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Posted on December 02, 2009 by James
Sales of digital radio sets have reached a new milestone, "smashing the ten million barrier", reveals the Digital Radio Development Bureau.With Christmas sales still to register, the DRDB has issued the news that sales of digital radios topped 10 million at the end of November....

Major Apple TV Update, Includes Streaming Radio!

Posted on November 01, 2009 by James
Apple TV’s new 3.0 software update includes access to a directory of Internet radio streams, among a handful of other major updates. Apple’s network-connected TV streaming device previously could access Internet radio streams, but only through user-discovered hack-like tricks. Now, Internet radio has it’s own section in Apple TV’s face-li...

I Love Student Radio launches

Posted on October 20, 2009 by James
A new website designed to promote the work and profile of Student Radio has launched.I Love Student Radio aims to encourage Universities and Students’ Unions to support and encourage student stations and increase the profile of student made content.Greg James of BBC Radio 1’s afternoon show and Richard Clarke from The Big ...

Absolute Radio ready to dabbl

Posted on October 04, 2009 by James
Absolute Radio is extending its portfollio this evening with the launch of a new digital only radio station - dabbl.The service is part of the new One Golden Square Labs, a digital working group set up at Absolute Radio to develop conceptual standalone digital propositions.Absolute Radio says dabbl will be produced using a...

BBC Radios latest blooper

Posted on October 04, 2009 by James
BBC Radio 5 Live has apologied after a few choice words about the American jazz musician and composer Stanley Clarke were broadcasting during Morning Report.Instead of a clip from Wigan Athletic's manager, listeners heard a yet un-named voice explaining what he thought of Stanley Clarke.The incident happened on Saturday mo...

Mickey Mouse Voice Caretaker, Wayne Allwine, Gone at 62

Posted on September 28, 2009 by James
Wayne Allwine, the most recent voice of Mickey Mouse, passed away on May 18, 2009 due to complications from diabetes at the age of 62. He and his wife Russi Taylor, the current voice of Minnie Mouse, met in studio over 20 years ago and were inseparable. Although the two made quite a pair voicing the Disney icons (named as Dis...

Ofcom clears Absolute swearing

Posted on September 28, 2009 by James
Ofcom has ruled David Cameron's swearing on Absolute Radio during the Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show was not in breach of any rules.And despite 20 complaints from listeners since the event on July 30th, Ofcom said the use of the words "[censored]" and "[censored]" were offensive but not enough to warrent any action against the...

HP DreamScreen

Posted on September 28, 2009 by James
HP is coming out into the photoframe/wi-fi radio industry with an exciting new product. The DreamScreen is the size of a normal photoframe but with more! HP has one big request for when you're talking about its new DreamScreen product line: don't call it just a digital photo frame. Fair...

Last.fm Brings Online Music Service To The Airwaves

Posted on September 16, 2009 by James
Online music service Last.fm will launch an HD multicast station for New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco on October 5, CBS Radio announced today. The station’s content will revolve around Last.fm’s music charts generated by what the service’s 25 million monthly users are listen...

Zune HD Launched

Posted on September 16, 2009 by James
Microsoft launches its touch-screen, Wi-Fi and HD radio-packing Zune HD portable media player today. It’s seen as a competitor to Apple’s iPod Touch, and is slightly cheaper than Apple’s product, starting at $220. Broadcasters are enthused that the product not only includes an F...