In a RadioToday Programme Extra we bring you an aural treat from Jon Holmes and his team. This magnificent audio production was played at the end of the 2020 Radio Academy Festival, providing a comedic take on the sessions delegates had heard through the week, skewering the audio recordings about radio and our industry. So far The Skewer has won a Gold award at the New York Festivals, a British Podcast Award and a comedy award at the Audio Production Awards. Creator Jon Holmes combines award win...
Nov 16, 2020•15 min
Bauer's new Group Director of Content & Music Ben Cooper talks to RadioToday's Stuart Clarkson about his departure from Radio 1 after many years and his excitement over plans to revolutionise commercial radio. Roy Martin also joins Stuart to look at the big industry stories of the week. Processing by Ian Deeley. Voiceover by Hannah Patterson. Original music by Mcasso.
Nov 11, 2020•31 min
Radio legend Pat Sharp talks to RadioToday about his new book - Re-Run The Fun: My Life As Pat Sharp, which is 'based on an un-true story'. We've also got a competition for you to win a copy of the book! Stuart Clarkson & Roy Martin chat through the big radio industry stories of the week, and we hear some clips of award-winning community radio presenter Julie Donaldson who died this week aged just 50 after contracting Covid-19. Processing by Ian Deeley. Voiceover by Hannah Patterson. Origina...
Nov 04, 2020•35 min
Radio Academy Festival Chair Nick Pitts and Exec Producer Sam Bailey tell us about the plans for this year’s Radio Academy Festival, planned for 9th to 13th November. Stuart Clarkson & Roy Martin chat through the other big stories of the week in the radio industry. Processing by Ian Deeley. Voiceover by Hannah Patterson. Original music by Mcasso.
Oct 28, 2020•34 min
RAW 1251 station manager Sian Bolton and former programmer Ed Farrar tell us about plans for the student station’s 50th anniversary next week - and discuss what life is like in the student radio sector during the pandemic. Stuart Clarkson & Roy Martin chat through the other big stories of the week in the radio industry. Processing by Ian Deeley. Voiceover by Hannah Patterson. Original music by Mcasso.
Oct 21, 2020•33 min
Absolute Radio Content Director Paul Sylvester tells us about the station’s engagement with its listeners on World Mental Health Day this week - and discusses Absolute’s new signing Skin from Skunk Anansie. Stuart Clarkson & Roy Martin chat through the other big stories of the week in the radio industry. Processing by Ian Deeley. Voiceover by Hannah Patterson. Original music by Mcasso.
Oct 14, 2020•30 min
Jamie East tells RadioToday’s Stuart Clarkson about his decision to leave talkRADIO, the state of talk radio in the UK and his successful daily podcast The Smart 7. Plus Roy Martin is here to look over the big industry stories of the week. And there’s a 'Future RadioMoment' as Keith Skues signs off from BBC Local Radio for the final time. Processing by Ian Deeley. Voiceover by Hannah Patterson. Original music by Mcasso.
Sep 30, 2020•32 min
Dicky Dodd talks to RadioToday's Stuart Clarkson about his switch from commercial to community radio in Wolverhampton after nearly 20 years on breakfast at 107.7 The Wolf/Signal 107. Dicky talks openly about the difficult period of uncertainty after the station was sold and being back on air each morning in his home city. Ann Charles from RadioTech Con tells us about plans for this year's virtual event, while Roy Martin joins Stuart to discuss the rest of this week's radio industry news. And in ...
Sep 23, 2020•44 min
Peter Dickson talks to RadioToday's Stuart Clarkson about his new autobiography, Voice Over Man. Roy Martin & Stuart discuss the big radio stories of the week, while David Lloyd has more memories from the #RadioMoments archives. Processing by Ian Deeley. Voiceover by Hannah Patterson. Original music by Mcasso.
Sep 09, 2020•47 min
Mike Carr, CEO of new podcast company Crowd Network, talks to RadioToday about the firm's ambitious plans to be the biggest podcast network in Europe and his decision to leave the BBC after 18 years. Stuart Clarkson and Roy Martin discuss the big radio stories of the week including the expansion of Greatest Hits Radio and the opening of applications for small scale DAB multiplexes around the UK. And David Lloyd has more memories from the #RadioMoments archives. Processing by Ian Deeley. Voiceove...
Sep 02, 2020•46 min
The original presenter of the RadioToday Programme Trevor Dann announces his departure from hosting our monthly Roundtable episodes and chats to Stuart Clarkson & Roy Martin about how the radio industry has changed since he first starting making podcasts about radio. Stuart and Roy take a look at the radio industry news from this week, and David Lloyd has more #radiomoments from the archives. Processing by Ian Deeley. Voiceover by Hannah Patterson. Original music by Mcasso....
