James Cridland

James is the Managing Director of media.info, and a radio futurologist: a consultant, writer and public speaker who concentrates on the effect that new platforms and technology are having on the radio business. His website is at james.cridland.net, where you can subscribe to his weekly newsletter.

On Twitter, he describes himself as: “Radio futurologist: consultant, speaker, writer. Run @mediainfo and @podnewsnet and weekly newsletter at https://t.co/B5OTUDUfpQ - email james@crid.land”

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Discussions	James has posted 110 new discussion topics, and a total of 724 comments.

James is the Managing Director at media.info.

James was a Head of Future Media and Technology for BBC Audio and Music Interactive at BBC from 2007 to 2009.

James was the Digital Director at Virgin Radio from 2001 to 2007.

James was the Head of Creative at Hallam FM from 1998 to 1999.

James was a Creative Copywriter at Hallam FM from 1995 to 1997.

James was a Presenter at HWD Hospital Radio from 1990 to 1996.

James was a Presenter at The Pulse from 1993 to 1995.

James was a Presenter at 2HR Huddersfield Hospital Radio from 1988 to 1989.

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Radio Chatter: DAB+ and DAB – the differences, and its use in the UK

Last comment 1 month, 2 weeks ago by John Macleod

Radio Chatter: Trouble picking up BBC Radio Merseyside in Warrington on DAB

Last comment 1 month, 3 weeks ago by James Hamilton

Radio Chatter: Google launches podcast player for Android

Last comment 2 months ago by Daniel J. Lewis

Radio Chatter: How the iTunes Podcast Chart works

Last comment 2 months, 1 week ago by James Cridland

Radio Chatter: How to retune your DAB Digital Radio

Last comment 2 months, 2 weeks ago by Cinnamon Bun

Radio Chatter: The most popular radio stations in the UK

Last comment 3 months ago by David Webb

Radio Chatter: Germany moves to make FM-only radio receivers illegal

Last comment 4 months ago by Simon Rushton

Radio Chatter: UK local DAB set to expand as new law goes into place

Last comment 4 months, 1 week ago by Nathan Diamond Pick

Radio Chatter: TuneIn removes recording capability for UK Pro users

Last comment 4 months, 2 weeks ago by Martin Phillp

Radio Chatter: I listened to lots of podcasts - and here’s what I learnt

Last comment 5 months, 2 weeks ago by James Cridland

Radio Chatter: Beats 1 - botched, lazy and uninspiring

Last comment 5 months, 3 weeks ago by swati sharma

Radio Chatter: What Volkswagen can teach us about radio’s future

Last comment 5 months, 4 weeks ago by James Cridland

Radio Chatter: Radio accounts for 80% of listening in-car

Last comment 6 months, 1 week ago by James Cridland

Radio Chatter: Australian ABC Radio app now supports Android Auto and Apple CarPlay

Last comment 6 months, 1 week ago by File Or

Radio Chatter: How many listeners does my community radio station have?

Last comment 7 months, 2 weeks ago by Phil Edmonds

Radio Chatter: US invests in overnight radio as the UK turns it off

Last comment 8 months ago by James Martin

Radio Chatter: UK Radio Predictions 2017

Last comment 8 months, 3 weeks ago by Simon Rushton

Radio Chatter: Union Jack launches - UK's first fully-interactive national radio station

Last comment 1 year ago by James Cridland

Radio Chatter: World's first digital radio smartphone launches in the UK with Radioplayer

Last comment 1 year ago by Denis Bourne

Radio Chatter: Is it time for the media to show a little respect?

Last comment 1 year ago by Pete Webside

Television Chatter: Olympics TV viewing figures down in multiplatform era

Last comment 1 year ago by Willie Bone

Radio Chatter: Online audio increases again

Last comment 1 year ago by Lincoln Josh

Radio Chatter: AM radio - what's its future?

Last comment 1 year, 1 month ago by Willie Bone

Radio Chatter: PPL alone in charging broadcasters for DAB small-scale tests

Last comment 1 year, 1 month ago by Ash Elford

Radio Chatter: DAB+ bitrates in Australia

Last comment 1 year, 2 months ago by James Martin

Radio Chatter: Community radio listening figures - do 10 million people tune in every week?

Last comment 1 year, 2 months ago by Greg Butler

Radio Chatter: Why radio and TV can't talk about politics on polling day

Last comment 1 year, 2 months ago by Josh Lincoln

Radio Chatter: Will Top Gear and TFI Friday destroy BBC Radio 2?

