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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I’m not sure whether it matters to
be honest James ?? it’s the facts and what has happened, what ought to
happen, what could have happened and what hasn’t happened that matters ….
By the time we get to the end of all that, the book will be either the size of
war and peace or the length of one of my e-mails </span></font><font size=2
color=navy face=Wingdings><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
color:navy'>J</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I’ll say it again … there’s
nowt wrong with Community Radio, the idea, the concept, what we do …. The
Politics and nonsense that has been allowed to warp its progress is a complete
and utter (wait for it !)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk
[mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>James Cridland<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 28 January 2015 10:52<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> The Community Media
Association Discussion List; cma-l<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> Dom Chambers<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [cma-l] eRADIO - 28
January</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>What it doesn't say is that <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Roy</st1:place></st1:City>
is also the co-founder of Ribble FM, a community radio station for Clitheroe.
That's pretty important disclosure, I feel.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Not that it makes his views any less correct; but it can't fail to
colour them a little.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>(Disclosure: I run <a href="http://media.info">media.info</a> which
competes with Radio Today in certain markets, particularly jobs).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>//j<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Wed Jan 28 2015 at 10:40:38 AM Ian Hickling <<a
href="mailto:transplanfm@hotmail.com">transplanfm@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Can I recommend that you
read  "<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Roy</st1:place></st1:City>'s
Radio Ramble?<br>
This is a professional view on the CR situation from Roy Martin - essentially a
child of the true ILR format - and I feel firmly backs up the concerns of our
small Industry sector.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015
04:39:16 -0500<br>
From: <a href="mailto:admin@radiotoday.co.uk" target="_blank">admin@radiotoday.co.uk</a><br>
To: <a href="mailto:ian@transplan.uk.com" target="_blank">ian@transplan.uk.com</a><br>
Subject: eRADIO... with Broadcast Bionics 28 Jan<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:1.0pt'>#eRADIO
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Helvetica;color:black'>This time last week I was a little excited for
the <a
href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1422437599-d31f8a19682847b0b3c4e32a893aa34b-a883667?pa=27912884475"
target="_blank" style='word-break:break-word'><font color="#126ca3"><span
style='color:#126CA3;text-decoration:none'>announcement</span></font></a>
of the new Community Radio Order. But sadly it was about as appropriate
as sharing a creme egg.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>The opportunity to change the way community
radio lives and survives could have been changed, but instead we get
a buffer zone of just over £1,000 per month which can be raised
before the age-old 50% rule kicks in.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>But the real shocker was RadioCentre's <a
href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1422437599-65911ed03777513cf10f4fa20dd08cca-a883667?pa=27912884475"
target="_blank" style='word-break:break-word'><font color="#126ca3"><span
style='color:#126CA3;text-decoration:none'>reaction</span></font></a>
to it. They said it "is a concern for commercial stations."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>They issued a statement as soon as the news
was announced, suggesting they just might have had access to the
announcement before the rest of us. It said:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>"The changes proposed by the Department
of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) risk blurring the lines between
community and commercial stations and puts them in direct competition
for limited local advertising, alongside local press, local
television and online."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>This seems a little over the top. If
RadioCentre thinks commercial radio stations are really going to
suffer because a low-power community radio station serving a small
part of its TSA can now fight for a thousand pounds worth of
advertising, then we are really in a bad way. Local community
websites are bringing in more, and potentially offering a bigger
threat.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>In reality, everything will continue as it was
and even more community radio stations will close thanks to the
decreasing amount of sources offering grants and community funding.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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is Managing Editor of RadioToday.</span></font></i></b></em><font
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<h1><b><font size=5 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>Local
Radio - how can it bring back sexy?<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
<h2 style='line-height:14.4pt'><b><font size=3 color=firebrick
face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
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<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>BBC Local Radio and sexy. I accept this may be
the first time ever you have read a sentence with these words in it
but my question is serious and it is a very personal one for me, so
please keep reading.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>You see my love affair with radio started more
than 30 years ago with my then local station, BBC Radio Northampton.
