The Radio Academy podcast this week focuses on the recent Trust report into BBC 5 live alongside debating the wider issue of news bulletins in radio. The steller line up of guests include Scott Taunton (CEO of UTV Radio), Adrian Van Klaveren (Controller of BBC 5 live) and radio consultant Paul Robinson.

The podcast was kindly recorded by those wonderful chaps at Maple Street Studios in London, produced by Jordan Thomas and presented by Radio Academy CEO, John Myers.

Comments always welcome. Also available via itunes.

(L-R) Phil Riley, John Myers, Stuart Taylor

This week’s extended podcast features Phil Riley, CEO of Orion Media and Stuart Taylor, CEO of GMG Radio who talk about the big decisions Chief Executives have to make to compete. Phil gives us the background into why BRMB is going ‘Free Radio’ and Stuart Taylor tells us why cutting the number of journalists will not materially affect the listeners experience. In addition, we talk BBC Local Radio and the actions of Lord Patton. It’s all fighting talk as they say…

Plus, don’t miss this week’s installment of David LLoyd’s radio moments.

Remember, if you are downloading from iTunes make sure you get both part 1 and part 2.

Podcast recorded at Maple Street Studios.

Enjoy!

Part One

Part Two

Our first event of 2012 will be a pub quiz on Wednesday 1st February at 19:30 upstairs in O’Neills, St Mary’s Street, Cardiff.

The evening will be hosted by comedian, TV and Radio Presenter Chris Corcoran.

Teams will be made up of a maximum of 5 people and entry is £10 per team, payable on the evening.

It’s set to be a fun-filled evening and you can enter as many teams as you like in order to have a chance at being crowned ‘The Radio Academy Wales Pub Quiz Champions 2012′.

To enter your team email Colin Paterson. Please include your team name.

I hope that 2012 will be an exciting year for the Radio Academy in Wales with many more events to come.

I look forward to seeing you on the 1st February.

Colin Paterson
Wales Branch Chair

The podcast is presented by Matt Deegan and is a round table discussion on how the internet is transforming radio, especially relating to partnerships, social media, targeted advertising, new platforms and devices and digital strategies.

The podcast has some audio from the Redefining Radio event itself, including:

• Ed Vaizey MP’s opening comments, relating to the UK’s digital strategy and the importance of radio within that
• James Wigley’s presentation of Absolute Radio’s Instream model
• Tim Davie’s comments on the importance of growth and innovation in the radio industry and what new opportunities are on the horizon

Podcast recorded at Absolute Radio and edited by Jordan Thomas at Maple Street Studios, with imaging from On The Sly.

It always seems wrong to say it more than a week past the 1st but Happy New Year!

We start off 2012 with quite a bit of news for stations broadcasting up the A1 in the north of our patch.  First off, congratulations to the team at Garrison Radio, who have been crowned the Nations & Regions Station of the Year for Yorkshire. Their entry was fantastic and they will receive their award at the next Yorkshire Branch event (details at the end of this post!)    Here’s what the judges had to say about Garrison’s entry:

Garrison FM showed that they truly excelled in their desire to serve their audience. The station is not only there to entertain and inform but it is also clearly seen by its listeners as a vital part of everyday life, where the lifestyle and needs of listeners is somewhat different and more specific than most.

Despite limited resources, Garrison FM has brought its audience interviews with senior politicians and Army commanders, and reported from some of the most dangerous warzones in order to connect those at home with loved ones abroad.

This station really shows how a local radio station cna not only service its community, but be at the heartbeat of it.

Thanks to all those who entered this year, it was a genuinely close race and I hope we’ll receive many more entries next year from stations who want to step up to the challenge.

There has also been some changes in ownership in the north of the region, with Fresh Radio now a part of UKRD and changing to be an extension of Harrogate based Stray FM. If you’ve not read the full story yet, you can do so here.

With regards to radio news in Yorkshire, I’ve set up an automated feed which will publish all relevant stories on our Yorkshire Branch Facebook page. If you’ve not yet hit the Like button for the page, do it now!

Finally, our FIRST EVENT OF 2012! It’s been in the pipeline for a few weeks now and looks like it will come off, it’s a good one and I’m on the verge of releasing the final date and time to stick in your diary. It will be in Leeds at the end of February. Watch this space!

Scott

scott.myers@capitalfm.com
07976 458 299
@ProducerScott

Kindly recorded by David Walker at Moray Firth Radio in Inverness. Produced by Jordan Thomas.

If you’re a Member of The Radio Academy, don’t forget to claim your100 euro discount if you book your tickets to Radiodays Europe before 10th February. To get the discount, just register at www.radiodayseurope.com/registration and enter “Radio Academy member” in the field for “Remarks”.

To find out more about Radiodays Europe, see the full programme and book your tickets, just visit their website, www.radiodayseurope.com.

The free training day will focus on four themes: ideas, technology, skills and business. Sessions will range from creative thinking, pitching workshops, microphone techniques and location recording, live studio production, editorial values, social media, how to make apps and podcasting, to finance for freelancers and coaching one-to-ones. There will also be masterclasses from future radio to sports and drama, presented by industry professionals. Scott Mills from Radio 1 and Jane Garvey from Radio 4’s Woman’s hour and their producers will share their ideas on building successful creative partnerships.
To qualify for a place you’ll need to work in the radio industry in the UK and have at least 2 production credits. This is a fantastic opportunity, so don’t miss out!

Further information/Key contacts: Debbie Kilbride/Rosie Bartlett fast.train@bbc.co.uk

(L-R) Steve Ackerman, John Myers, Tim Davie, Andrew Harrison

Recorded at the wonderful Maple Street Studios London, with grateful thanks as always to On The Sly and Broadcast Bionics for their help throughout the year.

To all our contributers in 2011, thank you for being part of The Radio Academy Podcast.

Remember, if you are downloading from iTunes make sure you get both part 1 and part 2.Podcast recorded at Maple Street Studios.

Part One

Part Two

Thanks for taking the time to find out about the Radio Academy in Yorkshire.    To introduce myself, I’m Scott and I’m the new Chair for the Yorkshire Branch, with a new day job as breakfast producer for Capital.   Nice to meet you!

In the regions, each Branch is meant to hold at least three events a year – but in 2011 there has been 0 from the Yorkshire Branch!   My task for the New Year is to kick-start the Branch again and put some great events on with a wider appeal, achieving some of the Radio Academy’s overall objectives to encourage, recognise and promote excellence in UK radio.

As always, the events will remain a great opportunity to network (and drink lots) with people from other stations in Yorkshire and it’ll be great to see your station put a good attendance in.

I’d appreciate all the help I can get – so if you want to be a part of the Yorkshire Branch Committee and contribute to events with ideas or other help, please get in touch.

My email address and Twitter:

scott.myers@capitalfm.com
@ProducerScott

I’ll post regular updates about the Branch on this blog – and you can also get updates to your Facebook news feed if you ‘Like’ www.facebook.com/yorkshirebranch

Looking forward to seeing you soon,

Scott