By Nick Cecil Stunned at DevonAir bosses were considering applying for a judicial review yesterday after losing the Exeter and Torbay radio franchise in a decision they believe will send shock waves throughout the industry. Station chiefs, employees and listeners were devastated by the announcement that the West Country based […]
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Devonair Radio, the new commercial local radio service for Exeter and Torbay, will be on the air later this year. Mr. Norman Devonport, the chairman of the consortium that was awarded the franchise by the Independent Broadcasting Authority, said on Tuesday that the Exeter studios were several months ahead of […]
Devon’s new independent local radio station – DevonAir – will make history as the first of its kind in the world. It will be the first to run a “twin” operation –with the service for the Exeter area on one side and the Torbay area on the other. As far […]
“DevonAir, the Exeter based radio station, has been hit by a major dispute between the staff and the directors. Senior staff members are threatening to resign unless there is a boardroom reshuffle. Already the programme controller, Jeff Winston, has quit. Mr. Winston, who joined DevonAir two years ago when it […]
By Nicholas Cecil The battle lines for some of Devon’s the air waves were drawn up yesterday as competing companies submitted their applications for two independent radio franchises. For companies have applied for the licences covering the Exeter and Torbay areas, which are expected to be allocated in the next […]
Two Devonians have been named as the first of about 30 people with full-time jobs at DevonAir – the commercial radio station for Exeter and Torbay which is expected to start a broadcasting later this year. The first is 45 year old Mr. Maurice Vass, who grew up in Buckland […]
DevonAir meet Dartington A group from DevonAir, the new commercial radio station which starts broadcasting in the Exeter and Torbay areas in November, is visiting Dartington Hall next week as part of a series of meetings with people and organisations in the area aimed at gearing their services to the […]
The race to broadcast independent radio in south Devon into the next century started today. Licences to broadcast on both FM and AM wave bands –currently held by DevonAir –up being advertised from today by The Radio Authority. The new licence, which covers Exeter and Torbay, starts in 1995 and […]
Torbay’s radio studio –for the DevonAir radio station which expects to be on the air next year –is likely to be on Torquay harbourside. Torbay planning committee has approved a scheme to have the studio on the fourth floor of St. James Chambers in Victoria Parade. The plans were passed […]