James Cridland - radio futurologist

By James Cridland

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A regular audio column with the most interesting news about radio's future. James is a radio futurologist - a writer, speaker and consultant concentrating on the effect that new platforms and technology are having on the radio business across the world.


Episode Date
New radio, new talent, and AM
Sep 22, 2024
Happy 100, Aussie Radio
Feb 01, 2024
Better user interfaces in cars change radio listening
Jan 26, 2024
Careful what the numbers tell you
Oct 10, 2023
Link rot, RAJAR and the BBC's global numbers
Aug 06, 2023
Farewell All Access; congrats Kyle and Jackie O
Jul 27, 2023
What the world's first podcaster would do with radio
Jul 11, 2023
AI and radio
Jun 23, 2023
Behind the scenes for radio visualisation at BBC Radio 5 Live
Jun 23, 2023
AM given reprieve; Long Wave to go away; radio on TV
Jun 04, 2023
An excerpt of a trip report
May 30, 2023
India tells phone manufacturers to get FM; and BBC local radio
May 19, 2023
AM radio's US defenders
May 02, 2023
Ken Bruce hits the air and Bauer hits its stride
Apr 03, 2023
Can your presenters publish to your website?
Mar 20, 2023
AM radio to disappear from more cars
Mar 20, 2023
Robot radio comes closer, with RadioGPT - but is it any good?
Feb 28, 2023
CBC to turn off transmitters (but not yet)
Feb 18, 2023
BBC pulls its stations from Radioplayer, and the RAJAR figures
Feb 09, 2023
Ken Bruce leaving BBC Radio 2
Jan 22, 2023
The big AM switchoff gathers pace
Jan 16, 2023
Radio marketing, and the BBC, and other things
Dec 18, 2022
RAJAR, MIDAS, Local BBC Radio, and privacy
Nov 04, 2022
BBC Sounds sees no growth; but ABC sees 22% increase
Oct 24, 2022
The BBC dismantles Steve Wright, the World Service, and the Prime Minister
Sep 30, 2022
Radio's multiplatform radio figures from Australasia
Sep 11, 2022
BBC Sounds, Kenny Everett carts, and breakfast radio vs podcasts
Sep 03, 2022
Getting more value from the archive
Jul 24, 2022
BBC Sounds by the numbers
Jul 17, 2022
Why is Australian radio booming?
Jul 10, 2022
Canadian radio, and the rise of smart speakers
Jun 13, 2022
BBC cuts; TechSurvey, RAJAR
May 29, 2022
The end of music radio on AM? TuneIn cuts stations off; and DRM's relationship with the BBC
May 06, 2022
A radio receiver for people with dementia
Apr 05, 2022
Shortwave radio: who owns the receivers?
Mar 07, 2022
Emergency broadcasting, radio's market share, and the launch of Alfred
Feb 28, 2022
The curious case of the radio station that broke peoples' cars
Feb 14, 2022
The end of open, as audio goes exclusive
Feb 04, 2022
Is no news good news? And: funding the BBC
Jan 28, 2022
The BBC's fight against stupid
Jan 23, 2022
Radio vs Spotify - some data
Jan 06, 2022
Infinite Dial UK results, and 'Local BBC Radio'
Dec 08, 2021
An Infinite Dial for the UK at last
Nov 29, 2021
More talk! Less music!
Nov 21, 2021
Radio is a hit for car drivers
Nov 14, 2021
The UK's new radio figures
Nov 09, 2021
The CRA's good week
Sep 13, 2021
Behind the Chris Evans Radio 1 breakfast show
Sep 05, 2021
The people who don't listen to radio on a radio
Aug 30, 2021
Global makes a global hiring; female voices and the radio
Aug 24, 2021
Why the words we use matter
Aug 23, 2021
Who owns Inside Radio? And a syndicated show with a difference
Aug 08, 2021
Switzerland to turn off FM radio - the campaign to save it
Aug 01, 2021
Podcasts on your radio; radio in your Deezer; listeners on the air
Jul 27, 2021
The future of radio in Africa; and more stations in Belgium
Jul 25, 2021
Jono Coleman, and talkRADIO becomes a TV channel
Jul 11, 2021
Who cares? Plus, Audacy's 350 new stations
Jul 06, 2021
Numbers from Nielsen; Ed Sheeran; terms and conditions
Jun 27, 2021
Conferences, trust, and radio in the car
Jun 19, 2021
Goodbye, and keep listening
Oct 29, 2019
At Radio Alive, things are changing
Oct 22, 2019
Confessions of a radio ad writer
Oct 15, 2019
The misguided quest for control
Oct 08, 2019
Reminding listeners how to tune in, in a multiplatform world
Oct 01, 2019
5G - the future of radio?
