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Radioland, with James Cridland - radio futurologist

A regular audio column with the most interesting news about radio"s future. James is a radio futurologist - a writer, speaker and consultant concentrating on the effect that new platforms and technology are having on the radio business across the world. He has a website at https://james.cridland.net where you can subscribe to Radioland, his newsletter.

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3:33

Naming your own radio station: what’s yours?

Radioland, with James Cridland - radio futurologist ·

2018/09/03

Naming your own radio station: what’s yours? “If you could own a radio station, what would you call it?”, posted a man called Nick in a radio discussion board on Facebook the other day. Now, this Facebook group is mostly comprised of people complaining about how words are being pronounced in radio news bulletins, or photographs of car registration plates that vaguely look like call letters, so this was a welcome change of pace. I grabbed some popcorn and started reading. Quite a

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2:32

Can a smart speaker replace a kitchen radio?

Radioland, with James Cridland - radio futurologist ·

2018/08/26

Can a smart speaker replace a kitchen radio? Last week, a small fluffy bundle arrived in our house. We now have a small puppy - she’s lovely, thank you - and the effect to my radio listening has been interesting. Next to the sofa was a jumble of wires - something to charge an iPad, some USB-C connectors to charge laptops and mobile phones, and a different USB connector to charge an ebook reader and, oh god, my doorbell, I have a wifi doorbell, it needs charging every so often, heaven help

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2:51

Is object-based media in your future?

Radioland, with James Cridland - radio futurologist ·

2018/08/20

Is object-based media in your future? “Object-based media” sounds very techie. But as I stumbled across a BBC Research & Development web page last week highlighting where they've got with it, I am reminded how powerful the idea is (and how much it could play a part in the future of radio). So, what is object-based media? If you're recording a radio program, typically the only thing that you record is the output of the board - just a stereo recording of the stuff you've done

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2:46

iHeartRadio - the future of radio?

Radioland, with James Cridland - radio futurologist ·

2018/08/13

iHeartRadio - the future of radio? iHeartRadio has done something clever this week. In the US, the iHeartRadio app contains a bunch of features - not just live radio streams, but podcasts, algorithmic radio stations and (if you pay for it) a music service much like Spotify. A few weeks ago, it added a feature that brings it up to parity with Spotify - its own version of “Discover Weekly”, that feature that uncannily works out the kind of music you enjoy listening to and gives you more

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2:56

Some new advertising ideas are the pits

Radioland, with James Cridland - radio futurologist ·

2018/08/04

I’m six foot four, something that I’m acutely aware of in two situations: first, whenever I’m on an economy airline flight, and second, whenever I’m on a subway train in Asia. Those useful straps from the ceiling - normally out of my way in the US and Europe, are all fighting to slap me in the face in subway trains in places like Japan, where the average height is 5’7” (171 cm) or Malaysia, where the average is 5’4” (164 cm). Those hand straps get a

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2:58

Podcast positivity

Radioland, with James Cridland - radio futurologist ·

2018/07/29

I spent last week at Podcast Movement in Philadelphia - a conference with 2,300 delegates, it dwarfs any radio conference I've been to.This was a well-run conference: running to time throughout, with ten different tracks that delegates could go to.Reflecting podcasting's diverse nature, some tracks were basic advice about how to promote your show, or what to do in your podcast intro. Other tracks were rather more commercial in nature, delving deep into cost-per-thousand, targeting and

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3:33

Re-thinking and reinventing

Radioland, with James Cridland - radio futurologist ·

2018/07/23

Re-thinking and reinventing Two stories last week made me think. First, this off-the-cuff tweet from a radio station in Scotland, having a day of “going retro” by… playing CDs. I shared this in a Facebook group, and it wasn’t long before the comments descended into Monty Python’s Yorkshiremen sketch. “Retro? I’ll give you retro,” said someone, before talking about cueing up 45s. “You had it easy,” said someone else, discussing editing on

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3:49

At last - a chance for global podcasting measurement

Radioland, with James Cridland - radio futurologist ·

2018/07/15

At last - a chance for global podcasting measurement? James Purnell, the ultimate boss of BBC Radio, blogged late last week that ‘we need an industry chart for UK podcasts’. He’s understood that the iTunes chart isn’t a chart at all, which is gratifying: that it’s a trending list, “which is great for audiences but content creators and distributors want to know reach and value.” He writes that there’s no industry standard for a podcast chart; but

