Recommended Reading week ending 4th September 2016
Here’s this week collection of interesting content that caught my eye last week. Why do we keep using these sounds?…
Freefone your home may be at risk
There has been various discussions talking place here in the UK over disclaimers and terms and conditions in radio advertising….
Recommended Reading week ending 28th August 2016
Here’s a selection of interesting items that caught my eye from around the net last week. My followers on Twitter…
Recommended Reading week ending 21st August 2016
Here’s a selection of interesting items that caught my eye from around the net last week. My followers on Twitter…
Signs Photo Gallery
Just a collection of photos with the theme of ‘Signs’ – bonus points to anyone who can identify the locations….
Prisma Artwork
I was made aware of the Prisma app on the BBC Technology programme ‘Click’. It takes your pictures and does clever AI…
Service is restored
So it’s half way through 2016 already and things have been rather quiet on publishing anything on this site front….
A Radio Today headline pass me by earlier today “presenter drunk on air.” Was the inspiration this bit from the 1970s?
And while I’m recycling posts, a little ago you’ll probably saw Sandi Thom’s rant on not being playlisted. Maybe she’s just the 2015 equivalent of Status Quo? Bet she won’t take it to the High Court though.
An “A Team Android” rather than a “B Team Disc Jockey”
Recently the local radio service in Slough, Maidenhead & Windsor ‘Time 106.6’ was closed by the current owners. Previously this…
Football on Commercial Radio
There has been much chatter of recent weeks around the subject of football commentary on commercial radio here in the…
Wythenshawe Interchange Construction
The new Wythenshawe Interchange opened yesterday. This is sited between the “Wythenshawe Forum” and the Wythenshawe Civic Centre shops. I’m…
DAB in a box
One day in 2011 one of the ancient looking PC’s above, was briefly the source of a software generated DAB…
Digital Radio – Clearing the way for radio’s future (Part 2 the multimedia)
In my previous blog post, Digital Radio – Clearing the way for radio’s future, we took a trip down memory…
Digital Radio – Clearing the way for radio’s future
Spring 2015 and Digital Radio is a big story in UK media-land, with a second national commercial multiplex licence award…
Recommended reading : Connecting your call
The Steve Penk hype machine went into overdrive this week with the latest twist in the Royal Prank call story:…
World in miniture
Thanks to a recent BBC Click TV programme Webscape feature, I was introduced to the world of “tilt shift” photography…
BFBS in Catterick in the nineties
This item from my Sound Archive looks at the British Forces Broadcasting Service, otherwise known as BFBS. As well as looking at the history of forces radio, it looks at the first UK barracks to open it’s own radio station.
Community Radio’s impact on the viability of small Commercial Radio licence holders
This weeks DCMS announced relaxation of rules on UK Community Radio income from advertising. I analyse if community radio sales is a threat to commercial radio licence holders.
Sound Archive : Wish FM Test Transmission 26 March 1997
Another in my ‘Sound Archive’ features, possibly of more specialist appeal than some of my other clips. A recording of Wish FM’s test transmission in March 1997 including “sample advertisements broadcast on this frequency without payment.
Radio by numbers
I got asked “Can they get that Capital One?” on that new digital device. In the wake of Bauer Radio’s new ‘brand extensions’ this prompted me to ask “What’s in a radio station name?”
The Best Christmas Tape in the World…Ever (52 of the best Bloopers, spoofs and funny bits)
An old tradition in radio circles was “The Christmas Tape”, basically a compilation of the years fowl ups.
Over the past couple of decades I’ve filled many a cassette, CD or hard disc with various blooper reels and funny bits from the world of wireless. So given a spare afternoon this Christmas period I’ve assembled a special 35 minute montage.
Fireworks
Here’s a few experimental photographs I took last month at a bonfire and firework display I visited.
Stalking Kelner, Doolan and Whale
Most radio stars try to build up a relationship with their listeners. Some jocks especially those on the late night…
Metrolink Manchester Airport Line
Recently the new Metrolink light rail (a.k.a Tram) line to Manchester Airport opened, so here’s a few pictures I took.
Am I the only person who hasn’t listened to Serial yet? It has prompted some interesting articles from others: Jacobs…