RadioTalk from The Radio Academy

Trevor Dann talks to Jacqui Devereux (CMA), Chris Burns (BBC) and Martin Kelner (The Guardian). Podcast produced by Heather Davies (Radio Academy)

Join host Trevor Dann for the first of our weekly RadioTalk podcasts. David Mansfield, Steve Ackerman and Matt Wells talk Radio Reborn, recession and marathons. Podcast produced by Heather Davies (Radio Academy)

The Breakfast show is the most important part of any radio station's programming. Every successful station has a strong Breakfast show. Fred MacAulay hosts a panel featuring two of the country's most prominent Breakfast presenters George Bowie (Radio Clyde) and Robin Galloway (Real Radio). Both are well placed to offer an insight into what makes a brilliant Breakfast show.

The essential event for new media teams, business developers, technology teams and radio programmers: Radio at the Edge.

The Radio Academy's Trevor Dann talks to American broadcaster Bob Boilen, host of NPR's 'All Songs Considered' at the Third Coast International Audio Festival in Chicago.

Alan Green, a recent inductee to the UK Radio Hall of Fame, is among the guests as Moz Dee, programme director of talkSPORT, hosts a session exploring what makes a great radio sports commentator. How much research should you do? How close should you get to the players? How much do you need to practice? How opinionated should you be? Plus a party game where we ask the panelists to commentate on sports with which they wouldn?t normally be associated. More details coming soon!

Listen to what happened backstage at Production 08.

CHAIR: Karen Pearson PANELLISTS: Becky Jacobs, Patrick Neate, Martyn Ware PRODUCER: Karen Pearson IN A NUTSHELL: Exploring the latest sounds and textures in radio production worldwide. Independent radio producer Karen Pearson hosts a discussion with author and podcast presenter Patrick Neate and producer Becky Jacobs on challenging traditional thinking in terms of literary broadcasting. Producer and sound innovator Martyn Ware (The Human League/Heaven 17) joins us to discuss new possibilities in the use of sound artistically and creatively in the wider world, and how this thinking is and can be applied to broadcasting worldwide.

MARK RADCLIFFE IN CONVERSATION INTERVIEWER: Trevor Dann INTERVIEWEE: Mark Radcliffe IN A NUTSHELL: PDs and programme producers don?t always see eye-to-eye with their on-air talent. DJs sometimes interpret demands for a coherent station image as a constraint on their ability to express themselves. Management can supress presenter freedom to the extent that the broadcasters delight in subverting the rules. BBC Radio 1 and 2 presenter, independent producer, novelist and drummer Mark Radcliffe has seen both sides of the great divide and flourished in both. In conversation with Trevor Dann, Mark shares his thoughts on how presenters and producers can get the best out of each other.

INTERVIEWER: David Lloyd INTERVIEWEE: Jay Crawford PRODUCER: Trevor Dann IN A NUTSHELL: Not long ago the regional station for southern Scotland, Scot FM, was languishing with half its current audience. Now, rebranded as Real Radio, it?s No.1 in its market with a reach of over 30%, the highest for any commercial regional station in the UK. So how did they do it? Programme Director Jay Crawford tells Virgin Radio Programme and Marketing Director David Lloyd a few trade secrets.

SPEAKER: Stephen Haines IN A NUTSHELL: Top Tips from Facebook: - Facebook is a social utility, not a social media. - Authentication of users, thus targeting capabilities are far more accurate. - Social Advertisements - New ways of connecting with their audience, using the influence of friends to spread interest about your brand! - Facebook pages for clients. - How Facebook can promote your show!

HOST: Jon Holmes PANELLISTS: David Burkin, Ian Parkinson, Fran Barnes, Daniel Owen, Paul March PRODUCER: Fergus Dudley IN A NUTSHELL: It's not a competition because all competitions are now completely illegal. We plough through the paperwork so you can avoid the pitfalls and stay on the right side of the Regulator.

Just how important is station imaging in radio today?

Just how important is station imaging in radio today? Are radio stations getting better at creating an audio image for their brands, or are we just recycling old ideas? Join a cross section of the UK?s best station sound producers to debate the current state of station imaging. We promise an evening free of ?techy? talk of plug-ins and their settings, but a chance to get beneath the skin of great station imaging from the UK?s finest. Join host Keith Pringle with a top panel from both the BBC and commercial radio as they reveal the answers. Ben Newby (BBC Radio 1, Exec. Producer of Station Sound) Matt Lomax (Kiss, Head of Station Sound) Bernard Achampong (Station Sound Producer at 1Xtra) Adam Burgess (GCap One Network, Imaging Producer)

Two of UK radio's most distinguished interviewers demonstrate the twin arts of conversation and interrogation by interviewing each other. Radio 5Live's Simon Mayo and Radio 4's Mark Lawson discuss the importance of research, how to get the most out of an interviewee on the plugging circuit, how to cope with a reluctant or monosyllabic guest and why relaxation can be more effective than confrontation.