James Cridland - radio futurologist
James Cridland
A regular audio column with the most interesting news about radio's future. James is a radio futurologist - a writer, speaker and consultant concentrating on the effect that new platforms and technology are having on the radio business across the world. He has a website at https://james.cridland.net where you can subscribe to his newsletter.
The end of local radio in the UK (almost)
Links and more at https://james.cridland.net/blog/2025/bauer-local-radio-uk/
Mar 23, • 9:17
The Voice of America gets cut
More details and pictures and links at https://james.cridland.net/blog/2025/voa-and-world-service/
Mar 16, • 6:57
Emergency radio broadcasting - ABC Radio Brisbane excels in Cyclone Alfred
Links and more info at https://james.cridland.net/blog/2025/abc-cyclone-coverage/
Mar 9, • 8:19
RAJAR’s MIDAS study, and a look ahead to Radiodays
Links and more info at https://james.cridland.net/blog/2025/rajar-midas-q424/
Mar 2, • 9:04
A tale of two sets of radio closures
Info and links: https://james.cridland.net/blog/2025/two-radio-closures/
Feb 23, • 6:32
BBC audio for international users
Info and links: https://james.cridland.net/blog/2025/bbc-audio-international/
Feb 23, • 6:52
Radio in the car: and bad software
Links and more info: https://james.cridland.net/blog/2025/in-car-radio/
Feb 23, • 5:41
Triple J's Hottest 100; and Apple's stations
Links and more info: https://james.cridland.net/blog/2025/triple-j-hottest-100/
Feb 23, • 4:48
Two big changes in radio in the UK - and what it means for everyone
Lots of things to read over here: https://james.cridland.net/blog/2025/global-regional-programming/
Jan 12, • 13:26
BBC Sounds - is it going away internationally?
I think I've hit on the BBC's strategy.https://james.cridland.net/blog/2024/bbc-sounds-the-strategy/
Nov 27, 2024 • 6:21
New radio, new talent, and AM
https://james.cridland.net/blog/2024/radio-1-new-talent/I have a new radio, and things.
Sep 22, 2024 • 5:17
Happy 100, Aussie Radio
Links and more are at https://james.crid.land/update/happy-100-aussie-radio
Feb 1, 2024 • 5:33
Better user interfaces in cars change radio listening
All the links and more here: https://james.crid.land/update/user-interface-car-radioThis was first published Oct 24
Jan 26, 2024 • 5:27
Careful what the numbers tell you
All the links and everything else at https://james.crid.land/update/dab-numbers-australia
Oct 10, 2023 • 10:54
Link rot, RAJAR and the BBC's global numbers
For all the links and more, try https://james.crid.land/update/link-rot
Aug 6, 2023 • 8:38
Farewell All Access; congrats Kyle and Jackie O
All the links and more at https://james.crid.land/update/farewell-all-access
Jul 27, 2023 • 10:28
What the world's first podcaster would do with radio
What? What would he do? Listen on. Or read on - https://james.crid.land/update/lydon-and-radio
Jul 11, 2023 • 10:01
AI and radio
An audio version of my newsletter, at https://james.crid.land/update/ai-and-radio
Jun 23, 2023 • 7:25
Behind the scenes for radio visualisation at BBC Radio 5 Live
An audio version of my newsletter, at https://james.crid.land/update/5-live-nicky-visual
Jun 23, 2023 • 5:41
AM given reprieve; Long Wave to go away; radio on TV
All the links etc at https://james.crid.land/update/radio-on-tv
Jun 4, 2023 • 8:33
An excerpt of a trip report
I needed to record something using an ALABS IRON MINI-WL, and so I recorded a bit of a recent trip report. The trip report is part of my blog at https://james.cridland.net/blog/
May 30, 2023 • 5:36
India tells phone manufacturers to get FM; and BBC local radio
All the links and words at https://james.crid.land/update/india-fm
May 19, 2023 • 11:27
AM radio's US defenders
All the links, and lots more, at https://james.crid.land/update/am-radio-us-defenders
May 2, 2023 • 10:19
Ken Bruce hits the air and Bauer hits its stride
All the links at https://james.crid.land/update/bruce-bauer
Apr 3, 2023 • 10:36
Can your presenters publish to your website?
Links and more at https://james.crid.land/update/publishing-tools-radio
Mar 20, 2023 • 7:11
AM radio to disappear from more cars
Links and details at https://james.crid.land/update/am-disappearing
Mar 20, 2023 • 5:03
Robot radio comes closer, with RadioGPT - but is it any good?
Links and more details over here: https://james.crid.land/update/radiogpt
Feb 28, 2023 • 10:17
CBC to turn off transmitters (but not yet)
Links! Text! Fun! At https://james.crid.land/update/cbc-radio-transmitters
Feb 18, 2023 • 11:10
BBC pulls its stations from Radioplayer, and the RAJAR figures
Links and more to read and listen to over here...https://james.crid.land/update/bbc-radioplayer-pull
Feb 9, 2023 • 11:06
Ken Bruce leaving BBC Radio 2
Goodness me!Links and more to read and listen to over here...https://james.crid.land/update/ken-bruce
Jan 22, 2023 • 13:36
The big AM switchoff gathers pace
The UK continues its effective switch-off of the AM waveband. The station I knew as “Virgin 1215”, more latterly “Absolute Radio”, comes off AM this month in the UK. After working for Virgin for a number of years, it’s sad to see the AM signal go.In the same press release - the first station I worked behind a mixing desk for - the station I knew as Classic Gold West Yorkshire on 1278 and 1530, will also be turned off.The first commercial radio station I ever listened-to at home, which I knew as
Jan 16, 2023 • 9:01
Radio marketing, and the BBC, and other things
All the links and things are over here: https://james.crid.land/update/radio-marketingThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Dec 18, 2022 • 14:16
RAJAR, MIDAS, Local BBC Radio, and privacy
Links! Interesting things! Pictures! Over here: https://james.crid.land/update/rajar-midas-local-bbcThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Nov 4, 2022 • 14:46
BBC Sounds sees no growth; but ABC sees 22% increase
You can find all the links at https://james.crid.land/update/bbc-sounds-flatThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Oct 24, 2022 • 13:20
The BBC dismantles Steve Wright, the World Service, and the Prime Minister
I never listened much to Steve Wright In The Afternoon when he was on Radio 1. The show coincided with afternoon classes (if you went to a fancy boarding school). But when I did occasionally dip into it, it was full of characters, fun and excitement.Ahead of his final show later today, Geoff Jein has shared some of the secrets of the show that he worked on for a while.Steve Wright was the stuff of legends: and when the beers flowed and someone from Radio 2 was present, inevitably the storie
Sep 30, 2022 • 7:24
Radio's multiplatform radio figures from Australasia
Charts! Graphs! Numbers! All at https://james.crid.land/update/multiplatform-figures-rda22This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Sep 11, 2022 • 8:45
BBC Sounds, Kenny Everett carts, and breakfast radio vs podcasts
All the links are over here: https://james.crid.land/update/bbc-kenny-breakfastThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Sep 3, 2022 • 6:19
Getting more value from the archive
https://james.crid.land/update/more-value-from-radio-archive has all the notes and links!This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Jul 24, 2022 • 6:06
BBC Sounds by the numbers
I take a peek at the full numbers. https://james.crid.land/update/bbc-sounds-macca for moreThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Jul 17, 2022 • 10:18
Why is Australian radio booming?
