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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Did I hear my name being mentioned…? Just for the record I am part of the application for Northampton that was submitted in December.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>www.nnbc.co.uk<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Does that ‘colour’ my view? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>What do they say about ‘talking the talk’ or ‘walking the walk’?   Hey look at me… I’m ‘walking and…. talking’<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk [mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ian Hickling<br><b>Sent:</b> 28 January 2015 12:06<br><b>To:</b> The Community Media Association Discussion List<br><b>Subject:</b> [cma-l] eRADIO - 28 January<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I had a long and very involved chat with Terry after his blog was released.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Sometimes enduring the blarney can be very useful and instructive.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>He and Roy are valuable assets to *The Cause*<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center id=stopSpelling></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 11:13:27 +0000<br>From: <a href="mailto:info@a-bc.co.uk">info@a-bc.co.uk</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk">cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a><br>Subject: Re: [cma-l] eRADIO - 28 January<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>He seems to speak a lot of common sense!<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>May I also recommend Terry Doyle's blog as well - some great stuff on there.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.terrysthoughts.tdoyle.co.uk/#home" target="_blank">http://www.terrysthoughts.tdoyle.co.uk/#home</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Glyn<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>On 28 January 2015 at 09:52, Ian Hickling &lt;<a href="mailto:transplanfm@hotmail.com" target="_blank">transplanfm@hotmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Can I recommend that you read &nbsp;&quot;Roy's Radio Ramble?<br>This is a professional view on the CR situation from Roy Martin - essentially a child of the true ILR format - and I feel firmly backs up the concerns of our small Industry sector.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 04:39:16 -0500<br>From: <a href="mailto:admin@radiotoday.co.uk" target="_blank">admin@radiotoday.co.uk</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:ian@transplan.uk.com" target="_blank">ian@transplan.uk.com</a><br>Subject: eRADIO... with Broadcast Bionics 28 Jan<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:1.0pt'>#eRADIO with Broadcast Bionics - 28 Jan Looking for the latest radio news in your inbox each morning? Click here. * BBC Local Radio - how can it bri<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='min-height:1px'><span style='font-size:1.0pt'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://madmimi.com/images/27912884475/beacon.gif?"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=590 style='width:442.5pt;border-collapse:collapse;max-width:590px;border-spacing:0'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 6.0pt 7.5pt 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><a href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1422437599-18e7fe8c26ddbff2609f59697ce75ae1-a883667?pa=27912884475&amp;amx=162258680" target="_blank" title="Web Version"><span style='color:#0F3042;background:#6BA9CB;text-decoration:none'>Web Version</span></a> </span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=590 style='width:442.5pt;border-spacing:0;border-radius:5px'><tr><td style='background:white;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;border-radius:5px 5px 0 0'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=590 style='width:442.5pt;border-radius:5px 5px 0 0'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;border-spacing:0;border-radius:5px'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=590 style='width:442.5pt;background:white;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;border-radius:5px 5px 0 0'><tr><td width=590 style='width:442.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1422437599-ebcf230deea7b792864303387ee63846-a883667?pa=27912884475" target="_blank"><span style='color:#126CA3;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=590 height=300 id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0630/7621/original/eRADIO%20with%20Broadcast%20Bionics%20%28HEADER%29.png?1393512940" alt="eRADIO with Broadcast Bionics (HEADER)"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;max-width:100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=590 style='width:442.5pt;background:white;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:18.75pt 22.5pt 15.0pt 22.5pt;border-spacing:0'><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%'><tr><td width=530 style='width:397.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div><h2 style='mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:17.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#126CA3'><a href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1422437599-80f6b21c317c4f48251c6e8794d3431a-a883667?pa=27912884475" target="_blank"><span style='color:#126CA3;text-decoration:none'>#eRADIO with Broadcast Bionics - 28 Jan</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h2></div></td></tr></table></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=530 style='width:397.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><em><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1422437599-9fb3580bc1cebefa69d34d54bfc50bb7-a883667?pa=27912884475" target="_blank"><span style='color:#126CA3;text-decoration:none'>Looking for the latest radio news in your inbox each morning? Click here.</span></a></span></em><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr></table><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='display:none'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0'><tr><td width=530 style='width:397.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td></tr></table></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=530 style='width:397.