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pure tonic media announce the release of a brand new jingle package for the tindle radio group .
the tindle radio group is a media company which owns radio stations in the channel islands and the republic of ireland .
radiotoday has learnt lyn long, group operations director at tindle radio group for the last six years, will leave the company with immediate effect .
anglian broadcasting company (holdings) was created in 2013 through a management buyout from the tindle radio group .
anglian broadcasting company (holdings) was created in 2013 through a management buyout from the tindle radio group .
tindle radio group now compromises of midlands 103 and two stations in the channel islands – channel 103 and island fm .
regional radio group tindle radio has hired gcap' s lyn long in the newly - created role of commercial director, replacing its group sales director who is now preparing to join the local radio company (tlrc) .
a new company, media aspect local, was set up to buy five of the eight stations owned by sir ray tindle under the tindle radio group banner .
two group directors are leaving the former tindle radio stations which have just been part of a management buyout by david lovell .
we' re a commercial radio group covering norfolk, suffolk and north essex .
the chief executive of tindle radio has revealed he could attempt a management buyout if owner sir ray tindle decides to spin off some of the group' s 14 stations .
veteran newspaper publisher sir ray tindle says it’s business as usual after stepping up to become president and appointing his son owen to become chairman of the tindle newspapers and radio group .
bauer media' s radio borders, plus the entire tindle group of stations have taken delivery of a new jingle package from reelworld .
tindle radio owned midlands 103 in ireland has been recommended to continue operating by irish radio regulator the bai .
the tindle radio group continues with channel 103 in jersey, island fm in guernsey and midlands 103 in the republic of ireland under sir ray’s ownership .
tindle radio, owners of midlands 103 in tullamore, have sold their five uk radio stations in a management buyout, leaving just three remaining .
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tindle radio’s town 102, dream 100, norwich 99. 9, north norfolk radio and the beach have all changed hands in a management buyout .
the tindle radio chief executive, kevin stewart, says he would definitely be in the market if some of the radio stations go up for sale .
celador radio has reached agreement to acquire two kestrel radio licenses in basingstoke and alton .
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tindle radio' s town 102, dream 100, norwich 99. 9, north norfolk radio and the beach have all changed hands in a management buyout .
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tindle newspapers, which is 100% controlled by tindle, paid a dividend of £100, 000. the unnamed highest - paid director received £148, 780 .
anglian radio' s ceo david lovell and group brand and marketing officer howard bowles are leaving the company they helped create. they both set up media aspect local ltd, owner of anglian radio, which…
the stations are now owned by david lovell – tindle radio’s finance director who has formed media aspect local specifically to create a management buyout .
also, gina frost, group commercial director left the company last week before details of the mbo were announced .
the mission of the tindle group is to reach the heart of the diverse communities we serve with informative and engaging media products, while at the same time providing a valuable promotional vehicle for our advertisers .
southend radio ltd – philip miller, chief executive of adventure island is behind this station, with locally - known radio presenter peter holmes as a director. the station plans to offer music from the 60’s to today, broadcasting from studios at southend’s adventure island theme park. major shareholder is stockvale group (adventure island, sealife centre and mercury fm watford). the tindle radio group (with a number of stations including dream 100) withdrew their support for the station .
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the company said that on 1 april last year it acquired island fm and channel radio through a deed of waiver of all the loans it has made to tindle radio holdings, which amount to £4. 9m .
whilst bbc local radio has suffered a collective blow this quarter, some commercial radio stations across the uk are celebrating .
sir ray tindle' s newspaper group made a profit of £1. 4m in the year to the end of march 2013, as the publisher reported that it has not closed any titles or forced any redundancies during the downturn .
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tindle newspapers had a total of £18. 6m in cash and asset investments as of 31 march 2013 .
radio futures limited (seacoast sound) – the station planned to target the over - 45 age group, and would have been based in the former essex radio studio complex in clifftown road, southend. behind the station were john massey (chairman), gary dingwall (formerly of essex radio and classic fm), as well as veteran ex - bbc radio 2 broadcaster david hamilton .
the uk stations, all based in east anglia, are now owned by david lovell – tindle radio’s finance director who has formed media aspect specifically to create the management buyout .
tindle has now sold nine stations in total. bridge fm south wales in 2007, dream 107. 7 chelmsford in 2008, kick fm west berkshire in 2009 and delta radio in 2010 .
long, who starts on 13 november and will report to stewart, will replace howard bowles, who left tindle radio two months ago and will start as head of local sales at tlrc next monday .
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sir ray tindle said: “i wish the management team every success with their venture. i consider this transaction the most likely way to secure the long term future of the five east anglian radio stations. ”
total revenues fell by just under 5% from £35. 7m to £34m, and group operating profit dropped 28% from £1. 78m to £1. 28m .
the filing also shows that the company paid tindle £45, 000 in annual rental to use the old court house in farnham, surrey .
