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
country back to the rest of the world in quality broadcasting, news and current affairs. isn t that kind of content likely to contain tony s subsidy and any future funding model we design? he subsidy and any future funding model we desian? , ., , , we design? he is absolutely right. when it these we design? he is absolutely right. when it these the we design? he is absolutely right. when it these the things - we design? he is absolutely right. when it these the things we - we design? he is absolutely right. when it these the things we don t| when it these the things we don t want is for all of our tv which is streamed in uk to come from overseas. the discussions we have about the future funding formula are going to have to include how we both protect, preserve, create great british contents. that has to be part of the debate moving forward. we haven t even big on the discussions yet. there are a number of ways that i have been told already that we could look at funding th
means that almost all planned nhs care in england has come to a standstill. consultants have been offered a 6% pay rise by the government. they say that is not enough. the doctor s union, the british medical association says that since 2008, consultants take home pay has fallen by 35%, taking changes into tax and pensions into account. it says this fall is a bigger percentage than other groups within the nhs. a 6% pay increase would mean basic pay, starting at nearly £94,000. the most experienced consultants would receive more than £126,000, the reaching that salary takes on average around 19 years of working in the nhs. let s cross live now to our correspondent who has been gauging the mood among strikers in central london. john, what other strikers saying about what they want from the government and how far they are willing to go? you from the government and how far they are willing to go? are willing to go? you are right, this is all about are willing to go? you are
first, there is no doubt about the main broadcasting event of the weekend, and the bbc, along with the rest of the media, have been gearing up for the coronation all week. we ll be looking in more detail next week at how bbc news has covered the ceremony and the celebrations around it. but in the meantime, here s royal correspondent nicholas witchell on the preparations being made over the past few days. in the potteries and other places in the souvenir business, they ve been gearing up for this moment for months. turning out the mugs and plates and a host of other goods which commemorate the coronation. it all means jobs and a significant boost for trade. by the time that report was shown on tuesday. mike dixon had already had enough. i accept that the coronation is newsworthy, but the coverage is utterly sycophantic and certainly not balanced . we constantly hear everyone will be celebrating, everyone will be partying, everyone will be watching it . but the bbc are ignor