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From soccer to sonnets: Frank Skinner plans to bring poetry to the masses

Comedian and radio DJ will ‘talk about poems like I talk about football’ in a weekly podcast

Published: 16 Mar 2019

Virgin Radio announces lineup including Edith Bowman

Former Radio 1 DJ will be only solo female commercial radio breakfast show host when station returns to air on 30 March

Published: 10 Feb 2016

BBC Radio 1 is 'highly distinctive', insists strategy chief

James Purnell says Radio 1 plays nearly 10 times as many different tracks in a month as its rival Capital, after station was criticised in government green paper

Published: 29 Sep 2015

Human and utterly sincere: Miliband’s radio interview may be a turning point

Holly Baxter

Along with his suddenly personable demeanour the Labour leader was convincing: rarely have his policies come across so clearly as a cohesive strategy for building a stronger, more socialist country

Published: 2 Apr 2015

Published: 2 Apr 2015

Kermode and Mayo’s Film Review; Masters of Man Time With Just for Men; Phone Farage; Sam Walker – radio review

Kermode and Mayo’s longstanding review show treads a fine line between joy and ire, writes Miranda Sawyer

Published: 13 Sep 2014

Oxford Biographies; Geoff Lloyd's Hometime Show – radio review

Audio biographies from the first world war made for sobering listening, while Absolute Radio's chat with Conan O'Brien was sheer pleasure, writes Miranda Sawyer

Published: 9 Aug 2014

MediaGuardian Media Talk podcast: Radio Academy awards 2014 special

Reaction from winners including Frank Skinner, Greg James and Radio 2 controller Bob Shennan. Plus, Miranda Sawyer discusses her radio highlights of the year

Podcast

Published: 14 May 2014

Media Monkey Media Monkey's Diary: Christian O'Connell, John Hardie and Daily Mail

Read Media Monkey's Diary from the Monday print pages

Published: 30 Mar 2014

MediaGuardian Media Talk podcast: digital radio switchover special

Next week the government is to announce its plans for digital radio – John Plunkett and guests debate the pros and cons

Podcast

Published: 12 Dec 2013

Media blog Radios don't just have to sound good – they need to look like cool toys too

David Hepworth: The industry is failing to attract the next generation of listeners, while spooking its most satisfied customers, the over-50s

Published: 13 Oct 2013

Bauer Media buys Absolute Radio

Heat and Grazia owner agrees deal thought to be worth £22m for station whose DJs include Frank Skinner and Ian Wright. By Lisa O'Carroll

Published: 29 Jul 2013
Rewind radio: The Ashes: Test Match Special; Disabled and Desperate to Work; The Manuscript – review

Geoffrey Boycott demonstrated the difference between banter and chunter, while Nikki Fox's show about disabled workers was eye-opening and heartbreaking, writes Miranda Sawyer

Published: 13 Jul 2013

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