And, indeed, is it? https://james.crid.land/update/aussie-radio-success has all the detailsThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Jul 10, 2022 • 9:23
Canadian radio, and the rise of smart speakers
All the links at https://james.crid.land/update/canadian-radio-cmw22This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Jun 13, 2022 • 7:30
BBC cuts; TechSurvey, RAJAR
All the links! All over here! https://james.crid.land/update/bbc-cuts-servicesThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
May 29, 2022 • 11:14
The end of music radio on AM? TuneIn cuts stations off; and DRM's relationship with the BBC
All the notes at https://james.crid.land/update/end-of-am-music-radioThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
May 6, 2022 • 15:26
A radio receiver for people with dementia
All the links, and a random picture of a radio station in Los Angeles, here:https://james.crid.land/update/radio-dementia-ukraineThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Apr 5, 2022 • 13:33
Shortwave radio: who owns the receivers?
Links and a picture of beer here: https://james.crid.land/update/kyiv-shortwaveThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Mar 7, 2022 • 7:37
Emergency broadcasting, radio's market share, and the launch of Alfred
Lots of links here: https://james.crid.land/update/emergency-floodThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Feb 28, 2022 • 8:41
The curious case of the radio station that broke peoples' cars
Links to everything here: https://james.crid.land/update/kuow-hd-radio-oopsThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Feb 14, 2022 • 8:30
The end of open, as audio goes exclusive
Links! Here! https://james.crid.land/update/end-of-open-audioThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Feb 4, 2022 • 8:50
Is no news good news? And: funding the BBC
All the links here: https://james.crid.land/update/no-news-good-newsThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Jan 28, 2022 • 7:10
The BBC's fight against stupid
You can read this rant, and the bits after, at:https://james.crid.land/update/bbc-fight-against-stupidThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Jan 23, 2022 • 11:37
Radio vs Spotify - some data
All the links, and plenty more, at https://james.crid.land/update/radio-vs-spotifyThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Jan 6, 2022 • 8:40
Infinite Dial UK results, and 'Local BBC Radio'
Find all the links over here - https://james.crid.land/update/local-bbc-radioThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Dec 8, 2021 • 15:13
An Infinite Dial for the UK at last
Here are the show notes - https://james.crid.land/update/infinite-dial-uk-comingThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Nov 29, 2021 • 6:09
More talk! Less music!
Here - find the show notes over here... https://james.crid.land/update/more-talk-less-musicThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Nov 21, 2021 • 8:44
Radio is a hit for car drivers
You'll be wanting https://james.crid.land/update/radio-research-in-car-listening for the links!This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Nov 14, 2021 • 15:07
The UK's new radio figures
Links and more at https://james.crid.land/update/uk-new-rajar-q321This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Nov 9, 2021 • 11:42
The CRA's good week
Read all the links and stuff here: https://james.crid.land/update/cra-good-weekThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Sep 13, 2021 • 19:12
Behind the Chris Evans Radio 1 breakfast show
Over at https://james.crid.land/update/chris-evans-breakfast-show-podcast is the links and the text, where I talk about a new podcast I foundThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Sep 5, 2021 • 4:28
The people who don't listen to radio on a radio
The links and more are over here: https://james.crid.land/update/radio-on-a-radioThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Aug 30, 2021 • 6:05
Global makes a global hiring; female voices and the radio
You'll find all the links and things over here: https://james.crid.land/update/global-female-voicesThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Aug 24, 2021 • 8:24
Why the words we use matter
You'll find all the links over here - https://james.crid.land/update/language-pleaseThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Aug 23, 2021 • 12:30
Who owns Inside Radio? And a syndicated show with a difference
Read this over here: https://james.crid.land/update/who-owns-inside-radioThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Aug 8, 2021 • 12:21
Switzerland to turn off FM radio - the campaign to save it
All the links are all over here: https://james.crid.land/update/swiss-dab-fmThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Aug 1, 2021 • 9:06
Podcasts on your radio; radio in your Deezer; listeners on the air
Links and more over here: https://james.crid.land/update/podcasts-radio-deezerThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Jul 27, 2021 • 9:57
The future of radio in Africa; and more stations in Belgium
Links and more at https://james.crid.land/update/radiodays-africa-sessionThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Jul 25, 2021 • 6:58
Jono Coleman, and talkRADIO becomes a TV channel
Jono Coleman OAM died last week. Best known in the UK for the Virgin Radio breakfast show with Russ Williams, he was also on GLR, Heart 106.2, LBC (no, really), BBC London 94.9 and tradies favourite FIX Radio.While the BBC snootily relegated him to a local news story (and called his co-presenter “Russell Williams”), Jono’s death was quite rightly big news all over Australian media, with obits on 9 News, ABC Australia and many others.Here’s an hour of him looking bac
Jul 11, 2021 • 7:52
Who cares? Plus, Audacy's 350 new stations
Links and things are at https://james.crid.land/update/care-about-your-outputThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Jul 6, 2021 • 6:16
Numbers from Nielsen; Ed Sheeran; terms and conditions
Links and full text is at https://james.crid.land/update/radio-numbersThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Jun 27, 2021 • 15:35
Conferences, trust, and radio in the car
https://james.crid.land/update/conferences-cars-trust has links to all the stories mentioned here.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Jun 19, 2021 • 17:10
Goodbye, and keep listening
Goodbye, and keep listeningA lot has happened since November 2014.At the time, I was working in the roof - quite literally. My office space was in a room that was so illegal, when I bought the house they weren’t allowed to call it a room, even though it had stairs leading up to it.In the winter months it could be made quite warm, since there wasn’t much of it. The room was the top of the house and you could just about stand up in it, if you bent your head and you stayed right in the middle, wher
Oct 29, 2019 • 3:22
At Radio Alive, things are changing
I'm over at https://james.crid.land This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Oct 22, 2019 • 2:53
Confessions of a radio ad writer
Why don't programme directors pull more ads? And why are some of them still so bad?This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Oct 15, 2019 • 3:11
The misguided quest for control
I'm over at https://james.crid.land and so should you beThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Oct 8, 2019 • 2:22
Reminding listeners how to tune in, in a multiplatform world
I once sat at the end of a telephone line, helping people tune into their favourite radio station. This was a real eye-opener. Many don’t even know the difference between AM and FM; and some sets are marked in strange ways to make it really hard to tune in. You probably know someone who have tuned in to their favourite radio station and never want you to touch their set in case they lose it forever.Radio is, increasingly, available everywhere. But we don’t appear to be telling people where we ar
Oct 1, 2019 • 2:04
5G - the future of radio?
