The Kent Messenger Group has bought two more radio stations – almost doubling its broadcasting reach. The group has reached agreement with GWR Radio Ltd to purchase, for an undisclosed sum, the Mercury FM operations at Medway and Tonbridge. The
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How to gain and retain readers
New ways to gain and retain readers will be discussed by major players in the regional press meet in Bristol later this month. Sales initiatives, home delivery, re-branding, promotions and new pricing strategies are on the agenda of the Newspaper
Kent Messenger is ABC's No1
The Kent Messenger has become the best selling regional weekly newspaper inthe country. Confirmation of the newspaper’s record sales figures has come from the AuditBureau of Circulation, the media industry’s independent watchdog. ABC statistics show that in the last six
Right royal treat as paper bags sought-after seats
The Kent Messenger Group is offering readers the chance of a ring-side view of the Queen’s visit to Canterbury on Maundy Thursday. An offer of 850 special places on March 28 came through an approach from the Lord Lieutenant’s office
Record bid for KM Group
The Kent Messenger Group hopes to set a new record for an evening of wine and wisdom… Big KM Quiz is already a sell-out, with all 60 tables booked in just five weeks, making it the biggest event of its
Gazette tea 'boy' going strong at 90
Alf Osmond is arguably the oldest working tea ‘boy’ in the newspaper industry. He was 90 years young on February 4 and to mark the occasion, staff at the Kentish Gazette presented him with a watch, birthday bouquet and a
Refugees hand themselves in at newspaper office
Two Iraqi refugees gave themselves up to police at the head office of the Kent Messenger Group. The pair, who said they had paid $7,000 each to be brought to England from Turkey by lorry, arrived at Messenger House in
KM Group coup as Princess books boat show ticket
The Princess Royal is to visit this year’s KM Chatham Navy Days at the height of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee celebrations in what is being seen as a coup for the organisers. Princess Anne will attend the Kent Messenger Group-sponsored
Sports author is mourned
Kent journalist Dudley Moore has died suddenly at the age of 71. He worked for the Kent Messenger Group in Maidstone and later set up his own news and sports agency in Rochester in 1961. He moved over to sport
Award-winning site revamped
On August 30, the Kent Messenger Group’s award-winning website Kent Online will be reborn in the most exciting and revolutionary development since the project started more than three years ago. The relaunch – the result of ceaseless work by the
Excuse me -Have you paid for those sir…?
Reporter Sam Lennon became a suspected shoplifter – but quickly proved his innocence. He was collecting a trolley packed with food parcels from the Asda store in Chatham for Medway Today’s Help the Homeless Christmas Appeal. But before he could
Editor's plea for GP inquiry to go public
An editor is challenging a Department of Health decision to keep the media out of an inquiry into a disgraced doctor. The Kentish Express is providing evidence for the judicial review after it found out that the Government wants to
Radio bid cleared for media group
The purchase of two East Kent radio stations by Kent Messenger GroupNewspapers has been cleared by the Radio Authority. Kent Messenger Group’s acquisition of CTFM, Canterbury, and Neptune Radio, serving Folkestone and Dover, in September, triggered a public interest test
KMG buys third radio station
The Kent Messenger Group has bought a local radio station that covers Folkestone and Dover. KMG has reached agreement with Radio Services to buy a 63 per cent holding in Neptune Radio, where KMG was a founding investor and had
Speakers announced for Society conference
Several high profile speakers have been announced for the Newspaper Society’s Advertising Conference to be held in Blackpool on September 17 and 18. The event, entitled The Prescription for Continued Success, is aiming to encourage and motivate the sales forces
New publication for KMG as it combines its resources
The Kent Messenger Group is to combine the strength of two of its established papers to create a new publication, the Medway Messenger. The first issue will be published on September 7, and will have a morning and afternoon edition.