RadioToday Programme

How are double-acts on the radio coping with lockdown and the coronavirus? Our guest host Tom Campbell has a chat with Absolute Radio's Home Time Show hosts Andy Bush and Richie Firth. Also this week, a report from a recent Radio Academy Diversity and Inclusion webinars about Disability in radio.

Leeds Student Radio Station Manager Leo Joslin talks to our guest host, and student broadcaster, Tom Horn about how student radio is surviving through COVID-19.

There’s no doubt that podcasts and online streaming services are already a challenge for the radio industry and there’s more to come. Currently less than one in five of us listen to podcasts on a weekly basis.   Podcaster Phil Dobbie questions how the industry should respond as we see that podcast audience increase. He asks broadcaster and podcaster Jonny Gould and radio and podcast programmer Lia...

Presenter Chris Birks catches up with his old boss Dick Stone, who has recently been appointed Group Content Manager at JACK Radio Group.

A good old radio related chat between Absolute Radio and Magic's Group Content Director and presenter Leona Graham about radio, life, working together at 5 Live and talking to your clothes!

Bauer’s Group Managing Director Dee Ford talks to Stuart Clarkson to look back at what has been a momentous year for the radio group - including dealing with running a business in a global pandemic and integrating around 50 new radio stations into the Hits Radio Brand Network. We get her take on the changes deregulation has brought to the commercial radio sector - and find out which of Bauer’s man...

Broadcaster Victoria Derbyshire reflects on her experience on this year’s I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here and how well her former tea boy Jordan North did on the reality show. As the JACK Radio Group announces two new stations launching nationally on DAB this week - Union JACK Dance and Union JACK Rock - Clive Dickens tells us the thinking behind the strategy. And Bela Shah reports on the Radio...

Industry stalwarts Phil Riley and David Lloyd talk to Stuart Clarkson about their new project - Boom Radio UK, which plans to launch in early 2021 targeting the baby boomer generation. Plus, Roy Martin joins Stuart to look at the big industry stories of the week. Processing by Ian Deeley. Voiceover by Hannah Patterson. Original music by Mcasso.

RadioToday’s Stuart Clarkson catches up with Jordan North’s former housemate Darryl Morris from talkRADIO to discuss how Jordan is doing on I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here. We also chat to former Radio 1 Controller Johnny Beerling about his return to the airwaves as a presenter with Serenade Radio - after 64 years away from the microphone! And Roy Martin joins Stuart to look at the big industry...

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 Po...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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. Or...

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...

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.

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. A...

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....

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.

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 an...

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. Vo...

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 ot...

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....