BBC Radio 1 (97-99FM) is a national radio station with a focus on modern popular music and chart hits. The station provides alternative genres at night, including electronica, dance, hip hop and indie. Radio 1 covers festivals, interviews artists, and reaches a national audience of younger listeners (target audience 15-29).

Background and Format: Launched in 1999, Digital Spy is a website overseen by Hearst and is aimed at readers interested in entertainment, showbusiness, TV, films and soaps. Covers latest news, British soaps, reality TV, US TV, showbusiness, technology, gaming and comicbooks. For more information about advertising rates, the team can be reached here. Monthly Unique Users: Source: Publisher Awards: 2019 - AOP Digital Publishing Awards, Best Online Brand: Consumer (nominated)  2019 - AOP Digital Publishing Awards, Digital Editorial Team of the Year: Consumer (highly commended)  2019 - PPA Awards, Team Of The Year: Editorial Team (nominated) 2018 - PPA Digital Awards, Website of the Year (nominated)  2018 - PPA Digital Awards, Digital Content Team of the Year (winner)  2017 - PPA Digital Awards, Digital Content Team Of The Year (winner) 2015 - AOP Digital Publishing Awards, Website - Consumer (nominated) 2015 - AOP Digital Publishing Awards, Editorial Team - Consumer (nominated) 2014 - Online Media Awards, Best Site for News-Led Journalism (nominated) 2013 - Games Media Awards, Coverage by a Mainstream Website (winner) 2012 - Games Media Awards, Coverage by a Mainstream Website (winner) 2012 - AOP Awards, Website - Consumer (highly commended) 2012 - AOP Awards, Editorial Team - Consumer (nominee) 2012 - The PPA Awards, Digital Product of the Year (Consumer) (nominee) Gorkana meets...Julian Linley, Digital Spy, February 2016 The write up can be found here. Alerts: Gorkana UK Consumer Alert: Thursday 25th August 2016 Digital Spy has moved offices. The new address is 72 Broadwick Street, London, W1F 9EP. All phone numbers remain the same. For more information, contact the PR team at media@hearst.co.uk Gorkana Alert: Thursday 8 December 2011 Digital Spy has moved offices to a new address in the Hearst Magazine UK building at 33 Broadwick Street, London, W1F 0DQ. The team can now be reached on +44 (0)20 7312 3800. Gorkana Alert: Thursday 1 September 2011 Entertainment news site Digital Spy is launching a new Tech section for its 11 million monthly unique users. The new channel will cover technology and gadgets with a focus on hardware related to entertainment e.g. TV, mobiles, tablets, games consoles and accessories, music and movie players etc. The section will also cover industry news and will be pulling together special Christmas features from now on. Enquires can be directed to the tech team, who can be reached at tech.group@digitalspy.co.uk Gorkana Alert: Thursday 18 August 2011 News and entertainment website Digital Spy has now launched with a new design. The home page and each of the section pages is more concise with the latest stories from each section clearly listed and the amount of comments on each article displayed by the side of the listing. There is also more emphasis on videos, interviews and pictures with a clear section for each making it easier for users to navigate. For more information Editor David Moynihan can be reached on +44

Dazed is an independent British fashion, culture and arts magazine, published quarterly. It was founded by Jefferson Hack and photographer Rankin as Dazed & Confused in 1991. Dazed is part of Dazed Media, whose portfolio includes AnOther, Another Man, Dazed Korea, Dazed Beauty, Nowness and Dazed Studio, the company’s in-house creative agency. In 2021, Dazed Media launched Dazed Club and App, a membership platform that connects a community of like-minded creatives via exclusive events, opportunities and competitions. Dazed Media is headquartered in London for EMEA and New York for North America.

