Category: Audio

So there’s lots happening on commerical radio today and it’s all very worthy etc. But for God’s sake, get Jade Goody off our airwaves! It’s the aural equivalent of someone running their finger nails down a blackboard. I’d prefer to hear that damn ringtone frog for several hours than put up with this. (Oh, and…

UK Radio Aid is the British radio industry’s bit to help with raising cash for the tsunami fund. My employers will, like many of the rest of the UK’s commercial radio stations, join forces next Monday for 12 hours to simulcast a telethon featuring the great, the good, and the possibly not-so-good of the UK…

I had a bit of a radio plays catchup at the weekend and was hunting around for a good site that regularly reviews radio plays. To be honest I was pretty unsuccessful. I regularly visit Off the Telly which has some excellent TV reviews and features, but I can’t find anything similar for radio. I…

At work we’re always on the look out for the next big thing, and “red button” on the radio is just that. So it’s good to hear that interactivity really can work. Read about the sailor blocking the emergency VHF frequency whilst listening to the Today programme.

Something a bit different now. This comes as a result of a brief correspondence I had following this post. So what follows is a brief look at BBC Radio 3’s audience figures and who listens to what programmes. It’s based on the most recent RAJAR which was released a couple of weeks ago. Download the…

Well yesterday was day one in the High Court battle being made by everyone’s least favourite ex-Sun editor, Kelvin MacKenzie. He’s suing RAJAR for sixty million pounds in lost revenue, because they haven’t adopted the audience measurement technology he likes. RAJAR is the organisation that’s owned jointly by the BBC and commercial radio to supply…

A good short piece by Tim Luckhurst in today’s Times pleaing for the Secretary of State not to kill off analogue radio. I must say that I don’t think it’s going to happen anytime soon. Digital’s great, but it’s completely true that FM can carry on surviving in a digital world. As can AM to…

Many people are upset at the untimely death of John Peel yesterday, at the age of 65. I was never a massive Peel listener, but last night I did listen to Radio 1’s 2 hour tribute which comprised solely of tracks recorded for Peel Sessions over the years. Just listening to the range of songs…

Last week something really big happened in American radio – Howard Stern, the archetypal “Shock Jock” announced that he would be leaving terrestrial radio, and heading to one of the two satellite radio service operators, Sirius Satellite Radio. This is big news for two reasons. One, Sirius is the smaller of the two competing systems…