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RadioToday is the home of radio news online. The RadioToday Audioboom channel features a weekly podcast “The RadioToday Programme†and occasional audiobooms from radio industry events.
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A tribute to John Evington
Friends and colleagues pay tribute to radio presenter, programmer and executive John Evington, who died on 4th December 2021.
In this special podcast presented by Stuart Clarkson, you will hear from John himself as well as tributes from: Steve King, David Duffy, Terry Underhill, Phil Trow, Martin Campbell, Trevor Thomas, Jason Hardy, Paul Chantler, Phil England, James Piekos, Paul Carrington, Johnny Beerling, Barry David, Ray Crowther, Jim Davis, Steve Penk and Kelvin MacKenzie.
John's career took in Piccadilly Radio, Centre Radio, Signal Radio and subsequently its parent company The Wireless Group. He also had a brief spell presenting weekend shows at Radio 2 while at Signal during the week. After 22 years with Signal, John went on to programme and manage Original 106, The Revolution and others during a 40+ career in radio, with his later years working as a consultant on various projects including the trial small-scale DAB multiplex in Manchester.
Special thanks to all our contributors and to David Lloyd for allowing us to use the interview with John recorded for the RadioMoments Conversations podcast in 2016. You can listen to the full version at https://audioboom.com/posts/4163514-conversations-episode-2-john-evington
RIP John Evington 1958-2021
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Radio Academy 30 Under 30 2021
Stuart Clarkson finds out about this year’s 30 Under 30 from Radio Academy Managing Director Sam Bailey and Bauer’s Steve Parkinson who’s the Chair of judges for 30 Under 30… then meets four of this year’s ones to watch:
- Scarlett O'Malley - Station Manager, whynow radio
- Nels Hylton - Freelance Presenter and Producer, TBI Media/Radio 1/Radio 2
- Rozeena Bernard - Assistant Producer, BBC Radio 2
- Katy Johnston – Presenter, Capital Scotland, Communicorp UK -
Paul Rowley on leaving the BBC after five decades in radio
Paul Rowley has been "our man at Westminster" for BBC Local Radio since 1994 and before that worked for IRN and LBC as well as Liverpool's Radio City in its early days. As he leaves the BBC after 27 years, Paul shares his love for the medium of radio with RadioToday's Stuart Clarkson and gives us a quick history of his 47 years working on the wireless.
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Radio Festival 2021
Stuart Clarkson chats to a selection of speakers from this year’s Radio Academy Radio Festival, held at the News UK building in London on Wednesday 3rd November 2021.
You will hear:
Helen Thomas (Radio Academy Chair & Head of Radio 2)
John Pienaar (Times Radio)
Dino Sofos (Persephonica)
Ben Cooper (Chief Content & Music Officer, Bauer Media Audio UK)
Liam Fisher (Head of Speech, News UK)
Mohit Bakaya (Controller, Radio 4)
Faron McKenzie (Head of Radio 1Xtra)
Matt Deegan (Folder Media)
Rebecca Frank (Content Director, Kiss)
Aled Haydn-Jones (Head of Radio 1)
Claudia Winkleman (Presenter, Radio 2)
Ian Moss (CEO, Radio Centre)
Charlotte Moore (Chief Content Officer, BBC)
Sam Bailey (Managing Director, Radio Academy)
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Toby Anstis celebrates 20 years at Heart
Toby Anstis chats to RadioToday's Stuart Clarkson as he marks 20 years since his first overnight show on Heart 106.2. Toby can still be heard daily on the brand, hosting breakfast on Heart Dance and Friday night's Club Classics across the Heart Network.
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Remembering Jono
On 9th July, Jonathan Coleman OAM died in Sydney, Australia after a four-year battle with prostate cancer, aged just 65. The Radio Academy and RadioToday present this special look back at his life and career.
In Remembering Jono, Nick Pitts (The Radio Academy's Deputy Chair, and Jono's producer of five years at Heart) is joined by four of Jono's radio spouses - Russ, Erika, Harriet and Jo.
Customer Reviews
Withered on the vine
All seemed to be going extremely well. I became a loyal and engaged listener. It began to garner rave reviews, from the likes of Iain Dale. There were segments from James Cridland and David Lloyd and a weekly long-form interview with an industry expert. The glue holding it all together was Stuart Clarkson, a veteran producer, presenter and 5 Live freelancer. Radio Today owner Roy Martin contributed to a sometimes geeky but nonetheless informative segment, in discussion with Clarkson, about personnel moves, tech issues, multiplex slots, OFCOM decisions and the onward march of Global and Bauer. Then the wheels suddenly fell off the bus. Cridland and Lloyd quit. Then COVID hit. Then Clarkson and Martin began to sound really tired and disheartened. The big blow was when Clarkson announced he was taking a break, but having now started his own station - Rumbolds Radio - there’s no sign of his return. Then weekly episodes became irregular. Then, horror of horrors, guest presenters, mostly fairly minor players, began interviewing their mates or former bosses, some of whom weren’t really major players themselves any more. Without the steering hand of Clarkson, a few of these were excruciating. There’s nothing worse than self-regarding radio people interviewing other self-regarding radio people. In one particular interview, the interviewee could hardly get a word in edgeways due to the over-wrought and unctuous behaviour of the interviewer, who was so obviously keen to solicit the favours of his guest. Then there were unspecified problems with Twitter and an ugly social media spat between Clarkson and Christian O’Connell (from which O’Connell did not emerge well). I can well empathize with Roy Martin, who has himself now started Radio Travel News. It’s been a terrible 12 months for all concerned. I do hope that something can be rebuilt because the pre-COVID Radio Today podcast was one of the best.
I love it!
I work in radio, and this podcast is an enjoyable and frank reflection on topics that affect my job. I like the varied formats, the team are informed and experienced interviewers and panel facilitators, and they bring in guests who are well positioned, with something interesting to say.
Entertaining,informative & smug.
It’s a shame that everyone in the podcast is so smug about what they believe is great radio. Spends far to long at endless award evenings interviewing amazed broadcasters & radio luminaries who are telling us that they play music & speak between those great tunes? Would be more interested in radio people who aren’t permanently Amazed & instead genuinely wanting to create great radio instead of the celebrity bandwagon that it has become in the last 15 years.