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A friend from Capital recently told me the story of a call he'd aired between him and a teenage girl. He’d spoken to her in the way good presenters do. Next day, her mother called in to the station bearing gifts. It transpired that the girl was being bullied because of her accent. Kids pick up …

The dirty world of audience targeting reared its head in the context of BBC local radio last November (Nov 2017).  Maybe the DG's speech has been misinterpreted, and I think I can see how his objectives could have been in the context of the vision outlined and the occasion at which the speech w…

How wonderful it is that radio is once again dominating the headlines. This quiet giant has been so often overlooked. Despite around nine out of ten adults spending almost a full day a week of their lives with it, and forming a relationship unrivalled by any other medium, it’s rarely credited with …

At 7.00 on Sunday night (30th December 2018), the final, united, commercial radio chart with Marvin Humes faded away; and commercial groups prepared to plough their own Sunday night programming furrow.  Whilst the Big Top 40 continues on Global stations, now with the great Will Manning; Bauer will …