September 2009
46 posts
The radio industry's digital plans need radical... →
You know, the author of this article in the Guardian, Jack Schofield, has hit the nail on the head. Are we too obsessed with DAB to ask the question.. “is it really better than FM”?
Interview with Ken Bruce on Commercial Radio →
Ken Bruce is the BBC Radio 2 Legend who talks exclusively to Belfield about his life, career, Radio 2, Wogan’s departure and the misserable state of Radio in the UK!
In a rare and frank interview Bruce tells Belfield about his feelings about Radio and what it’s like presenting a daily show on the countries most popular radio station.
Chris Moyles must go, says Bruno →
Bruno Brooks has his say on the whole “Should Chris Moyles leave Radio 1 or not” debate. Bruno says his days are numbered.
Chris Evans: riding high on the medium wave →
From the Telegraph: Personal, interesting Interview with Chris Evans about his upcoming appointment on the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show. Worth a read if you have 10 minutes spare.
Let’s meet up in Athens, Greece →
Got a ticket for the NAB European Radio Show? If so, why not still travel and meet James Cridland and his friends in a pub.
NAB Europe cancelled →
James Cridland adding his thoughts about the cancelled NAB in Greece.
Chris Evans's breakfast audience likely to be... →
Breaking news from the Guardian: Average age of Chris Evans’s drivetime audience is four years younger than the listenership for Terry Wogan’s breakfast show. Goodness, we never thought of that.
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Jon Hilcock to leave Xfm
Xfm New Noise presenter Jon Hilcock is leaving the station by his own choice, he tells fans in an email blast out to fans. His last show will be on October 4th.
“I haven’t done the tourist routes. And I’m not one for going to the...”
– Liverpool striker Fernando Torres
Digital radio in France: cold feet, no funding,... →
On 10 September, the French secretary of state responsible for the digital economy, Nathalie Kosciusko-Morzet, organised a seminar “Digital: investing now for tomorrow’s growth”. The…
PURE Sensia – DAB and IP in the same box →
It’s been a good week: lots of exhausting but good meetings with genuinely lovely people all week so far; but Thursday morning gave me one of my proudest moments yet: the launch of a technology I’ve been hatching for over 18 months….
Pictures on the Radio →
A new radio was announced by the lovely people at Pure today – the Pure Sensia.
It’s a rugby ball of a radio with some great features. It can handle DAB, FM and Streaming…
The demand for DAB radio: where is it? →
Most of the current debate on the challenges facing DAB radio seems to be focused on ‘supply side’ issues, such as upgrading existing DAB transmitters, making DAB radio receivers available in cars…
But who will replace Mayo?
So we know Chris is to replace Terry, and Simon is to replace Chris, but who will replace Simon?
Mark?
New owner outlines plans for BRMB and sister radio... →
Seven weeks on from completing the private equity-backed purchase of BRMB and its Midland sister stations, Orion Media chief executive Phil Riley explains to Birmingham Post Creative Industries Editor Anna Blackaby how he intends to bring the shine back to BRMB…
Lucio joins BRMB... for a week
Lucio Buffone, who left Capital FM’s evening show earlier this year to “explore new opportunities”, has sprung up on BRMB this week. The former hit40uk jock is covering the afternoon show from 12pm till 4pm.
Mark Radcliffe tipped to replace Simon Mayo on BBC... →
Radcliffe is understood to be the favourite to take over from Mayo as part of the reshuffle prompted by Sir Terry Wogan’s announcement on Monday that he will step down from the Radio 2 breakfast show at the end of the year, to be replaced by Chris Evans…
Listeners tune in to Tabor's Global Radio revamp →
Dressed in a casual Abercrombie & Fitch shirt and sprawled out on a comfy chair, Ashley Tabor does not look a man who has spent the past year integrating two businesses to form the UK’s largest commercial radio group…
last.fm makes it to proper FM radio →
Blog from James Cridland about last.fm finally becoming a proper FM radio station in four American markets, and talks a little about “Manx Choice”!
BBC Radio 1’s longest ever serving breakfast show... →
Listen to the jingles from the big show right here!
Simon Dee's ex-wives at war over his dying wishes →
“He lived a colourful, controversial life, becoming Britain’s first television chat-show host in the Sixties – before the good times turned sour.”
Article in the Daily Mail about the first voice on Radio Caroline.
JoJo to leave Absolute Radio after just 12 months →
JoJo is leaving Absolute Radio next month due to early morning schedule changes after just a year on-air.
I acted like a spoilt child, says Evans →
Chris Evans on his bad boy past - and how the call came asking if he’d take over the BBC Radio 1 breakfast show. Link to the article in the Mail.
The Changing Face of Media: Ramsey Khoury →
This is the third in a series of posts about the recent Canvas8 event. Ramsey Khoury from Head was the last on to speak.
The Changing Face of Media: David Bausola →
This is the second in a series of looking at the recent Canvas8 event, and what the talks mean for radio. David Bausola “showed and told” a few projects in his talk at the ‘Changing Face of Media’ event.
The Changing Face of Media: Gerd Leonhard →
Yesterday, I attended a rather good event from Canvas8. This is the first of three blog posts looking at what the speakers said, and their relevance to radio.
Funding DAB radio infrastructure upgrade: still no →
Interesting personal blog by Grant Goddard
Digital radio: Parliamentary Question →
Apple’s new iPod Nano – the saviour of Radio 1? →
Is commercial radio really ‘bleating’? →
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Commercial Radio Bleating →
Blog from Matt Deegan of Folder Media fame, about the BBC v Commercial Radio. Old argument but valid points, none the less.
Who'd want to move to Manchester anyway? →
So. Is Mayo, Simon Maaaaaayyyo, heading to BBC Radio 2 simply because he is too stubborn to move to Salford Quays, and Media City UK?
Or was it always part of the plan for Evans to replace Wogan and create a gap for him?
'Ratings war between Chris Moyles and Chris Evans... →
A breakfast show ratings war between BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles and his new BBC Radio 2 rival Chris Evans would be “disastrous” for radio listeners, a senior commercial radio representative warned today.
Wogan to Evans – radio’s great opportunity, and... →
UK Commercial radio revenues Q2 2009 →
Major changes in Peterborough? →
The debate continues on Digital Spy with suggestions that Lite FM is to be axed and Connect FM take programmes from Global Radio.
Bentley's Top 5 DAB Radio →
Interesting point from Jon - why the obsession with retro for DAB radios?
Jay-Z send-off for DJ Jo Whiley - The Press... →
DAB radio European update →
North Sea Classic Rock becomes Rock Planet - from... →
August 2009
38 posts
Breakfast radio presenter Lisa Snowdon takes... →