James Cridland’s Future of Radio: Next Radio tickets, Australia goes podcast mad, topical radio ads

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James Cridland’s Future of Radio is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: Next Radio is next week. Lots of podcast updates from Australia following OzPod. More from around the world. Continue Reading

James Cridland’s Future of Radio: That US Report, plus Hurricane Harvey and Norway’s P3 audience disappears

by James Cridland

James Cridland’s Future of Radio is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: Assessing the latest radio report forecasting doomsday for the U.S. industry. Also includes Hurricane Harvey updates, reactions with Norway’s digital transition, and much more. Continue Reading

James Cridland’s Future of Radio: Radio should be where the speakers are – and behind Australia’s largest radio station

by James Cridland

James Cridland’s Future of Radio is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: James has updates from the wide world of audio, including news from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and Hong Kong. Continue Reading

James Cridland’s Future of Radio: Tony Blackburn’s magic trick that we can all learn from, plus data from NPR and lots of jobs

by James Cridland

James Cridland’s Future of Radio is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: James shares insights from a legendary radio personality, plus NPR data, several UK job listings, and much more from across the radio and audio industry. Continue Reading

James Cridland’s Future of Radio: RAJAR figures for the UK, ice-cream and top stations in Uganda

by James Cridland

James Cridland’s Future of Radio is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: The latest quarterly RAJAR results are out. James rounds up pertinent data points and industry analysis of the UK industry. Continue Reading

James Cridland’s Future of Radio: New Next Radio conf speakers, plus the RAB’s podcast and Denmark to switch off FM?

by James Cridland

James Cridland’s Future of Radio is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: New speakers announced for the Next Radio conference. RAB podcasts about radio. Denmark’s progress toward an FM switchoff. Continue Reading

James Cridland’s Future of Radio: Zero-rated data, will analytics stifle the creative process, and a UK radio station being hijacked

by James Cridland

James Cridland’s Future of Radio is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: Net neutrality’s importance to radio. How analytics could sway podcast creation. A reminder about the importance of good security. Much more. Continue Reading

James Cridland’s Future of Radio: Lazy Buggles Headlines, how to never go into the station again, and radio is not dead

by James Cridland

James Cridland’s Future of Radio is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: Several cases of the dreaded lazy Buggles headlines, countered by many reassurances that radio is not, in fact, dead. Continue Reading