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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 can t 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 ....
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, let s face it, traffic updates, car insurance ads, annoying jingles. and if you don t like it, well, you willjust have to wait for those bits to be over, orwill you? because one of the uk s commercial radio groups is launching ad free versions of their stations for a monthly fee. is this radio s 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 can t 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 a ....
the aircraft was carrying seven people but officials said there were no signs of survivors. earlier, localjounalist blaze lovell told us what will happen next in the investigation. a british man who won one of europe s biggest lottery jackpots, has died after a short illness. colin weir and wife, chris, from largs in north ayrshire, claimed the £161 million euromillions prize in 2011. at the time it was one of europe s biggest ever lottery wins after a series of rollovers boosted the jackpot. the duchess of cambridge has praised the work of midwives in an open letter to the profession. highlighting the work they do, kate middleton said it was of fundamental importance to the early years development of children. kensington palace released these pictures of the duchess, after she spent two days at a maternity unit. she described the experience as ‘a privilege‘. if you got a remote controlled car for christmas, it probably won t match up to the one that nasa has jus ....
we re here at the cinema museum in south london. over the next half an hour, i ll be looking back at some of the best movies released in uk cinemas in 2019. films from around the world, from big budget blockbusters to smaller indie gems, from widescreen full colour spectacle to more intimate black and white experimentation. as always, 2019 kicked off with awards season and the uk release of several films that opened in america in 2018 intend to qualify for the oscars. in a weird echo of the 1990 academy awards, when driving miss daisy won best picture, in which category spike lee s infinitely superior do the right thing wasn t even nominated, this year, the likeable but bland green book beat blackkklansman to the top prize. although spike lee did triumph in the screenplay category, earning his first competitive academy award. the child is your grandchild! what difference does it make how it gets here? in the acting categories, regina king and mahershala ali proved deser ....
the cabinet office apologises after the home addresses of more than a thousand recipients of new years honours were accidentally published online. a woman whose husband and two children drowned, on christmas eve, in a swimming pool in spain, says all three could swim and blames a fault with the pool. more than 70 people are believed to have been killed in a car bomb attack in somalia many of the dead were students. campaigners call for a radical overhaul of britain s railways including majorfare reforms and an end to nightmare journeys . now on bbc news, take a front row seat as mark kermode looks back at the big cinema releases of the year in ‘review 2019: the year in film . and a warning this film contains some flash photography. hi, i m mark kermode. we re here at the cinema museum in south london. over the next half an hour, i ll be looking back at some of the best movies released in uk cinemas in 2019. films from around the world, from big budget blockbu ....