Dr Paul Rekret, Lecturer in Media Industries, has published a new essay in the December 2025/January 2026 double issue (503/504) of The Wire, the world’s leading magazine for underground and […]
Paul Rekret has been awarded a ‘Curiosity Grant’ by the Arts & Humanities Research Council for £99,720 for his work on ‘Small-Scale Online Radio Stations in the UK.’ […]
Winston Churchill makes a radio address from his desk at 10 Downing Street, wearing his ‘siren suit’, June 1942. Image Source: Imperial War Museum, Public Domain Media Is […]
On January 13th Carl W. Jones was interviewed for the BBC World Business Report regarding Oliviero Toscani and his historic Benetton campaign. Jones talked about the impactful and […]
In a controversial move, the BBC has significantly reduced the duration of its news bulletins on Radio 1’s Breakfast show with Greg James. Previously running for three minutes, the […]
Dr. Matthew Linfoot spoke to i News this week about the proposal to significantly reduce the unique programming produced across the BBC’s 39 local radio stations. Under planned changes, […]
Prof. Jean Seaton has spoken to Switzerland’s RTS news about the way in which the BBC is using old technologies to help share information about the war in Ukraine. […]
Professor Jean Seaton, Professor of Media History at the Westminster School of Media and Communication and Director of the Orwell Foundation, was featured on Times Radio’s breakfast show discussing […]
BBC Radio London began its first broadcast on 6th October, 1970, 50 years later Matthew Linfoot joined Vanessa Feltz to celebrate the long running London service. During the interview, […]
Jean Seaton has been interviewed by The Observer about the BBC’s plans to axe radio reporters. The article, by Vanessa Thorpe, details plans by the BBC to require all […]