James Cridland

Radioland, with James Cridland - radio futurologist

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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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James Cridland

Episodes

Linear audio vs ondemand audio 06.07.2026 9:43

Data from Edison Research makes me question what radio is marketing for.

BBC Radio 4 long-wave closes down 27.06.2026 9:31

More at https://james.cridland.net/blog/2026/radio-4-longwave-closes/

What Kyle does next; and doing shows away from your studio 20.06.2026 12:47

More at https://radioland.email

No more Kyle and Jackie O: the effect on radio overall 15.06.2026 8:04

All the links are here: https://james.cridland.net/blog/2026/no-kyle-jackie-no-switchoff/

ARN's thoughts about the ACMA licence conditions 04.06.2026 5:45

More over at https://radioland.email

Should the ABC merge with the SBS? 29.05.2026 8:11

https://james.cridland.net/blog/2026/abc-sbs/ is where to go to find links for all these stories

A 'clear-channel' AM station sells its transmitters for housing 18.05.2026 9:42

Yikes! The economy! Plus, more news about radio's future

DAB+, DRM, Radio 4 LW and the death of radio news 18.05.2026 8:44

I buy a new radio! I dig into the ownership of the BBC's longwave transmitters! More at radioland.email

Fakt Tapt video, the ACMA FoI, and how local is US radio really? 05.05.2026 11:37

All the links at https://james.cridland.net/blog/2026/acma-foi-tapt/

SiriusXM and iHeart to merge? 27.04.2026 9:52

And a new radio streaming app for iOS. More at https://radioland.email

Longwave closures and job cuts from the BBC 20.04.2026 8:05

See the baker's van at https://radioland.email

The AI top 40, and the BBC News channel in Australia 15.04.2026 8:26

https://radioland.email to subscribe and get this in your inbox!

Should you pull your radio station off TuneIn? 05.04.2026 8:44

Well, should you? More at https://radioland.email

What the radio figures actually say about multiplatform radio 01.04.2026 9:33

There's a nice graph here: https://james.cridland.net/blog/2026/multiplatform-radio-figures/

The world of radio goes to Rīga 22.03.2026 7:47

Latvia is the home of Radiodays Europe this year https://radioland.email for more!

The big changes for radio's 55+ audience 16.03.2026 9:47

New research shows that radio's core audience is changing rapidly. More on this and everything else at https://radioland.email

Kyle and Jackie O - what their show ending means for the radio industry 08.03.2026 14:39

One of Australia’s biggest radio shows, Kyle & Jackie O , has ended. Tuesday’s announcement to the ASX , the Australian stock market, makes it clear that it isn’t a stunt. The show is now off the air: Kent Small is doing the breakfast show in both Sydney and Melbourne (this is Australian radio, so he has to have a nickname, which is “Smallzy”). Employment lawyers will now be involved, in two o...

Ofcom's news rules to cool FM band? 01.03.2026 11:58

Read this at https://radioland.email

Radioland gets a Marty; NRJ to leave national radio in Sweden 22.02.2026 11:18

More at https://radioland.email

Why TV's decline matters for radio 16.02.2026 12:59

Read this, see the links and more at https://radioland.email

New Australian broadcast rules - covering AI and kids 10.02.2026 11:10

The new rules from CRA in Australia. What do they say? https://james.cridland.net/blog/2026/new-australian-rules for links and more!

Your emergency broadcaster - except when you're not 01.02.2026 10:27

Links and more at https://james.cridland.net/blog/2026/emergency-broadcasters/

ABC comes off iHeart 27.01.2026 9:15

Links and more - https://james.cridland.net/blog/2026/abc-comes-off-iheart/