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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

Earhustle tells the story of people in prison, on their journey from incarceration to freedom.
Nigel and Earlonne met in 2012. They got on professionally straight away, working on a photography project, but it took a while for them to

Truly engaging your audience through Twitter Spaces and WhatsApp.
Sinatou Saka, Editorial Project Manager & Specialised Journalist at RFI & France 24 spoke about using WhatsApp to connect to listeners. She uses a simple

How can you make better ads?
For this conversational session, Kris Clarkin and Diederik van Middlekoop joined Liedewij Hentenaar, to talk about the ways in which the industry can make better

A gang of youth radio stations
Nick Karkazis is the Programme Director and Head of Imaging at SPIN 1038 in Ireland. He doesn’t use the word “youth” too often because his

How to make journalism for citizens not for journalists
Ask Shirish Kulkarni how we save journalism and he’ll tell you he doesn’t want to save journalism. At least not the sexist, racist and homophobic

What talent needs to thrive
As audio competitors like streaming services crop up, it’s only radio and the talent on radio stations that offers advantages over those other services. Commissioned

AI, data and audio is a winning combination indeed!
AI and data can be used by broadcasters to make their content easier to find, access and understand. By utilising technology you can give your

Local radio success stories
Johannes Ott spoke first. He is the CEO of Radio Gong in Munich, Germany. Johannes runs a team of 35 people and has an audience of