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Commercial Radio turns 50 on Sunday 8th October, and to celebrate we’ve got five questions for five key players in the sector each day this week.

Scott Mills is doing double shows every day this week as he covers for Ken Bruce on BBC Radio 2.

Weeknight phone-in host Allan Beswick, who is heard across BBC Radio Lancashire and BBC Radio Manchester Monday to Thursday, is moving to weekends only.

Digital service United DJs, fronted by former Radio Luxembourg presenter Tony Prince, has announced it will be closing this weekend

BBC Radio Leeds broadcaster Paul Dunphy says he is sad after his eight years of service at the corporation has apparently come to an abrupt end without warning

A company operating under the name of North Norfolk Digital is one of the organisations awarded a small-scale DAB multiplex from Ofcom today.

A new commercial radio station covering South East Wales is launching next week with a schedule full of experienced presenters.

Community radio stations may now offer split services within their coverage area on any relay transmitters they might operate.

A scaled-down Gillard Awards has taken place online with just five categories this year.

Stephanie Hirst is leaving BBC Radio Leeds this week after three years on-air hosting a daily show.

A new service has appeared on BBC Sounds called Radio 1 Relax playing relaxing noises including wind and rain.

All radio stations should be fully meeting all their programming and production commitments by the end of September, the regulator says.

Ofcom has taken no action against Global or DJ Tiiny after it became apparent the presenter played music tracks in return for payment on his Capital XTRA show.

Radio stations across the UK entered obituary mode following the announcement by the Royal Family regarding the death of The Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip.

Presenters at West Yorkshire Radio walk away from the service after being told there isn’t any sufficient income to sustain the service in the foreseeable future.

April Fool’s Day pranks for Amanda Holden, Jeremy Vine, Mark Wright and more this year!

The newsteam at BBC Radio Derby has recorded its own mini spoof of the television series Line of Duty

Bauer is closing its studios in Bradford and moving all staff working at Pulse 1 to the former home of Radio Aire in Leeds.

A message posted on Steve Allen’s Twitter account says he is doing his best to be back on the radio as soon as possible.

Ofcom has granted permission for Global to drop the Heart Nightly News programme from stations currently obliged to run extended bulletins.

There’s a new radio station in Portsmouth streaming online using the historic name of Victory.

A website offering aggregated content from the web and social media has launched to help radio presenters and producers.

John Barnes in joining Rossendale Radio in Lancashire for a weekend show after a 20-year career at the BBC and many more in commercial radio.

A new online radio station for Runcorn and Widnes called RAW Radio is launching soon in North Cheshire.

Lincs FM and Pirate FM are to start broadcasting Bauer’s Sunday afternoon chart show with Sarah Jane Crawford from this weekend.

Ofcom has found Global’s Capital XTRA Reloaded in breach of the broadcasting code for playing a song with racially offensive language

The Super Bowl is back on BBC Radio 5 Live for the first time in five years with a new show hosted by Vernon Kay.

BBC Radio Solent’s Breakfast in Dorset presenter Steve Harris has been making headlines after a simple request on Twitter.

Capital Xtra DJ Tiiny has been dropped after he charged payments to play songs on his 7pm to 9pm Friday night show, writes Paul Chantler.

Imaging Blueprint has released some audio plugins designed for radio imaging and created with radio producers & voice overs in mind.