Freedom: 50 Years of Pride review – a messy, invigorating reminder to be vigilant | Television & radio

Freedom: 50 Years of Pride review – a messy, invigorating reminder to be vigilant | Television & radio

What a lineup for Freedom: 50 Years of Pride (Channel 4), a mishmash of cabaret, musical revue, documentary and oral history that attempts to be all things to all LGBTQ+ people, and... Read more »
Observations and headlines from radio industry RAJAR Q1 2022 – RadioToday

Observations and headlines from radio industry RAJAR Q1 2022 – RadioToday

The numbers are in for Q1 2022 RAJAR and show almost 50m adults in the UK continue to listen to the radio. Commercial radio has recorded a record audience of 37.2m –... Read more »
Blossoms dazzle at the O2 Academy Islington for Radio X Presents with Barclaycard

Blossoms dazzle at the O2 Academy Islington for Radio X Presents with Barclaycard

4 May 2022, 22:33 | Updated: 4 May 2022, 22:49 Blossoms play Radio X Presents Blossoms with Barclaycard. Picture: Matt Crossick The Stockport five-piece played an intimate gig at the north London... Read more »
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Big Narstie: ‘Describe myself in three words? Electrifying, orgasmic and charismatic’ | Television & radio

Born in south London, Big Narstie, 36, was a rapper with N Double A and later went solo. His music includes the hit When the Bassline Drops, a 2015 collaboration with Craig... Read more »
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Childhood dream becomes reality for south east London friends after radio station launch

A “dream became a reality” for a Lewisham man and his childhood friend after they relaunched their own radio station late last year. Jon O’Leary and Tom Marley both from Lewisham relaunched... Read more »
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BBC radio presenter Janice Long dies aged 66 after a ‘short illness’

BBC radio presenter Janice Long, who was the first regular female presenter on Top Of The Pops, has died at the age of 66. During a 40-year career, she hosted shows across... Read more »
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BBC alarm: Radio listeners affected by alarm as ‘deafening silence’ hits stations

Listeners to radio programmes across the BBC were left baffled after an evacuation announcement left stations in complete silence. On the Today Programme, following a pre-prepared broadcast about the Ghislaine Maxwell trial,... Read more »
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TV tonight: can Robbie Savage really build a football club from the ashes? | Television & radio

Robbie Savage: Making Macclesfield FC 11pm, BBC One “Idiots buy football clubs … but I’m an idiot.” Businessman Rob Smethurst bought Macclesfield FC with ex-footballer Robbie Savage last year. This film documents... Read more »
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south west London radio station takes to the Thames

To celebrate Local Radio Day, south west London’s Riverside Radio broadcast live from the River Thames this morning, commemorating this year’s theme of ‘love your place.’ Onboard the 100-year-old vessel The Connaught,... Read more »
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CNN discovers location of ‘Radio Biafra’ in London

By Nwafor Sunday For years now, Nigerians have asked for the location of ‘Radio Biafra’, a network of internet-based amateur radio stations broadcasting the agenda of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.... Read more »