The BBC Director of Radio and Music, Bob Shennan, has given more detail about a new BBC audio app that’s in development and announced that he will be appointing a Podcast Commissioner. Addressing delegates at the Radiodays Europe conference in Vienna this morning, he also called for all of radio […]

BBC Director of Radio Bob Shennan says the future of radio in the UK needs to be a mixture of DAB, FM and internet, rather than just DAB. Details of his speech for delegates at Radiodays Europe on Monday morning have been leaked to the Telegraph, which quotes him as saying […]

Radio stations across the UK have reported some of the highest ever spikes in online listening during the recent severe weather conditions. School closures, blocked roads and travel disruption led the headlines, and the radio industry went into overdrive to keep listeners informed. Presenters, journalists and other station staff all […]

I always need silence when I write, but when I’m doing research, which is most of the time, I like to have music in the background. Often I’ll fire up my shortwave receiver and find something exotic, though these days it’s much easier to use the internet. A favorite is […]