RadioCentre
| Formation | 1 July 2006 |
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| Purpose | Representing interests of UK commercial radio |
| Headquarters | 55 New Oxford Street, London |
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CEO
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Siobhan Kenny |
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Staff
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21 |
| Website | www |
Radiocentre is the industry body for UK commercial radio. It exists to maintain and build a strong and successful commercial radio industry. It does this by lobbying on behalf of members for: more freedom in how and where they produce content; deregulation of commercial messages; tighter rules on the prominence of commercial brands on the BBC; and the removal of local media ownership rules.
Radiocentre is a co-founder of Digital Radio UK and part of the Board, the body set-up to encourage digital switchover in the UK. It is a patron of cross-industry registered charity the Radio Academy as well as being the joint owner of the national radio ratings analyst Radio Joint Audience Research Ltd (RAJAR) and online audio player Radioplayer alongside the BBC.
Radiocentre was established on 1 July 2006 after merging the Commercial Radio Companies Association (CRCA) with the Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB). Radiocentre’s Chief Executive Siobhan Kenny was appointed in January 2014. The current non-executive Chairman Dianne Thompson was appointed in November 2008, replacing the long serving Paul Brown CBE.
The CRCA was founded by the first radio companies under the name Association of Independent Radio Companies (AIRC) when independent radio began with LBC and Capital in 1973. It became the CRCA in 1996. Since it was founded the body has always represented the interests of UK commercial radio to Government, Parliament, Ofcom, the European Commission, the European Parliament and other organisations concerned with radio and broadcasting. These functions continue to be administered under the Radiocentre name by the External Affairs department.
Radiocentre offers three areas of expertise each with different functions: Policy, Advertising (formerly the Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB)) and Clearance (formerly the Radio Advertising Clearance Centre (RACC)).
The RAB was founded in 1992. It is the marketing body for radio, funded entirely by the UK commercial radio industry. The RAB works for the commercial success of radio, raising its profile with advertisers and agencies and helping them use the medium more effectively and creatively.
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