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  1. Radio 1's Big Weekend exploration into social 'check ins' gets results

    Richard Morland

    Editor's note: A few weeks ago Richard outlined a new mobile project bringing together the social web and live events that the A&Mi team would be testing out at Radio 1's Big Weekend. Here's the promised update on how things went - PM. '...If you're taking someone who's not your boyf...

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  2. Melvin, BBC Three Counties Radio and social media

    Brett Spencer

    Editor, Digital, Radio 2, 6 Music and Asian Network

    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...

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  3. "I'm here now!": BBC's location based service experiment for the Radio 1's Big Weekend audience.

    Richard Morland

    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...

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  4. Radio 1's Big Weekend online

    Ben Chapman

    Head of Popular Music, Radio and Music multiplatform

    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...

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  5. Purveyor of the anti-pop

    Rowan Collinson

    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...

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