Radio kingpin joins team, as MW steps up radio coverage.(News)

Music Week this week launches a new commitment to radio, including expanded coverage of the sector and a new guest columnist.

Commercial radio kingpin Richard Park has signed up to write a regular column for Music Week, also contributing to newly expanded coverage of the quarterly Rajars announcement.

Park's regular column--The Park View--will feature as part of a regular commitment to the radio sector, which will take the form of a fortnightly radio news section, and generally increased radio coverage. The Park View will also be presented online as Music Week's first guest blog.

This new commitment is underlined this week in the form of a Radio Special (p6 to 13), centring on an analysis of the state of commercial radio, in the week of UK Music Week, latest changes at London's Capital Radio and a Q&A with BBC's director of radio and music Jenny Abramsky. The interview with Abramsky is also the subject of the first instalment of The Music Week Podcast, which can be downloaded from the Music Week website.

Music Week editor Martin Talbot says, "The relationship between the music and radio industries has always been crucial, and recent years have seen them share more and more in common.

"Radio has always been a crucial partner for music, with a shared interest in creating content and building relationships with consumers--and, just ...