1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,080 Hello, I'm James Cridland, the radio futurologist, and every so often I try and record this version 2 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:13,680 of my vaguely weekly, except it's really monthly newsletter, all about radio and all of that 3 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:19,880 kind of stuff. And this is it from the 23rd of November, 2023. It's called Happy 100 4 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:28,480 Aussie Radio. Happy 100th birthday to radio in Australia. On November the 23rd, 1923, 5 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:34,560 2SB came on air in Sydney. 2SB was originally a commercial radio station which earns its 6 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:41,380 money by selling sealed sets, sets unable to be changed to another station, and a subscription 7 00:00:41,380 --> 00:00:47,220 to help fund those stations. It changed its name to 2BL relatively quickly after learning 8 00:00:47,220 --> 00:00:53,920 that its competitor would be the similar sounding 2FC, and successfully lobbied to change its 9 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:59,360 business model after the concept of sealed sets went as well as you'd expect it to. 10 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:04,860 In the 1930s it became an ABC station, and it's now known as ABC Radio Sydney. If you 11 00:01:04,860 --> 00:01:10,280 walk into ABC Radio Brisbane's reception, there's the usual collection of vintage radios, 12 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:15,840 which when I am made king of radio I will outlaw from radio reception areas. That display 13 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:21,120 tells you that ABC Radio Brisbane first came on air in 1938, though it's really the spiritual 14 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:27,480 successor of 4QG, the first station in Queensland paid for by government, which started on 27 15 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:34,480 July 1925 at 1pm with a market report, followed by the stock exchange and the weather, after 16 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:40,360 which in a slice of programming genius, it closed down again until 6.30. 17 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:44,000 Australian radio is clearly in it for the long haul. Kyle and Jackie O, the biggest 18 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:54,520 stars in Sydney radio, signed a 10 year deal worth over AU$200 million, or rather AU$131 19 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:59,720 million. Fellow Brit Christian O'Connell has signed a 5 year deal as well. Christian is 20 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:05,340 a hard worker who deserves it. What's quite nice is that Jackie O gets paid identically 21 00:02:05,340 --> 00:02:10,640 to Kyle, as she should, and Jackie O at the very least also deserves her success. I'm 22 00:02:10,640 --> 00:02:13,360 sure that Kyle is a nice man too. 23 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:20,080 The UK released Ray Jar Q3-23 and Matt Deegan had some erudite commentary as I record this. 24 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:30,200 They've just released Q4-23 which goes to show how old I am in terms of recording these. 25 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:37,680 The BBC Sounds has added multi-room playback, and a few other goodies to Amazon Alexa. Notable 26 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:42,200 is the final sentence, we'll continue to develop features and work closely with our 27 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:51,240 partners at Amazon to improve the experience for BBC Sounds listeners. 28 00:02:51,240 --> 00:03:10,680 And I also linked to a man taking us around the KMox AM transmitter in St Louis in Missouri. 29 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:22,880 Of course it's Missouri. 30 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:27,400 I also wanted to write a good amount of stuff about Grupo Formula in Mexico City, but I 31 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:36,160 also wanted to get this out on the 100th anniversary of radio in Australia. Grupo Formula in Mexico 32 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:40,960 City is coming next time when I can be bothered to record another one of these. 33 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:46,880 Coming up it says here, let me find the most recent version of my coming up information 34 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:52,160 because it's much better than reading a very old version from three months ago. Isn't it? 35 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:58,360 That would be good. What have I got coming up? I've got the Norwegian Local Radio Association, 36 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:03,120 that's its national conference in Oslo on March 15th, I'll be there. Radio Days Europe 37 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:08,480 in Munich March 17th to the 19th, I'm in London on March 21st, not doing anything but I'm 38 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:13,400 in London. Evolutions by podcast movement March 26th to 29th in Los Angeles, then I 39 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:20,200 go home. And then a little bit later in May I'm at the podcast show in London, I'm in 40 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:26,880 New York on Monday May 27th, not doing anything but I'm in New York. Momentum 24 in Orlando 41 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:34,200 May 29th to 31st then up to Toronto in Canada, oh Canada, Radio Days North America is happening 42 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:40,040 in June 3rd to 4th and a little bit later on in the year Kuala Lumpur is where I'll 43 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:46,680 be going for Radio Days Asia between September 2nd and 4th including Podcast Day Asia which 44 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:55,000 should be good fun to do. Thank you to supporters Radio.co, Broadcast Radio, Clyde Broadcast, 45 00:04:55,000 --> 00:05:00,240 Richard Hilton, James Masterton, Brun Audio Consulting, Soma FM and Media Realms Meta 46 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:06,400 Radio, if you'd like to support this in any way and bully me into recording these in a 47 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:11,840 more timely fashion. 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