The UK RadioPlayer has today gone live. The service is intended to be a one-stop for listening to radio stations in the UK, and combines BBC and commercial radio stations on one platform. The RadioPlayer is free, and is a joint venture between the BBC, Global Radio, Absolute Radio, Guardian Media and the RadioCentre. An initial 150 [...]

It seems that the writing is on the wall for the BBC’s alternative music station 6 Music, as well as the BBC Asian Network, and the services may vanish next year. Director General Mark Thompson announced the proposed closure as part of a strategy review released today. There will also be a cull of a [...]

As has been widely reported in the media in the last 24 hours, rumours are that the Beeb is considering axing digital music station 6 Music as well as the BBC Asian Network. According to the last audience survey, 6 Music pulls in 695,000 listeners a week (0.4% of all UK radio listening). Amongst those [...]

The story of older Freeview boxes around the UK packing up… continues. After the story broke in the Daily Record at the weekend, BBC Radio picked up on the story, and our very own Pete was on BBC Radio 5 Live at 1:30pm, and on the Chris Evans show on Radio 2 at 5:40pm More [...]

As we reported in Show 19 of our podcast, BBC National radio stations Radio 1, Radio 2, Radio 3 and Radio 4 are moving from Freeview Multiplex A to Multiplex B today (3rd October 2007) – This means that you’ll need to rescan the channels on your Freeview receiver to continue to get these channels.