Monthly Archives: August 2008

Around The World In A Hundred Podcasts by Paul Sylvester

Let’s go back 4 years, (there was the tsunami, the Athens Olympics, Arsenal won the Premiership and Peter Andre re-released Mysterious Girl…..cool, you’re with me now!) well, most people wouldn’t have had a clue what a podcast was! 4 years on and more than 6 million people in the UK have now listened to or [...]

Best Blag Of The Weekend by Louise Reeves

It was the V Festival over the weekend and everyone from the station certainly does their bit to make it all go smoothly. It’s a rather relentless task on the front desk checking everyone in but there’s always the prize for the best blag. This year it goes to a fine young man and his [...]

The Communications Market by Adam Bowie

Ofcom publishes an annual review of what it calls The Communications Market, and yesterday it published the latest edition. It’s a long document running to something like 360 pages, and I’ll readily admit that I’ve not yet read it all (if you fancy your own copy, download it here). But I have had a look [...]

Advertising by Paul Flower and Clare Baker

In the crazy world of brand marketing, it’s never less than a laugh a minute. Unfortunately our TV ads are generally a lot shorter than that. Those who’ve been with us for a while (as staff or listeners) will be aware of our infrequent forays into the murky waters of TV advertising and whilst our [...]

Saying Goodbye To Old Friends

We’ve had to say goodbye to a few people from Sales team in the last couple of weeks and last night there was a bit of a leaving do. Helen’s been here for five and a half years and is off to become a teacher. Jemma’s been working in scheduling for the last two and [...]