He launched his new show with a little help from his wife Natasha Shishmanian and their sons Noah and Eli. He previously hosted the Breakfast Show on Virgin Radio between and and will be joining the station for the third time. It makes me smile every time I think about it. Alongside the regular music programmes, Pete Mitchell is a new signing to the Virgin airwaves presenting his monthly Revolutions in Music documentary. But there was nothing Capital was able to do, and the deal was completed ahead of the MMC report that said that Capital would either have had to divest itself of Capital Gold or Virgin Radio FM on completion.
On-air, the station briefly split its AM and FM services during daytime, but by Christmas they were back together as a single service.
The autumn of saw another first for Virgin Radio as Sky One started simulcasting the breakfast show each morning for an hour between 7. When a track was played on the radio, viewers would see a video at the same time. Remote-controlled cameras were installed in the studio as well as a roving cameraman. Chris Evans was a Bronze Sony Award winner for his breakfast show, but he won the overall Gold Award that year as well. In November , Digital One launched which meant that for the first time, Virgin Radio was available nationally on DAB offering a superior sound quality to those outside London.
The takeover was approved in March of that year and the new owners moved in. In April, Leona Graham joined the station, taking over from Gail Porter who had been covering weekend evenings. The company scored an incredible win by bringing Chris Evans — an iconic presenter — in to present their breakfast show. Chris Evans on Virgin Radio was responsible for handling the Breakfast show alongside the rest of his Radio 1 crew after he was fired from BBC 1 in Evans discovered that he enjoyed the freedom he experienced as part of the Virgin team and entered discussions with the group.
One of the most significant changes in Virgin radio history happened in when SMG announced their decision to sell Virgin Radio to the Times of India group. The sale went through on June 30 th , , and a new management team appeared. In , the Virgin Group announced that they would be re-launching the Virgin station in all of its initial glory.
Over the years, there have been many impressive Virgin presenters on the airwaves, ranging from Russel Kane to Edith Bowman. Some of the most well-known Virgin Radio DJs that broadcast with the network today include:. Of course, when it comes to talking about Virgin Radio presenters, one name will always stand out above the rest. Chris Evans on Virgin has changed the course of history for the company, delivering exceptional results and huge listener numbers over the years.
Although Chris Evans spent some of his early career making Virgin Radio history when he was fired from BBC 1, he did end up moving to BBC 2 in , where he spent thirteen years presenting to a crowd of loving fans. BBC Radio 2 offered excellent opportunities to Evans, with an average audience of about 15 million listeners per week.
However, even though Virgin Radio only managed about , listeners per week at the beginning of this year, Evans decided to quit the most popular breakfast show in the world and move to Virgin Radio anyway. Evans launched his new show with the help of his wife and children and announced that he was moving back to Virgin Radio because he wanted a new adventure. Now on his third run with Virgin Radio, Evans announced in a press release that he sees nothing but exciting opportunities ahead.
Chris Evans also delighted fans by letting them know that he would be running a breakfast show that was completely devoid of Ad breaks. However, the success of the network is growing, thanks to the rising demand for commercial radio in the UK.
According to Radio Centre , commercial radio channels earned about This announcement comes soon after the UK government has moved to begin their reconsideration of digital radio as the number one channel for the UK. Additionally, the Virgin Radio station saw its traffic increase by at least 7 times during the first 10 weeks that Chris Evans took back his position as breakfast show presenter.
Chris Evans even helped Virgin Radio to break through the one million listener barrier for the first time. Before Virgin got Evans back, the station was averaging around , listeners each week. However, now, the breakfast show alone attracts an audience each week of at least 1. As a brand, the Virgin group is one of the best-known and most well-respected groups in the world. Since the company first took to the airwaves in the early 90s, Virgin Radio has evolved into a world-famous network, and one of the most recognised sub-categories of Virgin.
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