James Cridland - Radio Futurologist

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Data from Edison Research makes me question what radio is marketing for.

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Yikes! The economy! Plus, more news about radio's future

I buy a new radio! I dig into the ownership of the BBC's longwave transmitters! More at radioland.email

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And a new radio streaming app for iOS.More at https://radioland.email

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Well, should you?More at https://radioland.email

There's a nice graph here: https://james.cridland.net/blog/2026/multiplatform-radio-figures/

Latvia is the home of Radiodays Europe this yearhttps://radioland.email for more!

New research shows that radio's core audience is changing rapidly.More on this and everything else at https://radioland.email

One of Australia’s biggest radio shows, Kyle & Jackie O, has ended. Tuesday’s announcement to the ASX, the Australian stock market, makes it clear that it isn’t a stunt. The show is now off the air: Kent Small is doing the breakfast show in both Sydney and Melbourne (this is Australian radio, so he has to have a nickname, which is “Smallzy”).Employment lawyers will now be involved, in two of the biggest media legal cases in the country, as things begin to get messy. Jackie “O” Henderson is now saying that she “did not quit or resign”, in a statement that, perhaps pointedly, didn’t mention Kyle’s name once. Kyle (who has also taken time away from TV duties) is also reported to be priming his lawyers for a reported $88mn; potentially arguing that a similar argument on-air last year wasn’t treated as serious by ARN, his whole show was based on controversy, and a slightly misguided view that ARN’s censors should have prevented the argument going out. There’s plenty more informed coverage in the Game Changers

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