PLANET ROCK COMMISSIONS SPORTSMEDIA’S SPORTS BULLETINS

Sportsmedia Broadcasting, the UK's leading provider of bespoke radio sports bulletins is delighted to announce an agreement to provide award-winning national digital radio station, Planet Rock with bespoke sports news bulletins.

British car manufacturer Jaguar has signed a major 12-month multi-platform sports sponsorship deal with Planet Rock. The new custom sports news service launches Monday 11th April and includes up to the minute bulletins and an online breaking sports news service on planetrock.com.

Sportsmedia’s programming will slot live and direct into Planet Rock’s output seven days a week. The studio-based broadcasts will also contain live on-site reports from major sports events and interview clips with a who’s who of sport.

Planet Rock joins a growing list of national stations and networks who take Sportsmedia’s output, including Jazz FM and Gold Radio.

Commenting on the deal, Jonny Gould, CEO, Sportsmedia Broadcasting said

"We are really delighted to welcome Planet Rock to our family of stations. They really serve their audience well, and we aim to reflect their listenership’s enthusiasm for sport with dependable coverage. Planet Rock’s proven and successful format deserves the best we can offer and we look forward to providing a service worthy of it.”

Trevor White, Programme Director, Planet Rock said

“We know our listeners like three things - and two of them are Guitar Rock and Sport. We deliver the first in spades and we’ve been rewarded with a record weekly audience of 827,000. Now through our association with Jaguar we are introducing a brilliant new sports bulletin service supplied by Sportsmedia along with a comprehensive service at planetrock.com “

CONTACT: Jonny Gould, CEO, Sportsmedia Broadcasting Ltd. 020 8964 6555Trevor White, Programme Director, Planet Rock 020 7453 1676

EDITORS NOTES:

Sportsmedia Broadcasting, and sister company Businessmedia Broadcasting

broadcast sports and finance bulletins throughout the UK to independent regional and

local radio stations and the BBC on FM, AM, DAB, the internet and Sky.

Sportsmedia’s website www.footballaudio.com delivers on-demand audio bulletins

and exclusive interviews with managers, players and coaches and other stars from

the world of sport. It also white labels this live content to other major sites.

The company is wholly privately owned, becoming the largest independent provider

of packaged sports news to the radio industry.

Planet Rock is a multi-award winning digital radio station broadcasting playing the

best in rock music to the whole of the UK. Is home to Breakfast with Lucio, Alice

Cooper, Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott and Status Quo’s Francis Rossi.

Planet Rock broadcasts on digital radio, digital TV and online.