President of audio at bauer. Paul is in charge of a whole host of stations, such as magic, kiss, absolute, and many, many others. Paul, you cant have the time to listen to all of those every morning, so do you vary the Clock Radio or do you just compromise and listen to the Today Programme . You can be honest, you are amongst friends. I have the privilege of listening to Fabulous Radio from the uk and across seven other countries around europe where we operate as well. So four nordic countries, most recently the republic of ireland, poland and slovakia, and everywhere we are, we find that radio as a medium, as a platform, is enduring and growing. Very diplomatic answer. You are not naming one. But also with us today are Iain Lee and Katherine Boyle, presenters of the late Night Alternative. Iain, for our listeners who are not familiar, how would you describe the programme . It is a surreal, psychedelic Phone In Show, where instead of Stirring Hate and pointing out others that look and
Now on bbc news, the media show. Hello, we are talking radio today. Good old fashioned radio, with its cosy celebrity presenters, its familiar blend of pop songs, but also, lets face it, traffic updates, Car Insurance ads, annoying jingles. And if you dont like it, well, you willjust have to wait for those bits to be over, Orwill You . Because one of the uks Commercial Radio groups is launching ad free versions of their stations for a monthly fee. Is this radios Secret Weapon to defeat spotify and the streaming services . That is the question we will be asking paul keenan, president of audio at bauer. Paul is in charge of a whole host of stations, such as magic, kiss, absolute, and many, many others. Paul, you cant have the time to listen to all of those every morning, so do you vary the Clock Radio or do you just compromise and listen to the Today Programme . You can be honest, you are amongst friends. I have the privilege of listening to Fabulous Radio from the uk and across seven ot
Crimes and an insurrection and where we go from here as a nation. In fact, these two stories that i just mentioned to you tonight, theyre linked. How does President Biden work with a party that has some of its prominent leaders lying about his lawful victory and some, and to be precise and fair not all, but some elected republicans minimizing the violence that left five dead at the capitol. How do you do negotiations over the basics when you dont have any understanding on the fundamentals . There are a lot of Smart Thinkers whove studied these types of issues in different societies and a lot of progressives right now around the Biden Administration who say there can be no unity, no true democracy under the rule of law, unless there are facts and accountability first. Keep that in mind as you see this news tonight. Former President Trump wants to exploit the upcoming trial as a chance to double down on the election lie that partly fed the insurrection. He wants to take on the truth that
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ever embrace american values. us lawmakers grilled the ceo of tiktok about the wildly popular platforms ties to the chinese government and digging in israel s prime minister vows to push on with a judicial overhaul , despite widespread protests and international criticism. zeye from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with john voyeurs. we begin with it for 10 airstrikes in syria that are having deadly consequences for u. s forces deployed to fight isis, depending on says the u. s has launched a retaliatory airstrike targeting a group affiliated with iran s revolutionary guard in the east . this happened after a drone attack on facility housing u. s personnel in the northeastern part of untr. in a response, u. s defense secretary lloyd austin. said the u. s. will take all necessary measures to protect its people and that no group will strike us troops with impunity. cnn s early even spoke with me a short time ago. a one way drone, essentially a suicide drone carried out attack i