Archive
March 2024
Steve Wright, physical buttons in cars, and threads that bindFebruary 2024
The curious case of the vanishing AM transmitterSpinoff stations grow overall reach
January 2024
Analysing morning news showsHow successful have HD Radio’s additional channels been?
December 2023
A look round Radio FórmulaNovember 2023
Happy 100, Aussie RadioOctober 2023
Better user interfaces in cars change radio listeningCareful what the numbers tell you
August 2023
On-demand overtakes liveLink rot, RAJAR and the BBC's global numbers
July 2023
Farewell All Access; congrats Kyle and Jackie OWhat the world's first podcaster would do with radio
June 2023
AI and radioBehind the scenes at 5 Live
Radio 360 launches in Australia: new research
AM given reprieve; Long Wave to go away; radio on TV
May 2023
India tells mobile phone manufacturers to put FM tuners in; and the 'live item tag'AM Radio's US defenders
April 2023
AI starts making radio adsKen Bruce hits the air and Bauer hits its stride
March 2023
Can your presenters publish to your website?AM radio to disappear from more cars
February 2023
Robot radio comes closer, with RadioGPT - but is it any good?CBC to turn off transmitters (but not yet); and Google stops working
BBC pulls its stations from Radioplayer, and the RAJAR figures
January 2023
Ken Bruce, and live radio goes LITThe big AM switchoff gathers pace
December 2022
Christmas: a special time for the radioRadio marketing
November 2022
RAJAR, MIDAS, Local BBC Radio, and privacyOctober 2022
BBC Sounds sees no growth; but ABC sees 22% increaseSeptember 2022
The BBC dismantles Steve Wright, the World Service, and the Prime MinisterNonsense numbers, and the funeral
Radio's multiplatform radio figures from Australasia
BBC Sounds, Kenny Everett carts, and breakfast radio vs podcasts
July 2022
Getting more value from the archiveBBC Sounds in the BBC Annual Report: the numbers
Why is Aussie radio booming?
June 2022
Canadian radio, and the rise of smart speakersMay 2022
BBC cuts; TechSurvey, RAJARThe end of music radio on AM? TuneIn cuts stations off; and DRM's relationship with the BBC
April 2022
Radio on the tellyA radio receiver for people with dementia
March 2022
Shortwave radio: who owns the receivers?February 2022
Emergency broadcasting, radio's market share, and the launch of AlfredThe curious case of the radio station that broke peoples' cars
The end of open, as audio goes exclusive
January 2022
Is no news good news? And: funding the BBCThe BBC's fight against stupid
Radio vs Spotify - some data
December 2021
Infinite Dial UK results, and 'Local BBC Radio'November 2021
An Infinite Dial for the UK, at lastMore talk, less music
Radio is a hit for car drivers
The UK's new radio figures
October 2021
FM switchoff in the UK; and a nerdy look at AM transmission characteristics4BC switches frequency; and a landmark for UK commercial radio
The BBC World Service sees more listeners, and Ceefax lives!
Stories of goodbyes, radio in Afghanistan, and that's a good question
September 2021
Live radio and on-demand radio are two different thingsPodcast-first radio
The CRA's good week
Behind the Chris Evans Radio 1 breakfast show
August 2021
The people who don't listen to radio on a radioGlobal makes a global hiring; female voices and the radio
Why the words we use matter
Who owns Inside Radio? And a syndicated show with a difference
Switzerland to turn off FM - the campaign to save it
July 2021
Podcasts on your radio; radio in your Deezer; listeners on the airThe future of radio in Africa; and more stations in Belgium
Vale Jono Coleman, and the birth of talKRADIO, er, TV
Who cares? Plus, Audacy's 350 new stations
June 2021
Radio by the numbers; and Ed SheeranConferences, trust, and radio in the car
May 2021
The 24-hour radio station with three hours of programmingMarch 2021
How's that spelt?February 2021
Radio's unique point of differenceDecember 2020
Spotify's music radio, new stations and lazy BugglesOctober 2020
An rare English opportunity in SwitzerlandSeptember 2020
Radio in pandemic: what happens?Greatest Hits Radio, the Hit Network, and worldwide radio data
August 2020
Apple gets serious about online radio? And join me in a webinarJuly 2020
Bauer's strategy towards Hits, SCA moves away from Hit, the changing world of radio ratings, and US VCsJune 2020
iHeartRadio's radio advertising works; and Iain LeeTim Davie, Alan Jones, Herr Bauer, and US radio figures
May 2020
Giraffes, lockdown, and Times RadioApril 2020
Radio - holding up well?The effect on radio consumption
March 2020
Radio hunkers downNice shared video, and Tesla start taking AM/FM radio out of their cars
February 2020
Terms and Conditions, Times Radio, and always order twoWhen should you ignore the data? And the UK's new RAJARs
iHeart redundancies, BBC Sounds growth
January 2020
Bushfire radio, a new Content Officer at KCRW, and the reality behind the hypeDecember 2019
Calling a listener to check they're okayLBC's election coverage; and Alfred shows us the future
Spot-checking radio's customer service
Tin hats, conspiracies and censorship
November 2019
Personalisation comes ever closerRansomware, Asia, and a radio station just broadcasting podcasts
RAJAR breakdown; TuneIn; and Slovenian music quotas
TuneIn court case; and buses
October 2019
The launch of LBC News; RAIN Summit Europe; DAB listening in AustraliaData, data everywhere
BBC Radio 1 invites... you; WBAI; and driveless cars
Channel switchers and TuneIn
September 2019
Hire people with opinionsThe Future of Radio in the Netherlands - and is 5G the future?
