Grant Goddard : radio broadcasting expert
Grant GoddardGrant Goddard is a radio broadcasting expert with a lengthy track record of creating successful, innovative radio stations and programmes. He has worked in the radio industry for several decades as a senior manager and consultant, both in the UK and overseas, for some of the world’s largest media owners. As an independent media analyst, he writes extensively about the radio business for consumer a... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 54 | Founded | 5 years ago |
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In 2004, I wrote my first article predicting that the UK’s implementation of DAB digital radio was headed for failure. It was not guesswork. I had analysed radio industry data since 1980. I had worked at The Radio Authority when it implemented DAB. ... more
“Digital listening at an all-time high,” shouted the headline of one online news story. Yes, it was the quarterly RAJAR radio ratings, offering opportunities for some journalists to pitch their stories just about any which way they wanted. The openin... more
The latest RAJAR ratings data for Q2 2011 demonstrate the continuing strength of the radio medium in recession Britain. Maybe if your TV or mobile subscriptions are having to be pruned, you turn to radio instead. In times of austerity, one of radio’s... more
Data published last week for 2011’s first quarter demonstrate that revenues of the UK commercial radio sector are still struggling to rebound from the previous two years’ ‘credit crunch.’ A large part of the problem is the coalition government’s swin... more
Andy Parfitt’s departure from the station controller job at BBC Radio 1 after thirteen years marks a significant event for the UK radio sector. Parfitt’s accomplishments during his tenure were many, but did not extend to significantly turning around ... more
Each of us has dozens of 'consultations' every day. You know the sort of thing. 'I’m going to the corner shop – anything you want?' 'A Kit-Kat?' 'OK.' However, if I came back with a cat rather than a chocolate bar, you would understandably be unhappy... more
Speaking today at the Intellect conference in London, broadcasting Minister Ed Vaizey tried to assure us that digital radio switchover was still “on course” to happen in the year twenty something or other.
This episode is also available as a blog p... more
I only knew Roger Tate through listening to his programmes on the radio. He was a DJ on Radio Invicta, London’s first soul music radio station, launched in 1970. Invicta was a pirate radio station. Back then, there were no legal radio stations in the... more
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