the studio & Sylvie on the right with Ronnie Wood & Ronnie’s producer Claire Neal at the Sony’s)  After doing such a stunning job as caretaker producer of Hometime we are promoting Gareth Evans to full-time Producer of the show. It’s a mark of what a good job he has done over the past [...]

Our Ben – by James Curran

After thousands of shows from the studios of Golden Square, and after hundreds of interviews with celebrities from the worlds of music, TV and film (Jagger, Bowie, Grohl, Ozzy, Winehouse, Plant, Gallagher, Coldplay, AC/DC, Stereophonics, Muse, Green Day, Killers, Kings of Leon, Foo Fighters, Nickelback, Depp, Spacey, Kiefer etc etc -  boy does this read [...]

Elvis is in the building…

A nice bit of news from the Radio Acadamy… The world famous breakfast show DJ Elvis Duran will be appearing at this year’s Radio Festival in Manchester.  Elvis, star of the Z100 New York City-based morning radio programme, Elvis Duran and The Morning Show, will be taking part in a session called ‘The Best at [...]