BFBS Radio joins Digital One multiplex

Forces radio station BFBS has secured a slot on the Digital One multiplex, in the week that GCap’s Core and UBC’s OneWord are set to close down. BFBS Radio launches on Digital One tomorrow (Saturday) as part of a trial by the station into national DAB. BFBS Radio controller Charles Foster said: “This completes the link. Although we’ve been serving the British forces community around the world for 65 years, we have relied on occasional links with the BBC and commercial ...

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Hands on with Sirius’ own “Infotainment” vehicle

   
Sirius didn't actually call it an "Infotainment" vehicle, but that's pretty much what the Ford Edge on display at their booth at CES was. It brought together the latest in Sirius' non-radio offerings: Sirius Backseat TV with the OEM ...

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Video: Howard Stern on David Letterman last night

Stern made an appearance on David Letterman last night. For those who missed it, watch the video below: Part 1: Part 2: Part 3:...

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Bubba The Love Sponge to present at the AVN Awards

Bubba the Love Sponge will be hitting Las Vegas this weekend to present three AVN Awards, and make special appearances in celebration of the 25th annual AVN Awards. On Friday, Bubba The Love Sponge will appear with adult stars Raven Riley and ...

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Hands on with the XM Infotainment vehicle (or “Inside XM’s mystery box”)

Remember that mystical black box that stood like a great Monolith in the center of the North Hall of CES? Well, I nervously crawled around the enigmatic structure like an ape from "The Dawn of Man," and managed to see what ...

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FCC approves sales of Clear Channel

According to multiple sources, the Federal Communications Commission has approved the sale of Clear Channel Communications, Inc. to Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee Partners for $19.5 billion, reports All Access. The vote was reportedly 5-0 in favor of the transaction. If this ...

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CES: RCA Infinite Radio - Internet Radios (with Slacker)

Audiovox this week unveiled its RCA-brand "Infinite Radio" series of tabletop internet radios. Each tabletop radio features regular analog AM/FM, USB Host, WiFi 802.11b/g, and direct access to a custom Web radio aggregation service and to Slacker’s personalized Internet radio service. The RCA RIR200 ...

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Kevin Greening: A terrible loss to broadcasting

The GMG Radio group programming director, John Simons, has paid tribute to Smooth Radio presenter Kevin Greening, who died on Saturday night on the eve of his 45th birthday. Greening’s radio career spanned 22 years – from the BBC World Service to GLR, Virgin, Radio 1, XFM, FiveLive, Heart, 6Music and Smooth. “We are extremely saddened to learn of the sudden death of Kevin Greening at the weekend,” Simons said. “He was a talented broadcaster and we were privileged to have him ...

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