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=530 style='width:397.5pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal 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io lives and survives could have been changed, but instead we get a buffer zone of just over £1,000 per month which can be raised before the age-old 50% rule kicks in.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>But the real shocker was RadioCentre's <a href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1422437599-65911ed03777513cf10f4fa20dd08cca-a883667?pa=27912884475" target="_blank"><span style='color:#126CA3;text-decoration:none'>reaction</span></a> to it. They said it &quot;is a concern for commercial stations.&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>They issued a statement as soon as the news was announced, suggesting they just might have had access to the announcement before the rest of us. It said:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>&quot;The changes proposed by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) risk blurring the lines between community and commercial stations and puts them in direct competition for limited local advertising, alongside local press, local television and online.&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>This seems a little over the top. If RadioCentre thinks commercial radio stations are really going to suffer because a low-power community radio station serving a small part of its TSA can now fight for a thousand pounds worth of advertising, then we are really in a bad way. Local community websites are bringing in more, and potentially offering a bigger threat.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>In reality, everything will continue as it was and even more community radio stations will close thanks to the decreasing amount of sources offering grants and community funding.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr></table><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='display:none'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0'><tr><td width=530 style='width:397.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div><h1 style='mso-line-height-alt:15.6pt'><strong><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Roy</span></strong><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><h2 style='line-height:14.4pt'><em><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:firebrick'><a href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1422437599-cb0d4929eb9fa5fa0a810624d06aac38-a883667?pa=27912884475" target="_blank"><span style='color:#126CA3;text-decoration:none'>Roy Martin</span></a> is Managing Editor of RadioToday.</span></em><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:firebrick'><o:p></o:p></span></h2></div></td></tr></table></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=530 style='width:397.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=530 style='width:397.5pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0 width=530 height=28 id="_x0000_i1034" src="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0488/7429/original/RadioToday.jpg" alt=RadioToday><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0'><tr><td width=530 style='width:397.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=530 style='width:397.5pt;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1422437599-90765866bca3608e39d05a7fd62f58ea-a883667?pa=27912884475" target="_blank"><span style='color:#126CA3;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=255 height=255 id="_x0000_i1035" src="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0703/3817/original/IMG_4797.PNG?1402952246" alt="IMG 4797"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=20 style='width:15.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p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-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Young, enthusiastic but hugely warm broadcasters such as Howard Stableford, who went onto BBC’s Tomorrow’s World, and Martin Stanford, now Sky News star, ruled the local airwaves. They talked everyday about where we lived and, even as a kid, we connected. They became heroes to me. As a 13 year old I struggled to believe that this big, shiny, sexy radio station broadcast down the road from me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Ok, it was a different time (let’s face it a different century) but there are learnings. BBC Radio Northampton of 1984 was bold, fresh sounding and continually upbeat. (Can you think of a certain RAJAR busting national station from the BBC that currently exudes these characteristics?) BBC Northampton was what I would call a sexy listen. So, the question for me is how can the network bring sexy back?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>In his much debated blog post, John Myers asks where is the vision? I would reframe this slightly and ask, after monumental changes in our industry, what is BBC Local Radio? I was Assistant Editor at BBC London from 2007-2008, probably the best job I have ever had by the way, and in a market well served by clearly defined radio stations, I often wondered where it left us. I would say this has been one of the smartest moves of LBC over the years, clearly and confidently positioning itself as a news/talk station, “Leading Britain’s Conversation”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>I do not think it is an easy question for BBC Local Radio management to answer but for me it is fundamental – for listeners and staff. It is not enough to think that in a market of increasingly networked content, BBC Local stations are genuinely local because the likes of Capital, Heart, Smooth and increasingly Bauer’s City stations are so smart at localising the audience doesn’t know the difference.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>So, is it the speech? If it IS, then isn’t BBC Radio York, for example, “Talk Radio For North Yorkshire”? Admittedly it doesn’t tell the whole story but it focuses on what makes BBC Local Radio unique and unique locally. It’s a starting thought at least.