Blog posts by year and monthMay 2011
Posts (4)
Melvin, BBC Three Counties Radio and social media
Editor's note: Brett was previously the interactive editor of 5 live before becoming the managing editor at Three Counties Radio. I asked him for his thoughts on the role of social networks in local radio. (PM) Last July I left BBC Radio 5 live after six years and drove north to Luton. I hadn...
A record month for Audio and Music's websites
Following the headlines in March's iPlayer stats pack that we published last month, I wanted to share some more details and insights about BBC Network Radio's interactive performance, as it was a record month for us. They say events drive reach, and plenty happened on the Radio websites in March...
"I'm here now!": BBC's location based service experiment for the Radio 1's Big Weekend audience.
At Radio 1's Big Weekend 2011 we are testing a new mobile feature that allows the audience to say "I'm here now" to their friends while watching their favourite artists throughout the day. The key thing is that they have to be present at a stage to check in. So why are we doing this? This is...
Radio 1's Big Weekend online
The Royal Wedding is tied up, done and dusted... and the music was my highlight. It was emotional, it had some new music (to my ears at least) bringing together hundreds of millions of people all listening and enjoying the same moment together. Whether you attended in person outside the Abbey, B...
