Daily Press Summary

Daily Press Summary 26 July 2016

Chelsea to leave Mike on Key 103 breakfast
Chelsea Norris of the ‘Mike & Chelsea In The Morning’ breakfast show on Key 103 will be leaving the station after 11 years.
Radio Today

New logos for Wireless Group local stations
The Wireless Group’s local GB stations have a new look today with the reveal of a new brand logo.
Radio Today

Radio Teesdale to close after 13 years
Community radio station Radio Teesdale is closing after 13 years of serving Barnard Castle in County Durham.
Radio Today

The nation’s favourite radio voices
Eddie Mair, Kirsty Young, Leona Graham and Steve Allen top the polls after 32,000 votes.
Radio Times

Eddie Mair and Kirsty Young top radio voices poll
Eddie Mair and Kirsty Young have been voted the UK’s favourite radio voices in a poll conducted by Radio Times.
BBC News

John Humphrys says he’s ‘over-friendly’ – and misses top slot in Radio Times poll
‘Rottweiler of Radio 4’ comes second to in readers’ ballot after Eddie Mair, with Kirsty Young topping women’s list of nation’s favourite voice.
The Guardian

Radio listeners prefer comfortable brogues
There was a time when the airwaves were strictly reserved for those who spoke the Queen’s English, with announcers delivering radio broadcasts in clipped upper-class accents.
The Times (£)

Martin Kelner gets weekly Radio Yorkshire show
Former Radio Leeds presenter Martin Kelner has signed up for a weekly show on Radio Yorkshire.
Radio Today

The Fabulous Martin Kelner returns to regular radio shows across Yorkshire
Ten years after the end of his networked weekend evening programme on BBC Local Radio in the North, Martin Kelner is to return to a weekly radio programme on commercial outlet Radio Yorkshire.
Media.info

Date set for Radio TechCon 2016 in London
Radio technology conference TechCon is in new hands this year as a new company announces the date for the next event.
Radio Today

Radio TechCon returns this November
Radio TechCon, the UK Radio industry’s radio engineering and technology conference, will take place on Monday, 28th November, 2016 at the Arts Theatre, Great Newport Street, London.
Media.info

EBU to manage .radio Top Level Domain
The European Broadcasting Union has won the bid to administer Top Level Domain name .radio, expected to go live next year.
Radio Today