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I'm your house tomorrow and today will like a shin at the areas that the radio industry Awards here in London to Leicester Square to be catching up with the person charge of that a rabbit tail which also you control BBC Radio 3 Sam Jackson Ranger figures and what you think still do winning why is today Radio today because not only is it the

Radio figures are out to the radio stations in and out to the public very soon, so I'm sure he diving into that too.

So come on in and around with Jeremy here at the end of the Radio Academy former trustee.

Just had my classical and of course has many many years service in Commercial BBC TV and film company which of course to meet up you start a podcast on Sky

This week so my choices somebody called Grace Meadows who is a really in strawberry woman she runs charity called music Minds matter which is there a charity that help musicians that I'm trustee of and what they do is remember what I said anybody working in music radio TV wherever you are working having a bit of a rough time in reading mental health support at the museum white matter does and he's doing I think it's really inside you she's my pics.

Is a people can sometimes things are musicians have quite the privileged life cos they see you at the very top of the game and that's brilliant when people reach the time but obviously for every big nemaxx.

Who's there at the very front will be supporting.

There will be orchestras full of people who are freelance they'll be banned.

They will be all sorted and and often people are struggling to make ends meet and working in there is also high pressure if you're a label on a radio station.

Are you putting on the festival? So yeah? It's a really great cause absolutely it's so important because freelancers are the lighting industry entertainment sector.

We just not exist without them and that we're not looking after our people looking after Arundel Street something that will be free at the Radio Academy that's not worry about nothing after every single person.

Please may I have you all need looking after someone to talk really double bubble radio events tonight to celebrate casting music audio books and diversity in UK audio which is World's leader in that breakfast diversity that gets up there and this is about you know him, but it's all about coming together to celebrate together tonight.

Are we going Harry looks lovely and if you don't worry but the radio 32 happy 70th for them to be spread across categories of expected to see Radio 3 in before you know we have Jools Holland with up again Simon Mayo we have breakfast presenter nominated for breakfast show me branding award where in for Radio free online and buy that begin on the nation is lovely.

I'm looking for fun Kids radio 3.

I think you know if my new controller.

Can you schedule for the biggest change in 40 years a Radio 3 and it wasn't without you know it's eyebrow raising moment to Sam and we should worry, but I'm really really pleased that you've seen significant growth write the schedule you double-digit percentage growth in every part of you can go down as well as you can't be complacent and is not only about numbers but the thing I'm really pleased about his you know this was a porter in which we brought a mouse fit through which we were doing a European we will launch your new series about modernism.

It was he did you see that the audience went with us and I was pretty solid.

Always the challenge in the balance is weakened by playing with a bit safer not going to those places that others don't use to go we deliberately got that because that's what the BBC is meant to offer but I'm convinced people who would love what Radio 3 has to offer I mean we went over a million listening classics for the first time ever that's really hot and we doing a bit of work at the BBC Two people at the end of the Today programme Radio 3 and if you've had your Phillip Hughes why not try Radio 3 conversations nowadays at the BBC How audiences consuming radio when and what can we do to point them towards things in a way that she doesn't have to make sure that will tell him about things they want to hear about.

figure 3.5 million in the first week of the year nearly £150000 accessing turn on BBC sounds Radio 3 grand spin-off brands to grow network reach logo with a heart with that change in particular, but the last year and extensions and

Just being able to be there for her Nan gives you more choice and also kind of moss train lines.

This is what we like.

This is what we want to listen to and I can think that feels like that kind of done a lot of station is coming together lot of holiday shin.

So it has a lot of change in the radio industry that show how important is in society and it's really hard for him to say is going back to you know radio broadcasting other areas and audio old ROBLOX music video and it's entirety is taking so much more market share when there are so many other demands on our attention is really hurting and I think radio stations leaning into that ability to be able to send the phone.

And I'm listening to them we have the ability to do that and still bringing Radio 2 sounds of celebration Cakes Ltd tonight bright Ideas great programs sometimes mothership radio stations, are they will offer uniformity of something it might be a decade it might be that you're only getting 80s music and maybe in the case of Radio 3 on wind be having musical.ly that particular soundscape.

Is it worth? Where is even more important within that there's genuine variety that we have a lot of British composers.

We have a lot of relatively recent releases that we make sure the depth of repertoire.

Is really significant and difference what you would get in from Spotify playlist or from a commercial station, so it's definitely something there a way of attention because some audiences.

Love that absolute clarity and you look at the success of Brands like hot which has a very very very tight playlist for 70s 80s 90s whatever what a very successful in there.

Is this week pretty good.

Thank you.

I mean it's a huge on the Radio Academy what feels like we've only just got started.

Before my company so yeah, I'm a massive massive on audiences Communities of the really enjoyed your chosen and that you know they've been talked about it was an amazing Year last year helps in normally.

We had an incredible year of politics of Sport we had a euros we had the presidential election in the US and all of our content seem to find a way to cut through and find really really warming engaged audiences with agencies and educate them about podcasting more that they need to look yes, I do.

