http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/ en-gb Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:56:00 UTC 60 On R1, Matt Edmondson will be replacing Sara Cox to front Sunday morning from 10am to 1pm from 14 March, when she goes on maternity leave. Edmondson has been handed his first R1 solo slot following a successful stint presenting showbiz news on Fearne Cotton’s Friday show. R1 deputy controller… http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/CareerTools/Radio/2010-02-24/1Xtra-swap-top-talent-for-fresh-face 2010-02-24 16:56:00 The Trust hailed the niche digital station as “distinctive and well-liked by its listeners” in its routine service licence review of 6 Music and Radio 2, and praised its rapid growth over the last four years. The findings will bring a glimmer of hope to 6 Music, which is being… http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/CareerTools/Radio/2010-02-15/Trust-gives-hope-to-6-Music 2010-02-15 16:38:00 The music and entertainment station will use its in-house production team to cover the Saturday 3pm fixtures, and will soon reveal the commentators who will front the shows. Chief operating officer Clive Dickens said the station would take a different approach to sports specialists Radio 5 Live and Talk Sport.… http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/CareerTools/Radio/2010-02-11/Absolute-swoops-on-Premier-League-rights 2010-02-11 16:34:00 Wogan, who left the slot on 18 December handing his headphones to Chris Evans, recorded an average weekly audience of 8.1 million in the last three months of 2009. This equals his previously biggest audience, recorded in the first quarter of 2008, and is up from the 7.76m who tuned… http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/CareerTools/Radio/2010-02-04/Wogan-bows-out-on-high 2010-02-04 10:02:00 The archive content will be released online alongside BBC2’s landmark science series Seven Wonders of the Solar System, and is one in a raft of initiatives planned for the corporation’s 2010 “year of science”. The corporation has also committed to run at least one major experiment per quarter through Lab… http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/CareerTools/Radio/2010-01-19/BBC-to-boldly-go-into-astronomy-archives 2010-01-19 17:01:00 There had been much anticipation about how Evans would mark his transition into the show and what his first record would be as he replaced Sir Terry Wogan. But he acknowledged his turbulent past - which saw him walk out on breakfast shows for Radio 1 and Virgin Radio -… http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/CareerTools/Radio/2010-01-11/Evans-starts-breakfast-show-with-the-Beatles 2010-01-11 14:41:00