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>What of that speech? I want to focus on news which John Myers feels there is presently too much emphasis on. Perhaps he would be happier if the definition of news was broadened out and teams were encouraged to be more creative. For me, local journalism is very important but so is creating unmissable radio.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Let me unpack this. Typically with BBC Local Radio I find engaged journalists (reporters and producers) who work really hard and care an awful lot. Fantastic! But often I feel they are trying to cover too many local stories. Resources then get stretched and it can result in frankly average packages or radio car hits.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>So, let me make a few suggestions: What if News and Programme Editors took bolder decisions? Focused on 3 or 4 local stories a day to cover? Used this time to think of fresh new ways to tell stories? Experimented with treatments? Got listeners talking?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr></table><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0'><tr><td width=530 style='width:397.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=230 style='width:172.5pt;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;border-spacing:0'><tr><td style='border:solid white 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=199 height=133 id="_x0000_i1041" src="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0863/6676/original/images.jpeg?1422398626" alt=images><o:p></o:p></p></div></td></tr></table><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>I was honoured to be a judge of the network’s Gillard Awards this year and I can tell you the quality of news content was extremely high. Again, fantastic! BBC Local Radio is still breaking big stories, such as BBC WM’s Trojan Horse scoop last year. This was a local story it invested time into, stuck with, owned and it made a big impact. I think the network needs to make more of these impacts and it shouldn’t be shy about claiming them either. LBC does it almost weekly through the A List politicians it attracts to its super branded, You Tube streaming radio station.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>It aims high, it is bold and it reaps the results.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>I worked for many years in commercial radio with the Managing Editor now charged with developing the BBC Local network and I would say his appointment is a very positive one. He’s served his time in news and programming roles and I have always found him to be ambitious, bold, creative and committed to talent. He’s a good guy. Most importantly he’s a radio guy. <br>And let’s not lose sight of the many positives within BBC Local Radio. Brilliant formats such as Robert Elms’ wonderful championing of local culture on BBC London every lunchtime.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>An example of non-news but local compelling speech I would want other stations to learn from. Also, I would mine the rich experiences and lessons from the genius story tellers on air everyday across England to support training and development, the likes of Sheffield’s Toby Foster and Rony Robinson.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>I am a glass half full kind of bloke and I believe there is so much potential and, as uncomfortable as the debate may have been for Local Radio managers over the past week, it does show as an industry we care about BBC Local Radio. Without its inspiration 30 years ago I probably wouldn’t be writing this now.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><em><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>By Justin Kings who enjoyed 25 years in local radio before becoming a consultant and trainer, working worldwide specialising in news/talk radio and social media. Find him on Twitter <a href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1422437599-2d8218122b52ea85c284b7789b90bf77-a883667?pa=27912884475" target="_blank"><span style='color:#126CA3;text-decoration:none'>@newsleader</span></a></span></b></em><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr></table></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=530 style='width:397.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=530 style='width:397.5pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0 width=530 height=28 id="_x0000_i1042" src="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0488/7429/original/RadioToday.jpg" alt=RadioToday><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0'><tr><td width=530 style='width:397.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=530 style='width:397.5pt;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1422437599-8aa0a8762a4e0000cfd3ab163d2d3255-a883667?pa=27912884475" target="_blank"><span style='color:#126CA3;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=255 height=255 id="_x0000_i1043" src="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0863/2821/original/Glensound_CUB.jpg?1422372472" alt="Glensound CUB"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=20 style='width:15.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a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 on their own, can feel especially close. The broadcaster’s words and music tell the solitary driver, the insomniac, the invalid, the shift worker: You are not alone.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Now, suppose you are driving along a moonlit road in Britain in 2015, just after 3 a.m. Or you find yourself awake at that time. You tune to the nation’s most popular radio station for some company.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>It turns out you are alone.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>There will be some chat and music but the programme will be a repeat or a pre-recorded show. That’s because BBC Radio 2 decided a few months ago that it would no longer employ a human to talk and play records through the night.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>The late-night radio host is a recognisable figure in popular culture, portrayed by Clint Eastwood in the film Play Misty for Me and Gary Cole in the TV show Midnight Caller. But the threat to overnight Radio 2 came not from a knife-wielding listener declaring undying love as in Play Misty, but an axe-wielding manager complaining about budgets.