The key difference between broadcasters and Spotify is curation, radio must make good programs with good content. Should we be making local content or should we centralize content production to save money and use better talent? He suggests neither approach is optimal, in Nico’s view a hybrid approach is best. Research suggests the channel doesn’t matter that

“Presenters are like star football players. Messi trains several days a week, but it’s not because he's bad. Likewise, coaching sessions are also vital for presenters” - Nik Goodman’s opening was the kick off to yet another great lesson at Radiodays Europe. Lasse Roldkjer explained how he uses the “appreciative enquiry” feedback model.

With mainstream media finally sailing full tilt into the teal waters of podcast, fans now have another piece of content from their favourite reality TV shows . The room applauded as two executive producers of reality TV pods walked out to tell delegates more about their work. Matt Deegan (Love Island: The Morning After) was

Helen Thomas (Head of Content Commissioning at BBC Radio 2) and Jeff Smith (Head of Music at BBC Radio 2) discussed how to effectively make changes at a market leading radio station.  They questioned when the best time to refresh a station is – and the dangers around turning off loyal listeners with

Morgan Jouber (UX Evangelist, PSA, France), Martin Koch (Head of Entertainment and Multimedia Development, Audi, Germany), Joe D'Angelo (Senior Vice President, Broadcast Radio, Xperi, USA), Laurence Harrison (Market Development Director, Digital Radio UK, UK), Michael Hill, (Managing Director, Radioplayer, UK) and Jim Receveur (CEO, Bauer, Denmark) discussed making radio a central part of connected cars in the future. They

Listen to Tom on day two of Radiodays Europe 2019.  

Listen to Nick on day two of Radiodays Europe 2019.  

Benjamin Buchholz from nacamar talked about the future of IP audio. Is it about the next transmission method, 5G? Is it about devices? No, it’s about the listener and what the listener wants. The listener wants something different, we see that in Netflix. It has to be relevant, personal and with freedom of choice, this is

Third-party aggregators have become part of the digital radio ecosystem, but their relationship with the stations still has lot of rough edges. There used to be a delivery chain that separated producers from distributors. As platforms are becoming content-producers, this brings more risk for broadcasters. Taking control of the user experience becomes crucial.

Matt Deegan introduced James Cridland and Tom Webster to the stage in a session that takes stock of where the podcasting is in 2019. Forcing the audience to stand up and sit down as a sorting mechanism, Matt discovered around 50% of the delegates are involved in the making of podcasts. A keen roomful of podcasters