WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.480 Hello, I'm James Cridland, the radio futurologist, 00:00:02.480 --> 00:00:05.160 and this is Radioland, my international radio 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:07.620 trends newsletter, read out here because, you 00:00:07.620 --> 00:00:12.060 know, why not? And this is the version from September 00:00:12.060 --> 00:00:17.820 7th, 2025, Radio Days Asia in Jakarta. because 00:00:17.820 --> 00:00:20.399 I was in Jakarta last week for Radio Days Asia 00:00:20.399 --> 00:00:23.559 and for Podcast Day Asia, and there are plenty 00:00:23.559 --> 00:00:27.100 of stories about it at radioinfo .asia if you 00:00:27.100 --> 00:00:29.239 want to learn a little bit more, and you'll find 00:00:29.239 --> 00:00:31.559 some podcast -related chats in the Pod News Weekly 00:00:31.559 --> 00:00:34.100 Review this week from about five minutes in. 00:00:34.570 --> 00:00:36.869 Radio Days Asia is always a fascinating glimpse 00:00:36.869 --> 00:00:40.170 into how other markets work. Asia is a very uneven 00:00:40.170 --> 00:00:43.049 set of markets, which makes it particularly challenging 00:00:43.049 --> 00:00:46.350 to programme an event for everybody, but I learnt 00:00:46.350 --> 00:00:49.579 a lot as ever. It was interesting hearing from 00:00:49.579 --> 00:00:51.820 the BBC who announced the name for a new podcast 00:00:51.820 --> 00:00:55.380 for Asia. It's called Asia Specific and it'll 00:00:55.380 --> 00:00:57.960 come from Singapore. It's been a year in planning 00:00:57.960 --> 00:01:00.119 so far and it's had a set of pilots and I must 00:01:00.119 --> 00:01:02.200 confess to being slightly surprised, therefore, 00:01:02.280 --> 00:01:04.319 when I interviewed Siobhan Leahy to learn that 00:01:04.319 --> 00:01:06.599 they haven't yet settled on a final release cadence. 00:01:06.780 --> 00:01:09.019 I think we might launch with two episodes a week, 00:01:09.099 --> 00:01:12.200 she told me, adding one, building up to two, 00:01:12.299 --> 00:01:15.200 maybe building up to three. Well, there are plenty 00:01:15.200 --> 00:01:17.680 of videos to watch of the event as well. I spoke 00:01:17.680 --> 00:01:21.019 with Jacqueline Beerhorst about DAB +, in a session 00:01:21.019 --> 00:01:24.340 hosted by WorldDAB. Our friends at RCS hosted 00:01:24.340 --> 00:01:26.659 a session about moving radio to the cloud, and 00:01:26.659 --> 00:01:30.239 Chris Stevens from TM Studios talked about radio 00:01:30.239 --> 00:01:32.900 imaging. And if you look hard enough in the YouTube 00:01:32.900 --> 00:01:35.500 links there, you'll find both tracks of the entire 00:01:35.500 --> 00:01:39.579 conference as well. The strangest radio station 00:01:39.579 --> 00:01:42.900 ever appeared. It plays one thing only. That's 00:01:42.900 --> 00:01:45.560 the title of a fun YouTube video highlighting 00:01:45.560 --> 00:01:49.280 a ghost service on a few DAB multiplexes in the 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:52.019 UK. I love odd things like this, especially when 00:01:52.019 --> 00:01:54.819 they get coverage all by themselves. It's fun. 00:01:54.920 --> 00:01:57.340 You should go and watch it. Speaking of which, 00:01:57.400 --> 00:02:00.060 Somerset House has launched The Dream Radio, 00:02:00.439 --> 00:02:04.439 a three -week, 24 -7 stream to reimagine new 00:02:04.439 --> 00:02:27.160 and hopeful ways of being. It features... I'd 00:02:27.160 --> 00:02:30.000 like to thank them for their support this week. 00:02:30.080 --> 00:02:32.020 It looks like a fascinating service, actually, 00:02:32.020 --> 00:02:34.879 with original commissioned work in the evenings, 00:02:35.039 --> 00:02:36.939 archive content during the evening. during the 00:02:36.939 --> 00:02:40.840 day and even audiobooks overnight. Elsewhere, 00:02:40.840 --> 00:02:43.159 Duncan Campbell, formerly of ARN, has written 00:02:43.159 --> 00:02:46.479 about the role of a content director in radio. 00:02:46.580 --> 00:02:49.080 There's a job that's going away. A fascinating 00:02:49.080 --> 00:02:52.219 trip down memory lane on Steve Bobrick's blog 00:02:52.219 --> 00:02:55.120 with details from an event I apparently helped 00:02:55.120 --> 00:02:59.319 organise in 2008 about how the BBC should operate 00:02:59.319 --> 00:03:03.500 online. More from Martin Bellum as well. The 00:03:03.500 --> 00:03:07.280 BBC of 2008 seems very different to the BBC of 00:03:07.280 --> 00:03:11.960 2025. Last week, I suggested that Apple's radio 00:03:11.960 --> 00:03:14.259 stations have only been available to paying subscribers 00:03:14.259 --> 00:03:16.539 of Apple Music, and thank you to the varied people 00:03:16.539 --> 00:03:19.699 pointing out that I am wrong. They were available 00:03:19.699 --> 00:03:22.759 everywhere for free, but just not syndicated 00:03:22.759 --> 00:03:25.259 to other platforms. It's that that has changed 00:03:25.259 --> 00:03:30.259 over the last couple of weeks. Now, who wants 00:03:30.259 --> 00:03:33.120 a beer? I'm in London next week. If you're around 00:03:33.120 --> 00:03:36.900 from 5 till 7 on Tuesday, the 16th of September, 00:03:37.199 --> 00:03:40.430 it'll be... Quite excellent to join up for a 00:03:40.430 --> 00:03:43.289 pint of Man in the Box. If you know, you know. 00:03:44.030 --> 00:03:46.229 I'll be at the Yorkshire Grey in Langham Street. 00:03:46.289 --> 00:03:48.310 I appreciate it's the day before the radio festival, 00:03:48.349 --> 00:03:51.250 which I won't be going to because I've scheduled 00:03:51.250 --> 00:03:53.569 a flight in the middle of that day. Sorry, but 00:03:53.569 --> 00:03:55.430 that might mean that you're in London anyway, 00:03:55.550 --> 00:03:58.030 I'm hoping. So if you're able to pop by, it would 00:03:58.030 --> 00:03:59.870 be excellent to see you. I'll be the jet lagged 00:03:59.870 --> 00:04:03.419 guy in the corner. 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