24 July 2015

AERIAL AWARDS: June’s Winner
June’s winners: Andrew Long and James Millers, creatives, DLKW Lowe Judge: Gerry Human, chief creative officer, Ogilvy & Mather London Winning Ad: Persil ‘future jobs – perfumer’
Campaign Live

Is Apple’s new radio station a welcome addition?
The tech giant changed listening habits when it launched iTunes. Will Beats 1 have a similar effect, Gurjit Degun asks.
Campaign Live (£)

Radio Yorkshire offers Sepp Blatter a placement
Digital and online radio station Radio Yorkshire has made FIFA President Sepp Blatter an offer to enter the world of radio.
RadioToday

JACK fm helps to bury a listener’s dad
JACK fm doesn’t usually do requests but this particular one was too good not to help out with.
RadioToday

Auntie under attack: life inside the BBC
This book paints a wonderfully accurate picture – sometimes painfully so – of the inner workings of the BBC: its high hopes and petty jealousies, its triumphs and disasters.
New Statesman

Tributes paid to radio journalist Emily Bull
KLFM journalist and former Star Cambridge News Editor Emily Bull has passed away after a short battle with Cancer.
Radio Today

David Morrissey returns as 5 live presenter
Actor David Morrissey and film reviewer Robbie Collin will be covering Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo this week.
RadioToday

‘No evidence licence fee payer wants smaller BBC’ says trust head
The BBC Trust has hit back at suggestions that the broadcaster’s remit should be curbed, saying it should keep broadcasting popular entertainment shows and not be financed by subscription.
Financial Times

BBC looks beyond licence fee
The BBC is open to a new funding model that would spell the end of the licence fee.
Broadcast (£)

Singer Cerys Matthews left the US and returned to Britain because she missed the BBC
The former I’m A Celeb contestant left America behind to return to Britain in 2007
The Mirror

Nigel Farage gatecrashes live Labour leaders’ radio hustings as ‘Nigel from Kent’
Mr Farage’s intervention was mocked by Labour leadership candidate Andy Burnham, who said: ‘It’s the man from Gogglebox!’
Telegraph