Category Archives: Podcasting

Viva La…Coldplay 0

I’ve written about these satellite radio micro-channels before here and here and I hate to sound like a broken record, but I will.
Investing in creative, compelling programming pays off.
Sirius just announced that Coldplay will take over one of their channels (Alt Nation) for ten days beginning Friday, June 13th. The launch of the channel, Coldplay [...]

Radio + Social Networks = Perfect Together 1

Andrew Dubber’s post was right on.
As he pointed out, now that social engagement is moving from being a destination to a feature, it’s a big opportunity for radio.
Indeed.
Terrestrial radio has done a lot of things wrong in recent years but a way for them to get back in the game and re-establish their relevance is [...]

Rajar. What did you expect? 0

The quarterly Rajar figures came out this week. Yet more records beaten at the BBC; yet more muted success at best (and disasters at worst) at the Independents. I don’t know of anywhere else where the state sector trashes the private sector quite so emphatically, do you?
But…. it really doesn’t have to be this way. [...]

Something new 0

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 [...]

What, exactly, do we mean by 'Radio'? 1

Following on from Billy Sabbatini’s excellent post on the death or otherwise of Radio, I thought I’d post on something that’s been bothering me for a while.
What, exactly, do we mean by ‘Radio’?