RadioToday Programme

Iain Lee and Katherine Boyle talk to RadioToday’s Stuart Clarkson about their new incarnation of The Late Night Alternative on Twitch, following their departure from talkRADIO. Plus Iain shares his views on the current state of speech radio in the UK.

Roy Martin joins Stuart to look through the other big stories of the week in our industry, and David Lloyd has more RadioMoments from the archives.
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Trevor Dann is joined by presenter Fi Glover, Radioplayer's Mike Hill and Jimmy Buckland from Wireless to discuss topics including the launch of Times Radio, the appointment of Tim Davie as BBC Director-General and proposed cuts to BBC Local Radio.

Includes David Lloyd's RadioMoments.

Listening recommendation links:

Stories of our Timeshttps://www.thetimes.co.uk/podcasts/stories-of-our-times
GameDay from talkSPORThttps://talksport.com/podcasts/
The Craig Charles Funk and Soul Showhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0072ky7
Mind Canyonhttp://www.mindcanyon.uk/
Anthemshttps://www.broccolicontent.com/anthems
(Staying) At Home with the Williamseshttps://smarturl.it/thewilliamsespodcast

This week we discuss the launch of the first newspaper-backed national radio station as Times Radio goes on the air. Times Radio Programme Director Tim Levell, who left BBC Radio 5 Live earlier this year, tells us how the first couple of days have gone and discusses the station’s plans.

 Stuart Clarkson and Roy Martin look through the other big stories of the week in our industry, and David Lloyd has more RadioMoments from the archives.
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Dan McQuillin from Broadcast Bionics chats all things tech and how innovation has been helping radio stations during the coronavirus pandemic. Plus we ask what the future is for the radio studio.

David Lloyd also has more RadioMoments from this week in radio history.
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Radiocentre CEO Siobhan Kenny updates us on how commercial radio is doing, three months on from the start of the lockdown - and tell us about plans for a series of virtual events to help promote radio advertising to different sectors to aid with economic recovery.

Stuart Clarkson and Roy Martin have a look at the big industry stories of the week, plus David Lloyd has more RadioMoments from this week in radio history.
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This week as the Audio Content Fund publishes its first annual report looking at how it has spent the government’s money on public service content across commercial and community radio stations, Stuart Clarkson chats to the Chair of the Funding Panel Helen Boaden, and ACF Managing Director Sam Bailey. Helen also shares her views on the appointment this week of Tim Davie as the next BBC Director-General.
 
 Plus David Lloyd has more RadioMoments from this week in radio history.
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Trevor Dann hosts our Roundtable discussion for June 2020 and is joined by presenter Chris Mason (BBC), former UKRD CEO William Rogers (Eat Your Greens) and the music writer and audio critic David Hepworth. Plus David Lloyd takes another trip down memory lane with RadioMoments.
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Listening recommendation links:Audmhttp://www.audm.com
Capitalism on Trial - BBC Soundshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0156tvw
Now! That’s What I Call A Chart Showhttps://planetradio.co.uk/greatest-hits/shows/now-thats-what-i-call-a-chart-show/
Wind of Change https://crooked.com/podcast-series/wind-of-change/
Eat Your Greens Podcast - Nick Butterhttps://eatyourgreensgroup.com/nick-butter-kevin-webber-on-the-conversation-that-changed-each-of-their-lives/
Nick Jackson on Virgin Radiohttps://virginradio.co.uk/

Graham Bryce, Group Managing Director of the Hits Radio Network Brand, answers our questions about plans to integrate more than 50 acquired stations from UKRD, Celador, Lincs FM Group and Wireless into Bauer’s portfolio and the impact it will have on staff and output.

Read more about the detail of the changes here: https://radiotoday.co.uk/2020/05/most-of-acquired-bauer-stations-to-become-greatest-hits-radio/

Plus - Stuart Clarkson and Roy Martin have a quick look at the other big industry stories of the week, and David Lloyd takes another trip down memory lane with RadioMoments.
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Ian Williams from the BBC Paye Freelancers Group talks to RadioToday about the issues facing hundreds of people working in radio who have lost all of their work because of the Coronavirus pandemic, but can’t access either of the government’s support schemes.
Stuart Clarkson and Roy Martin have a look at the big industry stories of the week, and David Lloyd takes another trip down memory lane with RadioMoments.
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Liverpool late night radio legend Pete Price talks to RadioToday about the upcoming closure of Radio City Talk after 12 years - and his four decades on the Radio City brand.
Stuart Clarkson and Roy Martin have a look at the big industry stories of the week, and David Lloyd takes another trip down memory lane with RadioMoments.
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