Selling Off Radio 1. Again.
I think the Conservative Central Office press team must have a recurring press release set up. Every two years or so they, or an MP, argure that Radio 1 really should be sold off. The main argument...
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Chris Evans: Getting Up Early for Britain
Apparently there’s a new breakfast show later this morning. Chris Evans taking over the Radio 2 Breakfast show is the big headline, but what’s fascinating is the knock on it’s going to have to other...
View ArticleDoes Radio 1 Really Need TV Advertising for the Chart?
I like the BBC. I like BBC Radio. I can sort of get over the fact that the national BBC networks spend more than the entire earnings of commercial radio, just on content. I can just about cope with the...
View ArticleComparing Radio 1 and Capital’s Music
I really enjoyed the Radio Festival this year, especially the first session where Global Radio boss Ashley Tabor and BBC boss Tim Davie had a bit of a ding dong about Radio 1 and whether it should be...
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Marketing Innovation
One of the disappointing things about doing lots of digital things for radio stations, is that it rarely gets the marketing focus the other elements of a station does. A billboard for a new cash...
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The New Radio 1 Breakfast Show
The day has finally come. Chris Moyles has announced his departure from the Radio 1 Breakfast Show. After two hours of fierce twitter discussion, the white smoke finally rose out of Newsbeat (or...
View ArticleNick Grimshaw’s Q1/2013 RAJAR Performance
I feel bad writing this one. It’s fundamentally unfair to judge a brand new breakfast show, especially one that followed a renowned programme, after just two quarters on the air. That won’t, of course,...
View ArticleRadio 1 vs Twitter
Some interesting data popped in my Twitter feed today from IPSOS MediaCT – the people that do the fieldwork for RAJAR – all about social network use in the UK. Here’s their infographic. I thought it...
View ArticleVideo on the Radio? Let It Go?
Every year I get a load of emails from students asking for interviews for their dissertations. It’s usually quite a good barometer about what younger media types think are the core radio issues. This...
View ArticleRadio 1’s Seize Summer
I quite like Radio 1’s new promo trail series – ‘Seize Summer’. Now showing on TV and YouTube pre-rolls etc. I think brand campaigns like this are a difficult sell for a Public Service Broadcaster....
View ArticleRadio 1 Using Facebook Events
Radio 1 have been using Facebook in lots of interesting ways recently and I wanted to flag up something they did to promote Zane Lowe’s Masterpieces – a show where they play an album in full with...
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