I mean I think that you know when you look at the nature of our audience.

It's younger than almost every other form of traditional Media it's super engaged but basically.

I'm at my solicitor so you know the people are really enjoying the consent of the time.

Yeah, I do feel that the media buying will hasn't really cool onto the facts and the opportunity yet.

Thank you success in the UK Americans doing is the USA big push you want to go more countries of course absolutely USA on a History podcast already so we are trying to branch out into more subjects that work internationally like history with recently launched classified as buying history that works really well for us and we're trying to identify other areas that makes sense for us to retarget that you that us audience so potentially thinking about you know what what soccer looks like over there with leading up to the World Cup next year and yeah, you know huge potential market and one that we really like to be differences in there.

Infusion from other parties a lot about these kind of potential and the truth is with been spoken to buy or approached by a number of them so far.

We've told them or we're not we're not or interested in this time.

We've got a massive job and my work.

It's like non-stop.

We really concentrate on what we doing.

We did 63 million downloads last month and you know 47 people it takes a lot of work and that is absolute focus of our minds now yourself with a new podcast.

How's it going?

Make a most female group chat seem to work in the mass of commitment phobe, but I have been doing Radio now on Virgin Radio breakfast show so that has kind of broken you know it for me slightly.

I'm terrified about showing up to the same thing because I genuinely had it in my head.

I'm going to do this wild thing then why would I have a job that I have to show up to every week so I I always felt a bit like actually having done Virgin I realise that like value of that commitment and dialogue and the recurring chats and the revealing and knowing yourself.

audience now on you and you know there's a proper sense of like an intimate chat which I think definitely feed them into the podcast I did have to we went to the back to the other day together and I had to borrow her knickers, so she is organised and she's always race and she has to be edited a bit more than I do I know I feel like what kind of we have our own strengths and I'm one of the executive editor of BBC Three Counties Radio and BBC Northampton

Probably like pretty unique in being most in your job sharing the BBC what's the moment suggested that Coldplay when they were coming to radio One's Big Weekend couldn't perform the song Yellow because yellow is the colour of Watford Football Club and Luton at the driver was a major change it to Orange and miss this kind of Coldplay on the night of the week and they performed a brand new song Orange all about Luton the people of Luton and the football club.

It was amazing how to vote for you in something like this.

I think they're quite popular and baby bear funds we have

Absolutely and it shows you the power of local radio and we seeing BBC Merseyside winter Awards tonight, but best weight for a shower and 4 news coverage and there's a connection between local radio and the audience that yeah, I mentioned in my speak to it is really special there is unlike anything else boring now.

Is it number 97 that would be well there are some on shelves area on power FM

That was years and years later by somebody working at power FM message me an email me and said look I used to listen to your show and it got me into radio had a lovely day because I've listened to your Sunday night chill FM which is here and I thought you might like to know your reward is propping open a fire and send me a photo of it doing exactly that it might see if power haven't been bought and closed and subsumed into the you know but it must be that I don't know where it is.

My win regulations in episode 5 series 13 is going out tonight Wednesday I'm ready for and then we've got to do is 14-in.

Why do you think it keeps ringing Littlewoods I don't know because it's really good maths.

No, I don't know I think you've got great material.

It's it's all I do really fantastic writers and contributors and people from you and Tony over there was the sound design Forest KT1 believe I just know we've got I think we have because we looked into this.

We have given over 100 now brand new writers their first ever broadcast credit.

A lot of them and women comedy is brilliant and should be encouraged and we've had this series.

I think credits.

Where is more minute because you know it's a show like for but when you get it and you get it and it's open door policy and I'm absolutely about coaching nutanix with all their once and that's what I want to do that sort of what you doing fine whatever it might be I think you know these people are chasing chasing us now and use it funny funny funny funny funny wins out apparently Discovery be podcast marketing company.

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Roberts FM band Greatest Hits radio you've just won an award to this is a very special Ward yeah, I'm coming here for fun kids and yeah, I am I'm completely blown away.

I just would never have imagined that this would happen lucky.

I've been to work with so many incredible people over the years and so many incredible formats you know from XFM to Spain in Dublin and sort of having the opportunity to get brands in a born in that amazing city and then you know yeah and Greatest Hits radio.

I really feel like it's just the most the greatest thing that I've had the opportunity to be able to launch something you know from Smash and build it to where we are now and to have the likes of caring and and Simon and and all of the great sentence we have it on.

It's a privilege to run her network like Greatest Hits radio because he is not the traditional idea of a boss.

He's somebody who understands the so-called Talent he helps City supporters equal even though we're not but he is just a people person and that shows in his management style, but built Greatest Hits radio from nothing to where is now in such a short time to the abilities of this man and the love and understanding the median of radio.

It's just very deep and it comes out every day and 35 years in radio delete your maths is probably better than mine at least at least two weeks workout importers 100.

Pretty good today.

You're not bad.

I think you know we've we obviously you've had this well throughout the journey of wrestling radio.