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southend radio started test transmitting on the 5th of march 2008 with wave sound effects .
radiotoday also understands a management agreement has been put in place for media aspect local to manage the remaining tindle stations in the channel islands and ireland .
this is a huge step change for us ,
said stewart .
we are not a small radio group anymore. with our new norwich and ipswich stations coming on air, we will cover the whole of east anglia and we' re looking to tap into the national market, which is worth £6 to £7m to radio in this region .
celador took on the five stations – also including dream 100, the beach, radio norwich and north norfolk radio – in january this year when it acquired anglian broadcasting company (holdings) ltd .
alongside radio norwich, covering the city and the surrounding area, the beach, covering great yarmouth, lowestoft and southwold, and north norfolk radio, covering towns including cromer and fakenham, are produced from the norwich site .
a number of jobs are at risk under plans by celador radio to merge its ipswich and norwich programming departments .
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sir ray said he had only floated the idea of selling some of the radio stations, which include radio norwich and dream 107 in chelmsford, in the event of
interesting approaches
but that so far nothing had transpired .
she will look after local, national and regional sales for tindle' s 12 regional stations, developing new revenue streams and working closely with chief executive kevin stewart on operations to support the regional managing directors .
radio listening remains strong despite the summer of sport. some stations enjoyed a large increase whilst others took a hit quarterly and yearly .
the station broadcasts from a studio complex on southend seafront, next to the adventure island theme park. the studios also serve chelmsford radio
tindle newspapers, which owns titles including the farnham herald and south london press, saw pre - tax profits fall by a third year - on - year from £2. 06m to £1. 39m in the year to 31 march .
a weather sponsor tag on north norfolk radio has been found in breach of the broadcasting code for misleading listeners, after a rival complained .
sir ray dismissed the idea now was a bad time to be selling radio stations - something heart and lbc owner chrysalis is also considering .
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a source within celador said ofcom recognised that radio stations with relatively small potential audiences could not necessarily continue to operate on a stand - alone basis .
five local radio stations in east anglia, including ipswich - based town 102, are to share programming under plans by new owner celador to improve profitability .
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during the year the group has faced continued stress on revenue from [ pressure on the ad market ] ,
the publisher said in its latest financial filing at companies house made public on friday .
the board, however, has been able to offset much of this fall in national revenue by the launch of 20 very local titles in the london area and elsewhere .
7 original themes designed for broadcast on channel 103, dream 100, the beach, island fm, town 102, north norfolk radio, norwich 99. 9 and kestrel fm .
a source within celador said ofcom recognised that pressures on advertising revenues meant that radio stations with relatively small potential audiences could not necessarily continue to operate on a stand - alone basis .
on 6th october 2005, ofcom, the government body in charge of uk radio, opened submissions for parties interested in running a southend - based radio station. potential bidders had three months to prepare their bid for a 12 year licence to broadcast. the station should cover southend, and may include parts of canvey island, south benfleet, rochford, rayleigh and shoeburyness .
southend radio launched on 28th march 2008 at 8am, from custom - built studios close to the three shells restaurant on the seafront. the programme manager is james o’neill (formerly from kick fm in berkshire) .
the subdued advertising market that has hit most media companies has brought especially tough times for radio, although there has been talk of a nascent recovery from some broadcasters. mr stewart reckons it could be a good time to snap up some stations .
meanwhile tlrc brand builder manager tim nice has been made head of business development at the company, charged with overseeing all non spot - advertising, developing new revenue streams and liaising with tlrc' s national sales house, first radio sales, and its stations .
he said, “my team and i are passionate about local commercial radio. we truly believe in the strength of these five stations and in the staff who work at them; we’re very excited at the opportunities ahead and look forward to seeing the stations reach their full potentials” .
he said: “my team and i are passionate about local commercial radio. we truly believe in the strength of these five stations and in the staff who work at them; we’re very excited at the opportunities ahead and look forward to seeing the stations reach their full potentials” .
i have got 200 newspapers and 14 radio stations and just maybe i might take it a little easier but i am also in the bidding for a newspaper from trinity mirror and i am by no means going out of the business. if we do part with anything it would only be a small part ,
he explained .
– backed by lmc (london media company, a wholly - owned subsidiary of sunrise radio), the station has former southend east mp sir teddy taylor as the chairman. estuary fm has conducted a number of special event stations in the area in previous years. they wanted to offer news, information, entertainment and a mix of classic and contemporary music .
regulator ofcom has now given permission for the stations – dream 100 (covering colchester and north east essex), town 102, (ipswich and surrounding area), the beach (great yarmouth, lowestoft and surrounding area), radio norwich (norwich and surrounding area) and north norfolk (cromer, fakenham and north norfolk) – to share output from a single programming base, to be located in norwich .
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staff costs dropped from £15m to £14. 6m as headcount was lowered from 761 to 725 .
of these staff, 282 are listed as editorial and production, a 7% fall from the 303 employed at the end of the previous financial year .
despite the cut in staff numbers, the publisher said it had steadfastly backed its newspaper portfolio and that there had been no compulsory job losses since the downturn in 2009 .
the directors... are proud that no titles have been lost throughout the recession, no journalists have been made compulsorily redundant and several titles are planned to be purchased ,
the company said .
the publisher owns a stake of about 8% in rival regional newspaper owner johnston press .
