I lead the R&D team for the BBC’s Audio & Music interactive team – we call ourselves BBC Radio Labs- and we try to take new technologies and internet trends and apply them to the BBC’s radio stations and music services. And I plan to write about some of these prototypes and experiments here – [...]
Categories: Audience, Community, Development
Tagged: BBC, prototypes, radiopop, social
Here’s a little local story. I spent a LARGE chunk of my working life, just under 20 years, working for BRMB, the first commercial station in Birmingham, in the UK. I joined them 35 years ago, pre-launch, as a baby rock jock, and left as Head of Music and Research, having done pretty much everything [...]
Categories: Commercial, Community, Deregulation, Localism, Ownership, Programming
I was on the dinosaur table at the University Radio York 40th Anniversary celebration dinner in York last month. URY is the oldest student radio station in the UK, and I was a founder jock once they stopped mucking about and got legal.
It was a nice night. The current crew are pleasant, clear-headed, and there [...]
I’m in New York this week, but listening to a stream off a hybrid radio/social networking site out of Chicago. Vocalo is in repeats right now, recycling a 6 hour Friday chunk for the second time over the weekend. It’s got a real FM frequency too. But here’s the twist: it’s different. I’ve not heard [...]
Categories: Community, Development, Digital, Documentary, Education, Localism, Podcasting, Production
Tagged: Chicago, Community Radio, Public Radio