Background and Format:BBC One North West aims to provide news, sport and weather for Cheshire, Greater Manchester, the Isle of Man, Lancashire and Merseyside, available on Freeview and iPlayer.Programme Maker/Production Company:BBCTarget Audience: BBC One targets a broad mainstream audience. BBC One North West programming targets viewers across Cheshire, Greater Manchester, the Isle of Man, Lancashire and Merseyside.Stats: We cannot issue audience figures due to contractual restraints. Please visit BARB at www.barb.co.uk. Top Tips for PRs: Content/Remit: News, consumer programmes, factual programmes, sports coverage Stories must be relevant to the North West of England PRable Content: Dependent on the individual programme Lead Times: Dependent on the individual programme The BBC cannot accept traditional product press releases because the BBC cannot endorse products.Awards:2018 - O2 Media Awards North West, Community Journalism (Broadcast): Tatton Garden - North West Tonight (nominated)2018 - O2 Media Awards North West, Most Memorable: Up ‘ere - North West Tonight (nominated)2018 - O2 Media Awards North West, Sports Programme: North West Tonight – Race & Pace (winner) 2018 - O2 Media Awards North West, News Programme: North West Tonight – Manchester Bomb Anniversary (nominated) 2017 - O2 Media Awards North West, Best News Programme: North West Tonight - Manchester Arena Bomb (winner)2017 - RTS Television Journalism Awards, Nations and Regions News: BBC North West Tonight: The Hillsborough Inquests (nominated)2015 - O2 Media Awards North West, Team of the Year (Broadcast): North West Tonight (nominated)2009 - O2 Media Awards for Greater Manchester and Lancashire, Editorial Team of the Year (Nominee)

Background and format: Smooth Radio London aims to provide news, features about famous songs, lifestyle and relaxing music for Greater London, available on 102.2 FM, DAB and Online. Advertising information can be found here. Programme Maker/Production Company: Global Radio Target audience: Listeners aged 40-59  Circulation: Source: RAJAR for period ending March 2020. Tips for PRs: Press releases should be sent to the department email and not to the Editor's personal mail box. Producers vary for each show on Smooth Radio, therefore only general contact details are available. News and programming comes primarily from Manchester (with some programming coming from London). The newsteam are based in Manchester but cover all the national and regional news. The network is automated on Saturday, 10:00am-2:00pm, and Sunday, 6:00pm-12:00am. Between the hours of 6:00-10:00am and 4:00-8:00pm, Monday to Friday, and 2:00-6:00pm Saturday and Sunday, programming is local. The remainder of Smooth Radio’s output is produced and presented from the studios in London. To send pictures or videos, the picture desk can be reached at picturedesk@global.com The Youtube channel for the station can be found here. Awards: 2013 - Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards, Local Sales Team of the Year (nominated) 2013 - Sony Radio Academy Awards, UK Radio Brand of the Year (nominated) Alerts: Gorkana Alert: Tuesday 25 February 2014 From March, Smooth Radio relaunches as ‘Your Relaxing Music Mix’. Kate Garraway, Andrew Castle and Myleene Klass join Tina Hobley and other Smooth presenters as the station re-launches and prepares to extend its reach with the following national line-up: Kate Garraway will join from 3 March when she starts her mid-morning weekday show, which will be broadcast across the network from 10am to 1pm. Andrew Castle will host the weekday Breakfast show, with four hours of music and chat from 6am to 10am. Andrew will also interview a celebrity every Sunday evening, on ‘Andrew Castle Meets’, which will also be broadcast across the network. Myleene Klass will present the Saturday morning show each week from 10am to 2pm. Myleene will continue to present on Saturdays and Sundays at 10pm to 1am on Classic FM. Completing the national line-up, Paul Phear will present weekday afternoons. Anthony Davis, who recently took up his new slot, remains on Drive (4pm to 8pm). He will also host a new show the ‘Great American Songbook’ on Sunday evenings. Chris Skinner will present ‘The Smooth Sanctuary’ and a new show on Saturday nights the ‘Great British Song Book’. Tina Hobley will continue to present the Sunday mid-morning show from 9am to 12 noon. For press enquiries, Sophia Boudjemaa, Charlotte Johnston or Michael Hickson can be reached on +44 (0)20 3740 7475 and global@sevendialspr.com Gorkana Alert: Thursday 6 February 2014 Global, the UK’s leading music & entertainment company, has announced it has agreed a deal to divest radio stations in the reg