NPR - podcasting will be bigger than radio next year
Switzerland to switch off FM; and Lazy Buggles
Google Assistant - even more like a DJ
July 2019
The future of radio in 1972Radio - more than just AM/FM
Upgrading DAB receivers for DAB+, and a panel from New Zealand
June 2019
New Heart Breakfast; the Global Player; and RovaThe FM chip delusion
May 2019
Where should a radio station be? And RAJAR Q1 2019FM is king, but digital is queen
What's the future for AM radio?
April 2019
Video in radio studios, and the DAB pirates are hereAt the NAB Show, and Capital's new breakfast show
From Radiodays Europe - control and irrelevance
Radiodays Europe starts, and user interfaces for radio
March 2019
BBC blocks Google from its podcastsSmart speakers and Bauer purchases
Australia: don't link to our stuff; UK says bye to local breakfast
February 2019
Radio - the gecko's cheating on youOnline listening up (a bit); smart speakers aren't all good though
Bauer's spending spree
Does a TV channel show radio's future? And, radio revenues up - mostly
January 2019
Chris Evans on Virgin, Scala Radio to launch - another great week for UK radioFortunately goes exclusive to the BBC Sounds app; and adblocking comes to the radio
Self-awareness vs self-indulgence
December 2018
Predictions for radio in 2019, and Vista Radio's charity successRadiodays Asia - a new radio conference, coming next year
Global adds (other peoples') podcasts into their app
November 2018
Smart speakers that aren't, and Radio Live to closeRadio in the car needs to get better - and here's how
Is new technology a bad thing for radio?
Good news in South Africa; Ofcom's localness changes
October 2018
Podcast measurement - more fractured than radio?Do you need a radio station building at all? And free RAIN Summit Europe tickets
New tech means more choice, and the Apple Podcasts Chart is screwed, so what comes next?
Why are you in radio anyway? And a beautiful transmitter in Germany
Personalisation of linear radio; and Pandora bought by SiriusXM
September 2018
The secret to achieving a growing radio industry?Twitter launches a 'live podcasting' service - or, as we know it, radio
Chris Evans's gamble
Smart speakers and public radio fans
August 2018
Object-based media, and a radio station for catsAmazon Alexa to come to cars
Got any funny radio bloopers? Plus, iHeart automates segues
Media consumption from New Zealand; iHeart adds music discovery playlist
July 2018
A park bench, how to use your street teams, and talk radioAlexa increases online listening by seven times
German multi-platform radio, and linking to podcasts with least friction
DAB in Germany; Radio up in New Zealand; Entercom's 'shiny new toy' issue
BBC Sounds gets launched, longer ads apparently preferred, and Bobby Bones
June 2018
Google launch Android podcast support; and is voice synthesis part of the future?Next Radio speakers announced; and learning radio's future from NPR
Are we moving to an all-IP future? And NPR increases audience again
What is a radio, anyway?
May 2018
Measuring radio's best customersA top 10 place on the Apple Podcasts Charts for sale
The MIDAS touch - RAJAR tells us how people listen to the radio
Digital radio brings tight targeting opportunities
April 2018
A prize goes on the first day of a promotion; and is podcasting going to eat radio?Bauer's new strategy, and lots of podcast data
Spotify's car music player, and weekends now last three days in London
Live radio is... lazy radio?
Is radio dead? A futurist thinks so...
March 2018
BBC's switchover plans that aren't; and the right way to deal with iHeart's bankruptcyDeath of AM, and modern radio's honesty
Digital-first radio stations, and the Infinite Dial 2018
HTTPS websites and iHeartMedia possibly bankrupt?
February 2018
A new kids station in Australia, and a new online station in the UKKyle Sandilands in a new podcast
Why people enter radio competitions, and the UK's RAJAR figures
Young people and the radio, Spotify to get more expensive, and personalised ads
January 2018
Scripps: radio out, podcasting in; and triplej's Hottest 100 shows radio still big for the youngSlate magazine - a quarter of their revenues come from audio
Smart speakers: radio's friend, but less so for podcasts
Small-scale DAB in the UK - how should it work? And good radio station branding
Dick Orkin dies; BBC switches off more AM transmitters, smart speakers a hit
December 2017
Australia's christmas sabotage, and UK radio to get deregulatedBBC and Cumulus both launch smart speaker skills, and a confusing LUFS story
Radio that makes you feel better, first on Twitter, Global is medium of the year