Sep 17, 2019
40 years of lazy Buggles headlines
Sep 10, 2019
Visually augmented audio - is it our future?
Sep 03, 2019
Google and Facebook and the power of radio
Aug 27, 2019
Podcast Movement 2019
Aug 20, 2019
Cockroaches
Aug 06, 2019
Live radio doesn't work on headphones
Jul 30, 2019
Music logs can be better
Jul 23, 2019
The AM radio station that's number two
Jul 16, 2019
Hearing the voice of your listener
Jul 09, 2019
The radio station making money from podcasts
Jun 23, 2019
Three podcasts we can learn from
Jun 17, 2019
Apple’s changing podcasting: but is it theirs to change?
Jun 10, 2019
Let’s stop deluding ourselves about the FM chip in phones
May 27, 2019
Where should a radio station be?
May 21, 2019
For internet radio, there may be trouble ahead
May 14, 2019
Radio’s biggest strength and worst enemy: habit
May 05, 2019
Is AM Radio's future all-digital?
Apr 29, 2019
The NAB Show 2019 - and the move to home studios
Apr 15, 2019
The dangers of assumption
Mar 26, 2019
Would an all-podcast radio station work?
Mar 18, 2019
What podcasting can teach radio
Mar 12, 2019
Commercial Radio Australia tries to remove links to radio stations
Feb 25, 2019
Radio: the gekko's cheating on you!
Feb 18, 2019
Radio - full of transferable skills
Feb 11, 2019
Should 'engineering' and 'IT' merge?
Feb 04, 2019
Does a little Australian TV channel give us clues for radio’s future?
Jan 27, 2019
A commercial radio breakfast show, without the commercials
Jan 21, 2019
The BBC’s unfortunate bullying of Fortunately listeners
Jan 14, 2019
Standards are boring - but they are there for a reason
Nov 26, 2018
Check your speakers really are smart
Nov 19, 2018
Radio in the car - a better experience
Nov 12, 2018
New technology: bad for radio?
Nov 05, 2018
Podcast measurement: more standardised than you’d think
Oct 22, 2018
Do you really need a radio building at all?
Oct 15, 2018
New tech offers radio listeners more choice
Oct 08, 2018
Why are you in radio anyway?
Oct 01, 2018
A recap of Next Radio 2018
Sep 24, 2018
The secret to achieve a growing radio industry
Sep 16, 2018
Talent plus brand = success?
Sep 10, 2018
Naming your own radio station: what’s yours?
Sep 03, 2018
Can a smart speaker replace a kitchen radio?
Aug 26, 2018
Is object-based media in your future?
Aug 20, 2018
iHeartRadio - the future of radio?
Aug 13, 2018
Some new advertising ideas are the pits
Aug 04, 2018
Podcast positivity
Jul 29, 2018
Re-thinking and reinventing
Jul 23, 2018
At last - a chance for global podcasting measurement
Jul 15, 2018
Multiplatform radio lessons from Germany
Jul 09, 2018
Why you’re wrong to pull out of TuneIn
Jun 30, 2018
Google Podcasts: friend or foe to radio?
Jun 24, 2018
The next step for personalised radio
Jun 17, 2018
Learning from NPR
Jun 10, 2018
Are we heading for an all-IP media future?
Jun 03, 2018
What is a radio, anyway?
May 27, 2018
Measuring your best customers
May 21, 2018
A look at a new London radio station
May 13, 2018
Rajar's MIDAS touch
May 06, 2018
Digital radio's tight targeting
Apr 28, 2018
Will podcasts eat radio?