Aug 26, 2020•38 min
Late night presenter Graham Torrington talks to RadioToday about his decision to retire from daily radio after a 37-year career. Roy Martin and Stuart Clarkson look at the big stories from the industry recently, and David Lloyd has more RadioMoments from the archives. Processing by Ian Deeley. Voiceover by Hannah Patterson. Original music by Mcasso.
Aug 19, 2020•35 min
The tables are turned on regular host Stuart Clarkson as Quentin Howard takes over the RadioToday Programme this week to chat to Stuart about his new project - an online local radio station for the area where they both grew up. Stuart explains the thinking behind starting Rombalds Radio along with business partner Nick Babb and answers Quentin's questions about everything from music programming and playout systems to websites, apps and jingles! FYI this really was all Quentin's idea, and Stuart ...
Aug 12, 2020•36 min
Neil Fox talks to RadioToday’s Stuart Clarkson about his broadcasting return with digital station United DJs - and reflects on the current state of the UK radio industry. Former BBC Radio Wales editor Steve Austins also joins us with memories of two Welsh radio legends who died this week - Chris Needs and Tommo. Plus David Lloyd has more RadioMoments from the archives. Processing by Ian Deeley. Voiceover by Hannah Patterson. Original music by Mcasso.
Jul 29, 2020•1 hr 7 min
Lyndsay Ferrigan from RAJAR talks to RadioToday about how radio listening data has been impacted by the pandemic, and its plans for bringing in a new system to survey audiences. Martin Steers from NLive and the UK Community Radio Network joins us to react to news that Northampton will have 4 community radio stations following a decision by Ofcom. Stuart Clarkson and Roy Martin look through the other big stories of the week in our industry, and David Lloyd has more RadioMoments from the archives....
Jul 22, 2020•45 min
Iain Lee and Katherine Boyle talk to RadioToday’s Stuart Clarkson about their new incarnation of The Late Night Alternative on Twitch, following their departure from talkRADIO. Plus Iain shares his views on the current state of speech radio in the UK. Roy Martin joins Stuart to look through the other big stories of the week in our industry, and David Lloyd has more RadioMoments from the archives. Processing by Ian Deeley. Voiceover by Hannah Patterson. Original music by Mcasso.
Jul 15, 2020•53 min
Trevor Dann is joined by presenter Fi Glover, Radioplayer's Mike Hill and Jimmy Buckland from Wireless to discuss topics including the launch of Times Radio, the appointment of Tim Davie as BBC Director-General and proposed cuts to BBC Local Radio. Includes David Lloyd's RadioMoments. Listening recommendation links: Stories of our Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/podcasts/stories-of-our-times GameDay from talkSPORT https://talksport.com/podcasts/ The Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show https://www....
Jul 08, 2020•56 min
This week we discuss the launch of the first newspaper-backed national radio station as Times Radio goes on the air. Times Radio Programme Director Tim Levell, who left BBC Radio 5 Live earlier this year, tells us how the first couple of days have gone and discusses the station’s plans. Stuart Clarkson and Roy Martin look through the other big stories of the week in our industry, and David Lloyd has more RadioMoments from the archives. Processing by Ian Deeley. Voiceover by Hannah Patterson. Ori...
Jul 01, 2020•38 min
Dan McQuillin from Broadcast Bionics chats all things tech and how innovation has been helping radio stations during the coronavirus pandemic. Plus we ask what the future is for the radio studio. David Lloyd also has more RadioMoments from this week in radio history. Processing by Ian Deeley. Voiceover by Hannah Patterson. Original music by Mcasso.
Jun 24, 2020•45 min
Radiocentre CEO Siobhan Kenny updates us on how commercial radio is doing, three months on from the start of the lockdown - and tell us about plans for a series of virtual events to help promote radio advertising to different sectors to aid with economic recovery. Stuart Clarkson and Roy Martin have a look at the big industry stories of the week, plus David Lloyd has more RadioMoments from this week in radio history. Processing by Ian Deeley. Voiceover by Hannah Patterson. Original music by Mcas...
Jun 17, 2020•41 min
This week as the Audio Content Fund publishes its first annual report looking at how it has spent the government’s money on public service content across commercial and community radio stations, Stuart Clarkson chats to the Chair of the Funding Panel Helen Boaden, and ACF Managing Director Sam Bailey. Helen also shares her views on the appointment this week of Tim Davie as the next BBC Director-General. Plus David Lloyd has more RadioMoments from this week in radio history. Processing by Ian Dee...
