London News Radio re-launches with Burli
January 06, 2003

LBC Radio and LBC News overhaul news production with Burli’s Newsroom System

LONDON, UK -- The two radio stations of London News Radio re-launched today with new frequencies, new studios and Burli’s Newsroom System as their main news production tool.

Dozens of journalists now simultaneously gather, edit and manage their news 24-hours a day using Burli. The newsroom system integrates tightly with RCS Player for news playout.

Station LBC uses Burli to produce news bulletins through the day, while continuous news station LBC News is using the system to produce rolling news 24-hours a day.

"Burli is a particularly impressive and flexible system," says Bruce Davidson, Chrysalis Group Technical Director. "We have been using Burli throughout the group for over three years. Using the same solution for our two new London stations was the natural choice."

Chrysalis Radio acquired the two radio stations of London News Radio in September 2002. The company made a substantial investment in new studios and equipment in time for the re-launch of the stations.

"Burli Software is delighted to be chosen by another demanding newsroom," says Stefan Ellis, President of Burli Software Inc. "We see this as a chance to build on our success in continuous news operations. We're privileged to be helping Chrysalis and its journalists produce excellent news in one of the world's political, cultural and media capitals."

Burli has been powering continuous news operations for more than three years in Canadian 24-hour newsrooms in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.

The installation of Burli at Chrysalis was led by RCS UK, Burli's reseller in the UK and Ireland. RCS UK's technical staff worked closely with Chrysalis to identify a complete solution that would handle all the needs of the stations when they re-launched.

"Burli is a very exciting news solution, easy, flexible and powerful and yet very reliable," says RCS UK's Managing Director, Sebastian Holmes. "RCS in London have collaborated with Burli in Canada to develop a first-rate news product for the UK and Ireland. We are delighted that Chrysalis has recognised its full potential," Holmes says.

About Chrysalis and London News Radio

Chrysalis is a UK-based media and music group with interests in commercial radio, music, television production and book publishing. Chrysalis Radio is the second-largest commercial radio operator in London by market share.

In September 2002 Chrysalis Radio purchased London News Radio (LNR) for £23.5m. LNR operates two stations: LBC News 1152 AM, which is a rolling news and information service; and LBC 97.3 FM, which is a mix of news, speech, interviews and topical phone-ins. LBC was the first commercial radio station in the UK and has been broadcasting to London since 1973.

As part of the re-launch, the two stations have exchanged frequencies and moved their production offices to Chrysalis' West London headquarters. Nine new studios and control rooms as well as technical facilities for the additional journalists and production staff have been installed. LBC re-launched at 05:00 Monday January 6, 2003.

About RCS UK

RCS, the maker of the music scheduling system Selector, is the radio industry's leading supplier of computer software. In the UK and Ireland RCS also supplies Linker, Master Control, Player, Airwaves and Burli for the completely integrated solution. RCS UK is the official reseller of Burli's newsroom system in the UK and Ireland.

About Burli

Burli is a news editing system that runs on Windows computers. It allows journalists to capture news wire feeds, write scripts, organize run-downs, digitally record and edit radio news reports, plan news assignments and much more at their desks. Burli also harnesses the latest mobile networking technology to create virtual newsrooms across the world. Reporters anywhere can use Burli to connect to their main newsroom, file stories, and access the industry-leading editing tools they have on their desktops.

Burli Software Inc. is a private software company with headquarters in Vancouver, Canada. Burli's newsroom editing software is used by journalists in about a dozen different languages across Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

For more information, contact:

BURLI

Ian Gunn, Director of Communications

Tel: +1.604.684.3140 (ext 244)

E-mail: communications@burli.com

Web: www.burli.com

RCS UK

Jo Green

Tel: +44.(0)20.7636.9636

E-mail: info@rcsuk.com

Web: www.rcsuk.com

Chrysalis Radio

Bruce Davidson

Technical Director, Chrysalis Group

Tel: +44.(0)20.7468.1062

E-mail: bruce.davidson@chrysalis.com

Web: www.chrysalis.com

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