OzPod moves into Melbourne in 2018

2 August 2018 OzPod, now in its third year, will be held in Melbourne this October. Presentened by ABC Listen, the ABC’s podcast platform, OzPod will bring together leading...

Richter RR10 – a portable DAB+ radio with an Aussie touch

16 May 2018 Equipment Reiview with James Cridland DAB+ Digital Radio offers a load of additional choice, and with extra sports stations from RadioTAB and the new...

BPR’s Wayne Clouten weighs in on whether Live Radio is Lazy Radio

9 April 2018 The conversation started last week with James Cridland's provocatively titled Live Radio is Lazy Radio. It continued to rage through our reader comments and...

Live to air still best but…

8 April 2018 Comment from Peter Saxon Last week James Cridland posted a provocatively titled article: Live Radio is Lazy Radio. It drew considerable backlash from some of our readers,...

A lesson in radio’s future from 1941

21 May 2017 Radio Tomorrow with James Cridland A friend of mine has treated himself to a subscription to Scientific American, and is currently excitedly reading the archives,...

Norway switches off FM. But why don’t they just do streaming?

9 January 2017 Radio Tomorrow with James Cridland This week, FM broadcasts in one area of Norway finally fall silent. The majority of radio stations move over to...

Making “digital-first” radio

10 December 2016 Radio Tomorrow with James Cridland Back in September, Michael Mason - who is in charge of the Australian ABC’s radio division - sent all...

Reuse and repurpose your audio #CBAAConf

11 November 2016 The Future of Content was the first topic on day two of the CBAA Conference in Melbourne. Four speakers shared their thoughts about the future of...

One-man radio station now has 35,000 listeners

31 October 2016 Story by James Cridland When Chris Stevens returned home to the UK after a spell working in Dallas, he missed one thing more than anything else...

Object-based broadcasting – the future?

16 October 2016 Radio Tomorrow with James Cridland Earlier this year, in late April, I braved the crowds in Las Vegas and saw something really quite special....

New podcast research offers deeper insight into Australian podcast audiences

30 September 2016 New research released today at the OzPod 2016 podcasting conference offers new insight into the listening habits of Australian podcasters. The research indicates a high...

Craig Bruce presents at Next Radio conference

22 September 2016 Former SCA Content Director Craig Bruce has spoken at Next Radio in London. Next Radio is a radio conference about finding great, creative ideas for...

DRM shows off new receivers

20 September 2016 The Digital Radio Mondiale Consortium has been busy at Amsterdam's IBC, co-ordinating a raft of announcements about the latest broadcasting technology. The DRM standard...

Should radio be Live and Local or Real and Relevant?

18 September 2016 Radio Tomorrow with James Cridland I read a blog post recently saying that radio needs to be live or else it isn’t, really, radio. It...

Podcasts stats: what we know (a follow-up)

28 August 2016 Radio Tomorrow with James Cridland In July, I posted a piece about how much we don’t know about podcast stats. Today I wanted to write...

TR16: Technorama 2016

21 July 2016 TR16 is the event for anyone involved in technical support for Community Broadcasting and is on this weekend in New South Wales. It's a chance to...

Next speakers for Next Radio conference announced

23 June 2016 Podcasting, digital innovation and promotions are highlights in the second speaker announcement for James Cridland and Matt Deegan's radio ideas conference, Next Radio. Tom Webster,Vice...

Next Radio London announces first speakers

15 June 2016 James Cridland and Matt Deegan's radio ideas conference - Next Radio - has announced its first raft of speakers including Australian radio programmer Craig Bruce. Craig...

A Pom in the Antipodes

6 June 2016 James Cridland's perspective on Australian Radio: Comment by Peter Saxon There was a time, soon after WWII, when Australia House, based in London, lured the...

Where a missed call turns into great radio

4 June 2016 Radio Tomorrow with James Cridland You might not have heard of Bihar but it's a place where something special is going on in terms of...

Why Microsoft’s removal of the FM tuner in their phones is our fault

29 May 2016 Radio Tomorrow with James Cridland. Microsoft is removing the FM tuner app from its Windows mobile phones.

Radio with one voice - Local Radio Day

15 May 2016 Radio Tomorrow with James Cridland In many radio markets, there appears a lack of working together. Companies fight between themselves, instead of act with one...

Is radio’s future DAB+? The debate rages on

10 May 2016 Last month, we posted an article by Australian expat and media researcher, John Patkin, now based in Hong Kong, who argued that AM/FM and DAB+ would become obsolete...

The only business “radio” streaming services have disrupted is record stores

17 April 2016 Opinion from Peter Saxon Last week, we posted an article by Australian expat and media researcher, John Patkin, now based in Hong Kong, who...

Terrestrial Radio is no Tasmanian Tiger says James Cridland

12 April 2016 John Patkin's article, "AM/FM/DAB+ are endangered radio species," posted Monday on radionfo has certainly stirred up some controversy. Like Patkin, many in the industry...

It’s not rocket science – but tuning into the radio isn’t always easy either

28 February 2016 Radio Tomorrow with James Cridland A month or so ago, I was chatting with a friend who works at a local radio station here in Brisbane,...

James Cridland’s tips on how to win a radio award

16 February 2016 8 tips to give you a winning edge. Locally, an ACRA remains the pinnacle symbol of achievement for people who work in radio.

Why talk live when you can podcast?

25 October 2015 Radio Tomorrow with James Cridland A warm July day in West London, and I was early to see presenter Jon Gaunt’s new studios. I discover the trendiest,...

British radio guy eats vegemite sandwich, loves it, moves to Oz.

12 October 2015 Media "futureologist" and regular radioinfo contributor and, despite all that, a pretty nice guy, James Cridland, is moving to Brisbane. The posh vegemite sandwich was...

#CRAConf: “The way we listen to radio is changing”

9 October 2015 James Cridland has worked in radio since 1989 in various roles - copywriter, presenter, and internet stategist. He also launched one of the first radio...

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