Radioland, with James Cridland - radio futurologist

James Cridland
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A regular audio column with the most interesting news about radio's future. James is a radio futurologist - a writer, speaker and consultant concentrating on the effect that new platforms and technology are having on the radio business across the world. He has a website at https://james.cridland.net where you can subscribe to Radioland, his newsletter.

  1. 1D AGO

    The big changes for radio's 55+ audience

    New research shows that radio's core audience is changing rapidly. More on this and everything else at https://radioland.email

    10 min
  2. Kyle and Jackie O - what their show ending means for the radio industry

    MAR 8

    Kyle and Jackie O - what their show ending means for the radio industry

    One of Australia’s biggest radio shows, Kyle & Jackie O, has ended. Tuesday’s announcement to the ASX, the Australian stock market, makes it clear that it isn’t a stunt. The show is now off the air: Kent Small is doing the breakfast show in both Sydney and Melbourne (this is Australian radio, so he has to have a nickname, which is “Smallzy”). Employment lawyers will now be involved, in two of the biggest media legal cases in the country, as things begin to get messy. Jackie “O” Henderson is now saying that she “did not quit or resign”, in a statement that, perhaps pointedly, didn’t mention Kyle’s name once. Kyle (who has also taken time away from TV duties) is also reported to be priming his lawyers for a reported $88mn; potentially arguing that a similar argument on-air last year wasn’t treated as serious by ARN, his whole show was based on controversy, and a slightly misguided view that ARN’s censors should have prevented the argument going out. There’s plenty more informed coverage in the Game Changers Radio podcast. This might look like a peculiarly Australian news story. But, actually, I think it raises questions for radio people everywhere. Here are some of them.

    15 min

  3. MAR 1

    Ofcom's news rules to cool FM band?

    Read this at https://radioland.email

    12 min

  4. FEB 22

    Radioland gets a Marty; NRJ to leave national radio in Sweden

    More at https://radioland.email

    11 min

  5. FEB 16

    Why TV's decline matters for radio

    Read this, see the links and more at https://radioland.email

    13 min

  6. FEB 10

    New Australian broadcast rules - covering AI and kids

    The new rules from CRA in Australia. What do they say? https://james.cridland.net/blog/2026/new-australian-rules for links and more!

    11 min

  7. FEB 1

    Your emergency broadcaster - except when you're not

    Links and more at https://james.cridland.net/blog/2026/emergency-broadcasters/

    10 min

  8. JAN 27

    ABC comes off iHeart

    Links and more - https://james.cridland.net/blog/2026/abc-comes-off-iheart/

    9 min
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A regular audio column with the most interesting news about radio's future. James is a radio futurologist - a writer, speaker and consultant concentrating on the effect that new platforms and technology are having on the radio business across the world. He has a website at https://james.cridland.net where you can subscribe to Radioland, his newsletter.

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