Posts Tagged ‘Radio’

Kyle Abraham brings ‘The Radio Show’ to Dance Place

Friday, April 27th, 2012

NEW YORK — It’s noon on a mid-April Monday, and Kyle Abraham is worried about money. Not because he hasn’t filed his taxes yet (though he hasn’t) but because he’s the artistic director of his own nascent dance company , and one of his dancers hasn’t shown up. Read full article > >

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NFL draft 2012: QBs taken first and second overall have mostly been a 50-50 proposition

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

Shortly after the 2012 NFL draft begins Thursday at 8 p.m., Stanford’s Andrew Luck is expected to walk across the stage at Radio City Music Hall in New York to shake hands with Commissioner Roger Goodell as the top overall selection by the Indianapolis Colts. Read full article > >

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Capitals fans, burned before, have been left scarred

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

I work with a rabid Washington Capitals fan named Vic. When the Caps are on television at the radio station, Vic often twitches violently, throws things and swears at Dennis Wideman. Vic did not envision the Caps making the playoffs a month ago. Read full article > >

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Chavez dismisses rumours of death

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez phones state TV to deny rumours he has died while undergoing radiotherapy in Cuba for a malignant tumour.

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AUDIO: Man uses Google to find mother

Thursday, April 19th, 2012

Saroo Brierly told BBC Radio 5 live’s Victoria Derbyshire about tracking down his birth mother using Google Earth.

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AUDIO: Man uses Google to find mother

AUDIO: Teen ‘with the voice of Optimus Prime’

Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

BBC Radio 5 live’s Tony Livesey spoke to the 14-year-old whose voice has become an internet sensation.

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AUDIO: Teen ‘with the voice of Optimus Prime’

Buble nominated for radio honour

Friday, March 30th, 2012

Canadian singer Michael Buble is in the running for a Sony Radio Academy Award for his music show on Magic 105.4.

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Mobile data demands set to soar

Friday, March 30th, 2012

Ofcom is looking into ways to free more radio spectrum to satisfy Britain’s vast appetite for mobile broadband.

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Chilean astronomer makes her mark

Friday, March 30th, 2012

Twenty-seven-year-old Cinthya Herrera gets her astronomy career off to a flying start by producing the first science paper to come out of the Alma radio telescope.

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Chavez in Cuba for cancer therapy

Sunday, March 25th, 2012

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in Cuba for radiotherapy following a recurrence of his cancer first treated last year.

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AUDIO: Cullum plays on Desert Island Discs

Sunday, March 25th, 2012

Pianist Jamie Cullum has taken a novel approach to revealing his Desert Island Discs – performing three of the tracks himself on the Radio 4 show.

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Fans struggle for Hackney tickets

Sunday, March 25th, 2012

Fans trying to book tickets for Radio 1′s Hackney Weekend are faced with delays and error pages, and voice their frustration online.

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Castaway Cullum plays own discs

Sunday, March 25th, 2012

Pianist Jamie Cullum becomes the first person to perform some of his own chosen records on Radio 4′s Desert Island Discs.

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‘This American Life’ cites ‘fabrications’ in documentary on Apple suppliers

Friday, March 16th, 2012

An acclaimed radio documentary about life in the Chinese factories that make Apple Inc.’s products contained “numerous fabrications” and included invented characters and incidents, the producers of the program acknowledged on Friday. Read full article > >

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Solar storms ramp up, take aim at Earth

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

Since Sunday, the sun has launched a barrage of flares, particle radiation and blobs of plasma that have disrupted some radio communications and forced airlines to reroute northern flights. Scientists expected the solar storm — the most intense since 2006 — to intensify Thursday morning as the latest blast pushes past Earth. Read full article > >

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