James Stodd – Radio Producer
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Global Radio finally living up to their name..?
Two pieces of news yesterday finally cemented Global Radio’s ambitions. First, they announced “an unprecedented long term partnership” with News International – creating a range of partnerships. The UK Press Gazette reports Capital Breakfast will partner with The Sun Classic FM’s More Music Breakfast will be presented in partnership with The Times and The Sunday … Continue reading
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Here’s a brilliant chance for a free day of training for professionals in independent production companies, freelancers, commercial and community radio – hosted by the BBC. And I’ll be running a session on the day too. It’s on February 7th – tickets are available from January 10th on the BBC Academy website. Tim Davie, director Audio & … Continue reading
“James – we need you to make a fireworks soundtrack. It needs to be 15 minutes long. Oh, and it needs to be beatmixed..”. I have only had to make one full on fireworks soundtrack mix. It was around 2001 and was for the AXA Skyfest Cardiff. It was a huge 15 minute display to … Continue reading
This morning, Global Radio’s XFM did their Naked Breakfast They took the Danny Wallace show and broadcast live from the O2 Shepherds Bush Empire. But what made this different is that they did everything live. This wasn’t simply a normal outside broadcast with some live links and special guests. Everything was be live – the music, the jingles, even the … Continue reading
How do you celebrate talent? Talent behind the mic. Or in front of a camera. How do you do that when that talent has been associated with your channel, your brand, your station for almost 50 years? Sir David Attenborough has been associated with the BBC since 1952. First as a producer, then as controller … Continue reading
Last week, Capital FM‘s breakfast host, Johnny Vaughan left the station. The reasons behind why he left have been discussed by people like Matt Deegan and Nik Goodman For my money, Johnny was a great radio broadcaster, somewhat constrained by commercial radio from the start. When Johnny was in full free form mode, he was … Continue reading
There are some things that you need to see.And some you don’t. Me in shorts with a dodgy haircut is fairly inexcusable. But it was when I was a student. And that makes almost anything forgiveable (apart from wearing headphones on a photo shoot). This photo was taken during the Sunday lunchtime show that James … Continue reading
Here’s a fantastic example of using user-generated content to make a really interesting looking TV spot for BBC Radio 1′s Teen Awards. It’s a simple idea – but executed really nicely. There’s a little more background on the Earshot Creative review blog here. I think there are huge opportunities for making great sounding, highly effective … Continue reading
I’m a bit of a fair-weather listener to Absolute Radio. I listen to Christian O’Connell as the mood takes me but I don’t tune in every day. I tend to listen to the offshoots of AbsoluteRadio90s and Absolute80s more. I also have their OC Alarm Clock app and the Rock and Roll football app on … Continue reading
