The Times is looking to expand further into radio amid speculation that its parent company, News UK, is considering rebranding the station talkRadio as Times Radio in the new year.

Veteran barrister John Burns was on the West Gate Bridge heading away for the weekend when he heard a stranger recommend a radical career change. A caller to 3AW’s drive program suggested he should be the on-air partner on Ross Stevenson’s record-breaking breakfast show. “He said I should do the job because I was funny and had a good voice. I thought that would be alright.”

Sitting in a small shipping container, Kamil Ahmed, 20, readies herself for her live radio show.   This makeshift studio is home to the only radio station in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp.   Broadcasting a Somali-language programme, Gargaar FM (the name means assistance in Somali) provides vital information to more than 200,000 people who call Dadaab home, and serves as a source of entertainment and psychosocial support for refugees trapped in the isolated camp, first established in 1991.

Casey Kasem's family has settled dueling lawsuits alleging that the radio personality was badly mistreated before his death in 2014 at age 82.   Both sides filed a joint request in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit brought by three of Kasem's children and his brother against his widow, Jean. The lawsuit alleged that Jean Kasem's neglect and physical abuse led to the longtime "American Top 40" host's death. Jean Kasem and another daughter had filed a countersuit making similar allegations against the other children and Kasem's brother.