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Caroline Flint reveals her intolerance!

Mike — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:51:55 +0000

Here we always try to catch the national and local news to keep up with the developing issues and the spin that some journalists appear to want to put on stories. I believe that a broadcast journalist should be a ‘conduit’ to a story and not the story itself. The classic example of the opposite

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BBC meets Birmingham Bosses

Mike — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:06:36 +0000

There has been a meeting between the BBC Director General and city council chiefs. I understand the city were determined to ensure a ‘significant’ continuing presence for the BBC in Birmingham. Probably seriously too late – about 10 years!

Media Meeting and the BBC

Mike — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:05:34 +0000

There have been a number of points that emerged from the media meeting at the Botanicals and I’ve summarised more of them here. I think with the local and mayoral elections coming up now is a good time to get our message across. But congratulations to Gisela Stuart and Martin Mullaney for being prepared to

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Birmingham asks the burning media questions

Mike — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:41:14 +0000

I was delighted to be able to attend the meeting called by Gisela Stuart last week on the future for media business in the city given the BBC's flight from Birmingham. Councillor Martin Mullaney, sharing the top table, made some interesting opening points including the fact that they were having a meeting with the Director General about the issue.

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BBC not pulling out of Birmingham

Mike — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:14:01 +0000

I thought this might be an interesting quote on BBC Birmingham - for the purposes of this post I won't say who made it or when but a guess would be a good idea! “The BBC is not pulling out of England’s second city. Now that we have a much clearer picture of production requirements in Birmingham, we are in a position to give output guarantees..."

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The Birmingham Media Story and YourTV

Mike — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:00:17 +0000

YourTV logoFollowing the Government’s announcement of its plans to create a tier of local television stations, YourTV has already announced its intention to apply for the local television licence in Birmingham. As more and more media production leaves Birmingham, YourTV Birmingham aims to redress the balance by giving the city its own local television station, made by and for local people.

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BRMB and Free Radio – some thoughts

Mike — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:39:02 +0000

It is a very sad day to lose the name of a radio station that was an important part of the radio story in the UK. BRMB was the first commercial radio station in England outside London, and has been at the forefront of so many programme innovations over the years that we now take for granted.

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Ultrasound Music Festival – Onstage gallery

momedia — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:33:12 +0000

The Ultrasound Music Festival saw pop royalty descend on the Tamworth Castle Pleasure Grounds for the third year running. In between our activities backstage, Mike Owen Media was able to snap a few shots of some of the artists during their performances.

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Ultrasound Music Festival – Backstage Gallery

momedia — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:35:22 +0000

Last weekend saw the phenomenally successful Ultrasound Music Festival come to Tamworth Castle Pleasure Grounds. The weekend saw many of the UK's top pop acts playing the Festival, including The Wanted, N-Dubz, Tinie Tempah, The Saturdays, Example, Chipmunk and many more, ending with a 90-minute set from Madness on the Sunday. In between the hectic activity, Mike Owen Media managed to get a few shots from backstage:

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TOWIE Twosome for Tamworth!

momedia — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:57:41 +0000

Sisters Sam and Billie Faiers of hit TV show "The Only Way Is Essex" are both pop fans and will be attending the Ultrasound Music Festival on the 3rd and 4th September at the Tamworth Castle Pleasure Grounds. Both are keen chart followers and are promoting their upcoming fitness DVD which also features Lydia Bright.

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The Wanted join the Ultrasound Music Festival

momedia — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:27:51 +0000

Top UK band The Wanted have been added to the Ultrasound Music Festival for the Sunday 4th September. This addition to the line-up means the Festival will be a perfect opportunity to see a multitude of top chart acts at one event. The Wanted have interrupted plans to take the USA by storm in order to play the Ultrasound Music Festival at the Tamworth Castle Pleasure Grounds.

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Spooky goings-on at the Ultrasound Music Festival

momedia — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:26:02 +0000

The Ultrasound Music Festival has discovered that N-Dubz star and X-Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos has a unique connection with the ghost of the Black Lady of Tamworth Castle! Tulisa attended the La Sainte Union school in Camden. The school was set up in the 19th century by the Sisters of La Sainte Union, whose heroine was Editha of Tamworth, whose ghost is said to haunt Tamworth Castle to this day. She is known as the "Black Lady" because of a terrible wrong committed at her nunnery in Polesworth.

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