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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...
David Lloyd
May 8, 20236 min read
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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...
David Lloyd
May 5, 20237 min read
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BBC Local Radio seeks to explain itself
On the BBC Radio 4 Today programme this morning, Jason Horton, Director of Production at BBC Local, had the difficult job of defending...
David Lloyd
May 4, 20234 min read
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The funeral of local radio
I can understand how DG Davie got to this place with local radio. An expensive local radio network is costing a huge amount per listener...
David Lloyd
May 2, 20239 min read
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What is the Magic of Paul O'Grady?
It was the Yule log and flip-flops that did it. In Paul O’Grady’s Christmas Day show, repeated today on Boom Radio in a novel Easter...
David Lloyd
Apr 9, 20233 min read
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Is the BBC now equipped for the job of local radio?
BBC local radio will still be required to broadcast an all-speech breakfast show, despite its wish to get some Dua Lipa between the...
David Lloyd
Mar 24, 20236 min read
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Every night's a First-Night for someone...
I used to dream about standing on stage at the Radio 1 Roadshow, the crowds clambering on each other’s shoulders just to witness me...
David Lloyd
Dec 17, 20224 min read
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Is this the right move for BBC Local Radio
It’s no fun having the rug pulled from under you. My sympathies are with those at risk from the proposed BBC local radio changes....
David Lloyd
Nov 1, 20228 min read
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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...
David Lloyd
Oct 18, 20224 min read
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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...
David Lloyd
Aug 4, 20227 min read
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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,...
David Lloyd
Jun 26, 20223 min read
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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...
David Lloyd
Dec 11, 20215 min read
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RAJAR - On the way, at last - but what will it say?
If you thought grabbing some sleep on Christmas Eve as a kid was a challenge, try it the night before the publication of Rajar audience...
David Lloyd
Oct 18, 202110 min read
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Smart speakers and radio - the latest Ofcom data
The latest Ofcom data is out – helping us better understand a fast-changing media picture. And - unlike the Ofcom website or the new...
David Lloyd
Aug 6, 20213 min read
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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...
David Lloyd
Jul 31, 20212 min read
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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...
David Lloyd
Jul 14, 20215 min read
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I'm Getting Angry about Ads
The last mile of my run was ruined yesterday by an annoying ad. It began by telling me that thirty seconds was not long enough to...
David Lloyd
Jun 28, 20212 min read
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Radio for Baby Boomers - An outpouring
One late February day, I curled up into a ball and sobbed. There’s stress, there’s tiredness, there’s relief, there’s happiness. As...
David Lloyd
Apr 6, 20218 min read
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Was Ofcom right to allow brand integration?
As 2010 closed, OFCOM confirmed the unthinkable. The suits at Southwark Bridge cracked open another bottle of branded sparkling water to...
David Lloyd
Dec 21, 20203 min read
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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...
David Lloyd
Nov 22, 20204 min read
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