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media industry veteran sir ray wholly owns the chain of local stations, which he has built up over a decade since acquiring island fm in guernsey. but he has indicated that at the age of 80 he may be ready to slow down .
he also owns 200 local newspapers circulating throughout wales, the south of england and as well as in idyllwild, california and he is trying to buy one of the trinity mirror regional titles recently put up for sale .
ray is looking at maybe slimming down ,
he said .
if he did want to sell i would be first in line .
it would be a great time to buy and i would be silly not to look ,
he said .
of course i would look at a management buyout as an option but we have been so busy running the business that i have not had a meeting with sir ray yet. i am sure we will chat about it .
he has been running a newspaper business for just shy of 60 years and has admitted he
may just ease off
but
only around the periphery
.
all media are down a bit but this is the sixth recession i' ve been through. i' ve seen them all go down and i' ve seen them all come up again and when they come up, they come up higher than they were when they started to go down .
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long, former managing director of the capital fm network and latterly interim managing director of gcap' s south west stations on a fixed - term contract, will carry out a slightly enlarged version of the role she was brought in to replace .
the position has come about following a reshuffle at tlrc, which has a turnover of around £20m, after it shut its enterprises division earlier this month, citing annual losses of £250, 000 .
bowles will focus on local sales, which make up 90% of tlrc' s business .
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in an email sent to staff, seen by radiotoday, new owner david lovell says about lyn: “it is always sad to see people leave when they have been with the company that long and i am sure you will join with me in wishing her the very best for the future. ”
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the town 102 offices at great blakenham, near ipswich. station owner celador is relocating programming staff to norwich, although news and sales staff will continue to be based iin ipswich .
the stations had already begun to share some output but celador has now been given permission by broadcasting regulator ofcom to merge the current programming departments in suffolk and norfolk into a single operation, to be based in norwich .
around 10 staff across the two current programming departments are currently the subject of a consultation, with the merger likely to result in a net reduction of three jobs .
news and sales jobs are not affected, although those based at the suffolk site, at great blakenham, near ipswich, are expected to relocate to smaller premises in the area in due course .
although the stations in east anglia were performing well in terms of their share of the available audience, the pressure on advertising revenues being felt throughout the media sector made it difficult to operative profitably .
as a result, it was planned to bring the programming operation together at a single site, although news and sales staff would continue to be based locally .
“a phil collins song sounds the same, wherever it is played, ” he added. “however, news is a different matter. ”
town 102 covers ipswich, felixstowe, stowmarket and the surrounding areas while dream 100, currently produced from the same site, is targeted at colchester and north - east essex .
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celador took on five stations in norfolk, suffolk and essex in january this year when it acquired anglian broadcasting company (holdings) ltd .
it is understood that around 10 programming staff across the ipswich and norwich sites are currently the subject of a consultation, with the merger likely to result in a net reducation of three jobs .
news and sales jobs are not affected, although the ipswich - based staff are likely to relocate to smaller presmises in the town in due course .
“a phil collins song sounds the same, wherever it is played, ” he said. “however, news is a different matter. ”
the tindle radio group is a media company which owns commercial stations in the channel islands and the republic of ireland . it has its head office in great blakenham in suffolk . tindle radio 's most recent station launch was for ipswich , but sold interests in new licences in andover and southend before they began broadcasting . sir ray tindle acquired island fm in guernsey in february 1998 , the first station of what was to become tindle radio group . the business grew to an ownership of a dozen stations , mostly located in the south and southeast of england . between 2007 and 2010 four stations were sold , with the final five of the uk stations offloaded in 2013 through a management buyout . tindle radio is a separate company to the tindle newspaper group . 
the tindle radio group is a media company which owns commercial stations in the channel islands and the republic of ireland. it has its head office in great blakenham in suffolk. tindle radio's most recent station launch was for ipswich, but sold interests in new licences in andover and southend before they began broadcasting. sir ray tindle acquired island fm in guernsey in february 1998, the first station of what was to become tindle radio group. the business grew to an ownership of a dozen stations, mostly located in the south and southeast of england. between 2007 and 2010 four stations were sold, with the final five of the uk stations offloaded in 2013 through a management buyout. tindle radio is a separate company to the tindle newspaper group.
the tindle radio group is a media company which owns commercial stations in the channel islands and the republic of ireland. it has its head office in great blakenham in suffolk. tindle radio's most recent station launch was for ipswich, but sold interests in new licences in andover and southend before they began broadcasting. sir ray tindle acquired island fm in guernsey in february 1998, the first station of what was to become tindle radio group. the business grew to an ownership of a dozen stations, mostly located in the south and southeast of england. between 2007 and 2010 four stations were sold, with the final five of the uk stations offloaded in 2013 through a management buyout. tindle radio is a separate company to the tindle newspaper group.