I'm at https://james.crid.land This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Sep 17, 2019 • 2:51
40 years of lazy Buggles headlines
It's 40 years since Trevor Horn wrote this songThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Sep 10, 2019 • 2:18
Visually augmented audio - is it our future?
Something called BBC Notes was posted on the BBC’s Research and Development blog the other week. It’s a web app “that shows text, images, and links, to enhance the listening experience during live events, live broadcasts, and on demand”.There are quite a lot of these types of thing appearing. Entale is a podcast app which is trying to do the same - when you listen to, say, Serial then you see the places they’re talking about, and maps, and links to discover more and all of that kind of thing. (I
Sep 3, 2019 • 2:03
Google and Facebook and the power of radio
As Google knows, I’m in Kuala Lumpur today, in Malaysia. Google knows exactly where I am. It knows where I was yesterday; what airline I used to travel here; what news stories I read this morning; what’s in my diary for tomorrow. It knows what music I listen to, what shops I visit, who I email, when I email, how much money I have in the bank, what time I go to bed, what time I wake up, when I have a coffee, what rate my heart is beating. Google knows what medical problems I have, and what medica
Aug 27, 2019 • 2:40
Podcast Movement 2019
Recently, I was at Podcast Movement in Orlando. It’s the largest podcast event in the world, I’d think, with a variety of tracks covering almost everything you needed to know about podcasting.The event grows each year. Podcasting is increasingly serious business, with both Spotify and Google on the show floor this year, and Pandora also being very visible throughout the event (not least, providing rather lovely laptop stickers in every bag).Apple were at the event, too, but in an invite-only, su
Aug 20, 2019 • 2:33
Cockroaches
Cockroaches, eh? Radio is a bit like them. Kind of.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Aug 6, 2019 • 3:14
Live radio doesn't work on headphones
Radio is consumed differently on headphones than speakers. Here's new data.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Jul 30, 2019 • 2:20
Music logs can be better
Music logs can help presenters if done rightThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Jul 23, 2019 • 3:09
The AM radio station that's number two
4KQ - an AM station - is doing well in BrisbaneThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Jul 16, 2019 • 3:05
Hearing the voice of your listener
Hearing the voice of your listener Johannesburg, South Africa, is a place like no other to hold a radio conference, and I was privileged to be at Radio Days Africa recently on their tenth anniversary. Radio is an important part of life in Africa generally. Radio reaches people who cannot read or write; and plays the part of an educator in many parts of the continent. Here’s the excellent Steve Martin from the BBC talking about radio in Africa from 2013. It’s a good overview in how
Jul 9, 2019 • 3:11
The radio station making money from podcasts
Radio TOK FM is one of the most listened-to radio stations in Warsaw, Poland, owned by Agora Radio Group. A news and talk station with over 40 journalists, the station is doing something unusual: charging for podcasts. Jarosław Śliżewski, the company’s Chief Digital Officer, says that six years ago, a decision was made to focus on on-demand content. Now, listeners pay a monthly fee to gain access to over 65,000 pieces of on-demand audio from the station, including catch-up shows and exclus
Jun 23, 2019 • 2:43
Three podcasts we can learn from
At the recent Podcast Day in London, I was asked to share three of my favourite podcasts, and as always I decided to slightly subvert the brief to really be three podcasts that we can learn from. Reasons to Be Cheerful, with Geoff Lloyd and Ed Miliband, (produced by Emma Corsham) was my first choice. Ed Miliband used to be the leader of the Labour party in the UK, and he came across as a deeply awkward, barely human and really quite unlikeable person. But the intimate nature of podcasting has ch
Jun 17, 2019 • 4:54
Apple’s changing podcasting: but is it theirs to change?
Apple are making some changes. You’ve probably heard about iTunes going away. In truth, this means little - iTunes “went away” on iPhones a long time ago, and this latest change is just replacing iTunes with three separate apps on the Mac. If you run a Windows machine, iTunes continues as normal. Apple have asked you not to talk about podcasts “being on iTunes” for the last 18 months anyway. But there are also some changes to Apple Podcasts categories - the genres a
Jun 10, 2019 • 3:23
Let’s stop deluding ourselves about the FM chip in phones
In Canada recently, I heard a little bit of history - or, so it seemed to me. Radio executives were openly banging the drum for FM chips in phones: an argument I thought was long since dead. You can understand why this discussion is still live in Canada. Some research I did about mobile phone data costs seems to point to Canada being exceptionally expensive for mobile data. In comparison to Australia (roughly the same population and land mass), Canadians pay almost FIVE TIMES MORE for a monthly
May 27, 2019 • 3:21
Where should a radio station be?
