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At a time when the government is trying to level up Britain and tackle regional inequality, the recent cuts to BBC Local Radio feels like anything but, and surely undermines this manifesto promise?

The RAJAR Quarter 4 2023 figures are out and it’s good news for commercial radio.

The public perception of the BBC has divided the nation over the years.

I’m sure you’ll recall our moment to address all things GB News, uncovering the highs and lows of the new channel and even finished with a cliff-hanger hinting at the spawn of TalkTV.

After excelling my skills in ordering coffee at Starbucks and doing laundry at some of my previous “work experiences”, interning at ON-Broadcast has been one of the most exciting and educational opportunities to date.

When initially tasked with the challenge of writing my first blog piece for ON, I struggled to think of ways that I could talk about my experience of starting a new job.

Big Brother was axed, the X Factor was on its last legs and it seemed the UK was sick of reality shows. That was until the UK found a new show that was “100% their type on paper”.

You don’t have to look very hard to find the ‘Outrage of the Day’ story in the media these days. It’s usually accompanied by aggressive comments from Piers Morgan attached as evidence of said “outrage”…. Read more »

I’m still a fledgling PR, but I’ve been here long enough now to notice that something funny happens every now and then when the ON team works on a story that really resonates with one… Read more »

My hiatus from broadcast PR to immerse myself into the world of motherhood, lasted all of 6 very hard but joyous years.

Recently I was invited to film behind-the-scenes for the Frontline Pet Care Real Pets Campaign, with none other than the Fairy-Gok-Mother (Gok Wan) and as soon as I saw the brief, I knew this would… Read more »

Basketball consumes quite a lot of my natural life in terms of playing and watching, so it’s only right to speak of my first real stint in this industry and create a basketball/PR parallel, just… Read more »

The sunsets are getting earlier, the morning’s darker and Parliament has returned from summer break! It’s been an interesting few months, offices half deserted as everyone tag teams jaunts abroad, while David Cameron has been knocking… Read more »

100 days until Christmas… let the sleigh of lazy stories begin   “Family arguments peak at Christmas”; “Prepping Christmas dinner is stressful”; “Office party etiquette guide”… Every PR strutting their stuff in the consumer field… Read more »

When I made the decision to bid farewell to Australia and move to London I knew I would be diving head first into a much bigger media pond. As a Sydney radio journalist one of… Read more »

Last week, there was no escaping the headlines. “Black Friday breaks record”, was The Financial Times headline; “Black Friday sparks £4bn high street frenzy” was The Sun’s strap; while The Telegraph ran a pictorial feature… Read more »

PRs love a good April Fool. For those creating the stories it’s the one day of the year where you can get away with “PR murder”. For those reading them, it’s a glimpse into what… Read more »

Who sits at home watching Jeremy Kyle? I’m sure we all have a stereotype in mind or maybe it’s a programme some of us would admit to having as our own guilty viewing pleasure on… Read more »

Working at a project agency is like a box of chocolates,…well, you know the rest…and my apologies for using such a generic analogy. But at ON Broadcast,  every day is campaign day, regardless of whether… Read more »

When I decided to move from Oxford to the Big Smoke back in 2010, I left my wonderful job at Jack FM Oxfordshire in search of pastures new. Jack was a fantastic learning curve for… Read more »