Earshot is a celebration of great radio production, shared by the people who make it. Matt Podd (left) and Adam Venton Play or download this podcast Duration 43’21”, 192kb/s stereo mp3, file size 61 MB. Loudness -16 LUFS. If you enjoy the show please rate and review it. Show notes A lockdown edition of the Earshot podcast as Matt Podd in rural Esse…

The Earshot podcast is packed with great radio production, shared by the people who make it. Play or download this podcast Michaela Hallam, Kate Dinsdale and Debbie Dillon Duration 39’27”, 192kb/s stereo mp3, file size 55.5 MB. Loudness -16 LUFS. Subscribe to the whole series with your favourite podcast app, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or iTunes. If …

The Earshot podcast is packed with great radio production, shared by the people who make it. Just weeks after launching its new breakfast show, station sound producers Ben Stones and Liam Hadley share the production secrets of Radio 1’s imaging. We hear also from host Greg James and ReelWorld music director Erik Huber who created the show’s theme. …

The Earshot podcast is packed with great radio promotion ideas, shared by the people who make them. Playing games This time, two of planet Earth’s leading commercial radio practitioners explore the world’s greatest contest and competition mechanics and what makes them so effective for audiences and sponsors alike. Play or download this podcast Jona…

Earshot is great radio production, shared by the people who make it. Play or download this podcast Gordon Lundy, Matt Shields and Gavin Pearson. Duration 49’51”, 192kb/s stereo mp3, file size 69.7 MB. Loudness -16 LUFS. Subscribe to every new edition of Earshot with your favourite podcast app or iTunes. If you enjoy the show please rate it so its u…

Sam and Steve of A Million Ads The Earshot podcast is all about great radio production, shared by the people who make it. Play or download this podcast A Million Ads, with and Steve Dunlop & Sam Crowther. Duration 43’23”, 192kb/s stereo mp3, file size 60.89 MB. Loudness -16 LUFS. Subscribe to every new edition of Earshot with your favourite podcast…

Tom Cross and Adam Burgess of Contraband Media The Earshot podcast is all about great radio production, shared by the people who make it. In this edition Steve Martin meets Adam Burgess and Tom Cross: two thirds of the production house Contraband Media. Together with music director Small Paul, Adam and Tom have built Contraband into one of the UK’s…

Three of the world’s leading entertainment radio imaging producers join Steve Martin to discuss their craft and play their work. Left to right: David Konsky, Steve Martin, Ron Tarrant and Victor Lisle. Play the podcast Konsky, Ron Tarrant & Victor Lisle at Reelmix. (duration 33’04”, 192kb/s stereo mp3, file size 49.2 MB) Subscribe to Earshot with y…

Steve, Chris and Hayley, complete with knitwear in a panelled room. Chris Ward Bauer Media is one of the UK’s leading commercial radio operators. Chris Ward is the Content Operations Director and Group Production Director for its Bauer City Network of around 50 outlets. Every week this network reaches around 7 million listeners and generates more t…

Creativity Steve Martin and Hayley Hayes are back with another edition of the radio promotions, marketing and production podcast. Only one of them has a cold: see if you can work out who. This time, the Earshot podcast is all about creativity. Our two interview guests are experts in creative thinking and the processes that support it: Play here Ear…

Ollie Raphael at BBC Radio 5 Live Play here Earshot podcast: 5 Live and 2FM imaging Download the mp3 (duration 45’17”, 192kb/s stereo mp3, file size 63.4 MB) Subscribe to the Earshot podcast via iTunes or PocketCasts or Google Play Music. 5 Live and 2FM imaging show notes Explore two strikingly different approaches to radio station imaging in this …

Play here Earshot podcast: Commercial production with Sara, Rick and Dan Download the mp3 (duration 49’56”, 192kb/s stereo mp3, size 75.1MB) Find the Earshot podcast via iTunes or PocketCasts, Deezer, Acast or Google Play Music. Show notes This edition of Earshot is all about commercial production. Our guests are Sara Hashem, senior creative produc…