Something fun is happening in my home town of Brisbane, Australia - some of our radio stations are on the move. Top 40 station Hit 105 and rock station Triple M lived in buildings in North Quay next to the river, where they’ve been for the last twenty years. They’re moving two minutes’ walk away, up the hill to Petrie Terrace, a new entertainment district with a cinema, restaurants, and next to Caxton Street, one of Brisbane’s oldest entertainment streets with bars, pubs
May 21, 2019 • 3:01
For internet radio, there may be trouble ahead
There’s trouble for vTuner, the heritage company used by many manufacturers as an internet radio directory. On May 1, vTuner’s service apparently fell over for eleven hours, and Frontier Silicon, who used the vTuner service for their internet radio modules (used by people like Roberts, Grundig and others) switched just a week later to a different provider - causing great upheaval for listeners, since all their presets suddenly stopped working (and many products needed a firmware upda
May 14, 2019 • 3:17
Radio’s biggest strength and worst enemy: habit
Typically, when I speak at conferences, I start by pointing out how popular radio is. 9 out of 10 of us listen to the radio in any given week - whether you live in Boston Massachusetts, Boston England, or Boston in South Australia. (Probably. The last one doesn’t have radio statistics, but Brisbane’s 9 out of 10 too.) Podcasting? At best, 2 out of 10; and lower in many countries. Given the amount of change to the media landscape, why does radio do so well? I think a lot of it is due
May 5, 2019 • 2:57
Is AM Radio's future all-digital?
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Apr 29, 2019 • 3:28
The NAB Show 2019 - and the move to home studios
NAB Show highlights a trend away from studio complexes I recently went to the NAB Show in Las Vegas - the first time I’d been there for three years or so. I used to stay at The Riviera, a gloriously run down hotel and casino, which had two good things - first, it was a short walk away from the Convention Center, and therefore relatively easy to get to; second, it had an almost acceptable British pub in it, which was a nice home from home. Oh, and it was very cheap. The Riviera was knocked
Apr 15, 2019 • 3:25
The dangers of assumption
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Mar 26, 2019 • 2:49
Would an all-podcast radio station work?
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Mar 18, 2019 • 3:38
What podcasting can teach radio
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Mar 12, 2019 • 2:46
Commercial Radio Australia tries to remove links to radio stations
In a submission to government, Commercial Radio Australia, the Australian equivalent of the UK s Radiocentre, asks for, among other things, a legal requirement that people shoyld remove links to live radio streams, and podcasts, if the content owners ask. The reason given is that other places might link to live streams or to podcasts, and therefore people won’t visit radio station websites any more, and therefore radio companies will lose out on the revenue from ad banners on those webs
Feb 25, 2019 • 2:53
Radio: the gekko's cheating on you!
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Feb 18, 2019 • 2:20
Radio - full of transferable skills
Watch the video in full at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qENEQ1qClUwSupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Feb 11, 2019 • 1:32
Should 'engineering' and 'IT' merge?
I'd think they should, in any radio company...Music by Ignite Jingles. Clips from an AT&T video from the 1960s.Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Feb 4, 2019 • 3:34
Does a little Australian TV channel give us clues for radio’s future?
Television, as we know, is changing rapidly - significantly more so than radio. Viewers to live TV are declining, as audiences get more used to on-demand services like Netflix, Hulu, Stan, or iPlayer. So, TV platforms are trying new things. At the beginning of this year, the TV system that I subscribe to - a little Australian set-top-box called Fetch TV - added a new channel. It’s a true-crime channel called Oxygen, run by NBC Universal, and it’s on channel 101. Oxygen is an interest
Jan 27, 2019 • 2:58
A commercial radio breakfast show, without the commercials
Last year, Chris Evans was the presenter of the most listened-to breakfast show in Europe - The Chris Evans Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2. The BBC earns most of its money from a television licence fee, currently US$195 or so, which households in the UK have to pay if they have a television. This licence fee (and the sale of programmes to other broadcasters) pays for the whole thing - so there are no commercials or sponsor credits on BBC Radio 2: it’s entirely commercial free, and perhaps t
Jan 21, 2019 • 3:09
The BBC’s unfortunate bullying of Fortunately listeners
Try to listen to the new season of Fortunately, a podcast from the BBC, and you’ll be told you can’t. It’s a show that BBC produces which never makes it on the radio. Instead, it follows the same genre as many podcasts do: two friends chatting over a coffee with a special guest. The “friends” in this case are Fi Glover and Jane Garvey, two broadcasters who share the same kind of humour; the podcast itself is recorded in the coffee shop in the “BBC Piazza&rdquo
Jan 14, 2019 • 3:18
Standards are boring - but they are there for a reason
Standards are boring - but they are there for a reason Tune in to many FM stations with RDS signals in France, Italy or the USA, and you’ll notice that some stations try putting some now-playing information over the 8-character radio station name. Watch, and it slowly scrolls through a song name, or - worse - some advertising. It’ll normally scroll once every two seconds, due to the way RDS works, so it scrolls really very slowly; and errors on transmission can mean you lose c
Nov 26, 2018 • 2:46
Check your speakers really are smart
I’m swearing at my smart speakers a little this week. I’ve a few Google speakers in the house, including a Google Home Hub - the one with a little screen on it. It’s great as a radio from my point of view, since it has a decent-ish speaker on it (better for voice than music, though). It’s good for radio, since it has a good big screen that contains a logo and the station’s name - to aid recall if anyone asks me what station I’m listening to. &nbs
Nov 19, 2018 • 2:51
Radio in the car - a better experience
Radio in the car - a better experience About 50% of all radio listening happens in the car (the figure’s lower in countries like the UK, but higher in places like the US). In many ways, radio’s best in the car. Radio - the original multitasking medium - lets you concentrate enough to drive your 1,300kg (2,800 lb) metal death-machine along busy streets alongside soft, vulnerable fleshy pedestrians, while you enjoy an unfunny stunt from breakfast show presenters wh
Nov 12, 2018 • 2:47
New technology: bad for radio?
New technology: bad for radio? Automation Killed The Radio Star, says the latest blog from Dick Taylor, a US radio writer. Two things about this. The first is the use of a lazy Buggles headline. Radio is still very much alive, with 9 out of 10 people in most large countries listening every week. Nothing has killed anything. I collect lazy Buggles headlines. The song was, of course, the first song to be played by MTV, back in the days when it played music instead of va
Nov 5, 2018 • 2:20
Podcast measurement: more standardised than you’d think
It was interesting seeing one of the pieces of news coming out of Radio Alive, the radio conference in Australia, recently: the Australian radio industry are putting together a Podcast Working Group “to spearhead the development of the growing podcast industry in Australia”. Their press release says: “Broadcast radio is highly regulated and audience measurement is tracked through the independently audited GfK Australian radio surveys. In contrast, the podcast
Oct 22, 2018 • 4:14
Do you really need a radio building at all?
