21 Oct 2014:
The second of our series on the major inventions that shaped the information age revisits the London transmitter 2LO and the birth of British broadcasting
20 Oct 2014: Leo Benedictus: Did the Radio 4 presenter really go cruising in lay-bys? Is he actually friends with atheist-in-chief Richard Dawkins? And how accurate is his Wikipedia entry? Britain’s top media vicar Googles himself
20 Oct 2014:
Caroline Raphael leaves position as commissioning editor after cost-saving restructure reduces post to three days a week role. By John Plunkett
20 Oct 2014:
Station to put up warning signs in singers’ dressing rooms after it is told off for broadcasting bad language live at teatime. By John Plunkett
20 Oct 2014: Sean Michaels: San Francisco radio stations team up to keep New Zealand singer’s hit single off the air as the San Francisco Giants and Kansas City Royals slug it out during baseball’s World Series
16 Oct 2014: Priya Elan: With anecdotes about everything from her first record (Leonard Cohen) to Kurt Cobain’s hair dye, Courtney Love proves surprisingly forthcoming
15 Oct 2014:
Radio 4 programmes dominate list of most-downloaded shows of past decade, with Radio 1’s Scott Mills also proving popular. By John Plunkett
Charlotte Higgins: A passionate music fan who has spent his career in bureaucracies, Davey is the right man for the job, but he will need to think carefully about who now runs the Proms