We've obviously taken over of licences and she know that's quite a tough John for people point of view but also from An Audience point of view and there's always turning you know sometimes you have to go back a bit to go forward when I think of the sea the wave thing that we did the year ago was a big one can of really big TSA and I think we're starting to see that turn around you know but there's obviously term effects from a year down the line.

You know sort of losing some of that Heritage audience.

So I think I really think we've got a really really sorry face to go from now and I'll listen Shifa so lawyer when people come in they really do love it and they say don't they and I think that's a testament to what the network is.

Play 70s and 80s now.

We're really delighted with that and there's some great shows not least attempt but yeah like to have 1782 dive even deeper into those decades you know for the people that want it and it's very early days for 35 years can a few years yourself for the next 35.

You really love so he's doing so just keep on enjoying it.

I'm still enjoying after nearly 50 years and you got a few to catch up on the six.

Hello, how are you? I'm very good.

Thank you.

Are you enjoying the events?

Animal sampling of the woods tomorrow night as well, so I think when you get to 67 have more from unemployed Antichrist to sort of training National Treasure you get to put people on new shows in TV shows live interview Big stars big politicians yourself.

Do you think the Landscape has changed a lot into something not quite as good as I think we need more long form interview as we need more explained by people wanting greater depth on critical coverage and also wanting even if they will say.

The same they actually do want to hear them and they want to know them a bit better than they do so I think I actually go back to the colour black and white days interviews away from what's the story? What's the line? What the head long shoes at the engineers the interviewee knows that they can maybe relaxing more obviously old Piers Morgan doing pretty well on the YouTube's phone number and often the film them all laptops so again.

I don't want to do is talking about Nigel Farage

Donald Trump's is there any good interview is it a good podcast? Did you have a good discussion? So what would you want to tackle? We are going to do another talk towards the end of the year with developing the whole can a membership stream by doing interviews that maybe wouldn't necessarily go to the wider wheels with Wheel Specialist quite specialist means.

I probably reading think more of them.

I otherwise might and I've been I've always my friend of my partner finds it hard to take but I'm on the road.

Tuesday I will never reach so it's just heading towards the Old it's a landmark and if you've been around for that long in this business, then there's something significant that you've contributed to it, but I also think what really strong at the me was talkSPORT is enjoying the best time of its broadcasting live in terms of Reach and audience appreciation and he just felt like the two things coming together.

It was the right thing for the Academy to recognise their contribution and their success.

Tell me where was looking at me from my fellow who's going up to it means so much as well because absolutely been on the other side of the Divide so to speak but it's always been in a very nice things about talkSPORT particularly recently so so get it from somebody external but the camera Bob is a huge.

What's the keys for 25 years of success just perseverance mate.

I think the journey has been quite long and hotel rooms broadcasting football matches the very well documented Hannah stories to like doing countless tournaments now being official and you know we just wanna sports journalism awards couple of months Olympic coverage against the BBC on the Olympics so we sort of taking on new challenges never stand still but also that kind of Tunis of character like the personality you sort of know.

Please people are the beauty always I've already knows you know who Chris evans' or you know who you know that you know that you're into your house and your car and it's the same with the Alan Brazil listen here tonight as well.

You want that kind of connection.

That's what we try and bring out the best.

You know prepare for the worst they say with these things but we had a good luck period so you sort of felt like if we get the wind behind us will be will be ok.

So really pleased with the numbers.

I mean it's just like it's a phenomenal saying best ever encountered shows and pink records as well, so really really stronger.

Just stage using my moments and exciting it excited to learn new media.

I began as a radio producer when I was 27 and so it is rather wonderful to come back to audio special about my relationship with Littlewoods TV very kind to me and be my living for a long time but I Began as I said is a radio producer and I've had so many conversations over the years about programs.

I made you not my cuddles on the word search.

My family in Nigeria which are those programs and there is something unique about audio and its ability to become not just to speak to people's mind but also become part of their lives habituation Imodium is the metre and rhythm of my life as radio for the meeting of my life now is podcast and radio for the something a bit you about audio as well as something internet.

I know you can't really talk about it, but very enjoyable as it was amazing but I am there's not much I can say is terrifying BBC One in the autumn and prices.

Thank you very much.

Just enough time to audio Network Media quiz.

The Radio Academy and now very exciting Of The Year winner Sam Jackson from BBC Radio 3 and this week.

It's entitled.

I would like to thank you all the winners in the media world this week, but can you name them from his entirely fictional acceptance speeches or a remarkable Alexander networks has taken that very slow come up with some green music to accompany today's game night 3 say say I would like to go to be a TV special BAFTA awards.

Everyone staring this year in the Moonlight chords that Sky provide a very focused target to achieve greatness.

Call Michael's famous TV producer in America makes a show on a Saturday night might be coming to the continued even if we haven't had the UK for 3-year olds health authorities police and crime commissioners and regional.

Generating such incredible stories maybe something you had this morning Sam up in Salfords I got up at 4:15 and then as my head expanding something what is more funding a very week.

Thank you.

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