I still remember my first look round a radio station. In spite of writing to Signal Radio in Stoke-on-Trent and being ignored (shame on you, Signal), Radio Aire in Leeds held an open day, and I got to look round the studios. I remember being amazed by the equipment, and was astonished at how great the jingles sounded on the decent studio monitors; and the equipment everywhere. Do you need an on-site playout system? The BBC’s ViLOR solution for their local radio stations keeps the fa
Oct 15, 2018 • 3:53
New tech offers radio listeners more choice
New technology enables us to delight our listeners even more - particularly, radio operators are now offering more choice than ever before. In Australia, Southern Cross Austereo have been doing a crafty job of launching additional brand extensions for rock and sport station Triple M, and top 40 channel Hit - so listeners can now enjoy Triple M branded stations playing modern rock, or classic hits, for example; while listeners who enjoy R’n’B Fridays on Hit can now find a chann
Oct 8, 2018 • 3:16
Why are you in radio anyway?
Why are you in radio anyway? I had a conversation a while ago about FM RDS, that thing which tells you what radio station you’re listening to on a big screen in your car, so you don’t forget. For some reason, this US radio company that I was talking to didn’t have RDS. The fundamental question from the radio guy? “Yeah, but how can I earn money from it?” There was an interesting article recently in a US publication - Can Podcasting Increase Your Rating
Oct 1, 2018 • 2:37
A recap of Next Radio 2018
Some clips of some of the best speakers at the radio ideas conference.Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Sep 24, 2018 • 4:17
The secret to achieve a growing radio industry
The secret to achieve a growing radio industry could be as simple as this I’m writing this in London, where the doors are (as I type) just about to open for Next Radio, the radio conference that I run here with my friend Matt Deegan. It’s a positive radio conference with an uplifting feel. Go to a radio conference in the US or Canada, and there won’t be very many smiling faces. There’s a general feeling in the US and Canada that radio is managing decline. Bu
Sep 16, 2018 • 3:01
Talent plus brand = success?
Talent plus brand = success? So, Chris Evans, the current presenter of adult-contemporary BBC Radio 2’s breakfast show - the largest breakfast show in Europe, by cume - has announced that he’s leaving the station later this year. He’s off to Virgin Radio, where he’s going to do the breakfast show. Side note: it’s the same “Virgin Radio” brand, owned by Virgin Enterprises, but not the same station. The original Virgin Radio was bought (and
Sep 10, 2018 • 3:43
Naming your own radio station: what’s yours?
Naming your own radio station: what’s yours? “If you could own a radio station, what would you call it?”, posted a man called Nick in a radio discussion board on Facebook the other day. Now, this Facebook group is mostly comprised of people complaining about how words are being pronounced in radio news bulletins, or photographs of car registration plates that vaguely look like call letters, so this was a welcome change of pace. I grabbed some popcorn and started r
Sep 3, 2018 • 3:33
Can a smart speaker replace a kitchen radio?
Can a smart speaker replace a kitchen radio? Last week, a small fluffy bundle arrived in our house. We now have a small puppy - she’s lovely, thank you - and the effect to my radio listening has been interesting. Next to the sofa was a jumble of wires - something to charge an iPad, some USB-C connectors to charge laptops and mobile phones, and a different USB connector to charge an ebook reader and, oh god, my doorbell, I have a wifi doorbell, it needs charging every so often
Aug 26, 2018 • 2:32
Is object-based media in your future?
Is object-based media in your future? “Object-based media” sounds very techie. But as I stumbled across a BBC Research & Development web page last week highlighting where they've got with it, I am reminded how powerful the idea is (and how much it could play a part in the future of radio). So, what is object-based media? If you're recording a radio program, typically the only thing that you record is the output of the board - just a stereo recording of the stuff yo
Aug 20, 2018 • 2:51
iHeartRadio - the future of radio?
iHeartRadio - the future of radio? iHeartRadio has done something clever this week. In the US, the iHeartRadio app contains a bunch of features - not just live radio streams, but podcasts, algorithmic radio stations and (if you pay for it) a music service much like Spotify. A few weeks ago, it added a feature that brings it up to parity with Spotify - its own version of “Discover Weekly”, that feature that uncannily works out the kind of music you enjoy listening to an
Aug 13, 2018 • 2:46
Some new advertising ideas are the pits
I’m six foot four, something that I’m acutely aware of in two situations: first, whenever I’m on an economy airline flight, and second, whenever I’m on a subway train in Asia. Those useful straps from the ceiling - normally out of my way in the US and Europe, are all fighting to slap me in the face in subway trains in places like Japan, where the average height is 5’7” (171 cm) or Malaysia, where the average is 5’4” (164 cm). Those hand stra
Aug 4, 2018 • 2:56
Podcast positivity
I spent last week at Podcast Movement in Philadelphia - a conference with 2,300 delegates, it dwarfs any radio conference I've been to.This was a well-run conference: running to time throughout, with ten different tracks that delegates could go to.Reflecting podcasting's diverse nature, some tracks were basic advice about how to promote your show, or what to do in your podcast intro. Other tracks were rather more commercial in nature, delving deep into cost-per-thousand, targeting and analytics.
