UTV Radio

Pulse, Signal and Wave are launching Pulse Summer in West Yorkshire, Signal Summer in Stoke-on-Trent and Wave Summer in Swansea.

Liverpool’s Juice FM has been sold to Global subject to regulatory approval from the Competition and Markets Authority, for £10m. The Liverpool station could be Global’s 12th Capital region.

The most obvious plan would be to add the station to the 11-strong group of Capital stations, already placed around the UK

talkSPORT has a new Programme Director today as current PD Liam Fisher is promoted to UTV’s National Radio Controller.

First Radio Sales will be leaving talkSPORT’s HQ in London as UTV build new studios.

Football fan Kevin Clarke will broadcast live on talkSPORT on the final day of the Premier League season this weekend after winning the station’s competition to be The People’s Pundit.

UTV says the strategic review of its 13-station local radio division in Britain is still ongoing, as it announces an increase in overall group revenues for the first 3 months …

If you run a radio station and would like to go national on DAB, Sound Digital wants to hear from you.

Cable and Wireless has reached a deal with talkSPORT for Barclays Premier League football commentary rights in the Caribbean.

Former Network Chart show host David Kid Jensen is to present a new Sunday evening chart show on three UTV radio stations.

UTV could be sellings its Liverpool-based dance music station Juice FM to Global for a reported £10m.

UTV suggests the loss of local radio stations in the West Midlands if they are not reawarded the Wolverhampton licence.

First-quarter revenue at talkSPORT will fall two percent, UTV has announced today.

Sound Digital Ltd has taken the opportunity of follow-up questions to confirm its commitment to providing a second national DAB multiplex.

Former Bauer presenter Rick Houghton has joined UTV’s Signal 1 in Stoke-on-Trent to host the Drive Time show.

Betway has signed a partnership with talkSPORT to sponsor weekend breakfast on the national station.

A new package of jingles has been created by Sandy Beech and Dave Bethell for the UTV Radio network of stations. Hear it first on RadioToday.

Read our local radio round-up, as UTV gets more listeners across the group and Orion Media stations face a big drop in hours.

In detail: the two bidders for the second national commercial DAB multiplex explained.

Sound Digital’s station line-up for D2 includes Virgin Radio and talkRADIO, joining 13 other digital only radio stations #url#

A partnership between talkSPORT and Carlsberg will result in a fan becoming part of the on-air team at the national radio station.

Ford has renewed its sponsorship of the Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast on talkSPORT for a twelfth consecutive year.

UTV Media GB is up for sale, according to a speculative report in the Media Guardian today.

Ed Sheeran and Olly Murs will between them host Christmas morning on UTV Media’s radio stations in England and Wales, whilst Take That are lined up for Boxing Day.

The Wave and Swansea Sound have launched a new campaign called ‘Hear My Voice’, aimed at raising awareness of bullying.

UTV presenter Jacqui Blay has left Pulse 1 after 14 years on the air in West Yorkshire.

talkSPORT has launched a partnership with Gillette to promote the razor brand’s sponsorship of Movember both on-air and online.

Three Christmas spin-off stations planned by UTV Radio.

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Radio stations in fifteen countries have agreed new or renewed partnerships to carry talkSPORT’s live football commentary.