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It’s time to go and meet the people by taking your station on the road…

You are a local broadcaster – own it Digital broadcasters are perfectly placed to adopt a hyper‑local approach and become a station that genuinely reflects their community. A big part of that mix is local presenters who can reference neighbourhood events, local personalities and everyday happenings during their links. That alone signals to listeners that

You know what vanilla ice cream is. No one really dislikes it — it’s fine for every palate and goes with just about anything. Add a scoop to apple pie or drown it in toppings and you can’t lose. But on its own? It’s bland. It needs something extra to make it interesting. That’s where

It doesn’t take much to see what a semi-pro or fully professional radio studio looks like – a quick Google search and the mouthwatering photos pop up like candy in a sweet store. And while many of us may dream of such things, the beauty of radio is that we can broadcast perfectly fine shows

As a young journalist with next to no interest in sport of any kind; my Monday morning chore was to call about 10 schools and colleges to get the weekend’s sporting results. From soccer, to hockey, and athletics, I’d have to get the names of the teams, any star players (and their ages), location of

Any limitations broadcasters had are long gone. During the past 20 years online radio has gone mainstream; but what lessons can we learn from the commercial FM stations? One thing I keep coming back to is that FM stations – due to their restricted broadcast range – have a defined area in which to market

The Rodecaster Pro seems a fine mixer for podcasters. We haven’t used it; but have watched the video reviews and been in contact with Rode about its specs. The fact that the Rodecaster will cut audio to monitor speakers means it is just a hair away from being a fine mixing desk for budget broadcasters.

As many of you may know, I am a person of a certain age. And way back when if I wanted a jingle I had to pay a firm lots and lots of money and then – after a few weeks/months – they would send me a jingle on a reel of tape. Thankfully those

There’s little doubt that starting an online broadcast service has a low bar to entry. In rough figures all you need is money for music licenses, pocket change for a streaming service account, and using something such as Centova you can automate the layout of music, jingles and pre-recorded shows. You can manage it from

A survey by Jacobs Media reveals some interesting trends that broadcasters and podcasters should note. The survey, carried out between January and February this year (2019), shows that more people are listening to radio broadcasts (and podcasts) via smartphones, smart speakers and computers than with a radio receiver. The figure is up from 14% in