Industry News Stories
Kid Jensen and Pat Sharp join UKRD DAB station
David Jensen and Pat Sharp are among the presenting line-up for commercial radio operator UKRD’s new digital service, My Music Radio. The service replaces the ‘Oldies’ branded stations on DAB multiplexes in Surrey, Cornwall and North Yorkshire and will also be added to the small-scale multiplex in Cambridge, which is run by UKRD.
Anglian Radio to merge five stations into two
Anglian Radio is to share all peak programming between Dream and Town, and between North Norfolk Radio, Radio Norwich and The Beach.
Two stations will operate instead of the current five, but each will keep its current identity and local news. Off peak programmes will continue to be shared, from 7pm till 6am across all five stations, from Norwich.
Absolute Radio commissions U2 Documentary
A four-part exclusive series celebrating 40 years of U2, aired last night (Sunday) on Absolute Radio.