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Radio 2 has £46 million to spend this year but controller Bob Shennan said budget cuts meant the station had to make “the tough decision to reduce the number of hours of live programming overnight”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Shennan’s message seemed to be: we need all our cash just to do things that are popular and public-service. Having someone talking and playing records through the night may not be hugely popular but it is a public service, just as much as a documentary or a specialist music show.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>By definition, the audience at that time is marginalised. These are people who do not work or sleep at the same time as most of us. Often they are low-paid shift workers or people who can’t sleep due to illness or stress.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>It also seems strange to end live overnight radio in an increasingly 24-hour society, with more people working at night.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1422437599-ec363c87df78006767acb8ee20673ab1-a883667?pa=27912884475" target="_blank"><em><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#126CA3;text-decoration:none'>Continue reading..</span></em></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr></table></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=530 style='width:397.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=530 style='width:397.5pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0 width=530 height=100 id="_x0000_i1046" src="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0630/7652/original/Podcasts.png?1393513146" alt=Podcasts><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='display:none'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0'><tr><td width=530 style='width:397.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div><h1 style='mso-line-height-alt:15.6pt'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1422437599-9d2ebf6f13cc9ee2f414256a982a14c7-a883667?pa=27912884475" target="_blank"><span style='color:#126CA3;text-decoration:none'>THE RADIO TODAY PROGRAMME</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>On the <a href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1422437599-9218990766634699eb6160519d24de1b-a883667?pa=27912884475" target="_blank"><span style='color:#126CA3;text-decoration:none'>Radio Today Programme</span></a> with Broadcast Bionics, Trevor Dann finds out RadioDays Europe 2015. Will it be bigger than last year’s event in Dublin which attracted over a thousand delegates?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Can it replace the Radio Festival for UK delegates? Who will be the star speakers in Milan? Organisers Ralf Brandrud &amp; Anders Held tell all.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Plus this week's radio news and Radio Moments with David Lloyd - online later this afternoon.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr></table></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=530 style='width:397.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div><h1 style='mso-line-height-alt:15.6pt'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1422437599-29816ba1e0fee76e5342bb0539780626-a883667?pa=27912884475" target="_blank"><span style='color:#126CA3;text-decoration:none'>AUDIO PRODUCTION MASTERS</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>This new podcast about audio production is updated weekly by Mike Russell from Music Radio Creative. Grab weekly tips and information <a href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1422437599-dcb32b82c54fe912d32d725591203fe2-a883667?pa=27912884475" target="_blank"><span style='color:#126CA3;text-decoration:none'>here</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr></table><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='display:none'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0'><tr><td width=530 style='width:397.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div><h1 style='mso-line-height-alt:15.6pt'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1422437599-222c3a23e21aad6359666f8eb223207f-a883667?pa=27912884475" target="_blank"><span style='color:#126CA3;text-decoration:none'>EARSHOT CREATIVE REVIEW</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Two of the world’s leading station imaging production companies pitch their demos head-to-head. Wise Buddah’s Mark Goodier and Anthony Gay from Reelworld Europe explain how their organisations are tracking the changing needs of radio stations across the world. Paul Plant introduces No Sheet Music – a new production library designed to lift the production standards of radio and more.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr></table></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=530 style='width:397.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=530 style='width:397.5pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0 width=530 height=28 id="_x0000_i1047" src="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0488/7429/original/RadioToday.jpg" alt=RadioToday><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0'><tr><td width=530 style='width:397.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=530 style='width:397.5pt;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1422437599-18ea69ec30cbe176403c38e2816155e2-a883667?pa=27912884475" target="_blank"><span style='color:#126CA3;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=530 height=98 id="_x0000_i1048" src="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0837/5679/original/RDE-Milan-banner-587x109__3___1_.jpg?1418777421" alt="RDE-Milan-banner-587x109  3   1 "></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=530 style='width:397.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=530 style='width:397.5pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0 width=530 height=101 id="_x0000_i1049" src="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0849/3138/original/Blog_of_the_week.png?1420580769" alt="Blog of the week"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='display:none'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0'><tr><td width=530 style='width:397.