The European Meeting Point for Radio

Christian O'Connell and producer Richie from Absolute Radio UK

Radiodays Europe 2012 - in audio, slides and video on web

Listen - or listen again - to Christian O'Connell and other top speakers from the Barcelona-event!



Speakers

Petra Marsteller

Christian O’Connell – award-winning British radio presenter from Absolute Radio

Christian O´Connell

Ira Glass, host and creator of "This American Life"(USA)

Ira Glass

Joaquim Maria Puyal, Catalan journalist and researcher at Barcelona University (

Joaquim Maria Puyal

Claire Neal, Lead Producer at the production company Somethin' Else (UK)

Claire Neal

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Why radio leaders go to Radiodays Europe

"This is the one place where I can meet and talk with the whole of the European radio industry.  Radiodays Europe just gets everyone to come - it's as simple as that!"  Says Tim Davie, BBCs head of Audio and Music.  Watch video!
 

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What did the participants say - on live radio?

Radiodays Europe had its own radio station.  Speakers, sponsors and participants were interviewed.  Listen to a multitude of voices about the conference!
 

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Be Open, Be Bold, Be Proud!

-Stop whining about radio not being seen and recognized!  7000 radio stations which 86% of Europe tunes into for 3 hours a day.  That is a strong network! says EBU's Media Director Annika Nyberg.  Watch video or read the full speech!

 

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Audience from RDE12 in Barcelona

Picture Gallery from Radiodays Europe 2012

Take a look at the Picture Gallery from Radiodays Europe in Barcelona. Maybe you will find yourself  there, caught in a good moment.

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From hot Barcelona to the cool city Berlin!

Radiodays Europe is moving on - from north to south and on to the middle - the cool city Berlin.  Have a look at what Berlin has to offer! (Copyright picture: Visit Berlin, Wolfgan

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Radio Talk highlights from the conference

What was the core messages from Tim Davie, Annika Nyberg, Olaf Hopp, Gunnar Garfors, Mike Hill, Ira Glass, Claire Wardle and Justine Hopper?  Listen to Radio Talk with Trevor Dann - and find out!

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Ira Glass on stage at Radiodays Europe in Barcelona 2012

Ira Glass - We want to be "aggresively entertaining"

Ira Glass gave an entertaining session, with lots of audio, to demonstrate the style and execution of This American Life. The show’s a global success – one of the largest podcasts in the world (750,000 a week) and broadcast on over 500 US stations.

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Absolute Radio’s Christian O’Connell (alongside producer Richie)

Christian Jumps the Canyon

Absolute Radio’s Christian O’Connell (alongside producer Richie) gave an excellent talk about the ideas behind his award-winning breakfast show.

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Claire Neal

A man, his guitar and a walk down memory lane

Claire Neal is the producer of the “Ronnie Wood Show”, and she had quite a lot of inside information to share about the show and Ronnie himself.

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John Ousby from vTuner on stage at Radiodays Europe in Barcelona

Taking Radio Back on The Road

John Ousby from vTuner talked about the many different types of connected devices – they all share the same thing - an internet connection and an audio out.

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Ole Jørgen Torvmark

Success is more than looks

 
People don’t listen to radio because the device looks good, says Digitalradio Norway CEO Ole Jørgen Torvmark. The key to a digital switchover is content, coverage and collaboration.

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How news have improved

Since headline news on radio saw the light of day decades ago, it has remained virtually unchanged. In the Netherlands they’ve given news a new spin.

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Pete Waterman interviewed by Nik Goodman

An audience with a legend

 Nik Goodman interviewed the successful music producer Pete Waterman, and the audience went crazy – applause, whistling and an atmosphere that could raise the roof.

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Vicsek Ferenc

Klubrádió’s fight for free speech

Freedom of speech is not protected by the EU. Klubrádió could be the first of many radio stations fighting laws designed to silence government opposition.

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Michael Hill

Radioplayer goes worldwide

Michael Hill, Manager Director of UK Radioplayer, announced today that the service will go worldwide later this year. With Radioplayer one year old this month, Hill reviewed the progress of the project that brings together 315 of the UK’s radio stations online.

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Gary Gale, Nokia's Director of Places

Radio`s new location?

Gary Gale, Nokia's Director of Places, gave an insight in how geotagging and user location will transform the world and how radio broadcasters can benefit and profit from this development.

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Bernard Bahners

Radio Strategies for Smart Phones

The Managing Director of rad.io Bernhard Bahners talked about it never being easier to reach new target audiences in more countries – and the app downloads keep increasing.
 

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Radio for scrrens- from Radiodays Europe Conference in Barcelona

Radio For Screens - How do you visualize your radio station

Radio for Screens looked at how four different broadcasters are using varying techniques to visualize activity on their radio stations.
 

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Christian Schalt, General Manager at RS2

The future is AC and it's digital

The aging population of Europe will chose AC rather than CHR, and the listening will be digital in the future.

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Brett Spencer

Social Media is a key to generate new listeners and new sources

Claire Wardle from Storyful and Brett Spencer from BBC Radio 2/6Music gave some examples of what a good and a bad station would look and sound like.

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Mark Barber

Radio is the most effective media

Advertisers achieve more listener engagement when an advert is combined with editorial radio content. Listeners are also far more energetic and happy than users of TV or the internet.

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A New Strategy for Radio

Four leaders from the radio industry defined their vision for the future in ‘A New Strategy for Radio’.
Tim Davie from the BBC talked about the challenges to provide growth.

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 Josep Martí Blanch, Secretari de Comunicacío del Govern in Catalunya

The biggest ever Radiodays Europe opened in Barcelona

With more delegates representing more countries and more radio stations than ever before, Radiodays Europe was officially opened this morning in Barcelona.

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Watch the video from the welcoming reception at Radiodays Europe

Have a look at  the expectations the participants have for the Radiodays Europe Conference in Barcelona this year

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Welcoming Reception in MACBA, Barcelona for participants at RDE12

Welcome to Radiodays Europe in Barcelona

Nearly 400 of the participants at this years big conference attended  Radiodays Europes welcoming reception at the MACBA museum in Barcelona. Take a look at the picture gallery from last night

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Set up Radiodays Europe web app on your smartphone!

In an web-app especially adapted for smartphone you can navigate through the programme.

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THIS IS Radio

Radiodays Europe and Foster Kent present THIS IS RADIO!

This unique radio station will be broadcasting live from Radiodays Europe in Barcelona, giving you all the latest updates and information you don't want to miss!

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Sneak preview of the printed program

Want to have an advance view in the 80 page printed programme - in English, Spanish and Catalan?  Look through the PDF-version here.  And also maps for walking between the conference venues.

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Live broadcasts to Spain, Italy and Europe

The Spanish public broadcaster, Radio Nacional de España (RNE), will make two live broadcasts from Radiodays Europe in Barcelona. Also the morning show on RAI 2 in Italy will broadcast from Barcelona 15-16 March.

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