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Global Radio

January 2024

  • Carol Vorderman sitting at a desk with a microphone on in an LBC studio.

    Miranda Sawyer on podcasts and radio
    The week in audio: Catching the Kingpins; Carol Vorderman; Stephen Mangan; Ending Homelessness the Finnish Way – review

    A cracking tale of criminals and encrypted phones; the outspoken ex-BBC Radio Wales host jumps ship to commercial; the Finns show us the way on social problems; and farewell to Annie Nightingale

May 2023

  • Kylie Minogue

    Kylie Minogue ‘bursting with joy’ as new single Padam Padam soars up charts

    Track shunned by BBC Radio 1 and Capital when released finds singer a new audience via social media

April 2023

  • Tim Westwood

    DJ Tim Westwood interviewed under caution over sexual offence allegations

    Police questioned former Radio 1 star in March and again last week over five allegations

December 2022

  • ‘Tireless’: the BBC’s disinformation and social media correspondent, Marianna Spring

    Observer critics' review of 2022
    Radio and podcasts: Miranda Sawyer’s 10 best listens of 2022

    Brilliant audio really can be about anything, whether it’s disinformation, the Ukrainian frontline, gendered violence, cancer, periods, black British music… or cuckoo clocks

October 2022

  • Andrew Marr in LBC studio

    LBC draws level with 5 Live as BBC loses ground to commercial rivals

    As commercial radio stations have invested and poached stars such as Andrew Marr, audiences have grown

September 2022

  • Andrew Marr quit the BBC earlier this year to join Global’s LBC

    Andrew Marr dropped from Queen film after leaving BBC

    LBC presenter said to be saddened after his voice was replaced with Kirsty Young’s at the last minute

May 2022

  • Tim Westwood

    Capital owner told journalists not to report Tim Westwood accusations, staff say

    Presenters were also advised not to discuss sexual misconduct allegations against DJ on air, according to staff

April 2022

  • Tim Westwood.

    Tim Westwood steps down from radio show after sexual misconduct allegations

  • Tim Westwood, photographed in 2017.

    Tim Westwood sexual misconduct claims ‘appalling’ says BBC head

February 2022

  • News broadcasters Jon Sopel and Emily Maitlis

    BBC’s grip on news programming shaky as commercial outlets pick off journalists

    Broadcaster struggling to retain talent when big pay rises and faster career progression are on offer
  • Jon Sopel and Emily Maitlis have announced they are leaving the BBC to join media group Global.

    What’s next for BBC news? Promise of freedom lures away more ‘big beasts’

    The departures of Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel for Global, which operates LBC, are part of a wider talent drain as other broadcasters offer more independence

    • Andrew Marr vows to ‘ruffle feathers’ on LBC after quitting BBC

    • The rise of LBC’s owner Global and how it is now poaching BBC stars

    • Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel leaving BBC to front new podcast

December 2021

  • Andrew Marr

    Andrew Marr to join New Statesman as chief political commentator

    Veteran journalist who is leaving the BBC after after 21 years will write weekly column in magazine

August 2020

  • British-Kosovar pop star Dua Lipa is one of the most-played female acts on UK radio.

    Female British artists underrepresented on UK radio, survey finds

    Fewer than one in five songs in top 100 airplay chart so far this year were by British female acts

June 2020

  • Yinka Bokinni and Shayna Marie Birch-Campbell

    Capital Xtra presenters criticise firm's response to Black Lives Matter

    Yinka Bokinni and Shayna Marie Birch-Campbell ‘embarrassed’ by Global Radio

October 2019

  • Zoe Ball presenting her Radio 2 breakfast show

    Radio 2 breakfast show audience falls to lowest level in a decade

    Zoe Ball programme sheds a million listeners as Rajar data shows podcasts are on the rise

June 2019

  • Heart Breakfast hosts Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden.

    The week in radio and podcasts: All New Heart Breakfast

    Changes to Ofcom’s local radio guidelines brought a wave of syndicated breakfast shows. But what has been lost?

February 2019

  • Eddie Mair photographed at the LBC studios in London. Eddie Mair is a Scottish broadcaster who was a presenter on BBC radio and television. Mair now presents drive on LBC between 4pm and 6pm every weekday. Mair also hosted BBC Radio 4’s daily news magazine PM, the Radio 4 Saturday iPM, and NewsPod. He occasionally presented Newsnight and Any Questions. Mair became a stand-in presenter for The Andrew Marr Show following Marr’s stroke. Mair left the BBC in August 2018.

    Distinct radio voices: why we need local heroes

    Global radio is extending its geographical homogenisation by ending many local shows
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