Jul 29, 2018 • 2:58
Re-thinking and reinventing
Re-thinking and reinventing Two stories last week made me think. First, this off-the-cuff tweet from a radio station in Scotland, having a day of “going retro” by… playing CDs. I shared this in a Facebook group, and it wasn’t long before the comments descended into Monty Python’s Yorkshiremen sketch. “Retro? I’ll give you retro,” said someone, before talking about cueing up 45s. “You had it easy,” said someone else, discussing e
Jul 23, 2018 • 3:33
At last - a chance for global podcasting measurement
At last - a chance for global podcasting measurement? James Purnell, the ultimate boss of BBC Radio, blogged late last week that ‘we need an industry chart for UK podcasts’. He’s understood that the iTunes chart isn’t a chart at all, which is gratifying: that it’s a trending list, “which is great for audiences but content creators and distributors want to know reach and value.” He writes that there’s no industry standard for a
Jul 15, 2018 • 3:49
Multiplatform radio lessons from Germany
I was in the sunny German city of Nuremberg last week, as the guest of the lokalrundfunktage. The state media regulator for Bavaria helps run a big, impressive conference with a surprising amount of people there. The most impressive thing to me was that I was speaking at 1.30pm, and everyone turned up at 1.25pm. As you might know from conferences, the concept of people being early is… well, it just doesn’t happen. Except in Germany, it appears. Earlier in the day, rese
Jul 9, 2018 • 3:01
Why you’re wrong to pull out of TuneIn
Last week, US broadcaster Entercom decided to pull its streams off TuneIn, the radio aggregator. From now on, the stations will only be available on Entercom’s own radio streaming website, radio.com; and the radio.com smartphone app. David Field, the company’s CEO, said “We are committed to making Radio.com a leader in the digital audio space”. Seemingly, this is the way he’s going to achieve it. I’ve said before that we should lessen our relianc
Jun 30, 2018 • 4:06
Google Podcasts: friend or foe to radio?
Google Podcasts - friend or foe to radio? The radio industry has been slowly incorporating podcasting into its mix: both as a useful way of promoting some of our key talent, and increasingly as a way to get closer to clients by producing branded podcasts for them. Increasingly, sales teams are representing podcast networks as well as radio stations. Last week, we were handed a gift from Google: as the search giant finally got into podcasting in a big way. They finally launched their podc
Jun 24, 2018 • 3:23
The next step for personalised radio
TRANSCRIPT: Jamie Dupree is a radio reporter with Cox Media Group in the US, for WSB: and two years ago he lost his voice. As a story on the BBC will tell you… he’s got it back. Kind of. A company based in Scotland has sampled his voice from a set of recordings: and he’s now back filing full reports for the company with the aid of voice synthesis. The technology isn’t 100% perfect, but it’s certainly well on the way; and that’s - of cours
Jun 17, 2018 • 3:08
Learning from NPR
Transcript: Learning radio’s future from NPR NPR’s audience is up. “The average weekly broadcast audiences of the top 20 NPR member stations continue to grow — from 8.7 million in 2015 to 11.2 million last year”, says an article in NiemanLab. They’re on record highs in terms of total audience. NPR’s mobile apps are growing in use, too; and paid station membership - part of NPR’s funding - is also increasing, as is revenu
Jun 10, 2018 • 3:05
Are we heading for an all-IP media future?
Article is here: https://medium.com/@JamesCridland/are-we-moving-to-an-all-ip-media-future-377802e03dd5Music by Ignite Jingles Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Jun 3, 2018 • 4:24
What is a radio, anyway?
What is a radio, anyway? [CLIP of Google] Last World Emoji Day, the UK industry group Radiocentre tweeted that their favourite emjoi ought to be the one of the radio, but radios don't look like that any more - they look like phones, tablets, cars or televisions, so they don't really have a favourite emoji after all. It’s a succinctly made point; and highlights a failing in the English language — radio means, of course, three different things — a receiver, a techno
May 27, 2018 • 3:11
Measuring your best customers
There's a full transcript of this at https://medium.com/@JamesCridland/measuring-radios-best-customers-dd8b127889d1 I'm at https://james.crid.land Music by Ignite JinglesSupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
May 21, 2018 • 4:12
A look at a new London radio station
I'm at https://james.crid.land Music by Ignite Jingles Transcript: A look at a new London radio station I talk a lot about making the most of your radio station’s content. The tyranny of the transmitter - something that needs feeding 24 hours a day - means that historically we’re not that good, as an industry, making sure that we capture and re-use our content in other ways. Much of what we do in radio is informed by our history and tradition, rather than what&rs
May 13, 2018 • 2:51
Rajar's MIDAS touch
Music in this episode from Ignite Jingles. Typing sound effects in this episode by Sally Walker. I'm at https://james.crid.land Podcasting news is at https://podnews.net or wherever you got this podcast.Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
May 6, 2018 • 3:59
Digital radio's tight targeting
Music by Ignite Jingles. Bad editing by me.Hear this on the Radio Today UK podcast, and, um, here on this podcast app.Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Apr 28, 2018 • 3:01
Will podcasts eat radio?
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Apr 22, 2018 • 4:19
Editing and polishing live radio
Some people agree, or not, with my thoughts that live radio isn't always best. Thanks to Tommy and to Peter for their voices. Thanks, too, to Ignite Jingles for the music. And to you for listening. And especially to you for visiting https://james.crid.land to get my weekly newsletter.Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Apr 16, 2018 • 4:48
Radio station swag
What works? What doesn't? And can I avoid mentioning Viking FM's "Erik the viking" knickers by name? Music from Ignite Jingles. I'm at https://james.crid.landSupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Apr 9, 2018 • 3:43
Live radio is lazy radio
No, really. https://james.crid.land is where I live. Ignite Jingles made the intro. https://podnews.net is worth subscribing to. Auphonic made this sound (even) nicer.Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Apr 2, 2018 • 3:17
Is radio dead? This futurist thinks so
I'm a radio futurologist, not a futurist, of course.My website: https://james.crid.landMusic by Ignite JinglesSupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Mar 25, 2018 • 3:39
The great Norwegian experiment - switching off FM
Live, from Vienna Austria...My weekly newsletter is at https://james.crid.landSupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Mar 18, 2018 • 3:46
Digital-first radio
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Mar 11, 2018 • 2:47
We can learn lots from European radio
Music in this episode is from Ignite Jingles (my introduction) and stolen without any permission at all from Reelworld (the other two loud boom-bang-a-bang jingles). My weekly newsletter - https://james.crid.land - and my daily podcast news website - https://podnews.netSupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Mar 7, 2018 • 4:06
Is your website HTTPS? And should you care?
I'm at https://james.crid.land Podcasting news is at https://podnews.net Nice music like this is from Ignite JinglesSupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Feb 26, 2018 • 3:47
AM: death by a thousand transmitters
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Feb 22, 2018 • 4:11
The UK: almost ready to switch off FM?
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Feb 11, 2018 • 4:06
Broadcast radio - are data-driven ads the future?
