Next week, the UK’s Global Radio will slash local programming on their Heart and Galaxy station networks. Outside of the breakfast and afternoon shifts, programming will be mainly fed to all stations from a central location creating a quasi-national network.
Is this a bad thing? Is it a surprise? Will listeners even notice? My answers, in no particular order are no, no and no.
Business side first. Heart and Galaxy have been quasi-national brands for some time both on air and behind the scenes. The stations have shared the same playlists, management …

Like Dr Emmet Brown from the movie Back to the Future we’re trying to give you a taste of tomorrow today.
We’re very excited about our new All 80s website because we belive it’s the most advanced radio site in Ireland and it’s how we envisage DAB radios being in five years. Soon as you land on the front page of the site, you’ll see what song we’re playing and the latest news on that artist. You can rate the song, comment on it or just read other peoples …

The clip below is a Tomorrows World type clip from the year I was born. Though initially funny it is actually uncannily accurate.

So what of our vision for radio? How about a day where if you want some extra info on what you’re listening to, you just browse relevant content on the radios screen. Or if you miss a programme you like, even Livelive, three clicks and you can hear it on-demand or transfer it to you mp3 player docked to the radio. Or get real interactivity and have …