Apparently in the mid-Eighties it was a rebellious star in the
network, nicknamed “commercial radio without the
advertsâ€.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>Young, enthusiastic but hugely warm
broadcasters such as Howard Stableford, who went onto
BBC’s Tomorrow’s World, and Martin
Stanford, now Sky News star, ruled the local airwaves. They talked
everyday about where we lived and, even as a kid, we connected. They
became heroes to me. As a 13 year old I struggled to believe that
this big, shiny, sexy radio station broadcast down the road from me.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>Ok, it was a different time
(let’s face it a different century) but there are
learnings. BBC Radio Northampton of 1984 was bold, fresh sounding and
continually upbeat. (Can you think of a certain RAJAR busting
national station from the BBC that currently exudes these
characteristics?) BBC Northampton was what I would call a sexy
listen. So, the question for me is how can the network bring sexy
back?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>In his much debated blog post, John Myers asks
where is the vision? I would reframe this slightly and ask, after
monumental changes in our industry, what is BBC Local Radio? I was
Assistant Editor at BBC London from 2007-2008, probably the best job
I have ever had by the way, and in a market well served by clearly
defined radio stations, I often wondered where it left us. I would
say this has been one of the smartest moves of LBC over the years,
clearly and confidently positioning itself as a news/talk station,
“Leading Britain’s Conversationâ€.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>I do not think it is an easy question for BBC
Local Radio management to answer but for me it is fundamental
– for listeners and staff. It is not enough to think
that in a market of increasingly networked content, BBC Local
stations are genuinely local because the likes of Capital, Heart,
Smooth and increasingly Bauer’s City stations are so
smart at localising the audience doesn’t know the
difference.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>So, is it the speech? If it IS, then
isn’t BBC Radio York, for example, “Talk
Radio For <st1:place w:st="on">North Yorkshireâ</st1:place>€?
Admittedly it doesn’t tell the whole story but it
focuses on what makes BBC Local Radio unique and unique locally.
It’s a starting thought at least.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>What of that speech? I want to focus on news
which John Myers feels there is presently too much emphasis on.
Perhaps he would be happier if the definition of news was broadened
out and teams were encouraged to be more creative. For me, local
journalism is very important but so is creating unmissable radio.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>Let me unpack this. Typically with BBC Local
Radio I find engaged journalists (reporters and producers) who work
really hard and care an awful lot. Fantastic! But often I feel they
are trying to cover too many local stories. Resources then get
stretched and it can result in frankly average packages or radio car
hits.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>So, let me make a few suggestions: What if
News and Programme Editors took bolder decisions? Focused on 3 or 4
local stories a day to cover? Used this time to think of fresh new
ways to tell stories? Experimented with treatments? Got listeners
talking?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>I was honoured to be a judge of the
network’s Gillard Awards this year and I can tell you
the quality of news content was extremely high. Again, fantastic! BBC
Local Radio is still breaking big stories, such as BBC
WM’s Trojan Horse scoop last year. This was a local
story it invested time into, stuck with, owned and it made a big
impact. I think the network needs to make more of these impacts and
it shouldn’t be shy about claiming them either. LBC
does it almost weekly through the A List politicians it attracts to
its super branded, You Tube streaming radio station.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>It aims high, it is bold and it reaps the
results.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>I worked for many years in commercial radio
with the Managing Editor now charged with developing the BBC Local
network and I would say his appointment is a very positive one.
He’s served his time in news and programming roles and
I have always found him to be ambitious, bold, creative and committed
to talent. He’s a good guy. Most importantly
he’s a radio guy. <br>
And let’s not lose sight of the many positives within
BBC Local Radio. Brilliant formats such as Robert Elms’
wonderful championing of local culture on BBC London every lunchtime.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>An example of non-news but local compelling
speech I would want other stations to learn from. Also, I would mine
the rich experiences and lessons from the genius story tellers on air
everyday across England to support training and development, the
likes of Sheffield’s Toby Foster and Rony Robinson.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>I am a glass half full kind of bloke and I
believe there is so much potential and, as uncomfortable as the
debate may have been for Local Radio managers over the past week, it
does show as an industry we care about BBC Local Radio. Without its
inspiration 30 years ago I probably wouldn’t be writing
this now.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><em><b><i><font
size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:Helvetica;color:black;font-weight:bold'>By Justin Kings
who enjoyed 25 years in local radio before becoming a consultant and
trainer, working worldwide specialising in news/talk radio and social
media. Find him on Twitter <a
href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1422437599-2d8218122b52ea85c284b7789b90bf77-a883667?pa=27912884475"
target="_blank" style='word-break:break-word'><font color="#126ca3"><span
style='color:#126CA3;text-decoration:none'>@newsleader</span></font></a></span></font></i></b></em><font
size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:Helvetica;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<h1><b><font size=5 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>The Quiet
Death of the late-night DJ<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
<h2 style='line-height:14.4pt'><b><font size=3 color=firebrick