Music by Ignite Jingles. Hair by the podcast host. My weekly newsletter: https://james.crid.land Daily podcast news: https://podnews.netSupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Feb 4, 2018 • 3:19
Young people don't listen to the radio
It's true, young people don't listen to the radio, a man in the bar told me. Links:http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/news/musicnews/this-years-hottest-100-is-record-breaking-year/9350308http://www.radiomagonline.com/blogentry/1313http://www.commercialradio.com.au/content/mediareleases/2018/2018-01-29-record-numbers-listen-to-commercial#.Wm7r2ZP1WL5Music is by Ignite Jingles Weekly newsletter here: https://james.crid.landDaily podcast news here: https://podnews.netThis episode was edited on REAPER wh
Jan 28, 2018 • 3:59
Should radio take podcasting more seriously?
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Jan 23, 2018 • 2:53
How are we listening to audio in 2018?
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Jan 15, 2018 • 3:47
The Brits are turning off AM - SHOULD WE PANIC????!!!1
My website - https://james.crid.land My podnews website - https://podnews.net Music in this episode is from Ignite Jingles Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Jan 9, 2018 • 3:14
Australian radio’s christmas-time sabotage
I have no idea what Aussie radio is doing, but it works anyway. Weekly newsletter: https://james.crid.land Daily podcast news: https://podnews.net Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Dec 21, 2017 • 4:10
FM licences will be worth less - but it doesn't matter
My weekly radio trends newsletter is at https://james.cridland.net Daily podcast news at https://podnews.net Music is from Ignite Jingles It's a Rode Podcaster that I use for this.Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Dec 14, 2017 • 4:20
Presenters and blogs - make it stop
My weekly radio newsletter has a new home at https://james.crid.land My daily podnews newsletter doesn't. It's at https://podnews.net Music for this week's episode is by Ignite Jingles.Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Dec 10, 2017 • 3:01
Smart speakers for smart listeners
Music in this episode is from Ignite Jingles. My weekly newsletter is at https://james.cridland.net My daily podcasting newsletter is at https://podnews.net My favourite beer is IPA.Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Nov 28, 2017 • 3:00
Is it time for radio to tune out of TuneIn?
My weekly newsletter is at http://james.crid.land Daily podcast news at https://podnews.net Music for this episode is by Ignite Jingles.Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Nov 21, 2017 • 4:51
Why UK radio is doing so well
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Nov 16, 2017 • 3:30
What to put in your top-of-hour ident to make people listen longer
In which I pretend to be an authoritative voiceover. Music by Ignite Jingles http://james.cridland.net is where I liveSupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Nov 5, 2017 • 4:02
The Main Studio Rule - US radio’s biggest opportunity in years
Where I talk about local radio for local people - and how the FCC's abolition of an outdated rule is the best news for radio you've ever, ever, ever had. Music: by Ignite Jingles Get my weekly newsletter at https://james.cridland.net Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Oct 31, 2017 • 4:25
A visit to Q Radio in Belfast
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Oct 5, 2017 • 3:26
The UK’s slow road to AM/FM switchoff
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Oct 1, 2017 • 5:02
OzPod 2017- the state of podcasting in September 2017
From the ABC Australian Podcasting Conference on 8th September, here's an extra: my speech, covering everything that's going on with podcast consumption. Find it with pictures at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N80i6OMc-BgSupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Sep 10, 2017 • 25:19
The thing most radio station websites forget
There is a thing that you'd be surprised is left off most websites. Allow me to tell you what. james.crid.land is mine; podnews.net is also mine but kind of different.Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Sep 5, 2017 • 3:36
Shopping with the radio
Coles Radio is pretty clever. So is james.crid.land - my own website - and podnews.net for daily podcasting news.Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Sep 3, 2017 • 2:31
Radio should go where the speakers are
A theory. Prove me wrong at james@crid.land - or get my newsletter, http://james.crid.landSupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Aug 15, 2017 • 5:00
Saying thank you
I rather like Tony Blackburn's politeness on Twitter. As should you!Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Aug 8, 2017 • 3:00
Social media goes massive for Slovenian radio hosts
A clever thing from Slovenia's Hitradio Center.Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Aug 8, 2017 • 3:07
Is zero-rated data good news for radio?
My weekly newsletter is james.crid.landMy daily podcast news website is podnews.netMy favourite colour is green.Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Jul 13, 2017 • 3:38
Lazy Buggles Headlines
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Jul 8, 2017 • 2:35
Smart ads aren't so smart - so when will we fix streaming?
In which I watch some telly and see the same ad six times. My weekly newsletter is at james.crid.land - and daily podcasting and on-demand news is at podnews.net Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Jun 28, 2017 • 4:41
Radio engineers need to talk too!
I go to the Technorama conference in Campbelltown NSW, and learn things. My weekly radio trends newsletter: james.crid.land My daily podcast and on-demand news service: podnews.net Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Jun 22, 2017 • 2:46
Radio and young people - is it an on-demand future?
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Jun 15, 2017 • 3:49
Learning from China
Asia's capacity for change is enormous - is that helping their radio industry? You can get my weekly radio newsletter at james.crid.land and daily podcast news at podnews.netSupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Jun 6, 2017 • 2:34
Get your tech right for an emergency
After the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester this week, I look at some things you might want to consider to help you prepare for next time. My weekly newsletter is at http://james.crid.land Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
May 23, 2017 • 3:55
Lessons on radio's future from 1941
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May 21, 2017 • 4:02
Simple radio marketing that works
I noticed one station in particular on a recent long drive. My newsletter is jolly good. It's at james.crid.land if you want it. Or, frankly, even if you don't.Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Apr 19, 2017 • 3:19
Where is the best radio in the world?
In this episode I annoy lots of people, particularly the entire non-English speaking world. Sorry about that. You can get my newsletter at james.crid.landSupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Apr 18, 2017 • 4:23
Is Beats 1 really “the biggest radio station in the world”?
Is it really the biggest station in the world? That's what they claim - so do any numbers point to that being even vaguely true? Or is it another Apple reality distortion field? (Damn, I wish I'd have used that phrase in here. Still, too late, it's recorded.)My newsletter is very good and you should get it. Go on. james.crid.landSupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Apr 2, 2017 • 6:15
What's the point of a radio conference?
