Category: Radio

Some interesting, if somewhat unclear, new developments in radio to talk about. First off, there’s podshows.com which aims to deliver specially-made “radio” shows straight to your mp3 player. There are a host of DJs that you’ve heard of like Tony Blackburn and Paul Gambaccini amongst others, all of whom are supplying shows. You then just…

The Independent has an interview (be quick, it’ll probably disappear into a subscription area in a week) with Johnny Vaughan today – or Vaughany as he seems to be called in the text. Just one small point on Fighting Talk: “Naturally, the Americans are all over it and want to buy the rights.” Erm, isn’t…

You’ve got two more days to catch episode one of the repeated series Ed Reardon’s Week, currently going out in the much friendlier 6.30pm slot. Don’t miss it!

One of the things that I did manage during my epic journey (below) was a chance to listen to the rest of Nebulous, a comedy science fiction series that aired on Radio 4 earlier this year. I really enjoyed it, and hope that it gets a CD release because I could listen to it a…

The BBC World Service has just begaun a new series, Controlling Science, examining ways in which 11 Sept has changed the way science works. The first episode, broadcast this week, examined the way the US has become much stricter on Visas to the point at which foreign students no longer want to study there, and…

Lots of fun and games in radio today, with Chris Evans first being linked with a networked weekend ILR show, and then signing another deal with Radio 2 to broadcast a couple of one-off shows over Easter. All of a sudden he’s the most in demand radio presenter in the country following his appearance on…

Radio 4’s controller Mark Damazer has announced a few changes on Radio 4 from today, many of which were signposted in his recent Mediaguardian interview. The most interesting has to be the 90 minute adaptations of recent(ish) plays. It’s been a while since there was a regular drama slot for pieces over an hour, aside…

Isn’t that a headline you’ve always wanted to see? OK, so it’s “Foxy” these days, and he’s leaving Capital. Of course it’s all down to his burdonsome TV load: “I have and always will be a radio man through and through but I’ve got a lot of ITV shows coming up and I’ve learned you…

It’s a busy time in radio at the moment with Lord Ali making a bid for my employers, Kelvin taking the Wireless Group off the stock market, and now Jazz FM renaming to Smooth FM, and losing all pretence of actually playing any Jazz. Obviously, I’ll be watching carefully to see what happens were SMG…

I’ve been catching up with a radio comedy I’ve read nothing about anywhere called Ed Reardon’s Week. Episode 4 is on the BBC’s Listen Again player at the moment, but I knew I was going to enjoy this when “Ed” began his diary bemoaning book reviews and how “Fattie” would be laying into his book…

Chain Reaction has been a fascinating Radio 4 series in which a celebrity pick’s someone to interview, and the following week, interviewee turns interviewer and chooses a new guest. People this series have included Jenny Eclair, Mat Lucas, Johnny Vegas and Stewart Lee. Lee was interviewing comic book writer Alan Moore this week. Alan Moore…

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…