Apr 22, 2018
Editing and polishing live radio
Apr 16, 2018
Radio station swag
Apr 09, 2018
Live radio is lazy radio
Apr 02, 2018
Is radio dead? This futurist thinks so
Mar 25, 2018
The great Norwegian experiment - switching off FM
Mar 18, 2018
Digital-first radio
Mar 11, 2018
We can learn lots from European radio
Mar 07, 2018
Is your website HTTPS? And should you care?
Feb 26, 2018
AM: death by a thousand transmitters
Feb 22, 2018
The UK: almost ready to switch off FM?
Feb 11, 2018
Broadcast radio - are data-driven ads the future?
Feb 04, 2018
Young people don't listen to the radio
Jan 28, 2018
Should radio take podcasting more seriously?
Jan 23, 2018
How are we listening to audio in 2018?
Jan 15, 2018
The Brits are turning off AM - SHOULD WE PANIC????!!!1
Jan 09, 2018
Australian radio’s christmas-time sabotage
Dec 21, 2017
FM licences will be worth less - but it doesn't matter
Dec 14, 2017
Presenters and blogs - make it stop
Dec 10, 2017
Smart speakers for smart listeners
Nov 28, 2017
Is it time for radio to tune out of TuneIn?
Nov 21, 2017
Why UK radio is doing so well
Nov 16, 2017
What to put in your top-of-hour ident to make people listen longer
Nov 05, 2017
The Main Studio Rule - US radio’s biggest opportunity in years
Oct 31, 2017
A visit to Q Radio in Belfast
Oct 05, 2017
The UK’s slow road to AM/FM switchoff
Oct 01, 2017
OzPod 2017- the state of podcasting in September 2017
Sep 10, 2017
The thing most radio station websites forget
Sep 05, 2017
Shopping with the radio
Sep 03, 2017
Radio should go where the speakers are
Aug 15, 2017
Saying thank you
Aug 08, 2017
Social media goes massive for Slovenian radio hosts
Aug 08, 2017
Is zero-rated data good news for radio?
Jul 13, 2017
Lazy Buggles Headlines
Jul 08, 2017
Smart ads aren't so smart - so when will we fix streaming?
Jun 28, 2017
Radio engineers need to talk too!
Jun 22, 2017
Radio and young people - is it an on-demand future?
Jun 15, 2017
Learning from China
Jun 06, 2017
Get your tech right for an emergency
May 23, 2017
Lessons on radio's future from 1941
May 21, 2017
Simple radio marketing that works
Apr 19, 2017
Where is the best radio in the world?
Apr 18, 2017
Is Beats 1 really “the biggest radio station in the world”?
Apr 02, 2017
What's the point of a radio conference?
Apr 02, 2017
I listened to lots of podcasts and this is what I learnt
Mar 14, 2017
What Volkswagen can teach us about radio’s future
Mar 08, 2017
Getting out of the studio with a USB microphone
Feb 26, 2017
The state of podcasting today - from the award organisers
Feb 14, 2017
Making the most of your content - the Super Bowl edition
Feb 08, 2017
Hacking radio stations - the new normal ##EXPLICIT LANGUAGE##
Jan 31, 2017
Did the iPhone really destroy radio?
Jan 24, 2017
Is it all over for live overnight radio?
Jan 15, 2017
Norway switches off FM. Why don't they just stream everything?
Jan 08, 2017
The great radio switchoff
Jan 03, 2017
Why radio matters
Dec 24, 2016
The radio station in a pub, and other company-run stations
Dec 19, 2016
Barking mad - radio for dogs
Dec 12, 2016
Making digital-first radio
Dec 06, 2016
Boom 97.3's Christmasizer 2000 - a podcast extra!
Dec 04, 2016
NPR One - the future of connected radio?
Nov 29, 2016
Radio in cars - popular everywhere
Nov 21, 2016
The lazy antique radio photo - and what we need to do to eradicate it
Nov 15, 2016
Malaysia: where radio is even more popular
Nov 14, 2016
The one-man radio station with 35,000 listeners
Nov 14, 2016
The radio station with no studios
Nov 09, 2016