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

Robot radio comes closer, with RadioGPT - but is it any good? 28.02.2023 10:17

Links and more details over here: https://james.crid.land/update/radiogpt

CBC to turn off transmitters (but not yet) 18.02.2023 11:10

Links! Text! Fun! At https://james.crid.land/update/cbc-radio-transmitters

BBC pulls its stations from Radioplayer, and the RAJAR figures 09.02.2023 11:06

Links and more to read and listen to over here... https://james.crid.land/update/bbc-radioplayer-pull

Ken Bruce leaving BBC Radio 2 22.01.2023 13:36

Goodness me! Links and more to read and listen to over here... https://james.crid.land/update/ken-bruce

The big AM switchoff gathers pace 16.01.2023 9:01

The UK continues its effective switch-off of the AM waveband. The station I knew as “Virgin 1215”, more latterly “Absolute Radio”, comes off AM this month in the UK . After working for Virgin for a number of years, it’s sad to see the AM signal go. In the same press release - the first station I worked behind a mixing desk for - the station I knew as Classic Gold West Yorkshire on 1278 and 1530, w...

Radio marketing, and the BBC, and other things 18.12.2022 14:16

All the links and things are over here: https://james.crid.land/update/radio-marketing This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

RAJAR, MIDAS, Local BBC Radio, and privacy 04.11.2022 14:46

Links! Interesting things! Pictures! Over here: https://james.crid.land/update/rajar-midas-local-bbc This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

BBC Sounds sees no growth; but ABC sees 22% increase 24.10.2022 13:20

You can find all the links at https://james.crid.land/update/bbc-sounds-flat This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

The BBC dismantles Steve Wright, the World Service, and the Prime Minister 30.09.2022 7:24

I never listened much to Steve Wright In The Afternoon when he was on Radio 1. The show coincided with afternoon classes (if you went to a fancy boarding school). But when I did occasionally dip into it, it was full of characters, fun and excitement. Ahead of his final show later today,  Geoff Jein has shared some of the secrets of the show that he worked on for a while . Steve Wright was the...

Radio's multiplatform radio figures from Australasia 11.09.2022 8:45

Charts! Graphs! Numbers! All at https://james.crid.land/update/multiplatform-figures-rda22 This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

BBC Sounds, Kenny Everett carts, and breakfast radio vs podcasts 03.09.2022 6:19

All the links are over here: https://james.crid.land/update/bbc-kenny-breakfast This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

Getting more value from the archive 24.07.2022 6:06

https://james.crid.land/update/more-value-from-radio-archive has all the notes and links! This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

BBC Sounds by the numbers 17.07.2022 10:18

I take a peek at the full numbers. https://james.crid.land/update/bbc-sounds-macca for more This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

Why is Australian radio booming? 10.07.2022 9:23

And, indeed, is it? https://james.crid.land/update/aussie-radio-success has all the details This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

Canadian radio, and the rise of smart speakers 13.06.2022 7:30

All the links at https://james.crid.land/update/canadian-radio-cmw22 This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

BBC cuts; TechSurvey, RAJAR 29.05.2022 11:14

All the links! All over here! https://james.crid.land/update/bbc-cuts-services This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

The end of music radio on AM? TuneIn cuts stations off; and DRM's relationship with the BBC 06.05.2022 15:26

All the notes at https://james.crid.land/update/end-of-am-music-radio This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

A radio receiver for people with dementia 05.04.2022 13:33

All the links, and a random picture of a radio station in Los Angeles, here: https://james.crid.land/update/radio-dementia-ukraine This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

Shortwave radio: who owns the receivers? 07.03.2022 7:37

Links and a picture of beer here: https://james.crid.land/update/kyiv-shortwave This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

Emergency broadcasting, radio's market share, and the launch of Alfred 28.02.2022 8:41

Lots of links here: https://james.crid.land/update/emergency-flood This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

The curious case of the radio station that broke peoples' cars 14.02.2022 8:30

Links to everything here: https://james.crid.land/update/kuow-hd-radio-oops This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

The end of open, as audio goes exclusive 04.02.2022 8:50

Links! Here! https://james.crid.land/update/end-of-open-audio This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

Is no news good news? And: funding the BBC 28.01.2022 7:10

All the links here: https://james.crid.land/update/no-news-good-news This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

The BBC's fight against stupid 23.01.2022 11:37

You can read this rant, and the bits after, at: https://james.crid.land/update/bbc-fight-against-stupid This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

Radio vs Spotify - some data 06.01.2022 8:40

All the links, and plenty more, at https://james.crid.land/update/radio-vs-spotify This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy