In this session, three radio - Angi Taylor (Kiss FM, US), Annemieke Schollaardt (NPO Radio 2, Netherlands) and Ivana Miseric (Otvoreni, Croatia) - hosts talked with talent coach Dennis Clark (US) about being an on-air personality, how the role of the radio host has developed over the years, and how they progressed

This year’s Radiodays Europe host country – Austria - is a hotbed of technical talent. In this session, three recent innovations were showcased - from a public broadcaster, commercial broadcaster and an independent technology company. Rüdiger Landgraf (Kronehit, Austria) explained how Skip FM works in the KRONEHIT App. The app allows users to

Why should we care about Smart speakers? Tomas Granryd (SR, Sweden) thinks he has some answers. Some people (inside and outside of the radio industry) believe they are just gadgets, but Tom disagrees. He told the Radiodays audience, that the important thing is not the system - instead it’s about the behaviour. Amazon

"I describe myself as a campaigning journalist" opens Michele Livesey from Key 103 in the UK. For her, radio is tool for campaigning for social change. “There are a few simple questions every journalist needs to ask when mounting a campaign”, Michele said. What's the peg for the campaign and who are the

This was the first of two sessions. Henning Lüdemann kicked off. He is a Sales Manager at RMS (Germany). They're the biggest audio marketer in the country, with 165 commercial FM radio stations and over 100 online audio brands. They are delivering audio ads to 55 million radio listeners per day and

Linda Green (UK) has led the creative strategy for the BBC’s biggest events, channels, brands and cultural change programmes over the last twenty years – and is now an independent specialist. Green takes a scientific approach to creativity. She shared her model for creative leadership: Patterns, People and Purpose. Linda explained that she identifies

Martin Baumgartner (Swissradioworld, Switzerland) kicked things off. Smart speakers have our data, shopping baskets, voice recognition, and companies with endless resources behind them, so why are we still investing in radio? It's a rhetorical question, but a good one. "We need to make the product as attractive as possible" Martin said, "it's our

Jo Stanley started the session, discussing personal branding and content. She took us through a series of exercises to delve into personal branding, to help people stand out and build resilience. She quoted “your brand is what people say about you when you’re not in the room” – and claimed that we

“If you are a depressed regressive, what is there to be excited about?” asked Geoff Lloyd, popular national radio presenter in the UK.  Geoff met Ed Miliband, former UK Labour Leader, whilst interviewing him during his 2015 election campaign. Then, when Geoff took a break from his radio career he asked Ed this

Dave Berry was the host of the Capital FM Breakfast show for over five years before joining Absolute Radio in 2017.  Content Director, Paul Sylvester, was candid at Radiodays Europe and shared his insight into the process behind signing Dave and launching the new programme. “You have always got to be on the