Recession and competition hit local radio revenue DevonAir, the Exeter based independent local radio station, suffered a £150,000 loss in the year ended September 30. Sir Ian Amory, chairman, told the company’s annual meeting in Exeter but the outlook for this year was optimistic, and the advertising turnover was on […]
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Exeter based DevonAir is to launch a new service for east Devon and west Dorset. The commercial station will broadcast under the name of South West One and is planning to be on the air this summer. David Cousins, managing director of DevonAir, said yesterday that the Home Office had […]
“Raising the school leaving age to 90”, a programme produced by Exeter based DevonAir radio, has been chosen as Britain’s entry in a prestigious international competition for educational programmes. The eight week series of programmes, devised by disc jockey Tim Arnold, will be entered in the Japan awards competition in […]
The decision on who will rule the independent radio air waves in Devon will be announced tomorrow. The radio authority will reveal who will have the franchise for the Exeter Torbay radio licence for the next eight years early tomorrow afternoon. The battle for the air waves will be one […]
DevonAir, one of Devon’s independent local radio stations, has come top of the pops among listeners in its transmission area. Independent research shows weekly listening figures for the station rose by 10 per cent last year 257,000 to overtake the audience of the BBC’s national Radio One. Radio one’s audience […]
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 […]
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 […]