face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
color:firebrick'>An <a
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style='color:#126CA3;text-decoration:none'>article by Andrew Gray</span></font></a>,
Freelance Journalist<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>The nocturnal radio host is a familiar figure
from movies and TV
dramas — but the BBC has
decided it can’t afford a real one.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>To explain his love of radio, John Peel, the
late and much lauded BBC Radio 1 DJ, often recalled a night in the
1960s when he lived in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><em><i><font
size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>I was driving back once from New
Orleans and it was about 3 o’clock in the morning, and
I was in the car on my own and I’d left my two friends
down in New Orleans, because in those days before we knew about
sexism, we used to follow the fortunes of a young woman who was
called ‘Chris Colt, the girl with the
45s’, and we used to follow her around from strip joint
to strip joint.</span></font></i></em><font size=3 color=black
face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><em><i><font
size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>And I was driving back, as I say
at 3 o’clock in the
morning — moonlit night,
driving through the piney woods of East Texas, and dead straight
road, just rising and falling through the
woods — and every once in a
while you came across a little wide place in the road, which would be
a small town, or village really, but they don’t call
them villages.</span></font></i></em><font size=3 color=black
face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><em><i><font
size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>And as I came up over the top of
one hill — and the moon was
right at the other end of the road so you’ve got this
kind of silver ribbon of concrete in front of
you — and Elmore
James’ ‘Stranger Blues’ came
on, which starts off “I’m a stranger here
/ I just drove in your townâ€. And as I came down, I was
whizzing through this little
town — and it was just the
perfect record in the perfect context, and I’ve never
forgotten the setting. And I love the idea of perhaps just once in
every programme, once in every month, being able to imprint something
that firmly on somebody else’s memory, you know?</span></font></i></em><font
size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:Helvetica;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>That powerful, personal connection between
broadcaster and listener is one of radio’s enduring
strengths. The relationship between the lone, late-night DJ and the
listener, often also on their own, can feel especially close. The
broadcaster’s words and music tell the solitary driver,
the insomniac, the invalid, the shift worker: You are not alone.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>Now, suppose you are driving along a moonlit
road in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Britain</st1:place></st1:country-region>
in 2015, just after 3 a.m. Or you find yourself awake at that time.
You tune to the nation’s most popular radio station for
some company.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>It turns out you are alone.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>There will be some chat and music but the
programme will be a repeat or a pre-recorded show.
That’s because BBC Radio 2 decided a few months ago
that it would no longer employ a human to talk and play records
through the night.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>The late-night radio host is a recognisable
figure in popular culture, portrayed by Clint Eastwood in the film
Play Misty for Me and Gary Cole in the TV show Midnight Caller. But
the threat to overnight Radio 2 came not from a knife-wielding
listener declaring undying love as in Play Misty, but an axe-wielding
manager complaining about budgets.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>Radio 2 has £46 million to spend this year
but controller Bob Shennan said budget cuts meant the station had to
make “the tough decision to reduce the number of hours
of live programming overnightâ€.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>Shennan’s message seemed to be:
we need all our cash just to do things that are popular and
public-service. Having someone talking and playing records through
the night may not be hugely popular but it is a public service, just
as much as a documentary or a specialist music show.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>By definition, the audience at that time is
marginalised. These are people who do not work or sleep at the same
time as most of us. Often they are low-paid shift workers or people
who can’t sleep due to illness or stress.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>It also seems strange to end live overnight
radio in an increasingly 24-hour society, with more people working at
night.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='color:#126CA3;text-decoration:none'>THE RADIO TODAY PROGRAMME</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
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with Broadcast Bionics, Trevor Dann finds out RadioDays Europe 2015.
Will it be bigger than last year’s event in <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Dublin</st1:place></st1:City> which
attracted over a thousand delegates?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>Can it replace the Radio Festival for <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region>
delegates? Who will be the star speakers in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Milan</st1:place></st1:City>? Organisers Ralf Brandrud
& Anders Held tell all.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
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with David Lloyd - online later this afternoon.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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target="_blank"><font color="#126ca3"><span style='color:#126CA3;
text-decoration:none'>AUDIO PRODUCTION MASTERS</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>This new podcast about audio production is
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<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
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station imaging production companies pitch their demos head-to-head.
