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September 19, 2017
Next Radio Conference - Watch The Whole ThingLast Monday I was at Next Radio, the radio ideas conference, in London. It's something that Matt Deegan and I have run for the last seven years: a place where incredible people come together and speak about the radio and audio industry.
So, that's why this column will be quite short this week: because I've been on aeroplanes and in hotel rooms tapping away at keynote presentations for much of the week (and lack the organization to actually write this column in advance, which would no doubt please my editors rather more).
We're quite lucky with this conference - held every September in London. We have visitors from across the world; and this year was the largest yet. There's real excitement at the state of our industry.
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September 12, 2017
Redefining RadioLast week, I was in Sydney in Australia for the Australian Podcast Conference, OzPod, which was an enjoyable experience. Lots of independent podcasters, rubbing shoulders with folks from the Australian ABC who announced that morning a $1m fund for podcasters. I was ...
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September 5, 2017
Thoughts On 'That' US Radio ReportThe biggest news this week is a master of doom-mongery, "New Report Shows Why Radio Must Adapt to Digital Age." You've probably seen it - it's been copied and shared on social media a fair bit, particularly being highlighted by those who delight in being rude about the ...
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August 29, 2017
The Thing Many Radio Station Websites ForgetI tend to look at a lot of radio station websites and newsletters every day as part of my job. This is interesting and head-scratching at the same time. There's a strange thing about radio newsletters. People sign up to them because, by and large, they're fans of the ...
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August 22, 2017
Radio While You ShopI wrote a long article for the Radio Magazine in the US recently about "Australia's largest radio station" - Coles Radio. It's the radio station you hear when you walk around a Coles supermarket, the most popular supermarket chain in Australia. It's available on DAB+ ...
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August 15, 2017
Radio Should Be Where The Speakers AreRecently, my columns have been quite full of numbers and figures and statistics, so instead, this week, I'd like to do some thinking aloud instead. I have a theory. It has almost no science behind it - yet; and probably very little proof - but nonetheless, I think it's ...
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August 8, 2017
Saying Thank YouSit in front of Twitter and watch @tonyblackburn's account on a Saturday morning, and you'll see something a little unusual. Tony Blackburn is probably the most well-known radio presenter in the UK. On-air since 1964, he joined the BBC 50 years ago. In a video ...
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August 1, 2017
Social Media Goes Massive For Slovenian Radio HostsHere's a useful pub quiz fact: Slovenia is the only country in the world with "love" in its name. For a week in June, Slovenia was also the home of some of the most popular radio personalities on social media, anywhere in the world. Not bad for a country with only two ...
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July 25, 2017
The Future Of Radio - According To Our Future ListenersRadio is going multiplatform. Whenever I speak, wherever I speak, that's the key piece of information I'd like the audience to remember. AM and FM are ways of getting our audio to our audience - but they're not the only way. There's satellite, there's DAB and HD, ...
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July 13, 2017
Zero-Rated Data - Is It Good News For Radio?In the UK, the curiously-named "Three" mobile phone network has just announced something called GoBinge. It's a new service that lets you watch Netflix and listen to music service Deezer (and SoundCloud), but these services won't come out of your monthly data ...