In the last few years technology in radio has drastically improved. Once we didn’t even have audio editing software, now we have presenters doing shows from home.    New technology, descript, allows you to edit a transcription of audio and those edits appear in the audio file. It even allows you to change words

One of the things that both big and small companies are all thinking about is how to digitise radio and audio content says Sam Bonham (Podcast Editor at BBC). Vincent Benveniste (CEO of DAVID Systems) points out the Øresund Bridge and how it's used as a connecting lifeline between two countries. We

Music classics never get old. From Bohemian Rhapsody to Yesterday, classics remain on listeners' playlists and broadcast on radio. Sean Ross in this session showed how old and classic hits took over the radio. The truth is that the classics didn't just stay in the memory of the last century. Classics are increasingly broadcast

Patricia Sonius, Head of Research & Development at STER, notes that when a brand spends money on media only 5% of that goes to radio despite it making up a much higher percentage of the media people consume.  Her research shows that media and marketing professionals don’t understand how beneficial radio can be,

In this detailed session, James Cridland, the Radio Futurologist and Editor of Podnews, chatted with Johan Seidefors, the Nordic Head of Content at Spotify.  Johan looks after both podcasts and music for the streaming giant. He said that he said that that makes sense, especially in a smaller market like the Nordics. "We

Those allow him to look ahead, figure out where in a radio show he is, and scribble things as he presents to include later in his show.  Stephanie Hirst (Host at Hits Radio) does the same. There's nothing better than prep. At Hits, she can look at the logs weeks ahead and even

The modernization of cars also challenges radio to keep up with development. It was from this idea that Joe D’Angelo and Gereon Joachim spoke about their various experiences, existing opportunities, challenges and expectations. Despite the challenges that new audio platforms bring, Joe recalled their differences: "Sotify it ́s not radio”. Cars feature a wide

Mark Cunning, CEO & Content Director at iRadio, knows how powerful radio is - coming back to the Spiderman quote “with great power comes great responsibility”. When it comes to ‘responsibility’ it is important to put differences aside and create a cause which stations can collaborate on, regardless of previous rivalry. This

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