by O.J. Borg. 15 May – Sound Digital announces that it will add 19 transmitters to its network. They will launch in the South West, East Anglia, Wales and North of Scotland and will increase Sound Digital's coverage by nearly 4 million new listeners in more than 1.6m new households. 17 May – The latest RAJAR listening figures show that more than half of radio listening is via digital platforms, overtaking FM and AM for the first time. 18 May – Christian O'Connell presents the Absolute Radio breakfast show for the final time. 25 May – Ahead of the launch of Hits Radio on 4 June, the name Key 103 disappears from the Manchester airwaves. 28 May – Smooth Radio launches The Smooth Late Show, a nightly show that is presented by Martin Collins on weekdays and Danny Pietroni at weekends. 31 May – BBC Radio 1 announces that, in the autumn, Nick Grimshaw and Greg James are to swap shows. James will become the new host of the breakfast show and Grimshaw will take over the drive time show. June 4 June – Manchester station Key 103 is rebranded as Hits Radio Manchester. The station is a localised version of The Hits Radio which replaces DAB station The Hits. Key 2 is renamed Key Radio. 12 June – For the first time since its inception, Ofcom does not award a re-advertised licence to the incumbent licensee when it awards the Ipswich licence to Ipswich FM. Consequently, Town 102 will end broadcasting on 18 October. 15 June – Radio 1 starts broadcasting much of its weekend schedule on Fridays meaning that the weekday daytime schedule is now only broadcast from Mondays to Thursdays. Scott Mills replaces Greg James as host of The Official Chart and Radio 1's Dance Anthems. Kylie Minogue will headline BBC Radio 2's "festival in a day" at Hyde Park on 9 September. She will be joined by acts including All Saints, Rita Ora, Manic Street Preachers and Lenny Kravitz. 28 June – The final broadcasts of BBC School Radio take place, bringing to an end almost a century of programmes for schools on BBC Radio. July 1 July – The BBC confirms that Eddie Mair will leave Radio 4 after three decades with the network. The following day Mair announces he will be joining LBC to present a programme from September. His final broadcast for Radio