Thursday 17 May 2012, 15:31
The RAJARs, the listening figures for UK radio, covering the first quarter of this year are out. Here's the BBC RAJARs press release.
RAJAR (Radio Joint Audience Research) is jointly owned by the BBC and commercial radio trade body the Radio Centre. Participating listeners are asked to record their radio listening in quarter-hour time blocks for one week.
The RAJAR figures for 'linear listening', not including on-demand listening or podcasts, in a table and the official quarterly press release (PDF).
RAJAR related links:
Monday 14 May 2012, 13:20
Graham Norton kicks off 2DAY 2012
I wanted to write a quick follow up to Brett's post last week about Radio 2's 2Day. As promised the highlights of the day have been captured on the Radio 2 website and you can browse through videos, audio and photos of the day.
If you'd like to relive the whole day, when the schedule was turned on its head, then you've got three days left to listen to it in its entirety.
Paul Murphy is the editor of the Radio blog
Wednesday 9 May 2012, 13:43
Chris Evans - 2Day
Tomorrow on Thursday 10 May Radio 2 shakes up the schedule and presents an entire day where nobody is where you expect them to be. Graham Norton will open the day at 7am, and you can read about everything that’s in store on the Radio 2 website.
All of the presenters had a great time filming the trailer which is now playing across BBC television.
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This year we are planning to add an extra dimension, giving you a look at what is going on throughout the day. We will be live video streaming from the home of Radio 2, Western House. You will be able to see presenters like Graham Norton, Terry Wogan and Claudia Winkleman as they present their own hour.
There’s a chance to hear and see a wide range of great artists and bands performing live - both in the studios, and in a special performance area created for the day.
While you can watch acts like Paloma Faith, Damon Albarn and Will Young live; you will also be able to catch them all on demand later, via the Radio 2 website. We will also be capturing some special moments like Sound of 2012 winner Michael Kiwanuka live at the Watford Colosseum, performing two special collaborations with the BBC Concert Orchestra.
The...
Friday 4 May 2012, 17:15
Tulisa on the Moyles show
At 9.45 this morning Chris Moyles played an old Underworld single and does what he normally does on a Friday. Laurel Waldron, a R1 listener in London, immediately tweeted "Born Slippy has just set me up for the weekend" attaching the hashtag #r1goldenhour to her tweet and perhaps, unwittingly, Laura had just joined thousands of other R1 listeners in participating publicly with Radio 1 visibly illustrated by the next phrase from the mouth of Chris "Let's try and keep this trending worldwide until 10 O' Clock".
The R1 Golden Hour; an hour of tracks picked by Chris and...
Friday 4 May 2012, 15:04
Ten products, four screens
Today I met with many of the BBC’s partners and independent suppliers at the BBC Online Briefing. A large part of the day has focused on the future of radio and I set out why I believe that radio will thrive in the digital age.
Radio broadcasting in the UK will turn 90 later this year and has remained central to many people’s lives by continually adapting to changing tastes and opportunities. When TV became common in UK households in the 1950s, radio listening dropped by a third but it recovered over the following decades with a combination of technological...
Monday 30 April 2012, 14:27
Rosie Cavaliero, Ron Cook and David Tennant
There are a few highlights that you may have missed in the current TV and radio Shakespeare fest that are still available for a limited time online.
Last week the British Museum's Neil MacGregor, presenter of Radio 4's Shakespeare's Restless World, along with curator Barrie Cook took part in a live blog on the Radio 4 website, answering listeners questions for a couple hours. Barrie and Neil's answers are available on the Radio 4 blog.
Radio 4's The Reunion told the story behind the rebuilding of the Globe theatre in London - you can listen online...
Wednesday 1 February 2012, 14:37
The Winners of 500 Words 2011
It's that time again. Thoughts at the Chris Evans Breakfast Show have turned to all things literary. We've inked our quills and gathered our most eloquent thoughts in preparation for today, where we've launched 500 WORDS - our short story writing competition for children aged thirteen and under.
Buoyed by the success of last year's inaugural event, we're attempting it all over again - only this time we want to make it much bigger and even better!
We have already secured a stellar panel of judges steeped in the art of children's literature: Dame Jacqueline Wilson...
Read more about 500 WORDS 2012: Short story writing competition for children
Monday 30 January 2012, 13:30
The 1963 production of Under Milk Wood with Richard Burton with Producer Douglas Cleverdon
The BBC will be 90 years old this November and that feels like a good moment to be celebrating one of the longest-lived programming genres with the first ever BBC Audio Drama Awards.
In the UK, drama has been on-air since the earliest days of BBC radio (from February 1923), initially with extracts from plays by Shakespeare, then plays for children and the first original play written specially for this new medium was Danger by Richard Hughes in 1924. Set in a coalmine after a cave-in, the characters had...
Sunday 29 January 2012, 20:05
Andrew Scott receives the Best Supporting Actor Award from June Whitfield
The winners of the first BBC Audio Drama Awards were announced by actor David Tennant at a special event in the Radio Theatre at BBC Broadcasting House.
The awards are a celebration of audio drama, on air and online, and are about giving recognition to the actors, writers, producers, sound designers, and others who work in the genre.
The winners of the BBC Audio Drama Awards are:
Best Audio Drama:
Lost Property - The Year My Mother Went Missing by Katie Hims
Producer: Jessica Dromgoole, BBC Radio Drama for Radio 4
Read more about The winners of the first BBC Audio Drama Awards
Tuesday 10 January 2012, 12:00
Ed's note: The Drama Awards shortlist is announced today. Here's the press release with the details. You can read about the launch of the Awards here - PM.
Today, the shortlist for the first ever BBC Audio Drama Awards is announced. The awards aim to celebrate and recognise the cultural importance of audio drama, on air and online, and to give recognition to the actors, writers, producers, sound designers, and others who work in the genre.
The winners will be announced at a ceremony to be held on Sunday 29 January 2012 in the Radio Theatre at BBC Broadcasting House in central London and presented...
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