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div><h1 style='mso-line-height-alt:15.6pt'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>One year ago, on 19th January 2014, KIIS 1065 launched in Sydney.<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h2 style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:firebrick'>A blog by <a href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1422437599-14db543c4301ee5e01641b157389b9a0-a883667?pa=27912884475" target="_blank"><span style='color:#126CA3;text-decoration:none'>Francis Currie</span></a> - an international radio consultant with over 25 years of Programming experience.<o:p></o:p></span></h2></div></td></tr></table></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=530 style='width:397.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=128 style='width:96.0pt;border-collapse:collapse;border:none'><tr><td style='border:solid white 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><img border=0 width=98 height=98 id="_x0000_i1050" src="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0863/6678/original/KIIS-1065-Crop-150x150.jpg?1422398631" alt=KIIS-1065-Crop-150x150><o:p></o:p></p></div></td></tr></table><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>In its very first ratings survey the new radio station sky-rocketed to become the Number One FM commercial radio station in Sydney with the Number One FM Morning Show.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>It was a spectacular launch that attracted the attention of the radio world. The previous commercial radio market-leader, 2DAY FM, collapsed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>12 months on and the Morning Shows of KIIS FM and stable-mate WSFM continue to battle for first and second place on FM and 2DAY FM continues to struggle.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Duncan Campbell is the National Content Director of ARN (The Australian Radio Network). He was the mastermind and driving force behind the launch of KIIS 1065 with the Kyle &amp; Jackie O Morning Show.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>In this exclusive half-hour interview with Francis Currie, recorded six months after the launch and available publicly for the first time, Duncan Campbell explains in detail the events leading up to the launch of KIIS 1065. He also reveals the key components that made the launch such a dramatic success.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:firebrick'><a href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1422437599-e469d9353936a56cccc77724c6d0a0c6-a883667?pa=27912884475" target="_blank"><span style='color:#126CA3;text-decoration:none'>Click here to see the full interview..</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h2></div></td></tr></table><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0'><tr><td width=530 style='width:397.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=530 style='width:397.5pt;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0 width=530 height=100 id="_x0000_i1051" src="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0630/7620/original/Airchecks.png?1393512939" alt=Airchecks><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=530 style='width:397.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div><h1 style='mso-line-height-alt:15.6pt'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Each week we take at look at <a href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1422437599-da989ebd07a1178aa3f9860e116589a6-a883667?pa=27912884475" target="_blank"><span style='color:#126CA3;text-decoration:none'>aircheckdownloads.com</span></a> to see what audio goodies have been added to the archives.<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>The website has over 2,200 scoped airchecks from the 80s to today all available as mp3 files and is the largest online collection in the UK. Every week we highlight three of our favourites.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr></table><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0'><tr><td width=530 style='width:397.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=124 style='width:93.0pt;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;border-spacing:0'><tr><td style='border:solid white 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=94 height=94 id="_x0000_i1052" src="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0863/9380/original/jazz_old.jpg?1422437193" alt="jazz old"><o:p></o:p></p></div></td></tr></table><div><h1 style='mso-line-height-alt:15.6pt'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1422437599-213fe78fde61e38e5523725bfafaae20-a883667?pa=27912884475" target="_blank"><span style='color:#126CA3;text-decoration:none'>Steve Collins at Jazz FM London! Recorded Jun 26th 1992</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h1></div></td></tr></table></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=530 style='width:397.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=126 style='width:94.5pt;border-collapse:collapse;border:none'><tr><td style='border:solid white 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=96 height=84 id="_x0000_i1053" src="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0863/9378/original/RadioLuxembourg.png?1422437196" alt=RadioLuxembourg><o:p></o:p></p></div></td></tr></table><div><h1 style='mso-line-height-alt:15.6pt'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1422437599-c1f690c4a9615205196465ac7103b1b5-a883667?pa=27912884475" target="_blank"><span style='color:#126CA3;text-decoration:none'>Gary King at Radio Luxembourg! Recorded Nov 1988</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h1></div></td></tr></table><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0'><tr><td width=530 style='width:397.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=126 style='width:94.5pt;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;border-spacing:0'><tr><td style='border:solid white 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=96 height=93 id="_x0000_i1054" src="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0863/9379/original/chiltern.jpg?1422437194" alt=chiltern><o:p></o:p></p></div></td></tr></table><div><h1 style='mso-line-height-alt:15.6pt'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1422437599-e11771c3823200c37168bdd9897c2853-a883667?pa=27912884475" target="_blank"><span style='color:#126CA3;text-decoration:none'>Pete Wagstaff at Chiltern Radio Dunstable! Recorded Nov 22nd 1982</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h1></div></td></tr></table></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=530 style='width:397.