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Asian Radio Day in Seoul, Korea
Picture: Participants at Radio Day Asia 2015 This was the third time Radiodays Europe was organizing a full Radio Day in Asia with its partner AIBD (Asia-Pacific

The GEN Summit
This year the 6th GEN Summit will be held on 15-17th June 2016. The Summit is the major event of the Global Editors Network a

Mark the dates for RDE 2017!
Radiodays Europe has previously been in held in Copenhagen, Barcelona, Berlin, Dublin, Milan and Paris. – We are moving around like a circus, but

Next Radiodays Europe will be held in Amsterdam 19-21 March 2017!
Radiodays is always fun, but the city of Amsterdam will offer a wealth of fun for everyone. And for those of you who like culture,

Thank you, Paris, for a great Radiodays 2016!
Social media There was a lot going on in social media during the conference. Have a look! #RDE16 Photos from the conference If yowant

Radio branded content in a multiplatform world
Here are some of my favourites: ABSOLUTE RADIO BREAKFAST has been sponsored by UK DIY chain, Wickes for four years. They run the feature ‘Tool

European broadcaster form a Digital Radio Alliance
Read the PRESS RELEASE The 12 companies involved run more than 300 radio stations and reach more than 130 million listeners. Meeting at the annual Radiodays Europe conference they elected the

Morning Show Secrets Revealed!
CurrieNorden (www.currienorden.com) developed an online content tester called ‘Ultimate Air Check’. Using this tool, you can upload audio from your radio show, choose your audience,

What caught my eye? – Next Gen
Our 2016 NextGeners were Caroline Lagergren, Laura Gallop, Madeleine Koellner, Samppa Rautio, Juliette Nichols, Nevena Kostadinovic, Pete Maguire and Alex Maximov – all of whom

Storytelling in new media
The session centred on how a radio story can use visual elements to enhance storytelling and add new dimensions to the voices and sounds recorded?

Lessons learned by American radio at the dawn of the digital era
Michael begins by stating that the world of radio is so sophisticated and the presentations he’s seen throughout Radiodays Europe have been so incredibly humbling

What’s Your Leadership Message?
With the aid of some red balls and some willing participants in the audience, he described how the key aim of a speech is message

Finding a way to brand your radio
One mistake that a lot of radio stations make is to advertise about famous musicians and celebrities, basically content that is not about their listeners.

RateOnAir: a portable solution for Radio measurement
Arnaud Annebicque who is regional business director at Médiamétrie in France explained how the technology that captures data is small in size. This is key

Music meets radio – a changing relationship
The main theme of the talk was how the relationship between music producers, the record industry and radio is changing. It was a public

Everything you ever needed to know about Programmatic Advertising
Agencies and advertisers are embracing automated processes and data-driven media buying, and the radio industry must get on board to stay competitive. This compelling

In-car Radio – a dashboard disaster?
If you have recently seen an advert for a new car, you would have to look long and hard to find one featuring a radio.

The new generation of listeners
Patrick focuses on young people age 12-24. He shows the results from a very recent BBC youth and media needs project – an ethnographic study

Join in the chat!
Thomas Doduik, Director, Europe 1, gave a brief overview of how his station is aiming to reach an audience online. Currently, with over one million

Creating the Main Event!
At Star FM they wanted to use events to promote the radio station and grow the average hour audience from 50,000 to 100,000 – whilst

The Diversity Challenge
Relevance is harder now than ever before. Perspective is absolutely critical, Susan Marjetti uses the example of an art class, wherever you sit within the

We’re Not Sexy and we know it, but…
This talk was presented and hosted by the European Parliament. They discussed how the European union consists of 28 countries that have totally different political

Podcast – disrupting audio on demand
Podcasts will be for radio like Netflix is for TV. You can listen to or download them whenever you feel like it. You are not

Listen to your screen, or watch your radio?!
RTBF is the leading Belgian French speaking radio group, which has experienced exponential growth over the last five years, they also oversee three television channels

Radio in France
Benoit Cassaigne, Senior VP for Médiamétrie a national audience research company, gave an overall description of how the sector works in the country. This includes

Emotional Marketing
There are four elements to conveying a message with sound music, sound effects, silence and voice. She focused on verbal information. She undertook research into

Radio stations need each other more than ever when facing global competitors’.
Graham begins by asking, ‘How do we ensure radio stays relevant for the youth? In a world where you can stream any song how can you

Talk matters in the UK
LBC was the first commercial radio station in the UK, but has only recently enjoyed real success. There are several reasons why LBC is now

Download pictures from Radiodays Europe in Paris
If you follow this link, Photos , and use the password radio, you can access the photos, and even download them. Click on all galleries if you want to see

“Is a good story a bad story?”
For Haagerup, too many radio broadcasters focus on bad stories. Being critical is a really important tool but it is not the goal. Conflict, crooks and victims.