Photo: Steve Martin. Used under licence
Hello there. I’m James Cridland, and I’ve been working in radio and new media for the last fifteen years or so. This website kindly links to my blog, and you’ll see the odd blog posting too from me here.
Last week, the great and good from the radio industry met in [...]
Categories: Uncategorized
Tagged: conference, radio, radio academy
I just read the post below this one – a great and interesting piece by my colleague Robin Valk – regarding the iPhone and Pandora’s wildly successful app for it. As he points out, it is a huge step forward as it brings together many of the things that need to be present whenever [...]
Categories: Digital, Music, Programming, Satellite Radio
Tagged: Content, E Street Radio, Micro-channels, radio, Satellite Radio, Sirius, Springsteen
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 [...]
Categories: Commercial, Digital, Internet, Localism, Music, Podcasting, Production, Programming, Satellite Radio, Strategy
Tagged: Alt Nation, Coldplay Nation, Programming, radio, Sirius
I got a call last night which shocked me.
After the phone rang I took a look at the caller ID and saw by the number that it was yet another telemarketer. Instead of ignoring it or picking up and then immediately hanging up as I usually do, I decided to answer it up and see [...]
Categories: Programming, Satellite Radio, Strategy
Tagged: Customer Service, radio, Satellite Radio