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3:01

Multiplatform radio lessons from Germany

Radioland, with James Cridland - radio futurologist ·

2018/07/09

I was in the sunny German city of Nuremberg last week, as the guest of the lokalrundfunktage. The state media regulator for Bavaria helps run a big, impressive conference with a surprising amount of people there. The most impressive thing to me was that I was speaking at 1.30pm, and everyone turned up at 1.25pm. As you might know from conferences, the concept of people being early is… well, it just doesn’t happen. Except in Germany, it appears. Earlier in the day, research company

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4:06

Why you’re wrong to pull out of TuneIn

Radioland, with James Cridland - radio futurologist ·

2018/06/30

Last week, US broadcaster Entercom decided to pull its streams off TuneIn, the radio aggregator. From now on, the stations will only be available on Entercom’s own radio streaming website, radio.com; and the radio.com smartphone app. David Field, the company’s CEO, said “We are committed to making Radio.com a leader in the digital audio space”. Seemingly, this is the way he’s going to achieve it. I’ve said before that we should lessen our reliance on TuneIn. The

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3:23

Google Podcasts: friend or foe to radio?

Radioland, with James Cridland - radio futurologist ·

2018/06/24

Google Podcasts - friend or foe to radio? The radio industry has been slowly incorporating podcasting into its mix: both as a useful way of promoting some of our key talent, and increasingly as a way to get closer to clients by producing branded podcasts for them. Increasingly, sales teams are representing podcast networks as well as radio stations. Last week, we were handed a gift from Google: as the search giant finally got into podcasting in a big way. They finally launched their podcasting app

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3:08

The next step for personalised radio

Radioland, with James Cridland - radio futurologist ·

2018/06/17

TRANSCRIPT: Jamie Dupree is a radio reporter with Cox Media Group in the US, for WSB: and two years ago he lost his voice. As a story on the BBC will tell you… he’s got it back. Kind of. A company based in Scotland has sampled his voice from a set of recordings: and he’s now back filing full reports for the company with the aid of voice synthesis. The technology isn’t 100% perfect, but it’s certainly well on the way; and that’s - of course - interesting to

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3:05

Learning from NPR

Radioland, with James Cridland - radio futurologist ·

2018/06/10

Transcript: Learning radio’s future from NPR NPR’s audience is up. “The average weekly broadcast audiences of the top 20 NPR member stations continue to grow — from 8.7 million in 2015 to 11.2 million last year”, says an article in NiemanLab. They’re on record highs in terms of total audience. NPR’s mobile apps are growing in use, too; and paid station membership - part of NPR’s funding - is also increasing, as is revenue overall. Broadcast radio

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4:24

Are we heading for an all-IP media future?

Radioland, with James Cridland - radio futurologist ·

2018/06/03

Article is here:https://medium.com/@JamesCridland/are-we-moving-to-an-all-ip-media-future-377802e03dd5Music by Ignite Jingles Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

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3:11

What is a radio, anyway?

Radioland, with James Cridland - radio futurologist ·

2018/05/27

What is a radio, anyway? [CLIP of Google] Last World Emoji Day, the UK industry group Radiocentre tweeted that their favourite emjoi ought to be the one of the radio, but radios don't look like that any more - they look like phones, tablets, cars or televisions, so they don't really have a favourite emoji after all. It’s a succinctly made point; and highlights a failing in the English language — radio means, of course, three different things — a receiver, a technology, and a type

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4:12

Measuring your best customers

Radioland, with James Cridland - radio futurologist ·

2018/05/21

There's a full transcript of this athttps://medium.com/@JamesCridland/measuring-radios-best-customers-dd8b127889d1 I'm at https://james.crid.land Music by Ignite JinglesSupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

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2:51

A look at a new London radio station

Radioland, with James Cridland - radio futurologist ·

2018/05/13

I'm at https://james.crid.land Music by Ignite Jingles Transcript: A look at a new London radio station I talk a lot about making the most of your radio station’s content. The tyranny of the transmitter - something that needs feeding 24 hours a day - means that historically we’re not that good, as an industry, making sure that we capture and re-use our content in other ways. Much of what we do in radio is informed by our history and tradition, rather than what’s right for

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3:59

Rajar's MIDAS touch

Radioland, with James Cridland - radio futurologist ·

2018/05/06

Music in this episode from Ignite Jingles. Typing sound effects in this episode by Sally Walker. I'm at https://james.crid.land Podcasting news is at https://podnews.net or wherever you got this podcast.Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

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3:01

Digital radio's tight targeting

Radioland, with James Cridland - radio futurologist ·

2018/04/28

Music by Ignite Jingles. Bad editing by me.Hear this on the Radio Today UK podcast, and, um, here on this podcast app.Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

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4:19

Will podcasts eat radio?

Radioland, with James Cridland - radio futurologist ·

2018/04/22

I'm at https://james.crid.land Music is from Ignite Jingles Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

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