Radio Academy: Ben Cooper in conversation with Matthew Bannister

On July 8th, the Radio Academy (Midlands Branch) held an event at The Mailbox which featured the current Controller of BBC Radio One, Ben Cooper, being interviewed by one of the station’s former controllers, Matthew Bannister. Here is the teaser from the Radio Academy event page:

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Local media ignores BMX world event!

Another example of the way in which local television can give profile to a world event largely ignored by all media. Thousands flocked to the NIA to see the UCI BMX World Championships and teams from around the world were in Birmingham.

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YourTV appoints former BBC chairman to run Brum bid

Great news for YourTV Birmingham – a man who understands TV and really knows Brum. Sir Michael Lyons has been appointed chairman of YourTV Ltd, one of the main contenders to win a local television licence to broadcast inBirminghamlater this year. Sir Michael, who was knighted for his services to local government, was chairman of the BBC Trust for four years until he handed over to Lord Patten last year.

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Suzanne Virdee – the saga continues!

I fear one should be circumspect when discussing presenters leaving jobs. Sometimes a show isn’t working with a given presenter, sometimes their skills aren’t recognised and we can’t all be Nicholas Parsons and present a show for over 800 episodes

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Media Meeting and the BBC

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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