I’ve written before about The Tube making an online radio comeback, which Media Guardian reports is being recording at Salford’s Blueprint Studios.

Here, for those old enough to reminisce, and for us young enough to laugh, is Madonna at the Hacienda nightclub in 1983, performing Holiday for The Tube.

Radio: the form of media least covered in these pages. Granted, Xfm and All FM have been given the odd mention, but media pre-occupations lie elsewhere.

The lead business story in today’s Manchester Evening News was of interest, however: the paper’s ‘ultimate owner’, Guardian Media Group, paid £60m for GCap Media’s Century stations.

The move saw former DJ John Myers regaining control of Century FM, the station he established, as well as Smooth FM. Capital Gold and Xfm – both still owned by GCap – will be relocated in the deal.

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Another hat-tip to Manchester Clubbing, who tell us that influential 80s music series The Tube is returning – and this time it’ll be broadcasting from Manchester. From the BBC:

Iconic music show The Tube is to return after a 19-year absence on Channel 4’s internet radio station.

The broadcaster said the revived show, featuring major stars as well as new and unsigned acts, would pay homage to the original but also be distinctive.

The Tube launched in the channel’s opening week in 1982 and made TV stars of presenters Jools Holland and Paula Yates. It was axed in 1987.

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