Hotspot of the audio industry: Radiodays Europe will take place in Munich in 2024!
Munich to host Radiodays Europe 2024 The event will take place at the ICM Munich from March 17 to 19, 2024 Local partners are Bayerischer Rundfunk, Antenne Bayern Group, Verband Bayerischer Lokalrundfunk (VBL), Vereinigung Bayerischer Rundfunkanbieter (VBRA) as well as the City of Munich and the Free State of Bavaria The partnership is coordinated by XPLR: MEDIA in Bavaria Munich, March 28, 2023 – Radiodays Europe, the international meeting place for
The success behind the best podcast of 2022
“We try to explain something people know a little bit about, but not really the full story,” explained Susan Matthews, Executive Editor at Slate, how a history podcast Slow Burn picks their topic. “We always think about what is the thing that is going to be relevant when we air it,” Matthews
The feeling that everything is connected… that’s the magic of audio branding
One of the last sessions was covered by Thomas Giger, Branding Consultant & Partner at PURE Jingles from Netherlands, who spoke about programming strategies for Audio Branding. It all started with cart machines in the 50's-90's and it is evolving more day by day. What will be there tomorrow? Will AI be
Journalists as guide dogs, not just watch dogs
“What effect does the current news cycle have on your mood?” is the question Jeremy Druker, the Executive Director in Transitions (TOL) and Meenal Thakur, Project manager & solutions journalism trainer posed to the audience. Depressed, hopeless, powerless, anxious. Those are some of the most repeated responses not only within the journalist
Radio & Podcasting – the Cain & Abel of audio content
Radio and podcast are siblings whose relationship tends to be rather complicated. Using the metaphor of Cain and Abel, Mike Fitzpatrick, the Director of Mediafitz, an audio and talent development company, states the two brothers do not always cooperate as they could. While radio - the older brother - is worried being upstaged
An insight into Czech radio stations
Martina Rihova introduced one of the most known radio stations in the Czech republic – Evropa 2, which has been on the market since the 60s. “We have news on our programme, but just because of the license,” she pointed out at the beginning when asked what the station is about. Evropa
The News Agents Loosen up a Tie
Creating a successful new daily podcast requires a specific combination of different skills and assets. „You cannot bulls*it chemistry.“ says Dino Sofos, executive producer of The News Agents. About a year ago Dino Sofos came up with an idea – creating a daily news podcast with a human touch. There has been enough
Cool tools for your radio station from the world of Podcasting
Podcasting is largely based on the traditional radio format, but how can radio learn from podcasting? James Cridland - radio futurologist and editor of Podnews, informed an eager session about the tools and tricks mainstream radio can take from the medium that 40% of the population is listening to. Transcripts, remote recording software,
“You are not entitled to an audience; you earn it through the choices you make”
Nobody can predict exactly what will happen in the future, but if anybody could, these 4 would be the first ones to ask. The first speaker of the session, Arielle Nissenblatt, founder of EarBuds Podcast Collective, personally recommended recording videos for your podcasts to be safe, because we never know what kind of
Radio has killed too many songs, too soon
“Music research is both science and art,” believes Francis Currie, International Audio Consultant and partner in specialist radio research company, Francis Currie Consulting. Research can help to discover which music people enjoy but on the other hand, relying too much on the research might mean missing not-yet-discovered talents. Proper research depends on