RadioTalk from The Radio Academy

Live from the Radio Festival 2011 – our intrepid reporters views on the first day. Including the TechCon Jargon Buster and new experiences for delegates and for our team!

#30u30 special Last week, The Radio Academy published the inaugural 30 Under 30 list – and this week RadioTalk gives you the chance to meet some of them in a show hosted, produced and including 5 members of the list. Hosting this special edition of RadioTalk is Charlene Guy – a presenter from BFBS who has spent the last 7 years travelling round the world with the army and embedded everywhere from Afghanistan to The Falklands. Joining RadioTalk veterans Jimmy Buckland (Head of Strategy, UTV) and Carina Tillson (Head of Compliance and Regulatory Policy, Global Radio) is Jonathan Jacob (SPI Account Manager, Frist Radio Sales) who may be familiar to those who follow The Earshot Creative Review blog and podcast. Find out how they heard the news, what they think makes a #30u30 and what advice they’d give to aspiring radio stars of the future. Podcast produced by Heather Davies and recorded at Maple Street Studios.

In a big week for the network, Absolute Radio’s Clive Dickens joins Trevor Dann for a special one-on-one interview to discuss past triumphs and future hopes – including a secret passion to work with the BBC! Podcast produced by Heather Davies and recorded at Absolute Radio with thanks to Joe Thomas.

Delivering Quality First: on the day dominated by the BBC’s latest cost-cutting plans, Trevor Dann discusses the particulars and implications of the DQF report with media commentator and former BBC Radio Head of Strategy, Paul Robinson (MD of KidsCo) and hears what commercial radio might make of the report from RadioCentre’s Director of Strategy, Lisa Kerr. Podcast produced by Heather Davies and recorded at Maple Street Studios.

This week Trevor Dann talks TechCon with Quentin Howard (BFBS) and radio futurologist James Cridland. Find out about the great sessions planned for the first day of the Radio Festival – from making your station more eco-friendly, to making sure you stay on air! Podcast produced by Heather Davies and recorded at Maple Street Studios.

In the lead up to this year’s Radio Festival, Trevor Dann talks to the organisers, attendees and speakers from the brand new nextrad.io conference. Podcast produced by Heather Davies.

In this edition of RadioTalk Trevor Dann speaks to the Chair of this year’s Radio Festival, John Myers. They discuss today’s launch of the full Festival programme, the stellar line-up of speakers and some particular highlights to look forward to. Podcast produced by Heather Davies and recorded at Maple Street Studios.

Trevor Dann is joined in the RadioTalk studios by drivetime aficionados Scott Mills (Radio 1) and Geoff Lloyd (Absolute Radio) to discuss what makes a great hometime show. Podcast produced by Heather Davies

Jack FM is known throughout the world as a radio brand, but what makes it so interesting? In the first of a series on radio brands, John Myers talks to Pat Bohn, the worldwide President of Sparknet (owners of the Jack brand) about how it all started. Also included is Ian Walker, the first guy to launch Jack in the UK and Ken Benson from P1 research. enjoy…

Trevor Dann hosts a #ukriots special looking at how UK radio coped with a difficult week of public disorder. Featuring LBC’s Nick Margerrison who presented a 6 hour show overnight when rioting broke out in Tottenham; BBC Radio Manchester’ Sarah Collins who was the on-air producer throughout the night when rioting broke out in Manchester on Tuesday evening; and AudioBoo’s CEO and Founder Mark Rock whose site saw their biggest peak of listening since launch. Sarah introduces the harrowing audio of the BBC Radio Manchester radio car being set on fire, and Mark brings a stand-out AudioBoo from a member of the public who witnessed one of the many fires in Croydon on Monday night. We tackle the issues around staff safety when broadcasting from a riot, how to screen callers effectively before putting them on air, what citizen journalism means, what happens in the studio when adrenalin takes over, what is impartiality, and how do we connect with the disconnected? Trevor also speaks to Ralph Bernard about the sad passing of Michael Bukht who founded Classic FM, Britain’s first national commercial radio station. Podcast produced by Heather Davies and recorded at Maple Street Studios.

Trevor Dann is joined by Steve Ackerman (Somethin Else), Matt Deegan (Folder Media / Fun Kids) and Will Jackson (Traffic Radio) to pick apart the latest RAJAR figures, the futue of Radio 1 now that Andy Parfitt is stepping down, and the latest developments in the talkSPORT / 5 live debate. Podcast recorded at Maple Street Studios and produced by Heather Davies.

Trevor Dann caught up with Gwyneth earlier this week to find out how her first 9 months in the job have gone. They talked at length about the new schedule on R4 and the launch of 4Extra, the importance of digital and of getting the live schedule right. Trevor also raised the recent news agenda – was Radio 4’s coverage of the News of the World and Amy Winehouse stories appropriate? They talked about the new model for independent commissioning and answered some questions from listeners via twitter – about why there’s no Today programme on Sunday, what’s the future of R4 LW and why is there such variation in the quality of radio drama on 4. As with every edition we ended the discussion by asking what Gwyneth has been listening to (the World Service, the Proms on R3 and the Reith Lectures). Podcast produced by Heather Davies and recorded at Maple Street Studios.

Colin Paterson – Chair of the Welsh Branch of The Radio Academy and stalwart of BBC Radio Wales – presents this special edition of our radio-based podcast from Cardiff. Colin is joined by Steve Austins (Editor of BBC Radio Wales), Andy Griffiths (Head of Presentation for Real Radio Wales), and Mike Graham (TalkSPORT presenter and former tabloid journalist and Editor) to talk about the week’s biggest media news and the future of radio in Wales. Recorded at BBC Radio Wales and produced by Heather Davies.

Sony Radio Academy Award winners Helen Zaltzman and Olly Mann host this special edition of RadioTalk all about podcasting. They are joined by the Guardian’s Head of Audio Francesca Pannetta (also of the multiple award-winning Hackney Podcast), BBC 6 Music Exec James Stirling (responsible for the Adam & Joe podcast and weekend schedules) and Luke Moore from the hugely successfull Football Ramble podcast. We ask: Is there a different audience for radio and podcasting? How much editing is too much? Why aren’t podcasts bigger? There’s also interviews with famous podcasters Andrew Collins and Andy Zaltzman, where we tackle when and why you should stop podcasting, and how to make money out of your pod. And we find out what podcasts our panellists have been listening to and hear clips from their favourite shows. Podcast produced by Heather Davies and recorded at Maple Street Studios.

This week’s RadioTalk is an Arqivas special hosted by RadioToday’s Stuart Clarkson. We catch up with some of the winners – including Ronnie Wood, David Baddiel and Kid Jensen – and speak to some of the big names appearing on the night about what radio means to them. Podcast produced by Heather Davies.