Matt Payton on UK commercial radio’s public value plus, new radio station launches for Buckinghamshire
Feb 2021 Radio News
Matt Payton on UK commercial radio’s public value
Radiocentre’s Director of External Affairs Matt Payton spoke to the Radiodays Denmark conference last week to provide an overview of the important public value role played by UK broadcasters.
In his session to hundreds of radio professionals from across Europe, Matt underscored how commercial radio went above and beyond during the pandemic, providing uninterrupted news and investing more time and resource in informing listeners. Examples of the significant contributions made by stations during Covid-19 are covered in Radiocentre’s A Force for Good research. Matt also explored the ways in which commercial radio news connects with different types of listeners.
New radio station launches for Buckinghamshire
A new radio station has launched in Buckinghamshire today called Bucks Radio.
The online service has been created by local broadcasters Richard Carr and Nathan Cooper.
They say Bucks Radio aims to fill a much-missed void delivering local news and travel, championing local charities, supporting local businesses and entertaining the local masses with a must-listen-to mix of local current affairs, forthcoming events and music through the decades.
The lockdown boom in audio plays: ‘it’s drama the pandemic can’t touch
Mike Bartlett, Alan Ayckbourn, Adjoa Andoh and other top theatre-makers reflect on why listening to drama is perfect for our times.
In the first lockdown, many noticed how the roar of traffic was replaced by birdsong. If the pandemic has given us a renewed appreciation for listening, then some of the UK’s leading theatre-makers are turning – or in many cases returning – to audio drama, and pushing the limits of the form. It helps that audio plays can be made quickly and relatively cheaply, incorporating topical issues. Previously staged productions are now being offered in audio form, too, the most recent of which is The Whip by the RSC. Is this all leading to a new golden age of audio drama or merely filling in for the “real thing”? And will we listen differently when we eventually return to auditoriums?
Tuning In: Advertising in Uncertain Times
Radiocentre’s latest Tuning In event is set to be a bold and exciting livestream, featuring big names from the advertising, political and radio sectors. Speakers will provide observations and tips for navigating uncertain times.
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