If you look at the most played artist of any radio station, it's probably your imaging producer rather the music you make. They're the people who build your station's brand, increase recognisability and most importantly, increase listenership.  Denzil Lacey (Audio Producer and Sound Designer for SiriusXM) is responsible for some of SiriusXM's 150

Heather Small is the voice and lead vocalist of M People. She had huge hits such as "Moving On Up", "One Night In Heaven" and "Search For The Hero" achieving massive worldwide success. For this very personal session, Heather chatted to the Host of track 1 and Director of Creative Media Partners Ltd, Paul Robinson.  They talked about Heather's

Despite the success of audio, its market is increasingly crowded. This forces producers to reinvent themselves and, in many cases, to collaborate with other producers to achieve success. It was with this premise that Tim Watkin, Arif Noorani and Andrew Davies joined in a conversation and talked about 8 things, among others also

Michael Hill is the Founder and Managing Director at Radioplayer in the UK. He chaired this controversial and conversational session with Philipp Rabels, the Head of Development Entertainment at CARIAD, which is part of the VW Group, ad David Holecek, the Director of Digital Experience at Volvo Car Group. Philipp talked about gaming

“Finding new talent is essential to stay relevant with young people” . He looks further afield, trying to lower the barriers to entry, to create a truly diverse and talented group of presenters.  Between Christmas and New Year Radio 1 Aled populated the entire station with new talent through an uploader anyone could

What might boxing and radio have in common?  For starters, it's always all or nothing. Boxers make calculated risks. You may come out in a worse situation that you started – you could be beaten by shareholders or ratings and the tightrope between success and failure is precarious – but countless hours of

Susanne Fatah is a Journalist at Swedish Radio, Julia Blomberg is a Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator at Swedish Radio, and Geraldine Von Celsing is Head of Recruitment at Swedish Radio. Together, the team is working effectively to recruit staff more consciously, create credible content on air, and grow a more diverse audience.  How are

Since RadioDays is an event related to communication, a session of clarification and sharing of questions and opinions could not be missing. That's how it was in this Q&A session where Daniel Karlsson and Stephanie Donovan, from Triton Digital, answered several questions about podcasting and audio trends. Daniel said he didn't believe many

Benchmarks are features that provide a sense of familiarity for listeners according to Helen Thomas (Head of BBC Radio 2). It's got to fit the station strategy, and well-performed, benchmarks can strengthen station and listener relationships says Anna Rastner (Content Director at Bauer Media Sweden). Getting benchmarks wrong can also be catastrophic says

Natacha Mercure, Première Directrice Audionumérique at Radio Canada opened by explaining their digital strategy for French speaking radio in Canada. They found lots of their content was being shared on platforms like Apple Podcasts without monetisation. So they had to make sure their app provided value to the listener.  Over time they completely