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div><h2 style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:firebrick'>These airchecks and many, many more are online now at <a href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1422437599-7dd10a2b3e164b554cb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:black'> - February 19, 2015 at 7:00 pm (London)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Radiodays Europe</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> - March 15, 2015 at 7:30 pm (Congressi, Milano)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>IRN Awards</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> - March 19, 2015 at 3:00 pm (London)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Arqiva Awards - Entries close</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> - March 20, 2015 at 5:00 pm (Online)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr></table><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='display:none'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0'><tr><td width=530 style='width:397.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div><h1 style='mso-line-height-alt:15.6pt'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1422437599-d2e6c6e2b7ae5fbbd5a1906994f2bba9-a883667?pa=27912884475" target="_blank"><span style='color:#126CA3;text-decoration:none'>Anniversaries and birthdays this week:</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Heart North Wales</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>'s Oli Kemp on January 28 (presenter)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Rick Houghton on January 28 (presenter)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>City Talk 105.9</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> on January 28<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>UTV</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>'s Terry Underhill on January 30 (group programme director)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Heart North East</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>'s Tom Campbell on January 31 (presenter)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>The Breeze</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> on January 31<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>BBC Radio Nottingham</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> on January 31<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Smooth North West</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>'s Crissy Cohen on February 1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Brett Orchard</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> on February 1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Premier Gospel</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> on February 1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Subcity Radio</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> on February 1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Mountain FM</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> on February 1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Mansfield 103.2</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> on February 1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>The Bay</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>'s Darren Milby on February 5 (presenter)<o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:firebrick'><a href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1422437599-1f5f503e4b9aaff7b7fe6525640ce720-a883667?pa=27912884475" target="_blank"><span style='color:#126CA3;text-decoration:none'>Let us know when your birthday is for inclusion here!</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h2></div></td></tr></table></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=530 style='width:397.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div><h1 style='mso-line-height-alt:15.6pt'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>See more events at <a href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1422437599-1eb99ca16ed53a4c41f3802c84d1effe-a883667?pa=27912884475" target="_blank"><span style='color:#126CA3;text-decoration:none'>RadioToday.co.uk/events</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h1></div></td></tr></table><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0'><tr><td width=530 style='width:397.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=530 style='width:397.5pt;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0 width=530 height=100 id="_x0000_i1057" src="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0630/7630/original/Snaps.png?1393512941" alt=Snaps><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=530 style='width:397.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=530 style='width:397.5pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0 width=530 height=353 id="_x0000_i1058" src="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0863/6682/original/ll.png?1422398657" alt=ll><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt'><i><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Lauren launching 6 Music Festival<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0'><tr><td width=530 style='width:397.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=530 style='width:397.5pt;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0 width=530 height=352 id="_x0000_i1059" src="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0863/6673/original/helen_ed.JPG?1422398615" alt="helen ed"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt'><i><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Ed Vaizey in the WCR studio with Lunchtime presenter Helen Cash<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=530 style='width:397.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=530 style='width:397.5pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a hre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