It's difficult to keep finding stories in the publically released ratings from BARB every week, but some of the numbers prove interesting, not just the ones I call the weekly Hall Of Shame either. Last week, I said that we...

The new set of RAJARs for June to September 2007 are out, and there are many interesting things to report. First to the BBC Local Radio stations, and their top 10 by reach percentage... 01. BBC Radio Jersey - 45%...

Well, the main story in the ratings this week, seems to be one of recovery for Sky One. For the second time in three weeks, the channel has increased its share of viewing, this time going up to 1.2 share...

Cut local shows, say radio giants Radio in general is currently doing rather well in terms of the number of listeners despite the onslaught from alternatives such as personal music players and the internet, but the commercial stations are still...

News at Ten back - with Sir Trevor Just when you thought ITV's late evening news bulletin had settled down after all the years of faffing around - killing off News at Ten and moving to 11pm, then moving it...

I know the MediaBlog usually concerns itself with the broadcast variety, but technically the media includes the press, so I'll chance it. It was hilarious listening to Trevor Kavanagh on Any Questions this week, rabbiting on as usual about those...

A bit later than usual this week, because there are less obvious stories this week. The main one however, is Virgin 1. In it's first week of operation, V1 manages a credible 0.5 share / 13.8 weekly reach. This equates...

Ant and Dec in the clear, says Grade One of the most controversial findings of today's Deloitte report into ITV's programmes that featuring premium rate interactivity (phone lines, text messages, etc.) involves the running of a competition on Ant and...

Thompson tells BBC staff of cuts plan It's still difficult to know exactly what to make of Mark Thompson's plans for the future of the BBC, but the overall impression is that the plan is essentially a difficult set of...

First town switches to digital TV Well it's started. Whitehaven has become the first town in the UK to take part in digital switchover. At about 2am this morning, analogue BBC Two was switched off in the town, to...

There's something about this picture taken from tonight's Channel Five that's different from what would have been the case only yesterday, and I'm not talking about the property prices either. Yes you've guessed it, Five are now using a...

Well, we have some very interesting and unusual news from the latest publically released ratings figures from BARB. It was during this week that ITV2 premiered The Secret Diary Of A Call Girl, a series that seemingly is not going...

Lyons warns Paxo and Humphrys It's hard to decide what to think of the ongoing crisis in relation to the BBC's funding for the sole reason that the recent licence fee negogiations between the BBC and the Government were conducted...

Radio station rapped for playing too many hits Prior to 1988 there was essentially only one commercial FM radio operator (Radio Victory followed by Ocean Sound) serving part of the central South of England region, but Ocean Sound then split...

As Editor of Radiomusications, I am particularly pleased with this month's update. For you see, RMC has a special section called Radio By Numbers, covering the arrivals 40 years ago of Radios 1, 2, 3 and 4. This section has...

BBC News: BBC One boss quits over Queen row Profile: Peter Fincham Ever since Mark Thompson started sacking junior staff for various misdemeanours, including Richard Marson for changing the name of a cat (something that may later return to haunt...

Well, here we go again. In the wake of "Queengate", the controller of BBC1 Peter Fincham has resigned with Roly Keating taking over on a temporary basis. It wasn't that long ago when Lorraine Heggessey left as BBC1 controller. About...

So, Natasha Kaplinsky is off to Five News. Kirsty Young has left Five News, and is busy taking over all the "serious female" jobs at the BBC. I'm only hoping she'll be offered a post on the news......

Yesterday, I reported on the shameful state of affairs in UEFA Champions League coverage on radio. How Five Live and Talksport both covered the Manchester United match yesterday, despite the fact there were 3 British teams in action. Today, it's...

Home-grown children's television in peril The message seems to be clear. If there's a desire to protect UK-originated children's television from being the sole preserve of the BBC, then Ofcom will have to make provision for such programming in a...

After yesterday's busy day, there's barely a moment to recover before Radio Netherlands Worldwide reports via its Media Network Weblog the launch of two new radio stations on DAB in Dublin. All 80s Digital Radio is pretty self explanatory and...

Radio is my usual home for news, sport and music, although I watch TV news and ues the web too. Tonight, 3 British teams were involved in UEFA Champions League action. Television had them all covered. Manchester United vs Roma...

The choice tonight was simple: either to watch the launch of Virgin 1 which made its Freeview debut at 9pm tonight, or instead watch the first ever edition of Countdown that was repeated on More4 as part of Channel...

October 1st 2007 will go down in broadcasting history as a very active day. Sky News launched a new daytime schedule today. Sky Today with Julie Etchingham aired at 9am, with Afternoon Live with Kay Burley taking over at 1pm....

Sky prepares a Picnic Feeling hungry? BSkyB certainly seems to be ravenous with its plans to take on Setanta, Freeview, BT Vision and Top Up TV with its digital terrestrial pay-TV proposal which has now been branded Picnic. Presumably the...