Last comment 1 year, 3 months ago by James Martin

Radio Chatter: Visuals on your radio station lead to higher audience figures

Last comment 1 year, 3 months ago by Willie Bone

Radio Chatter: Sound Digital's new stations in full

Last comment 1 year, 3 months ago by swati sharma

Radio Chatter: Local Radio Day shows power of radio working together

Last comment 1 year, 3 months ago by Martin Phillp

Radio Chatter: What is DAB+

Last comment 1 year, 4 months ago by Willie Bone

Radio Chatter: Indonesia switches on DAB+

Last comment 1 year, 4 months ago by James Cridland

Radio Chatter: A new pop-up station goes Bing across the UK

Last comment 1 year, 4 months ago by Willie Bone

Radio Chatter: Radio Dead sees record audiences

Last comment 1 year, 4 months ago by James Martin

Radio Chatter: Radio's multiplatform, multi-app future: iHeartRadio adds the ABC

Last comment 1 year, 5 months ago by James Cridland

Radio Chatter: Radio's tech problem - is it just the bosses at the top?

Last comment 1 year, 5 months ago by Matt Deegan

Radio Chatter: Logos for your Volkswagen or Skoda car radio

Last comment 1 year, 5 months ago by James Cridland

Radio Chatter: Martin Kelner - 'the most charmless sacking I have ever suffered'

Last comment 1 year, 5 months ago by Julian Charles Bray

Radio Chatter: I Hear Dead People - the latest new radio format

Last comment 1 year, 6 months ago by Willie Bone

Radio Chatter: London gets country radio station on DAB

Last comment 1 year, 6 months ago by Ian Hickling

Radio Chatter: talkRADIO announce launch date and presenters

Last comment 1 year, 6 months ago by Julian Charles Bray

Radio Chatter: Online radio is now listened-to by 50% of all Americans

Last comment 1 year, 6 months ago by Willie Bone

Radio Chatter: Could UK radio tell people how to vote in the forthcoming referendum?

Last comment 1 year, 6 months ago by Colin Kelly

Radio Chatter: Frozen songs banned by Fun Kids radio

Last comment 1 year, 6 months ago by Ian Beaumont

Radio Chatter: Ministry of Sound Radio closes down

Last comment 1 year, 6 months ago by Matt Auckland

Radio Chatter: Goodbye bandwith bills? BitTorrent is testing live streaming

Last comment 1 year, 7 months ago by Paul Markham

Radio Chatter: DAB+ services launch in UK

Last comment 1 year, 7 months ago by William Turrell

Radio Chatter: See ARN's advertising for their KIIS network

Last comment 1 year, 7 months ago by Michael Cook

Radio Chatter: Fun Kids Radio first to commit to a permanent DAB+ channel in UK

Last comment 1 year, 7 months ago by Willie Bone

Radio Chatter: Jon Gaunt launches talk2me radio

Last comment 1 year, 7 months ago by James Martin

Radio Chatter: Radio: the emergency service. But what about your website?

Last comment 1 year, 7 months ago by James Martin

Radio Chatter: Dales Radio licence challenged

Last comment 1 year, 8 months ago by J Peter Wilson

Radio Chatter: Radio industry gets its own radio station

Last comment 1 year, 8 months ago by Josh Lincoln

Radio Chatter: Brand new radio station to launch in Kent

Last comment 1 year, 8 months ago by James Cridland

Radio Chatter: Radio North Kent broadcasts from Australia

Last comment 1 year, 8 months ago by Matt Auckland

Radio Chatter: Australia: 40% have access to DAB+

Last comment 1 year, 9 months ago by Willie Bone

Radio Chatter: New live radio studio software released for Windows and Mac

Last comment 1 year, 10 months ago by Jenrond Poner

Radio Chatter: Google's Podcast play - what it means to radio

Last comment 1 year, 10 months ago by Matt Wade

Radio Chatter: #JNLR - Overview of Irish radio listening for Oct 2015

Last comment 1 year, 10 months ago by Willie Bone

Radio Chatter: #RAJAR - DAB increases; analogue listening declines to 50% of total

Last comment 1 year, 10 months ago by James Cridland

Radio Chatter: Ad for DAB+ promotes extra channels

Last comment 1 year, 11 months ago by Willie Bone

Radio Chatter: Pure close streaming music service

Last comment 1 year, 11 months ago by Alasdair Nicol

Radio Chatter: BBC releases stats to bolster Charter renewal

Last comment 1 year, 11 months ago by Willie Bone

Radio Chatter: Launch of live radio playout system in the cloud

Last comment 1 year, 12 months ago by David Lewis

Radio Chatter: James Cridland to move to Brisbane

Last comment 2 years ago by Lee Dolbear

Radio Chatter: Pure expand digital and internet radio range

Last comment 2 years ago by Josh Lincoln

Radio Chatter: TuneIn adds 'premium version' with sports, audiobooks and ad-free music

Last comment 2 years ago by George Byers

Radio Chatter: DAB+ figures released in Australia

Last comment 2 years, 1 month ago by Willie Bone

Radio Chatter: #RAJAR UK: radio listening up, new low for AM/FM in world's most multiplatform market

Last comment 2 years, 1 month ago by Matt Deegan

Radio Chatter: JACKquisition as OXIS Media buy JACKfm brand

Last comment 2 years, 1 month ago by Josh Lincoln

Radio Chatter: Two new JACK stations launch in Surrey and South London

Last comment 2 years, 1 month ago by Martin Phillp

Radio Chatter: New mobile phone package includes free music streaming

Last comment 2 years, 1 month ago by George Byers

Radio Chatter: Amazon Prime Music launches in UK

Last comment 2 years, 1 month ago by Art Grainger

Radio Chatter: Absolute to go on FM in West Midlands: 12 years late

Last comment 2 years, 2 months ago by James Martin

Radio Chatter: Is social media related to listening figures?

