LONDON, September 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Since Monday 1st August 2011, John Lewis Insurance has been sponsoring the John Suchet programme on Classic FM.

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS has been voted the composer of Britain's favourite classical piece of music, half a century after his death. The British composer's 1914 piece The Lark Ascending took the number one spot in the Classic FM Hall of Fame for the second year in a row.

By PHILIP KEY THE national radio station Classic FMwill be broadcasting all day from Liverpool on January 3 as its contribution to the city's title as European Capital of Culture 2008.

By TOM TEODORCZUK RADIO 3 was today embroiled in a "dumbing down" row over plans to cut its live broadcasts of classical music concerts. The BBC's classical music station is set to announce significant changes to its schedule from early next year.

By Snoddy, Raymond Last week's commercial radio headlines were, totally predictably, focusing on Virgin radio host Christian O'Connell and how he was the bee's knees.