Radio Tomorrow with James Cridland The radio ratings in Australia come out every six weeks, which I still find slightly amazing. I’m much more used to the UK’s sedate pace of a set of figures every quarter. The local TV news bulletins...

High profile human rights lawyer Amal Clooney has warned that leaders of oppressive countries were looking at Australia’s actions against journalists, suggesting that the recent police raids on the media could be used by less open countries as an...

Steve Ahern is in Kuala Lumpur planning Radiodays Asia.   It’s been a busy week. I’m in Malaysia as part of the planning committee for Asia’s inaugural Radiodays event, which will happen here on 27 & 28 August, just seven weeks away....

Radio Tomorrow with James Cridland I’m in Malaysia, planning for Radiodays Asia - a new radio conference for Asia, to be held at the end of August in Kuala Lumpur. Radiodays Asia might sound familiar, if you’ve been to Radiodays Europe - as well it...

 Radio Tomorrow with James Cridland At the recent Podcast Day in London, I was asked to share three of my favourite podcasts, and as always I decided to slightly subvert the brief to really be three podcasts that we can learn from....

Engagement and participation, governance, content creation and technical streams will be the workshops be covered over two big days at the 2019 CBAA Conference in October, from 24 - 27 October at the Pullman on the Park, Melbourne.   The CBAA...

iTunes will be replaced by a trio of new apps — Apple Music, Apple TV, and Podcasts — with the next version of macOS. Although long expected, Apple formally flagged the desktop platform's imminent demise on Monday at its annual developer's...

Nominations for the CBAA Awards closed this week with the winners announced at the annual conference in Melbourne later this year. The Awards program offers an inspiring snapshot of the achievements of stations with programs, initiatives or...

The speaker lineup for Radiodays Asia will combine the best of the European Radiodays conference with a range of speakers from Asia.   The two day event will be held in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia on August 27-28.  Register here  for early...

The Christian Media Hub and the Christian Broadcasting Association have won registration to Radiodays Asia, including accommodation and airfares valued at $1400, at the recent Christian Media and Arts conference on the Gold Coast. Radiodays Asia is...

Steve Ahern analyses Facebook’s new priorities.     At Facebook’s F8 developer conference last week Mark Zuckerberg outlined a range of new directions for the global social media platform.   “I know that we don't exactly have the...

Radio Tomorrow with James Cridland There’s trouble for vTuner, the heritage company used by many manufacturers as an internet radio directory.   On May 1, vTuner’s service apparently fell over for eleven hours, and Frontier...

Radio Tomorrow with James Cridland Typically, when I speak at conferences, I start by pointing out how popular radio is. 9 out of 10 of us listen to the radio in any given week - whether you live in Boston Massachusetts, Boston England, or...

Radio has retained its place as the most used audio platform, while awareness and use of podcasts has increased steadily over the past year, and ownership of smart speakers has doubled, according to the findings of the 2019 Infinite Dial Australia...

Radio Tomorrow with James Cridland If radio’s audience is getting progressively older, AM radio is partly to blame: in most parts of the world, AM radio is the home of shouty and reactionary talk radio, urgent-sounding 24/7 news broadcasts...

Community radio’s national awards are open for entries, giving broadcasters the opportunity to receive recognition across 30+ categories in 2019.   The CBAA’s CEO, Jon Bisset says the CBAA Community Radio Awards offer an inspiring snapshot of...

Radio Tomorrow with James Cridland A busy week last week at the NAB Show in Las Vegas. The exhibitors’ floors were massive, noisy and busy, and it was good to see podcasting begin to be given a bit of a larger space. My personal highlight was...

As DAB+ begins further expansion in Australia, it is a good time to look back on what has happened in Norway in the past year since they turned off their analogue service. Australia is a long way from considering full adoption of DAB+, with CRA...

Radiodays Europe begins tomorrow with Lausanne Switzerland turning on perfect sunny spring weather for the event. radioinfo and AsiaRadioToday will bring you exclusive coverage from the world's best radio festival each day next week   Tomorrow...

Radio Tomorrow with James Cridland I’m often asked what the difference is between podcasting and radio, since I’m increasingly straddling both industries. The answer? Podcasters like each other. I was at Podfest, a podcasting conference in Orlando...

The SCMA X Awards were announced last Saturday at a ceremony in Wagga, during the SCMA's annual conference dinner. The award winners are:   Best locally produced news Voice FM Courier News with Les Hood- Voice FM Best locally produced program (...

The 2019 Southern Community Media Association conference is underway this weekend in Wagga.   On the conference agenda are sessions about managing a non-profit small business, board membership requirements, news, presenting skills, and keeping...

Steve Ahern experiences immersive object-based 3D audio.     At last week’s Digital Broadcasting Symposium in Kuala Lumpur I was treated to a demo of Fraunhofer’s latest innovation, immersive 3D object-based audio.   3D sound has been...

At least 56 exhibitors, sponsors and media partners have so far confirmed they will take part in the ABU Digital Broadcasting Symposium 2019. DBS takes place at Kuala Lumpur from March 4 to 7. This year’s theme is ‘Digital Transition and...