RadioToday Programme

Ian Walker (Jack FM Oxford) and Arnie Celsie (SparkNet) discuss the launch of the world's first Jack 2. Plus Roy Martin's news roundup and David Lloyd's Radio Moments. Updated Aug 30th.

Trevor Dann is in Dublin with RTE 2FM's John Clarke and Declan Meehan from East Coast FM and Today FM. Plus David Lloyd's Radio Moments and Roy Martin's news. And nice plugs for 5Live's Saturday Edition and BBC Essex's Keith Skues.

Following a summer dominated by glorious sunshine, Trevor Dann meets with radio futurologist James Cridland and radio consultant Paul Robinson in Golden Square with the Radio Today Programme OB kit, so expect the heavens to open!

Accompanied by the gentle patter of rain, the panel discuss the recent acquisition of Absolute Radio by Bauer, small scale DAB stations in Brighton, highlights from RAJAR and what they've been listening to this week (including the Bard of Barnsley's poem to celebrate the achievements of James Alexander Gordon.)

Roy Martin brings you the latest news from Radio Today and there's another excellent Radio Moments from David Lloyd.

Trevor Dann revisits interviews he conducted to celebrate 40 years of commercial radio as part of the RadioCentre's Roll of Honour. This week, Les Ross and Neil "Dr." Fox share their journeys into the commercial sector.

The Radio Today Programme with AudioBoo is usually available every Wednesday.

Mickey Bradley and Mike Sweeney join Trevor Dann to discuss whether being a musician gives you a good grounding for radio, is playing music more rewarding than producing radio and Mike ponders why Gina (I've Got a Cortina) hasn't found it's way onto the definitive list of punk's greatest hits. Oh, and there is the revelation that the new punk is a nicely ordered spreadsheet.

On the Radio Today Programme this week, Absolute Radio's Chris Martin meets with the legend Johnnie Walker about his Guest Night at the New Town Theatre (www.newtownedfringe.com) for this year's Edinburgh Fringe from 1-25 August. They also discuss producing shows, preparing for interviews, Alternative Johhnie Walker, podcasting, the future of radio, advice for those breaking into the industry and interviewing Art Garfunkel.

Trevor talks to David Lloyd, whose Radio Moments starts its new regular run on the Radio Today Programme, and hears from David Mansfield and Ralph Bernard about the GWR/Capital merger in 2005. Also from RadioCentre’s Roll of Honour, Chris Tarrant discusses the role of producers in radio and tells us what he thinks of UK music radio today.

Trevor Dann and Andrea Day are at the Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards 2013 where they speak with guests, organisers and winners at the star-studded ceremony at London’s Westminster Bridge Park Plaza Hotel.

On the Radio Today Programme this week, Trevor Dann is at Wise Buddah Studios where he is joined by their founder, Mark Goodier, and TBI Media's founder Phil Critchlow.
On the agenda this week, the panel celebrate their successes at the New York Festival Awards, independent radio production, creating content for the BBC, the future of commercial programming, Absolute Radio, Stage Door, crowd funding platform indiegogo and what they have been listening to this week.

This week's Radio Today Programme is an unexpected edition as our "star turn has bailed on us".

Trevor Dann takes the opportunity to share some of the best bits of audio from the past week - and what a week it's been! Britain got itself a brand new national radio station at 2 Minutes to Midnight on Sunday - Slipknot's Corey Taylor introduces TeamRock Radio. There is also "Radio 4 in 4 Minutes" courtesy of the brilliant Jake Yapp (jakeyapp.co.uk) and Joe Kinnear's fantastically shambolic interview on Talksport.