Monthly Archives: July 2008

Recommendations for “Recommending” New Music – by Sean Ross

22Jul

In recent years, many programmers have come to believe that music radio will maintain its place in listeners’ lives as a curator of their music collection. The logic suggests that if radio is no longer the only place to discover music, and can’t compete for the deepest offerings, it will still have the role of [...]

Categories: Guest posts Media Music 1

Posted by admin on July 22, 2008

Don’t mention the ‘M’ word by Andy Grumbridge

21Jul

Our web site is brilliant and commercial radio’s most popular with 15-44 year olds. Indeed, the new owners have cited it (along with other progressive activities in digital) as one of the reasons for acquiring Virgin Radio.
And its the busiest time of the year for us as we roll out the ’80s Mega Quiz, our [...]

Categories: Brands Events Guest posts 2

Posted by admin on July 21, 2008

User Generated Playlisting? by Ben Jones

17Jul

Remember when they first put TV cameras in the Houses of Parliament? Remember when DVD’s started coming with all the behind the scenes footage? Remember seeing how your favourite magic trick was done? All things that happened and we, the public, were never used to seeing or being part of it.
But being part of something [...]

Categories: Guest posts Music 4

Posted by admin on July 17, 2008

Radio dominates music discovery – by Adam Bowie

17Jul

RadioCentre (never “the radiocentre”) has just published Action Stations: The Output and Impact of Commercial Radio. It’s a 64 page report that highlights what it is that commercial radio actually does – it’s not simply playing recorded music with advertising interruptions.
The report is liberally sprinkled throughout with various research statistics like the fact that commercial [...]

Categories: Guest posts Media Music 0

Posted by admin on July 17, 2008

Beijing dreams – by Ed Draper

16Jul

So, the Olympics is just about doped-up dudes like Dwayne Chambers flexing their guns in front of a world audience in order to secure more cereal commercials to fuel their creatine craving? It’s therefore not worth covering, right?
Well, maybe at its most cynical, at its lowest moments, that’s what the gaudy athletic amphitheatre has become. [...]

Categories: Events Guest posts Media 6

Posted by admin on July 16, 2008