Radioland, with James Cridland - radio futurologist

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From the ABC Australian Podcasting Conference on 8th September, here's an extra: my speech, covering everything that's going on with podcast consumption. Find it with pictures at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N80i6OMc-BgSupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

There is a thing that you'd be surprised is left off most websites. Allow me to tell you what. james.crid.land is mine; podnews.net is also mine but kind of different.Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

Coles Radio is pretty clever. So is james.crid.land - my own website - and podnews.net for daily podcasting news.Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

A theory. Prove me wrong at [email protected] - or get my newsletter, http://james.crid.landSupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

I rather like Tony Blackburn's politeness on Twitter. As should you!Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

A clever thing from Slovenia's Hitradio Center.Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

My weekly newsletter is james.crid.landMy daily podcast news website is podnews.netMy favourite colour is green.Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

Daily podcast and on-demand news is at podnews.netMy weekly newsletter? That's at james.crid.landSupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

In which I watch some telly and see the same ad six times. My weekly newsletter is at james.crid.land - and daily podcasting and on-demand news is at podnews.net  Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

I go to the Technorama conference in Campbelltown NSW, and learn things. My weekly radio trends newsletter: james.crid.land My daily podcast and on-demand news service: podnews.net  Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

I have a radio newsletter at james.crid.land and also do daily podcast news at podnews.netSupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

Asia's capacity for change is enormous - is that helping their radio industry? You can get my weekly radio newsletter at james.crid.land and daily podcast news at podnews.netSupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

After the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester this week, I look at some things you might want to consider to help you prepare for next time. My weekly newsletter is at http://james.crid.land  Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

Pic from Scientific American's archives.My newsletter is at http://james.crid.land    Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

I noticed one station in particular on a recent long drive. My newsletter is jolly good. It's at james.crid.land if you want it. Or, frankly, even if you don't.Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

In this episode I annoy lots of people, particularly the entire non-English speaking world. Sorry about that. You can get my newsletter at james.crid.landSupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

Is it really the biggest station in the world? That's what they claim - so do any numbers point to that being even vaguely true? Or is it another Apple reality distortion field? (Damn, I wish I'd have used that phrase in here. Still, too late, it's recorded.)My newsletter is very good and you should get it. Go on. james.crid.landSupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

I go to Radiodays Europe, and wonder why more people don't go too. My newsletter is at james.crid.landSupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

A great article from NPR here: http://digitalservices.npr.org/post/4-lessons-i-learned-creating-podcasts-managing-editor-npr-one A great newsletter here: https://james.cridland.net  Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

This was recorded on a Google Pixel, using the Bees Recorder. You'll probably notice some strange audio artifacts in this, and I'm not quite sure where they've come from. It's also distorting a little. You can get my weekly newsletter at http://james.cridland.netSupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

I take the Shure MV51 USB microphone for a test drive. Quite literally: it's what I used to record this. (No processing was applied). In Australia, Shure is distributed by jands.com.au who sent me this for review. My weekly newsletter is at https://james.cridland.net and you should get it.Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

I spoke to the Cast Away Awards for podcasting in Australia: http://castawayawards.com.au/ and the British Podcast Awards: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/ Music is from the excellent Ignite Jingles - http://www.ignitejingles.com/ My website for my newsletter is https://james.cridland.net You can support this podcast at https://www.patreon.com/radiofuturologistSupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

In this podcast, I talk about a sport I don't understand. You can get my weekly newsletter at http://james.crid.land - please do, it's ace.Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

"The following podcast contains explicit language" (if we're being exact, five F-words in relatively quick succession. Brace yourself!)You can get my normally non-sweary newsletter at http://james.crid.land Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

I look back at the iPhone's destruction of the radio industry, ten years after it launched. My weekly newsletter is at james.crid.land and if you want a daily media news email, that's at media.info/daily The image is of Tokyo FM's iPhone app, the first radio station streaming app in Japan, taken in 2010. I bet you're not really interested.Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

BBC Radio 2 budget: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/insidethebbc/reports/pdf/BBC-FS-2016.pdf BBC Press announcement: http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2017/r2-schedule-changes BBC Radio 2 audience figures: https://media.info/radio/stations/bbc-radio-2/listening-figures BBC Radio 2's playout system problems: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/oct/27/radio-2-glitch-listeners-baffled You can get my weekly newsletter at http://james.crid.landSupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

