Tag: radio
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Pop Up Radio
It’s great to learn this morning that Radio 2 is launching a new pop-up radio station (ie. a temporary one). There is going to be a short term Radio 2 Eurovision service in the run-up to the big competition in May. The only previous time they’ve done this was during the Olympics when as well…
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Farewell One Golden Square
Today is my final day at One Golden Square. After more than 17 years of Virgin Radio and Absolute Radio, I’m off to do new things. I’m not going to be able to begin to tell you what a great time I’ve had. In all that time, nearly every single person I’ve worked with has…
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A Brief History of Virgin Radio
[Republished from 2008 after first appearing on the One Golden Square blog] So as the lights come down on 15 and a bit years of Virgin Radio, I thought it might be worth giving everyone a whistlestop history of Virgin Radio – how it came about and some of the things that have happened here…
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#radiodetritus
This week is my final week in One Golden Square. More about that anon. However, one of those things you have to do when you leave, is have a bit of a clear out. One way or another, I’ve accumulated quite a pile of “stuff” over the years. My already cluttered flat has a pile…
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Changing From Real Radio to Heart Mightn’t Be All Plain Sailing
Aside from the publication of new RAJAR figures, the big news in radio today was the sale of seven stations by Global, which was forced on them by the Competition Commission. Since Global finally gave up their legal challenges against the Commission’s ruling, this day was always coming, and it’s got to be of some…
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RAJAR Q4 2013
If it’s early February, it means it’s time for another RAJAR release. So what are the big stories? Well I reckon they Radio 2, Radio 1 and commercial radio in general in London are the main themes. But let’s go through things in a bit more detail. National The first thing to note is that…
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Why DAB Radio in the UK Isn’t Broken and Doesn’t Need Fixing
A bold title, I think. But read on for the reason. There’s a Techradar piece – Why DAB in the the UK is broken, and how to fix it – that recently got a certain amount of traction and lots of retweeting amongst radio types. But it really needs some robust countering. I half expected…
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LBC Going National
The news today that LBC is going to be broadcast nationally from next month is really good for lots of reasons. Here are just a few: – It’s good for LBC. The station must be a reasonably expensive service to run since speech is always more expensive to do well than music. And a greater…
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Links Worth Reading
The Wall Street Journal has a fascinating and frankly depressing story about how US radio stations are playing the hits more to battle against the likes of Spotify and iTunes Radio. Because if there’s one thing I can find easily without listening to the radio, it’s the biggest hit songs. The piece ends with this…
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Logo Lolly
“Logo Lolly” is, or was, the practice of paying radio news reporters a bonus if they managed to get their radio microphone muffs (ie. covers) or collars into shot on the TV news. I’ve heard of at least two places where this certainly used to be the case. You’d get more money if you made…
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Radio and TV Favourites
I think my favourite TV programmes over the Christmas and New Year period were a series of films that I didn’t spot at all when I was going through the Radio Times. Endeavour: Everest was a series of three films made by Leo Dickinson shot in and around Mount Everest between 1976 and 1991. They…
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Radio Design – A Moan
I spent Christmas with my family – as many other folk do. But the room I was staying in didn’t have a radio! Now this is a calamitous state of affairs in my book. There wasn’t a spare kicking around. And while I carry a portable, it doesn’t have a speaker. No problem – I…