RadioToday Programme

A good old radio related chat between Absolute Radio and Magic's Group Content Director and presenter Leona Graham about radio, life, working together at 5 Live and talking to your clothes!

Bauer’s Group Managing Director Dee Ford talks to Stuart Clarkson to look back at what has been a momentous year for the radio group - including dealing with running a business in a global pandemic and integrating around 50 new radio stations into the Hits Radio Brand Network. We get her take on the changes deregulation has brought to the commercial radio sector - and find out which of Bauer’s many breakfast shows she chooses to wake up with in the mornings!
Plus Roy Martin joins Stuart to discuss the week’s news in the radio industry.
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Broadcaster Victoria Derbyshire reflects on her experience on this year’s I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here and how well her former tea boy Jordan North did on the reality show.
As the JACK Radio Group announces two new stations launching nationally on DAB this week - Union JACK Dance and Union JACK Rock - Clive Dickens tells us the thinking behind the strategy.
And Bela Shah reports on the Radio Academy’s Race On Audio & Radio (ROAR) webinar this week which focused on the South Asian community’s experiences of working in the UK radio and audio sectors.
Plus, Roy Martin joins Stuart to look at the big industry stories of the week.
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Industry stalwarts Phil Riley and David Lloyd talk to Stuart Clarkson about their new project - Boom Radio UK, which plans to launch in early 2021 targeting the baby boomer generation.
Plus, Roy Martin joins Stuart to look at the big industry stories of the week.
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RadioToday’s Stuart Clarkson catches up with Jordan North’s former housemate Darryl Morris from talkRADIO to discuss how Jordan is doing on I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here.
We also chat to former Radio 1 Controller Johnny Beerling about his return to the airwaves as a presenter with Serenade Radio - after 64 years away from the microphone!
And Roy Martin joins Stuart to look at the big industry stories of the week.
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In a RadioToday Programme Extra we bring you an aural treat from Jon Holmes and his team. This magnificent audio production was played at the end of the 2020 Radio Academy Festival, providing a comedic take on the sessions delegates had heard through the week, skewering the audio recordings about radio and our industry.

So far The Skewer has won a Gold award at the New York Festivals, a British Podcast Award and a comedy award at the Audio Production Awards. Creator Jon Holmes combines award winning audio production and sound design with brand new audio talent to produce something quite unlike anything else. 

If you enjoyed this, please do check out previous episodes of Radio 4's The Skewer on BBC Sounds at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m000czyb

The Skewer is an Unusual production.

Bauer's new Group Director of Content & Music Ben Cooper talks to RadioToday's Stuart Clarkson about his departure from Radio 1 after many years and his excitement over plans to revolutionise commercial radio.

Roy Martin also joins Stuart to look at the big industry stories of the week.

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Radio legend Pat Sharp talks to RadioToday about his new book - Re-Run The Fun: My Life As Pat Sharp, which is 'based on an un-true story'. We've also got a competition for you to win a copy of the book!

Stuart Clarkson & Roy Martin chat through the big radio industry stories of the week, and we hear some clips of award-winning community radio presenter Julie Donaldson who died this week aged just 50 after contracting Covid-19.

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Radio Academy Festival Chair Nick Pitts and Exec Producer Sam Bailey tell us about the plans for this year’s Radio Academy Festival, planned for 9th to 13th November.
Stuart Clarkson & Roy Martin chat through the other big stories of the week in the radio industry.
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RAW 1251 station manager Sian Bolton and former programmer Ed Farrar tell us about plans for the student station’s 50th anniversary next week - and discuss what life is like in the student radio sector during the pandemic.
Stuart Clarkson & Roy Martin chat through the other big stories of the week in the radio industry.
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