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It seems so long since we got our teeth into a good broadcasting consultation. They used to happen so often in the good old days. Things ain’t what they used to be. Fuelled by some new ‘consumer research’, OFCOM today released proposals on amending the guidelines on commercial radio localness. They…

Watching the Royal wedding from the top deck of a cruise ship surrounded by enthusiastic Americans was a sight I shall not easily forget. Those sunny pictures of a chocolate-box Britain will likely do next year’s tourism receipts no harm. And for us broadcasters, maybe there was a lesson at this Wi…

Big is beautiful. Unless you’re a BBC local radio station. The larger the area, the lower the reach %. It’s not the fault of the folk who work at the larger stations – they likely work just as hard - and are also in more competitive cities with radio aplenty – and, in London, with head on commercia…

Election broadcasting is a real sport. An endurance test for the presenters, commentators and contributors.  Pace yourself. When to sleep. What to eat. It's also a fine British tradition - and what presenter on-air does not feel in some way they are an echo of a bespectacled towering broadcasti…

When a dear radio colleague lost his life, I was invited to speak at a fitting post-funeral celebration. His wonderful brother suggested I might present a tribute of the individual’s radio career, spiced with vintage audio, video and poignant pics. The presentation was lovingly assembled in good ti…