Norway has started switching off (almost) every FM transmitter, replacing it with DAB+. But why aren't they just streaming everything? I do some tedious maths. And here's the maths written down, because, heavens, this was a difficult podcast to make even approachably interesting.   This week, FM broadcasts in one area of Norway finally fall silent. The majority of radio stations move over to broadcast on DAB+, alongside online and DTV. The whole country will have turned off FM by the end of the year. (Some small local stations continue for now on FM, but stations that get 95% of listening will move). DAB+ is broadcast radio, just like FM. You need a new receiver, but it works exactly the same: broadcasting from a tower, being received on an antenna. But why bother with broadcast radio, people are asking, when streaming is all we need? Let’s do the maths. In many countries, you rent your FM (or DAB) broadcast equipment from a transmission provider, who deal with maintenance and the electricity bills. A station I picked at random in the UK spends US$6,000 a month on their FM transmission to cover 2,500,000 adults. It has a market share of 5%, and at their peak time, 43,000 listeners are tuned-in. Now, with FM (and DAB), it doesn’t matter how many people are tuned in: it makes no difference to the cost of the transmitter. But with internet streaming, you pay for enough capacity to cope (servers and bandwidth). Now, 43,000 is a LOT of concurrent listeners for internet streaming. Most stations won’t be doing anywhere near that - I know of a few running about 15,000 peak concurrent listeners, though most are in the hundreds. But, I spoke to an internet streaming company which specializes in radio streaming for large companies. Their rough costs are $55 per month for 100 concurrent streams - a maximum of 100 listeners at the same time. To turn off FM and have to stream a station to 43,000 listeners at peak would cost $23,650 a month: internet is four times more expensive than an FM transmitter. The station has 11m total listening hours a month, by the way, if you want to go and do some other rough costs. In bandwidth costs alone, one CDN I checked would charge $65,000 a month for the 343TB a month your audience would use. So the proper radio streamers I spoke to earlier have a good deal. There’s then the cost to the consumer. That station is listened-to for 32 hours a month by each listener, which is about 1GB of data per month. That isn’t entirely free. There’s the reliability of a data signal for live streaming, too; and streaming uses seven times more battery than listening to FM on the same device. And music rights. And so it goes on. In Bodø, the capital of Nordland, the county in Norway where they’re first to switch, a typical FM listener might get ten radio stations. When they turn on their DAB+ radio, they’ll find 30 stations there: a significant increase in choice. Perhaps that explains the global trends. Live internet streaming for radio is growing very slowly: far slower than DAB take-up in most countries, including Norway. So, even when people are being forced to change their radio sets, they don’t start using streaming: they stick to broadcast. And why wouldn’t they? It’s free, reliable, and it works. Internet broadcasting is great. It’s definitely part of radio’s future. But it isn’t - can’t be - a replacement for broadcast. Not yet, anyway.    Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

Broadcasting on AM? You might want to think about your future strategy. Sorry. Music for this episode from Lee Rosevere. I have a newsletter which is very good and now reaches over 2,500 people. Subscribe at https://james.cridland.net So, then. Happy New Year and all.Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

Here's why radio matters - and why I hope your local station was live, not voicetracked, on Christmas morning. Audio is from Luke Grant on 2GB and 4BC, via radiorewind.comSupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

Lee Rosevere does the music for this, while I write a very good weekly newsletter which you should get, from https://james.cridland.netSupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

BBC Radio London's Barking Hour lives here on Thursdays: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p011nd8m Pedigree K9FM showreel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E9H3jCoTE4 You can get my weekly newsletter at james.crid.land and daily media news at media.info/dailySupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

Here's Michael Mason's memo in full: https://www.radioinfo.com.au/news/abc-radio-eyes-and-ears-2020 Music from Leo Rosevere's Music For Podcasts. Podcast clip from All In The Mind: https://player.fm/series/71/167246214 You can get my weeekly newsletter, go on, treat yourself, at http://james.crid.landSupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

Try it out at http://www.boom973.com/player/ - it's fun! For about ten seconds. But still, fun. Music: Leo Rosevere's Music For Podcasts 3. I found another album of his. Also: get my newsletter, at james.crid.landSupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

Is NPR One the future of connected radio? I think so. It uses atomisation and Lego-bricking to produce a great, personalised, listen. In this podcast I'll explain those nonsense terms.Music by Leo Rosevere. I run a free newsletter at http://james.crid.land which you should get. Also, get daily media news at https://media.info/daily which is also very good.Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

Clip of Michael Hill from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdtdHFh3NhMClip of Tony Kendall is from https://vimeo.com/191745121Music is by Leo RosevereFor even more figures, read https://media.info/radio/news/radio-accounts-for-80-of-listening-in-car You can get my weekly newsletter at http://james.crid.land  Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

In this podcast, I get a bit irritated at websites and newspapers using lazy antique radio photos, and propose something to fix it. Music credit: Leo Rosevere, Music for Podcasts, track 1. You can get my weekly newsletter at james.crid.land Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

You can get my weekly newsletter at james.crid.land or get daily media news at media.info/dailySupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

You can get my weekly newsletter at james.crid.land - and sign up to daily media news at media.info/dailySupport the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

I went to Vista Radio in Canada, and learnt about their strategy for making their stations more involved with the community.Support the show.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy