A Slot for BBC Introducing in a DQF Age


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Let me start by saying BBC Introducing is something very close to my heart.

The first ever time I ever walked into a radio studio was at BBC Introducing in Lincolnshire (firstly with a band I was in – we were totes going to be huge – then later to make tea and sit in the corner when I caught the radio bug). Later, whilst at university, I was part of a team of two Continue reading →

Syndication: AudioBoo vs. YouTube (pt.2/2)


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So back to that agreement between AudioBoo and AuntyBeeb that she’ll be Booing clips from programmes in order to get her content into online spaces…

As I mentioned in pt. 1/2 Fishing in An Online Listener Lake, we’ve been using AudioBoo to promote the Chris Evans Best Bits Daily Download. We mainly see it as a tool for embedding short audio teasers onto our Facebook page in a way that looks attractive and is easy for someone to listen to.

The idea is that they get a brief taster of the conversation Chris had with a big guest and then want to click through to the podcast for more.

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Fishing In An Online Listener Lake (pt.1/2)


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You may have seen this article in the media news recently. The BBC have signed an agreement to use AudioBoo as a primary way of syndicating clips from programmes to online spaces.
 
This whole idea of getting content out to places it wouldn’t usually be is something in big into at the moment. I look after the Chris Evans Best Bits podcast (or ‘free download’ as we don’t call it). Charged with ramping up Continue reading →

Student Radio Conference 2012


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I’ve just come back from the Student Radio Conference in Bradford where I thoroughly enjoyed speaking in two sessions, one on Outside Broadcasts with Rob Pobjoy (who wins best name), and the In Conversation With… session with James Walshe (who’s in charge at Kerrang! and Q Radio) and Jo Good from BBC 6 Music (who may have said something she hadn’t entirely thought through).

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