Laura Mather of ReelWorld, Stephanie Hirst and the BBC’s Kathy Clugston This edition of the Earshot podcast is happily sponsored by Broadcast Bionics. Play here Earshot podcast: Women in Imaging with Stephanie Hirst Download the mp3 (duration 46’10”, 192kb/s stereo mp3, size 69.1 MB) Subscribe to the Earshot podcast via iTunes or PocketCasts or Goo…

Mitch Von Arx and Hayley Hayes Play here Earshot podcast: Mitch von Arx Download the mp3 (duration 33’29”, 192kb/s stereo mp3, size 49.1 MB) Subscribe to the Earshot podcast via iTunes or PocketCasts, Google Play Music or acast. Show notes Producer and composer Mitch von Arx shares his production work for the UK’s Kiss network and explains how he a…

Hayley Hayes and Richard Newby at the Earshot bar. Play the show Earshot podcast: Richard Newby and Mariana O’Kelly Download the mp3 (duration 33’07”, 192kb/s stereo mp3, size 46 MB) Subscribe to the Earshot podcast via iTunes or PocketCasts or Google Play Music. Show notes In this edition of the Earshot podcast Richard Newby plays his work from BB…

Play here Earshot podcast: David LLoyd and Colin Kelly Download the mp3 (duration 43’05”, 192kb/s stereo mp3, size 61.1 MB) Subscribe to the Earshot podcast via iTunes or PocketCasts or, eventually, Google Play Music. Show notes There are few true ‘bibles’ of radio broadcasting craft. In this Earshot podcast, David Lloyd explains how he identified …

Eagle Radio in Surrey and Hampshire launched new jingles today written by local composer and former station intern Ollie Melville-Smith. Play here Earshot podcast: Ollie Melville-Smith Download the mp3 (27’59”, 192kb/s stereo mp3, 39.9 MB) Subscribe to the Earshot podcast via iTunes or PocketCasts. It might even be in Google Play soon. Show notes I…

Tony Blackburn and Steve Martin I love it when we do a magazine format edition of the podcast. Not just for the stories and the people but also because I get to do a high-energy menu sequence at the top! Play here Earshot podcast: Imaging special Download the mp3 (53’20”, 160kb/s stereo mp3, 61.1 MB) Subscribe to the Earshot Creative Review via iTu…

Pat Gill of Dublin’s market-leading FM104 is my guest in this edition of the Earshot production podcast. Play here Earshot podcast: Pat Gill at Dublin’s FM104 Download the mp3 (34’35”, 160kb/s stereo mp3, 39.7 MB) Subscribe to the Earshot Creative Review via iTunes or PocketCasts. Show notes Pat’s been at FM104 for eleven years and boasts a string …

Play here Earshot podcast: Nathan Freeman and James Espley Download the mp3 (40’02”, 160kb/s stereo mp3, 45.8 MB) Subscribe to the Earshot Creative Review via iTunes or PocketCasts. Show notes In this edition of our production podcast we welcome Nathan Freeman of BBC Radio 6 Music and winner of the 2013 Creative prize in the Radio Production Awards…

Gerald Jackson (centre) receives his Gillard award from BBC Trust Chairman, Lord Patten (left) and David Holdsworth, Controller of BBC English Regions BBC Local Radio’s Gerald Jackson celebrates 45 years of production. A local radio legend, Gerald Jackson has recently been awarded in the Gillards for his outstanding contribution to BBC Local Radio.…

James Stodd, Richard Culver and Chris Reay Meet this year’s Sony Radio Academy promotion and imaging winners. James Stodd from the South Coast’s Jack FM and The Breeze, Richard Culver from BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 2‘s Chris Reay play the audio that gained them and their teams recognition this year in the UK’s leading radio awards. In conversation …

Hello to a new series of the Earshot podcast For the first show in the new run we’re at VOX, the annual conference for voiceovers, to explore the critical relationship between voice artist and radio producer. Steve Martin asks voiceovers and producers about the changing nature of work in the radio production and advertising sector. You’ll also hear…

from left: Mark Hulmes, Matt Deegan, Sefa Nyki, Tim Johns, Clare Bowen, Chris Wood, Jake Yapp, Helen Quigley and Jumoke Ogunkoya. Seasons greetings The Earshot Creative Review podcast plays great radio production with the people who make it. This is the last in the present series. This festive edition comes direct from the Hippodrome Casino in Lond…

