Blog posts by year and monthApril 2011
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Where does your local BBC get its news?
Ed: On the About the BBC blog Tim Bishop, Head of Regional and Local Programmes at BBC East, has written about the relationship between BBC local radio and regional newspapers. For many in the newspaper industry, and in particular the local press, the suspicion is that the BBC's Deep Thr...
March 2011 BBC iPlayer stats: "38 million requests for Radio programmes"
The performance pack for the BBC iPlayer covering March 2011 has been published today on the BBC Internet blog. Headlines from the Comms team include: March 2011 saw a new record being set, with 38 million requests for Radio programmes, boosted significantly by World Cup Cricket 2011 cover...
What Makes an Interview Distinctive and Engaging?
Evan Davis, Scott Mills and Judy Finnigan were brought together as part of a staff training event at the BBC's Council Chamber in Broadcasting House by Razia Iqbal to discuss what makes a great interview. They shared their insights learnt from the hundreds, if not thousands, of interviews that t...
The launch of the 2011 BBC Proms
18:00 update. The About the BBC blog has just published a post rounding up discussion of the new Proms programme. On the Radio 3 blog Roger Wright, the Controller of BBC Radio 3 and Director of BBC Proms, has blogged about this year's Prom's season: It's the morning of the BBC Proms launch. ...
Purveyor of the anti-pop
Editor's note: a brand new 6 Music show that's designed from the ground up to be interactive - it's even named after a hashtag. The nerve centre for NowPlaying @6Music is the show's blog - SB I think it's taken a while for 6 Music to find its niche but now it has really found a sound. You would...
A new series for Radio 2 - Sounds of the 20th Century
As a producer for Trevor Dann's Company, a radio production company founded by the UK radio veteran of that name, I have the opportunity to work across an array of audio projects; however, I'm most excited about our new series, Sounds of the 20th Century. It's essentially an audio journey throug...
