Exeter is to become the focal point of a Devon local radio war with two rival stations competing to win listeners. For the BBC has decided to base and you would local radio service for Devon in the city and it is bound to seek to win viewers away from […]
DevonAir Radio in the news
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Devon’s new independent local radio station, DevonAir, is expecting to be a broadcasting in about a year from now. Good progress is being made with plans to put the station or on the air, its Secretary, Mr. Hamish Turner, said yesterday. The station will serve the Exeter, Exmouth, Honiton, Tiverton, […]
The applications are invited for the local radio programme contract for the Exeter and Torbay area under the terms of the Independent Broadcasting Authority Acts 1973 and 1978. The document containing particulars, including the coverage maps, and details of the information required from applicants may be obtained on written request […]
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 […]
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 […]