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Absolute Radio Hires New Head of Digital Sales from Channel 4

Absolute Radio has hired James Wigley as new Head of Digital Sales from Channel 4 to recruit & lead an expanded  digital team with an objective to double revenue growth by the end of the year and prove even better engagement, improved accountability and effectiveness for commercial partners on the Absolute Radio Online & Mobile [...]

BMW Launch BMW Apps

BMW have launched their new in car BMW Apps and have put together this short video to demo it. The new feature includes integrated Web Radio – BMW have chosen to use Absolute 80s as their choice station to demo this new technology. Watch her a thorough demo by the senior engineer of the BMW [...]

Leona’s Taking Over Absolute 80s by Paul Sylvester

Tomorrow night, the royals will all be partying to the tunes of the 80s at Wills and Kate’s royal wedding bash. Their 80s party won’t be half as good as ours though. Tomorrow night, Leona Graham takes to the helm for Absolute 80s between 7 & 11pm. We’ve alerted the palace and told them we’ll [...]

New Playlist Section – By Anthony Abbott

Today we’re launching a brand new section on absoluteradio.co.uk which celebrates the music we play on the station and allows listeners to search, browse and buy the songs they hear on the radio. Check it out here.  The page is incredibly fast and we’ve implemented Google-inspired ‘instant search’ functionality which lets you quickly find songs [...]

Absolute Radio Sees Record Online Growth Due To Latest ‘Faces for Radio’ Marketing Campaign

Absolute Radio has seen direct growth in its online listening as a result of the station’s latest marketing campaign – Faces for Radio. In March, the Absolute Radio Network had a record 12.2m live streamed hours, up 25% on the month and a massive 54% on the year.  Absolute Radio itself also received its highest [...]