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Music classics will always be hit songs
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
Looking for advertisers in different places
Patricia Sonius, Head of Research & Development at STER, notes that when a brand spends money on media only 5% of that goes to radio
What’s up with Spotify?
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
Caring is the difference
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
The in-car radio experience continues to attract investment.
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
“When we pull together as an industry we are pretty unstoppable”
Mark Cunning, CEO & Content Director at iRadio, knows how powerful radio is – coming back to the Spiderman quote “with great power comes great
Imaging producers are your most played artists
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
Women of the M People
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
Podcasts and collaborations – a way forward
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
The future of radio in the car
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
Casting the net wide for new talent
“Finding new talent is essential to stay relevant with young people” . He looks further afield, trying to lower the barriers to entry, to create
What boxing and radio have in common
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
Diversity in public service broadcasting
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
The emergence of podcasts always leads to a good Q&A
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
Get your listener’s attention
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
How to compete with Apple Podcasts when you create your own app
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
Audio is taking over!
Basia Cummings is the Editor at Tortoise Media, the membership-led newsroom in the UK, which is increasingly becoming an audio production house. What makes Tortoise
So what if your fans only follow you on social media?
Pawel Soltys, CEO at Radio 357, runs an online only radio station and podcast network. Despite being available for free, they make money from the
Podcasts – what business models have emerged in recent years?
In a conversation moderated by Bryan Barletta – Nikolaj Koppel, Rob Greenlee and Rebecca Haase talked about their business models for podcasts and also addressed
How radio responds to crisis
RMF24 is uniquely placed as the largest commercial radio station in Europe. Tomasz Ramza (Chief Negotiations Officer & Managing Ad Sales Director of Grupa RMF)
Looking after your staff
Sara Ardizzone is the Head of Human Resources at Bauer Media Audio in Sweden. She talked about some of the challenges Bauer had faced since
The War on Truth
In moments of crisis, information is vital for civilians. How do journalists react and respond in newsrooms when their own nations or neighbours find themselves
Every growth needs a strategy: what will be the strategy for audio?
In a conversation moderated by Martin Liss, Christoph Falke and Stefan Zilk shared their views on media needs. For Christoph it is very important for
Daring to say out loud what has been made silent for too long
Babak Vakili is a rapper and podcaster. He is also a second generation immigrant. He realised children like him felt alienated by society, often asked
Car development and audio quality move forward hand in hand
Radio has always been a very popular platform in the car, being a closed space, capable of protecting the sound and emitting it with great
Looking to TV to inspire new Audio Dramas
Matti Kajander, Executive Producer at Yle began the session by talking about how YLE in Finland creates music dramas every summer. These music dramas take
How to write a song in 60 minutes
‘As a songwriter and an artist its beautiful to create something for someone else and hopefully they can use that in the future’ recounts singer/songwriter
Let’s stay creative with our podcasts
For this session Julie, the VP of Editorial at PRX and Radiotopia, had a, as she called it, a “meandering conversation” with Tim Hinman, the
Podcasts: from a local phenomenon to worldwide success
Megan Davies, Adam Uytman and Jamie East demonstrated how podcasts can become a worldwide success. At the beginning of the session, Megan said that the
Launching Listnr: the audio app for Australia
Southern Cross Austero (SCA) has 99 commercial radio stations, 105 TV channels, over 108 weekly podcasts, 25 music jukebox stations, and more. Listnr teams all