Wise Buddah’s Mark Goodier and Anthony Gay from
Reelworld Europe explain how their organisations are tracking the
changing needs of radio stations across the world. Paul Plant
introduces No Sheet Music – a new production library
designed to lift the production standards of radio and more.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<h1><b><font size=5 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>One year
ago, on 19th January 2014, KIIS 1065 launched in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Sydney</st1:place></st1:City>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
<h2 style='line-height:14.4pt'><b><font size=3 color=firebrick
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color:firebrick'>A blog by <a
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style='color:#126CA3;text-decoration:none'>Francis Currie</span></font></a>
- an international radio consultant with over 25 years of Programming
experience.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><img
border=0 width=98 height=98 id="_x0000_i1049"
src="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0863/6678/original/KIIS-1065-Crop-150x150.jpg?1422398631"
alt=KIIS-1065-Crop-150x150><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>In its very first ratings survey the new radio
station sky-rocketed to become the Number One FM commercial radio
station in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sydney</st1:place></st1:City>
with the Number One FM Morning Show.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>It was a spectacular launch that attracted the
attention of the radio world. The previous commercial radio
market-leader, 2DAY FM, collapsed.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>12 months on and the Morning Shows of KIIS FM
and stable-mate WSFM continue to battle for first and second place on
FM and 2DAY FM continues to struggle.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>Duncan Campbell is the National Content
Director of ARN (The Australian Radio Network). He was the mastermind
and driving force behind the launch of KIIS 1065 with the Kyle &
Jackie O Morning Show.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>In this exclusive half-hour interview with
Francis Currie, recorded six months after the launch and available
publicly for the first time, Duncan Campbell explains in detail the
events leading up to the launch of KIIS 1065. He also reveals the key
components that made the launch such a dramatic success.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<h2 style='line-height:14.4pt'><b><font size=3 color=firebrick
face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
color:firebrick'><a
href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1422437599-e469d9353936a56cccc77724c6d0a0c6-a883667?pa=27912884475"
target="_blank" style='word-break:break-word'><font color="#126ca3"><span
style='color:#126CA3;text-decoration:none'>Click here to see the full
interview..</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><img
border=0 width=530 height=100 id="_x0000_i1050"
src="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0630/7620/original/Airchecks.png?1393512939"
alt=Airchecks><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<h1><b><font size=5 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>Each week
we take at look at <a
href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1422437599-da989ebd07a1178aa3f9860e116589a6-a883667?pa=27912884475"
target="_blank" style='word-break:break-word'><font color="#126ca3"><span
style='color:#126CA3;text-decoration:none'>aircheckdownloads.com</span></font></a>
to see what audio goodies have been added to the archives.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>The website has over 2,200 scoped airchecks
from the 80s to today all available as mp3 files and is the largest
online collection in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Every week we
highlight three of our favourites.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0'>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><img border=0 width=94 height=94
id="_x0000_i1051"
src="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0863/9380/original/jazz_old.jpg?1422437193"
alt="jazz old"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<h1><b><font size=5 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'><a
href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1422437599-213fe78fde61e38e5523725bfafaae20-a883667?pa=27912884475"
target="_blank" style='word-break:break-word'><font color="#126ca3"><span
style='color:#126CA3;text-decoration:none'>Steve Collins at Jazz FM
London! Recorded Jun 26th 1992</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><img border=0 width=96 height=84
id="_x0000_i1052"
src="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0863/9378/original/RadioLuxembourg.png?1422437196"
alt=RadioLuxembourg><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<h1><b><font size=5 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'><a
href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1422437599-c1f690c4a9615205196465ac7103b1b5-a883667?pa=27912884475"
target="_blank" style='word-break:break-word'><font color="#126ca3"><span
style='color:#126CA3;text-decoration:none'>Gary King at Radio
Luxembourg! Recorded Nov 1988</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0'>
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align=left width=126 style='width:94.5pt;border-collapse:collapse;
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><img border=0 width=96 height=93
id="_x0000_i1053"
src="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0863/9379/original/chiltern.jpg?1422437194"
alt=chiltern><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<h1><b><font size=5 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'><a
href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1422437599-e11771c3823200c37168bdd9897c2853-a883667?pa=27912884475"
target="_blank" style='word-break:break-word'><font color="#126ca3"><span
style='color:#126CA3;text-decoration:none'>Pete Wagstaff at Chiltern
Radio Dunstable! Recorded Nov 22nd 1982</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
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<h2 style='line-height:14.4pt'><b><font size=3 color=firebrick
face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
color:firebrick'>These airchecks and many, many more are online now
at <a
href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1422437599-7dd10a2b3e164b554cbd0fb3c22db69c-a883667?pa=27912884475"
target="_blank" style='word-break:break-word'><font color="#126ca3"><span
style='color:#126CA3;text-decoration:none'>aircheckdownloads.com</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0'>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1422437599-68f7e74dc8f4093872331f70a202900a-a883667?pa=27912884475"
target="_blank"><font color="#126ca3"><span style='color:#126CA3;
