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bbc.co.uk - Stuart Harratt - The winners of Radio Humberside Make a Difference Awards
The winners of Radio Humberside Make a Difference Awards
BBC

An octogenarian who has taught generations of children how to garden and a young boy who helped support an autistic child in his foster family are some of the winners of this year's BBC Radio Humberside Make A Difference Awards. Eight individuals…

bbc.co.uk - Labour's Lucy Powell answering questions from BBC local radio stations
Labour's Lucy Powell answering questions from BBC local radio stations
BBC

Political reporter, BBC Westminster Labour members will head to the party's annual conference in Liverpool this weekend feeling a mixture of optimism and trepidation. The renewed sense of optimism comes directly from this summer's change of leader.

bbc.co.uk - Stuart Harratt - The winners of Radio Humberside Make a Difference Awards
The winners of Radio Humberside Make a Difference Awards
BBC

Stuart Harratt East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire An octogenarian who has taught generations of children how to garden and a young boy who helped support an autistic child in his foster family are some of the winners of this year's BBC Radio…

bbc.co.uk - Labour's Lucy Powell questioned on council reforms, vocational GCSEs and small boats on BBC local radio
Labour's Lucy Powell questioned on council reforms, vocational GCSEs and small boats on BBC local radio
BBC

On education, Lucy Powell tells BBC Radio Newcastle's Anna Foster: 'The gap between your region and other regions is unfortunately growing.' She says the 'standards are not as good as in other parts of the country', but schools will be given 'extra…

nola.com - Letters Editor - Letters: Reader-friendly radio is a worthy mission
Letters: Reader-friendly radio is a worthy mission
NOLA.com

I much enjoyed and greatly appreciated your article in the Living section recognizing Susan Larson's broadcasting of “The Reading Life” for WWNO (“For WWNO's Susan Larson, 'The Reading Life' may have ended, but the reading…

independent.co.uk - Peter Smith - Famed radio and TV priest Fulton Sheen to be beatified in St. Louis, a step away from sainthood
Famed radio and TV priest Fulton Sheen to be beatified in St. Louis, a step away from sainthood
The Independent

Decades after he was a fixture on American TV screens, the late Archbishop Fulton Sheen is back in a familiar place: the media spotlight. Tens of thousands of Catholic devotees are converging on St. Louis for a formal ceremony of beatification on…

livescience.com - Pandora Dewan - Astronomers detected radio signals coming from an exoplanet for the first time
Astronomers detected radio signals coming from an exoplanet for the first time
Live Science

For the first time, astronomers have detected radio signals coming directly from a planet outside our solar system, according to a new preprint study. Spoiler alert: It's not aliens. But astrophysicists are still very excited about this discovery.

deadline.com - Jake Kanter - BBC Expected To Announce TV & Radio Network Closures Next Week
BBC Expected To Announce TV & Radio Network Closures Next Week
Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC is preparing to announce the closure of TV and radio services, with speculation rife that youth network BBC Three is at risk of being unplugged for a second time. Deadline hears that the BBC is expected to unveil what one source…

thejournal.ie - Tom Tuite - Radio executive had 'innocent explanation' for €111k cannabis delivery to workplace
Radio executive had 'innocent explanation' for €111k cannabis delivery to workplace
TheJournal.ie

A RADIO NETWORK marketing executive had to “put his life on hold” and gave gardaí an “innocent explanation” following a controlled delivery of €111,000 of cannabis to his workplace in Dublin, a court heard.

nypost.com - Matt Levy - Death Cab For Cutie announces 2027 tour, Radio City concert. Get tickets
Death Cab For Cutie announces 2027 tour, Radio City concert. Get tickets
New York Post

Death Cab For Cutie recently extended their I Built You A Tower World Tour and added 23 shows in North America from January through April 2027. That includes a stop at NYC's Radio City Music Hall on Tuesday, April 13. All concerts come in support…

billboard.com - Xander Zellner - Nickelback Earns First Radio No. 1 in More Than a Decade With 'Rattle the Cage'
Nickelback Earns First Radio No. 1 in More Than a Decade With 'Rattle the Cage'
Billboard

Nickelback's “Rattle the Cage,” featuring John 5, rises a spot to No. 1 on Billboard 's Mainstream Rock Airplay chart (dated Sept. 26), earning the band its ninth leader at the format and first since 2014. See latest videos, charts…

hothardware.com - Aaron Leong - Scientists Confirm First Direct Radio Signal Detected From Alien World
Scientists Confirm First Direct Radio Signal Detected From Alien World
HotHardware

Scientists have detected direct, localized radio emissions from an exoplanet for the very first time. But don't call the Space Force and White House hotline just yet—these signals are not alien communications. Centered on the young gas giant…

radiotoday.co.uk - Reporter - Better Media seeks wider role in radio review
Better Media seeks wider role in radio review
RadioToday

Independent and community media need a clearer way to contribute to the Government's 2026 Radio Review, Better Media says. The organisation has written to Lisa Nandy MP, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, after attending a…

mediaite.com - Alex Griffing - Conservative Radio Host Smashes the Panic Button - Warns Trump is Gambling His Presidency on Iran 'Albatross' in Scorching Missive
Conservative Radio Host Smashes the Panic Button - Warns Trump is Gambling His Presidency on Iran 'Albatross' in Scorching Missive
Mediaite

Conservative radio host Steve Deace pressed the panic button on Wednesday over the latest polling data Republican candidates are hearing in Iowa. “Yesterday, Iowa House Republicans were informed by their own pollsters that if you are in a…

thedesk.net - Matthew Keys - BBC preparing TV, radio network closures as part of cost-cutting measure
BBC preparing TV, radio network closures as part of cost-cutting measure
TheDesk.net

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is expected to announce deeper budget cuts within the next week that will impact the operations of some radio and television networks, according to reports published on Wednesday. The move will be…

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