James Cridland is Managing Director of media.info, and an Australia-based radio futurologist. He is a consultant, writer and public speaker who concentrates on the effect that new platforms and technology are having on the radio business. Find out more or subscribe at http://james.cridland.nets
James Cridland sends us his weekly links while returning from a week-long trip to Australis. He includes this note:
I listened to lots of radio while I was out there in Audstralis (and was on the radio at least twice). I was puzzled to hear a presenter on a Queensland radio station – networked from Sydney – refer to Queensland as “up there”; heard the most awful scripted interview passing as programme content on a small Gold Coast station; but also heard some great radio, including great talkup of Hit 105’s station charity for sick kids, great music on 97.3 (yep, that’s the name of the station); 612’s “Australia All Over” with just the kind of story-led programming great radio ought to have; and TripleJ’s eclectic mix too (dropping the f-bomb at least ten times during my drive to the airport).
James Cridland’s articles
- How Long Do You Give A New Morning Show? – 2DAY gets a mention in my AllAccess.com column.
- Why doesn’t your station name include the word ‘radio’? – my recent column for radioinfo.com.au got more feedback than I was expecting
United States
- Nice piece about Fun Kids Radio from Matt Deegan by Jacobs Media
- “Stop worrying about distribution platforms and start thinking about the listener” – BRAVO! Because, genuinely, if you put the listener first, you’re going to win – regardless of the platform.
- Programmatic. Will it kill your career in radio sales? – great explanation of programmatic in this plug piece
- A Beginner’s Guide to Podcasting – nice presentation with some handy hints
- After ‘Serial,’ What Podcasts to Listen To – interesting article in the NYT, though apparently the rest of the world doesn’t make podcasts.
- Where will the next talent come from for radio? Steve Goldstein thinks he knows…
United Kingdom
- Great interview between Chris Moyles and Stephen Nolan. Clearly best of friends, but some awkward questions posed, even so.
- Interesting product that aims to find you new, decent podcasts. I signed up last week, and the email I’ve since received looks really nicely put together.
- Radio Consultant John Simons’ Top 20 Radio Presenter Traits … Great coverage of Next Radio, and these apply everywhere, not just the UK
- So You Want to Podcast, Legally? Good Luck! – wow, music rights are a mess. And this is only for the US, too.
Elsewhere
- New Zealand: Commercial Radio Survey results – no public service broadcasters in these figures, sadly, which is a shame. All markets really should ensure that public service broadcasters are included in their audience research, otherwise it doesn’t really tell the whole story.
- Canada: looking forward to the OAB in Toronto this November – where I’m doing the keynote
- Want to improve clickthrough? Look at the fonts you’re using. – interesting effect that something so simple can apparently make.