Producer Brionne Olsen from South Africa’s 5FM. South African radio production This month we drop below the equator for a taste of AC and CHR imaging in South Africa. Our guest is Brionne Olsen, current imaging producer at national CHR station 5FM and formerly of regional AC brand, Jacaranda 94.2. In conversation with Steve Martin, Brionne explains…

Gateshead Millennium Bridge. Photograph by Karen Bullock Frank Gillard Awards Meet two of the finalists for best station promotion in this year’s BBC Local Radio awards. Chris Wood produced an energetic and multiplatform campaign for a local music festival in Oxfordshire while Richard Latto steered a sensitive course through coverage of the Titanic…

Clare Bowen and Lenja Papp Radio Advertising Some secrets of great radio advertising with Clare Bowen, head of creative development at the UK Radio Advertising Bureau and Lenja Papp, European radio writer and consultant. Discover why Lenja wants to seduce – not shout in any language, how the comedy of Ricky Gervais, Karl Pilkinton and Stephen Merch…

Chris Reay of BBC Radio 2. Today BBC Radio 2 airs its new jingle package. It’s the first time in fifteen years that Britain’s most popular radio station has commissioned a completely new package. The new work comes from London-based production house Wise Buddah who produced the jingles using the heritage logo from Grooveworx after a long commission…

Dan Mumford and Brian Murphy. Picture:Steve Martin Download our June podcast to celebrate a couple of Sony Radio Academy Award winners and their winning audio. Guests this month are Dan Mumford, Manager of Station Sound at BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1 Xtra and Absolute Radio Senior Producer, Brian Murphy. You’ll hear an “awesome foursome” promo from…

This Month, we’re recorded live (you know what we mean) at the Creative Loop student media festival in Glasgow. On the panel are Paul Tyler from commercial production at Radio Clyde, Gavin Pearson, head of creative for all of Bauer Scotland and Steve Martin, the regular host of the Earshot Creative Review. The podcast is hosted by Colin Kelly and p…

Sony Radio Academy Awards nominees edition Bernard Achampong of BBC Radio 1 Xtra, Neil Cowling of Fresh Air Production and Chris Howell from Eagle Radio. This month we meet three radio producers whose recent promotional and imaging work has been recognised by this year’s Sony Radio Academy Awards judges. As our guest producers wait to discover whet…

Chris Reay of BBC Radio 2 and Matt Clark from Magic 105.4 at Elton John’s piano In this month’s podcast, Chris Reay, senior producer at BBC Radio 2 and Matt Clark, station imaging producer at London’s Magic 105.4 play and discuss their favourite pieces of station production. With Radio 2’s huge range of styles and content set against Magic’s highly…

Stuart Barrett, Kate Cocker and Chris Stevens in Salford, Greater Manchester As if it wasn’t chilly enough, we’ve travelled North to present the Earshot Creative Review podcast from Salford* this month. Play the audio to hear freelance producer and leading member of SoundWomen Kate Cocker, GMG‘s Chris Stevens and Stuart Barrett of BBC Radio Manches…

Left to right: Lou Nash, John Myers, Nik Goodman, Steve Martin, James Stodd, James Cridland and Jacob Rickard. Direct from the heart of London’s Theatreland, some of the UK radio’s leading creative producers and commentators play their favourite promotional audio of the year and discuss why they love it so much. Download the podcasts and you’ll hea…

Capital FM’s imaging king Chris Nicoll and voice artist and producer Helen Quigley. Chris Nicoll reveals the secrets behind Capital FM’s hot new imaging style, Helen Quigley shares her work from radio and television and together we discuss voice selection, productivity tips and the sources of our inspiration. You’ll also hear Harvey McCabe from Kin…

Simon Rushton, Jardin Lobo and Tim Johns. They never actually met. Recorded at the height of London’s recent Indian Summer heatwave this podcast brings together radio creatives from India, Kenya and the rural British county of Lincolnshire. You’ll hear Jardin Lobo explain how spot advertising and live talk-ups work on Indian FM stations and get a w…

It’s a lock-in. Enjoy an extended edition with James Stodd of the BBC and Matt Lomax from Kiss. At an hour long, it’s perfect listening on your Summer holiday. James’s audio shows how the BBC is using smart promotional techniques to convey public service messages while Matt demonstrates how he puts listeners at the centre of the Kiss imaging. Toget…

