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That's a good problem to have': Even Boston sports radio is out of World Cup complaints
Boston sports radio's evolving World Cup takes: While not always an accurate gauge for the city's true feelings on a particular subject, Boston sports talk radio is usually a good source for whatever is currently annoying the local population. If…
BBC job cuts to include 550 news, TV and radio roles
Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for exclusive competitions, offers and theatre ticket deals I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. BBC director-general Matt Brittin has…
BBC TV and radio budgets face £80 million in programme cuts
The BBC's new director general has announced plans to cut £80 million from programming on TV, radio and news as part of huge cuts across the corporation. Former Google executive Matt Brittin unveiled his plans in a staff email today where he…
BBC to axe Radio 4's The World Tonight in first round of sweeping job cuts
Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for exclusive competitions, offers and theatre ticket deals I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. The BBC will axe Radio 4's The World…
Tina Daheley's Radio 2 Breakfast Show replacement revealed after she quits
TINA Daheley's BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show replacement has been revealed just a day after she announced she's quitting. The newsreader has spent nearly eight years on the programme and was dubbed former host Scott Mills' “work wife”…
BBC to close The World Tonight on Radio 4
The World Tonight will close on BBC Radio 4 from spring 2027. The long running late evening news programme will be replaced by Newshour, which will be moved an hour later under radio changes announced to staff as part of wider BBC savings plans.
BBC warn TV and radio programmes to be axed in huge new cut
The BBC have warned that TV and radio programmes are set to be axed as part of new cuts affecting the broadcaster. It was announced by BBC director-general Matt Brittin on Wednesday (June 17) that 550 of the planned 1,800 to 2,000 job cuts at the…
BBC starts closing BBC Radio 5 Live AM transmitters
BBC Radio 5 Live will lose two medium wave transmitters next month. Redruth in Cornwall, and Folkestone in Kent, will both cease transmissions on 31st July 2026. The station's medium wave switch-off appears to have begun on a…
Full Lewis Hamilton team radio after breakthrough Barcelona win
An understandably emotional Lewis Hamilton apologised that “I keep talking” as he addressed Ferrari, his family and his fans after the chequered flag in Barcelona. Hamilton has been in resurgent form over the past month, and reached a…
Thousands of radio stations, playlists and podcasts, in an easy-to-use unit for a modest price - is the Roberts Stream 219 a great bargain?
What makes a good radio? Clear sound and strong reception are fundamental, but high on the priority list should undoubtedly be ease of use. With multiple stations to access if you've got FM or DAB tuners, not to mention vast internet radio options…
BBC job cuts to include 550 news, TV and radio roles
The 57-year-old has also announced the BBC is to axe programmes and cut content spending by £80 million, and added it would “review our broadcast TV channels and radio network portfolio” as more of its audience moves online…
Final tests show hog virus threat in Iowa was eliminated - Radio Iowa
State officials say a highly-contagious pig virus has been contained and eradicated. In April, the USDA confirmed five boars shipped from Texas to a central Iowa farm had pseudorabies, which can be fatal for hogs. The infected herds were…
BBC's 2,000 job cuts will include 550 from news, TV and radio
The BBC is to slash a further 550 jobs from its news, television and radio operations as part of a sweeping cost-cutting drive that will also see programmes axed and £80million stripped from content spending. New director-general Matt Brittin…
BBC jobs bloodbath: Radio 4's The World Tonight is axed after 56 years
The BBC is set to axe Radio 4's The World Tonight after more than half a century as part of huge cuts designed to save the corporation £500 million. A further 550 jobs will be slashed from its news, television and radio operations as part of…
Triple M radio star breaks down as she reveals she's been sacked
READ MORE: Fans left outraged as major Hobart radio breakfast show is AXED amid regional cost cuts by Southern Cross Austereo: 'This makes no sense' Carly Portch has broken down after revealing that she has been axed from her Triple M radio slot.
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