Talkradio

Talkradio   (Radio station)
National talk radio and TV station in the United Kingdom owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.

Talkradio (styled as talkRADIO) is a national talk radio station in the United Kingdom, which was launched on 21 March 2016. It is owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.

Overview

Owned by Wireless Group, it is the sister station of national stations talkSPORT, talkSPORT 2 and Virgin Radio UK.

Since the launch of its similarly named television station, TalkTV, in 2022 a large number of broadcasts are simulcast across both radio and television with the TalkTV branding being primarily used.

Covid

In September 2020, presenter Mark Dolan cut up a disposable face mask during a Talkradio broadcast, while claiming that wearing masks did not have a significant impact on COVID-19.

Censorship

Full article: YouTube/Censorship

It's Youtube channel got shortly suspended/deleted in January 2021.

Broadcasting regulator Ofcom ruled in 2019 that three episodes of former MP George Galloway's show breached impartiality rules due to the lack of dissenting views to Galloway's own on the subjects of "antisemitism in the UK Labour Party" and the Salisbury "poisoning".

In June 2019, Galloway was sacked by the station for a tweet in which he praised Liverpool F.C. for winning the 2019 UEFA Champions League Final instead of Tottenham Hotspur, a team with strong links to the Jewish community; he wrote "No #Israël [sic] flags on the Cup!" Tottenham Hotspur and Jewish organisations condemned Galloway's comment. Ofcom fined TalkRadio £75,000 for this.

 

Documents sourced from Talkradio

Title	Type	Subject(s)	Publication date	Author(s)	Description
Document:Ken Livingstone: Venezuela should have followed my economic advice	Interview	Fidel Castro Hugo Chávez Ken Livingstone Nicolás Maduro	3 August 2017	Julia Hartley-Brewer Luke Dolan	"America played a major part in Venezuela's current crisis but we won't know until 30 years from now, when all the papers get published."
Document:Venezuela critics are just Blairites having a kick at Jeremy Corbyn	Interview	Venezuela Brazil Jeremy Corbyn Hugo Chávez Mike Pence Nicolás Maduro Abby Martin National Constituent Assembly Michael Prysner	7 August 2017	George Galloway Luke Dolan	For nineteen years the United States government and its secret agents have been trying to overthrow the Venezuela political process. Why might that be? Well, there are many reasons but the biggest among them has the smallest name: OIL.

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