text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=530 height=100
id="_x0000_i1054"
src="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0651/7652/original/Zetta_JavaFree_630.jpg?1396263559"
alt="Zetta JavaFree 630"></span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'>
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width=530 style='width:397.5pt;border-collapse:collapse'>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><img
border=0 width=530 height=100 id="_x0000_i1055"
src="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0630/7628/original/Radio%20Events.png?1393512940"
alt="Radio Events"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0'>
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<h1><b><font size=5 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'><a
href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1422437599-41866208c9586146f5d1ed4b2ab60e4b-a883667?pa=27912884475"
target="_blank" style='word-break:break-word'><font color="#126ca3"><span
style='color:#126CA3;text-decoration:none'>Upcoming radio events</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
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<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><strong><b><font
size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>IRN Awards</span></font></b></strong><font
size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:Helvetica;color:black'> - nominations announced - today
at 11:15 am (Online)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><strong><b><font
size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>RAJAR Q4, 2014</span></font></b></strong><font
size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:Helvetica;color:black'> delivered to radio stations -
February 4, 2015 at 10:30 am (Online)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><strong><b><font
size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>Drive to Digital: NOW</span></font></b></strong><font
size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:Helvetica;color:black'> - February 6, 2015 at 9:00 am (<st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">London</st1:place></st1:City>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><strong><b><font
size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>Salon de la Radio</span></font></b></strong><font
size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:Helvetica;color:black'> - February 8, 2015 at 9:00 am (<st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Paris</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">France</st1:country-region></st1:place>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><strong><b><font
size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>EBU Digital Radio <st1:City w:st="on">Summit</st1:City></span></font></b></strong><font
size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:Helvetica;color:black'> - February 11, 2015 at 9:00 am (<st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Geneva</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Switzerland</st1:country-region></st1:place>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><strong><b><font
size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>RadioHack 2015</span></font></b></strong><font
size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:Helvetica;color:black'> - February 12, 2015 at 2:00 pm (<st1:City
w:st="on">Geneva</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Switzerland</st1:place></st1:country-region>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><strong><b><font
size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>Beds and Beats re-launch party</span></font></b></strong><font
size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:Helvetica;color:black'> - February 19, 2015 at 7:00 pm (<st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">London</st1:place></st1:City>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><strong><b><font
size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>Radiodays Europe</span></font></b></strong><font
size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:Helvetica;color:black'> - March 15, 2015 at 7:30 pm
(Congressi, Milano)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><strong><b><font
size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>IRN Awards</span></font></b></strong><font
size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:Helvetica;color:black'> - March 19, 2015 at 3:00 pm (<st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">London</st1:place></st1:City>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><strong><b><font
size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>Arqiva Awards - Entries close</span></font></b></strong><font
size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:Helvetica;color:black'> - March 20, 2015 at 5:00 pm
(Online)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<h1><b><font size=5 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'><a
href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1422437599-d2e6c6e2b7ae5fbbd5a1906994f2bba9-a883667?pa=27912884475"
target="_blank" style='word-break:break-word'><font color="#126ca3"><span
style='color:#126CA3;text-decoration:none'>Anniversaries and birthdays
this week:</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><strong><b><font
size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>Heart North Wales</span></font></b></strong><font
size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>'s Oli Kemp on January 28
(presenter)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><font size=3
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'>Rick Houghton on January 28 (presenter)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><strong><b><font
size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>City Talk 105.9</span></font></b></strong><font
size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:Helvetica;color:black'> on January 28<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><strong><b><font
size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>UTV</span></font></b></strong><font
size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>'s <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Terry</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Underhill</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
on January 30 (group programme director)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Helvetica;color:black'> on January 31<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>BBC Radio <st1:place w:st="on">Nottingham</st1:place></span></font></b></strong><font
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font-family:Helvetica;color:black'> on January 31<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><strong><b><font
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