I go to Radiodays Europe, and wonder why more people don't go too. My newsletter is at james.crid.landSupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Apr 2, 2017 • 2:55
I listened to lots of podcasts and this is what I learnt
A great article from NPR here: http://digitalservices.npr.org/post/4-lessons-i-learned-creating-podcasts-managing-editor-npr-one A great newsletter here: https://james.cridland.net Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Mar 14, 2017 • 3:57
What Volkswagen can teach us about radio’s future
This was recorded on a Google Pixel, using the Bees Recorder. You'll probably notice some strange audio artifacts in this, and I'm not quite sure where they've come from. It's also distorting a little. You can get my weekly newsletter at http://james.cridland.netSupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Mar 8, 2017 • 3:13
Getting out of the studio with a USB microphone
I take the Shure MV51 USB microphone for a test drive. Quite literally: it's what I used to record this. (No processing was applied). In Australia, Shure is distributed by jands.com.au who sent me this for review. My weekly newsletter is at https://james.cridland.net and you should get it.Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Feb 26, 2017 • 2:33
The state of podcasting today - from the award organisers
I spoke to the Cast Away Awards for podcasting in Australia: http://castawayawards.com.au/ and the British Podcast Awards: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/ Music is from the excellent Ignite Jingles - http://www.ignitejingles.com/ My website for my newsletter is https://james.cridland.net You can support this podcast at https://www.patreon.com/radiofuturologistSupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privac
Feb 14, 2017 • 2:47
Making the most of your content - the Super Bowl edition
In this podcast, I talk about a sport I don't understand. You can get my weekly newsletter at http://james.crid.land - please do, it's ace.Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Feb 8, 2017 • 3:03
Hacking radio stations - the new normal ##EXPLICIT LANGUAGE##
"The following podcast contains explicit language" (if we're being exact, five F-words in relatively quick succession. Brace yourself!)You can get my normally non-sweary newsletter at http://james.crid.land Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Jan 31, 2017 • 3:15
Did the iPhone really destroy radio?
I look back at the iPhone's destruction of the radio industry, ten years after it launched. My weekly newsletter is at james.crid.land and if you want a daily media news email, that's at media.info/daily The image is of Tokyo FM's iPhone app, the first radio station streaming app in Japan, taken in 2010. I bet you're not really interested.Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Jan 24, 2017 • 3:54
Is it all over for live overnight radio?
BBC Radio 2 budget: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/insidethebbc/reports/pdf/BBC-FS-2016.pdf BBC Press announcement: http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2017/r2-schedule-changes BBC Radio 2 audience figures: https://media.info/radio/stations/bbc-radio-2/listening-figures BBC Radio 2's playout system problems: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/oct/27/radio-2-glitch-listeners-baffled You can get my weekly newsletter at http://james.crid.landSupport the show.This
Jan 15, 2017 • 4:00
Norway switches off FM. Why don't they just stream everything?
Norway has started switching off (almost) every FM transmitter, replacing it with DAB+. But why aren't they just streaming everything? I do some tedious maths. And here's the maths written down, because, heavens, this was a difficult podcast to make even approachably interesting. This week, FM broadcasts in one area of Norway finally fall silent. The majority of radio stations move over to broadcast on DAB+, alongside online and DTV. The whole country will have turned off FM by the end of
Jan 8, 2017 • 5:26
The great radio switchoff
Broadcasting on AM? You might want to think about your future strategy. Sorry. Music for this episode from Lee Rosevere. I have a newsletter which is very good and now reaches over 2,500 people. Subscribe at https://james.cridland.net So, then. Happy New Year and all.Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Jan 3, 2017 • 3:11
Why radio matters
Here's why radio matters - and why I hope your local station was live, not voicetracked, on Christmas morning. Audio is from Luke Grant on 2GB and 4BC, via radiorewind.comSupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Dec 24, 2016 • 2:23
The radio station in a pub, and other company-run stations
Lee Rosevere does the music for this, while I write a very good weekly newsletter which you should get, from https://james.cridland.netSupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Dec 19, 2016 • 2:22
Barking mad - radio for dogs
BBC Radio London's Barking Hour lives here on Thursdays: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p011nd8m Pedigree K9FM showreel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E9H3jCoTE4 You can get my weekly newsletter at james.crid.land and daily media news at media.info/dailySupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Dec 12, 2016 • 3:36
Making digital-first radio
Here's Michael Mason's memo in full: https://www.radioinfo.com.au/news/abc-radio-eyes-and-ears-2020 Music from Leo Rosevere's Music For Podcasts. Podcast clip from All In The Mind: https://player.fm/series/71/167246214 You can get my weeekly newsletter, go on, treat yourself, at http://james.crid.landSupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Dec 6, 2016 • 2:59
Boom 97.3's Christmasizer 2000 - a podcast extra!
Try it out at http://www.boom973.com/player/ - it's fun! For about ten seconds. But still, fun. Music: Leo Rosevere's Music For Podcasts 3. I found another album of his. Also: get my newsletter, at james.crid.landSupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Dec 4, 2016 • 1:51
NPR One - the future of connected radio?
Is NPR One the future of connected radio? I think so. It uses atomisation and Lego-bricking to produce a great, personalised, listen. In this podcast I'll explain those nonsense terms.Music by Leo Rosevere. I run a free newsletter at http://james.crid.land which you should get. Also, get daily media news at https://media.info/daily which is also very good.Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Nov 29, 2016 • 3:18
Radio in cars - popular everywhere
Clip of Michael Hill from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdtdHFh3NhMClip of Tony Kendall is from https://vimeo.com/191745121Music is by Leo RosevereFor even more figures, read https://media.info/radio/news/radio-accounts-for-80-of-listening-in-car You can get my weekly newsletter at http://james.crid.land Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Nov 21, 2016 • 2:31
The lazy antique radio photo - and what we need to do to eradicate it
In this podcast, I get a bit irritated at websites and newspapers using lazy antique radio photos, and propose something to fix it. Music credit: Leo Rosevere, Music for Podcasts, track 1. You can get my weekly newsletter at james.crid.land Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Nov 15, 2016 • 2:33
Malaysia: where radio is even more popular
You can get my weekly newsletter at james.crid.land or get daily media news at media.info/dailySupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Nov 14, 2016 • 2:49
The one-man radio station with 35,000 listeners
You can get my weekly newsletter at james.crid.land - and sign up to daily media news at media.info/dailySupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy
Nov 14, 2016 • 5:21
