Airwaves used for emergency signals at sea ended up being clogged for 12 hours with BBC Radio 4 shows like The Archers because a VHF radio mic was left open on a ship. Frantic Coastguard officers issued an urgent appeal to vessels
A guess on Jeremy Vine’s BBC Radio 2 has blasted Range Rovers as being “utterly uninsurable”. Journalist Adam Rayner was speaking on Mr Vine’s show about the rising cost of insurance which has affected cars of all types. One of the main
The BBC has haemorrhaged local radio listeners, according to recent figures that show dozens of stations reporting losses in 2023. Data from the Radio Joint Audience Research has found that commercial stations ate into the broadcaster’s airwave dominance last year as the
Legendary American broadcaster Rush Hudson Limbaugh III was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri to a prominent local family on this day in history, Jan. 12, 1951. “He was born to be a radio broadcaster,” Limbaugh’s younger brother, David Limbaugh, told Fox News
Extraordinary airtime unfolded today as a BBC radio presenter turned the air blue repeatedly using the word s*** as she grilled the Home Secretary. BBC Radio 4 Today programme host Mishal Husain turned the national broadcaster’s output into a swear fest as
Radio City Music Hall, one of the world’s most celebrated and architecturally significant entertainment venues, opened in the heart of midtown Manhattan amid great fanfare on this day in history, Dec. 27, 1932. “Described as ‘the hottest ticket in town,’ more than
Hannah Welsh, a spirited second-year Radio City Rockette hailing from Georgia, embodies a lifelong dedication to dance that culminated in her dream role with the world-renowned Rockettes. From her early years, dancing was an inherent part of her life, spurred by a
Lee Anderson has blasted a “vile hoax” after someone claiming to be his son called LBC accusing his politician father of being a violent drunk. During Rachel Johnson’s phone-in show yesterday evening, a distressed-sounding man called in claiming to be “Charlie Anderson”
On this day in history, December 12, 1901, Guglielmo Marconi sends first transatlantic radio message
Irish-Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi ushered in a new era of global communications, sending the first radio transmission across the Atlantic Ocean on this day in history, Dec. 12, 1901. The message was merely the letter “s” in Morse code (dot-dot-dot). But it
Ministers have come under mounting pressure to protect traditional TV and radio of tens of millions of people in the UK. Campaigners argue that Ofcom figures prove that more than 53 million people still watch broadcast television every week. According to the