Classic FM

From Brexit to Beethoven: John Humphrys returns to radio

2 November 2019 9:00 am

Some listeners will have had quite a shock first thing on Monday. Turning on at six to Classic FM they…

Why wasn’t Poetry Please in the Radio Times’s top 30 greatest radio shows of all time?

23 February 2019 9:00 am

With the upsurge of listeners to Classic FM (now boasted to be 5.6 million listeners each week) and the imminent…

Why is Today losing its audience? Because it doesn’t care about its listeners

9 June 2018 9:00 am

Headlines announcing that Radio 4’s flagship Today programme is losing its audience while Radio 3’s Breakfast has put on numbers…

Martha Kearney’s arrival at Today is a breath of fresh air

14 April 2018 9:00 am

Like a breath of fresh air Martha Kearney has arrived on Radio 4’s Today programme, taking over from Sarah Montague…

‘Smile, segue and shut up’

2 September 2017 9:00 am

Three weeks before Classic FM launched, I was on the radio in Hong Kong, introducing hits by Rick Astley and…

If you want to know how music really works listen to Classic FM not Radio 3

7 May 2016 9:00 am

He’s been billed as the new Pied Piper but it’s going to take a while for Tom Service to quite…

‘Ratings aren’t a pressure for me,’ says the new controller of Radio Three

25 April 2015 9:00 am

The new controller of Radio Three, Alan Davey, was on Feedback this week (Radio Four) talking to listeners about his…

The Spectator's Notes: Quangos - a world of perfect hypocrisy

8 February 2014 9:00 am

The accusation that the Tories have been installing their people in public appointments should evoke only a hollow laugh. They…

You lost Aled Jones and Catherine Bott, Radio Three — but all is forgiven

9 November 2013 9:00 am

It’s hard to stay cross with Radio 3 for long. Just when I thought the network had stretched my loyalty…