Jun 10, 2020•35 min
Trevor Dann hosts our Roundtable discussion for June 2020 and is joined by presenter Chris Mason (BBC), former UKRD CEO William Rogers (Eat Your Greens) and the music writer and audio critic David Hepworth. Plus David Lloyd takes another trip down memory lane with RadioMoments. Processing by Ian Deeley. Voiceover by Hannah Patterson. Original music by Mcasso. Listening recommendation links: Audm http://www.audm.com Capitalism on Trial - BBC Sounds https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0156tvw Now! T...
Jun 03, 2020•52 min
Graham Bryce, Group Managing Director of the Hits Radio Network Brand, answers our questions about plans to integrate more than 50 acquired stations from UKRD, Celador, Lincs FM Group and Wireless into Bauer’s portfolio and the impact it will have on staff and output. Read more about the detail of the changes here: https://radiotoday.co.uk/2020/05/most-of-acquired-bauer-stations-to-become-greatest-hits-radio/ Plus - Stuart Clarkson and Roy Martin have a quick look at the other big industry stori...
May 27, 2020•40 min
Ian Williams from the BBC Paye Freelancers Group talks to RadioToday about the issues facing hundreds of people working in radio who have lost all of their work because of the Coronavirus pandemic, but can’t access either of the government’s support schemes. Stuart Clarkson and Roy Martin have a look at the big industry stories of the week, and David Lloyd takes another trip down memory lane with RadioMoments. Processing by Ian Deeley. Voiceover by Hannah Patterson. Original music by Mcasso....
May 20, 2020•39 min
Liverpool late night radio legend Pete Price talks to RadioToday about the upcoming closure of Radio City Talk after 12 years - and his four decades on the Radio City brand. Stuart Clarkson and Roy Martin have a look at the big industry stories of the week, and David Lloyd takes another trip down memory lane with RadioMoments. Processing by Ian Deeley. Voiceover by Hannah Patterson. Original music by Mcasso.
May 13, 2020•36 min
Trevor Dann is joined by Matt Deegan (Fun Kids & Folder Media ), radio production and technology consultant Ann Charles (Radio TechCon) and Simon Crosse (Shooting Shark Productions) for the RadioToday Virtual Roundtable for May 2020. Plus David Lloyd’s RadioMoments. Processing by Ian Deeley. Voiceover by Hannah Patterson. Original music by Mcasso. Listening recommendation links: The Coronavirus Newscast https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05299nl Will Manning on Capital FM https://www.capitalf...
May 06, 2020•51 min
Twenty years on from her first show at One Golden Square, Leona Graham talks to RadioToday about her debut on Virgin Radio and her doing her current 52 hours a week across the Absolute Radio network from home during lockdown. Stuart Clarkson and Roy Martin look through the stories making industry headlines in the last week, and David Lloyd has more great audio from the archives in RadioMoments. Processing by Ian Deeley. Voiceover by Hannah Patterson. Original music by Mcasso.
Apr 29, 2020•44 min
Chris Stark talks to RadioToday about his experiences of broadcasting from home on both Radio 1 and 5 Live as well as about the return of the award-winning That Peter Crouch Podcast. Stuart Clarkson and Roy Martin look through the stories making industry headlines in the last week, and David Lloyd has more great audio from the archives in RadioMoments. Processing by Ian Deeley. Voiceover by Hannah Patterson. Original music by Mcasso.
Apr 22, 2020•55 min
Chris Burns, head of Audio and Digital for BBC England, tells us how BBC Local Radio is coping with and covering the coronavirus crisis. Stuart Clarkson and Roy Martin look through the stories making industry headlines in the last week, and David Lloyd has more great audio from the archives in RadioMoments. Processing by Ian Deeley. Voiceover by Hannah Patterson. Original music by Mcasso.
Apr 15, 2020•42 min
Trevor Dann is joined by guests Elly Oldroyd, Olly Mann and Graham Mack for our first Virtual Roundtable discussion, covering many aspects of the Coronavirus crisis’ impact on radio - plus what radio and podcasts they’ve been listening to while in lockdown! David Lloyd also has more from the archives this week in history in RadioMoments. Processing by Ian Deeley. Voiceover by Hannah Patterson. Original music by Mcasso. Listening recommendation links: Game Changers at Home with Craig Bruce https:...
Apr 08, 2020•49 min
