All TALKing at once

Ofcom have awarded Sound Digital the new DAB multiplex. The consortium, amongst other things, promises to bring us TalkSPORT2, TalkBUSINESS and TalkRADIO, on top of TalkSPORT.

All this will be achieved without Kelvin MacKenzie, who says he was rebuffed by the TalkERS and went with the losing bid from Listen2Digital, offering SportsRadio with his old mucker Jason Bryant.

Interesting to note that the OFCOM committee deciding between the two rival bids was all-male and white, led by Deputy Chairman Tim Gardam, Principal of St Anne's Oxford. I suspect that sort of thing won't be the way for long, once new boss Sharon White gets her feet under the table. She started this week...