Last comment 2 years, 2 months ago by James Cridland

Radio Chatter: Radiocentre argues against FM switchoff

Last comment 2 years, 2 months ago by Alan Morr

Radio Chatter: BBC Local Radio closes Late Show for East Midlands

Last comment 2 years, 2 months ago by Brian Winter

Radio Chatter: Radioplayer now works with Android Auto

Last comment 2 years, 2 months ago by Brian Winter

Radio Chatter: Hirsty returns to the radio

Last comment 2 years, 2 months ago by David Hoffman

Radio Chatter: Six new digital radio stations for Manchester

Last comment 2 years, 3 months ago by Ash Elford

Radio Chatter: Apple’s live radio station has two UK DJs

Last comment 2 years, 3 months ago by Matt Auckland

Radio Chatter: Nolan makes a mountain out of a mountain

Last comment 2 years, 3 months ago by Willie Bone

Radio Chatter: Listen: early website mention from 20 years ago

Last comment 2 years, 3 months ago by James Masterton

Radio Chatter: Lincs FM presenters become Butlins Redcoats

Last comment 2 years, 3 months ago by Art Grainger

Radio Chatter: 5 live's bumper digital figures in detail

Last comment 2 years, 4 months ago by Will Cooper

Radio Chatter: BBC Breakfast and 5 live to simulcast

Last comment 2 years, 4 months ago by James Cridland

Radio Chatter: Fox to present radio show

Last comment 2 years, 4 months ago by James West

Radio Chatter: Recast: radio station music without the radio station

Last comment 2 years, 4 months ago by Richard Oakley

Radio Chatter: Norway to switch off FM in 2017 - UK to follow?

Last comment 2 years, 5 months ago by James Cridland

Radio Chatter: Ed Vaizey turns on local DAB transmitters

Last comment 2 years, 5 months ago by Jane Ostler

Radio Chatter: The second digital multiplex - the choice is clear

Last comment 2 years, 5 months ago by Jerry Lang

Radio Chatter: Signal 107 faces challenger in licence renewal

Last comment 2 years, 5 months ago by James Cridland

Radio Chatter: BBC local radio now on Freeview

Last comment 2 years, 6 months ago by Martin Phillp

Radio Chatter: Is DAB bad for your health?

Last comment 2 years, 6 months ago by Ian Hickling

Radio Chatter: Emperor Rosko heads up celebrity weekend

Last comment 2 years, 6 months ago by VIP Broadcasting

Radio Chatter: Martin Djan leaves Golden Square

Last comment 2 years, 7 months ago by Nick Hill

Radio Chatter: Radioplayer invites online-only radio stations

Last comment 2 years, 7 months ago by James Cridland

Radio Chatter: Broadcasting minister criticises Arqiva in Premier radio row

Last comment 2 years, 7 months ago by James Cridland

Radio Chatter: Listen2Digital's new stations in full

Last comment 2 years, 7 months ago by James Cridland

Radio Chatter: Sweden to switch off FM?

Last comment 2 years, 7 months ago by Gagarin Miljkovich

Radio Chatter: Talking about digital on the radio? Keep It Simple, Stupid

Last comment 2 years, 7 months ago by Steven Clift

Radio Chatter: Radio Caroline claims world first in US launch

Last comment 2 years, 8 months ago by Willie Bone

Radio Chatter: What the Radio Disney AM switchoff means to radio

Last comment 2 years, 8 months ago by Josh Lincoln

Radio Chatter: 'Trade off is just about right' - Ford Ennals defends mono Absolute Radio

Last comment 2 years, 8 months ago by Martin Phillp

Radio Chatter: Broadcasters leave Global Radio

Last comment 2 years, 9 months ago by Martin Phillp

Radio Chatter: Radio 4 to tweet along to War and Peace

Last comment 2 years, 9 months ago by James Cridland

Radio Chatter: Radio Academy AGM: as it happened

Last comment 2 years, 9 months ago by John Collins

Radio Chatter: Radio Academy's future unclear

Last comment 2 years, 9 months ago by James Cridland

Radio Chatter: The top eight radio platforms to be on

Last comment 2 years, 9 months ago by Art Grainger

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