David Lloyd
How well can the BBC deliver its local radio plan?
There is a risk the BBC is about to funnel funds out of local radio - which it appears not to be managing too well - into areas it’s also...
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David Lloyd
May 5, 20237 min read
Another day - another BBC exec defends its local radio position
Today, Rhodri Talfan Davies was called to account by listeners in the Radio 4 Feedback programme. I’m not sure how many local radio...
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David Lloyd
Oct 18, 20224 min read
How can the BBC reach another Centenary?
It’s not the Corporation’s hundredth birthday, of course. The candles come out for that in 2027. This is the centenary of the original...
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David Lloyd
Aug 4, 20227 min read
High on Emotion
There’s a beautiful conviction of youth. You know what you want; and are blissfully unaware how challenging it may be to achieve. Such is...
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David Lloyd
Jun 26, 20223 min read
Does no one learn how to edit any more?
Does no-one teach audio editing these days? Great editing can make audio sound better. The audio becomes more powerful, better ordered,...
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David Lloyd
Dec 11, 20215 min read
The best audience research - ever
How great it would be to know how listeners actually respond minute-by-minute to the careful offering we’ve sweated to create. Not how we...
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David Lloyd
Jul 31, 20212 min read
Not quite the Olympics but...
I summoned the spirit of Peaty, Daley, Learmouth, Shriever and Co as my Parkrun resumed this morning after the Covid hiatus. I suspect I...
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David Lloyd
Jul 14, 20215 min read
What radio presenters can learn from designer Paul Smith
With due razzamatazz, Nottingham Castle has re-opened after a £30m refurbishment. Deep in its sandstone basement, there’s a special...
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David Lloyd
Nov 22, 20204 min read
Is BBC local radio out of control?
I’m not going to have a go at the BBC Radio London presenters and producers who allowed an egregiously offensive caller to persist...
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David Lloyd
Sep 9, 20206 min read
Is local online radio the future?
One of the great things about online stations is you have a really good handle on how many people are listening. That can also be a bad...
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David Lloyd
Jun 29, 20207 min read
Times Radio - Day One
'Prime Minister, we’re just gonna move your microphone - you’ve just moved away from it.’ Boris was the 8.00 guest on the launch day of...
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David Lloyd
Jun 22, 20209 min read
Is there a future for local radio?
Everyone loves local radio. Many of us started our media lives working in it – and know how brilliant the service it provides can be – at...
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David Lloyd
May 20, 202011 min read
What does the BBC's Annual Plan say about Radio?
The BBC is required to publish its annual plan each year. Just as with every broadcaster, however – and every industry – this year’s is...
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David Lloyd
May 13, 20204 min read
Rajar - The Big Long View
The great thing about not running a radio station myself now is a) I sleep at night; and b) I can afford the luxury of spending some time...
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David Lloyd
Apr 12, 20205 min read
What can radio learn from how it has handled COVID 19?
In times like this, you turn to your friends. And radio is a friend. Day or night, it’s there to pick-you up, to comfort you, to explain,...
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David Lloyd
Mar 15, 20204 min read
Radio in times of crisis
It’s eerie listening back to the 1939 announcement of war on the BBC Home Service. After the solemn words from Chamberlain, Alvar Lidell...
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David Lloyd
Mar 1, 20207 min read
Where does BBC radio go from here?
"It is submitted in the interest of broadcasting, not of the British Broadcasting Corporation”. Lord Reith, in making a 1925 submission...
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David Lloyd
Jan 18, 20205 min read
What are listeners listening to - and how?
If you read some media press, it’s easy to form the view that live radio only has one listener left. Thank goodness for the fine work...
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David Lloyd
Dec 23, 201911 min read
Radio's Dramatic Decade
As the dawn of the decade was toasted, Chris Moyles was about to end his record spell on the Radio 1 breakfast show. As self-declared...
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David Lloyd
Dec 10, 20197 min read
Radio - what does the future hold?
As the Netherlands celebrated the official centenary of radio proper, I was invited to fly across to Amsterdam to opine about radio past,...
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