Radio Tomorrow with James Cridland
Radio Tomorrow with James Cridland
I read an awful lot of blogs about radio. I enjoyed ...
Radio Tomorrow with James Cridland
So, Beats 1 has launched - the new, global, internet radio station from Apple. Now we’ve had more than a week to think about it, it’s probably time to consider what it means for those of us who work in radio.
It’s not polished.
It’s been interesting watching the US radio...
Radio Tomorrow with James Cridland
London has a new “soulful” radio station - called Mi-Soul.
I say it has a new radio station. It isn’t, really. It’s been going for three years, actually, but last weekend it made it to actually broadcasting on the radio, rather than being stuck on the internet. It’s interesting that...
Radioinfo's Radio Tomorow contributor, James Cridland has compiled a list of some of the more interesting and informative links about radio's future.
So, Pandora offers free 'radio' stations, and Apple kind of does too, and now we've just seen the launch of Google Play Music Radio. Watch this YouTube video…The Google offer is relatively similar to the others. Limited skips (six an hour) but music based on artists and genre. And you get to also get Google's...
Radio Tomorrow with James Cridland
Whenever I’ve made it to Oslo, Norway, I’ve been there in winter - snow on the ground and it appears to always be twilight. But last week, an extraordinary thing happened: the sun shone.
The sun shone because there were radio people in town, of course: a conference...
The hot topic around music and radio circles over the past week or so has been the anticipated launch of Apple Music and Beats 1 at the end of this month.
Radioinfo's Radio Tomorow contributor, ...
In Monday’s WWDC announcements, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Apple have invented internet radio. The press release guffs on about how every listener will “hear the...
Radio Tomorrow with James Cridland
Last week, I was in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, for the Asian Media Summit. The conference was themed around social media - but I was able to speak about radio, surely the world’s oldest form of social media, alongside Commercial Radio Australia’s Joan Warner. Earlier, Asia Radio Today’s Steve Ahern...
Radio Tomorrow with James Cridland.
The latest UK RAJAR figures are out, and they really underline the way radio consumption is changing.
Now, it’s easy to look at overseas radio figures, like the ones here in the UK, and say that they’re irrelevant. You’d be right, to an extent. The UK is its own distinct marketplace, with a very strong public service broadcaster as...
Radio Tomorrow with James Cridland.
“I heard you on the wireless back in ‘52; lying awake intent on tuning in on you”
I have a newsletter every week, which is full of links to interesting radio articles. (You could subscribe if you want - next week will contain a...
Russell Brand is best known for, well, a variety of things.
He was Katy Perry’s husband for two years, which must have been nice. He was sacked from MTV for bringing his drug dealer into the studios; was criticised while hosting the VMAs for describing President George...
I’ve just spent a hugely enjoyable few days in Milan at Radiodays Europe, the world’s largest radio conference.
As Radiodays Europe continues to grow, it’s interesting to see more international visitors going to the event - by “international”, of course, I...
So, the number one format for radio in the US, according to Nielsen, is country.
In the UK, we've not had very many country radio stations. In fact, it's a bit worse than "not very many". I only know of one: Chris Country, an online-only radio station, which supplies programmes to stations up and down the country.
Recently,...
The future of radio is a multi-platform one. Audiences expect us in more places and on more devices than ever before.
Yet, radio comes with no visuals, no instructions, no way to go back. So if we're going to ask our audience to do something, let's make it really, really...
Now, I know what you're thinking. You're thinking "The UK? What has that got to do with my market?
These British, don't they know they don't run an Empire any more?"
Listen, I get it. But genuinely, I think that the new set of radio figures for the UK are worthwhile having a quick look at,...
I’ve been to Mumbai in India a few times now, seeing Radio Mirchi, one of the most successful radio operators there. India’s had an explosion of new FM radio stations, and is about to have plenty more added to the market.
Let me tell you something about Indian radio that might hurt your head. According...
It’s true. Radio is where people discover new music. All the research points to it, from Edison Research’s annual figures to excited YouTube comments: for the majority of us, we discover new music on the radio. After all, you can’t search Spotify for an artist that you don’t know.
What’s interesting is how few radio stations own “music discovery” for themselves. Is...
James Cridland joins radioinfo and AsiaRadioToday to present a new regular feature called Radio Tomorrow (TM).
Hello. You don’t know me, and I probably don’t know you - but it’s great to meet.
I’m a Brit. I know, like you need more of those in Australian...
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