This month we celebrate TalkSPORT’s remarkable achievements at the Sony Radio Academy Awards with senior writer and producer Jonathan Young. Jonathan has been one of the leading creative forces on the station since it launched and in this month’s podcast (recorded before TalkSPORT gained further honours at the Radio Academy Production Awards) you’l…

Recorded in Glasgow towards the end of April, this is one of my favourite Earshot Creative Reviews yet – a thoroughly enjoyable celebration of some superb creative radio production, played by a couple of really great producers. Play it and you’ll hear Ken Lindsay of BBC Radio Scotland, Gavin Pearson from Bauer Scotland and a nasty shock for me. Rad…

Steve, Sam and Clive. Photograph by Sony-nominated* Matt Deegan. *not nominated for photography. This edition of the Earshot Creative Review was recorded in March at the RadioDays Europe conference held in Copenhagen and features three eminent radio leaders: Clive Dickens, Absolute Radio‘s Chief Operating Officer. In this podcast, recorded before r…

Play here: duration 24’46” [audio:http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/earshot/podcast/ecr_bonus_311.mp3|titles=”Earshot bonus edition from Radiodays Europe.”] Download the audio (160kb/s mp3, 28.4M) Subscribe via iTunes. This is a 25 minute snip of conversations I shared at the Radiodays Europe conference with various creative, production and imaging…

Ben Townsend, Steve Martin and Jonathan JJ Jacob. Our guests this month are JJ (Jonathan Jacob) of First Radio Sales and recent graduate from the University of Nottingham Ben Townsend who helped secure URN‘s recent clutch of student radio awards. In the podcast you’ll hear audio from Liverpool’s Juice FM, City Beat of Belfast, Surrey and Hampshire’…

Left to right: David Couch, Chris Nicoll, Joe Thomas, Jonathan from Hobsons, James Stodd, James Cridland and Donna from Hobsons. In December’s hot-rocking, flame-throwing podcast, some of the loveliest people in UK radio production play their favourite audio of the year. Now that’s a format. They are: David Couch of Maple Street Studios, Chris Nico…

Left to right: Chris Stevens, Steve Martin and Steve Taylor. Picture by Channelle Stacey. November’s review is here with Chris Stevens, GMG’s Group Production Director and Steve Taylor, Commercial Creative Director from Bauer. We play promos, jingles and S&P audio this month, and we consider how branded content might sound should Ofcom relax the re…

BBC London’s Paul Hilton with Ben Motley of BBC Global News at the piano. This month, the sound of London. Paul Hilton runs production at BBC London 94.9 while BBC Radio 7’s Ben Motley has spent the last year at BBC Global News where he produces promotional campaigns heard on the English language channels of the BBC World Service. If you’re confuse…

Chris Reay is in charge of station sound and promotions at BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music. This month we get inside the creative hubs of stations big and small. From BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music to the remarkable promotions-led arrival of Oxfordshire’s Glide FM, we hear creative radio production and discover the strategies and techniques behind it. Als…

James Cridland and David Couch in typical showbusiness mood. Picture by Sally Walker. You’ll learn a lot from this month’s Earshot Creative Review with David Couch and James Cridland. And you’ll hear a lot of radio ads. Discover how Spotify is allowing advertisers to target audiences by postcode, what is the most important content to have on your r…

Russ Williams of Wise Buddah and Peter Gee from TalkSPORT. Featuring creative from TalkSPORT, imaging from Wise Buddah and introducing The Cow Moo Challenge, it’s July’s Earshot Creative Review. Play the audio here: Duration 37’45” [audio:http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/earshot/podcast/ecr_july10.mp3|titles=”Earshot Creative Review for July 2010.…

Matt Fisher of the BBC and James Beckingham of Global Radio Featuring BBC Radio 1 and Fun Kids, it’s June’s Earshot Creative Review. Play the audio here: Duration 33’16” [audio:http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/earshot/podcast/ecr_june10.mp3|titles=”Earshot Creative Review for June 2010.”] Download the mp3 (31.2M). Subscribe via iTunes. This review…