Two-thirds of UK’s biggest advertisers to cut television spend
Traditional TV shunned in favour of digital media and last-minute promotional campaigns
September 2021
Universal Music chief predicts billions of dollars of growth from digital listening
Record firm’s €40bn flotation is just beginning of new wave of music consumption, says Sir Lucian Grainge
May 2021
Red Hot Chili Peppers sell rights to catalogue of hits to Hipgnosis
Trend of artists selling rights continues, as Kid Creole and the Coconuts also sign deal
December 2020
Musician, heal thyself: how ambient music brought solace in 2020
With no clubs or gigs to go to and pandemic anxiety to quell, ambient music chimed more strongly in a year when artists reconsidered their sense of purpose
May 2020
It's what people turn to': Lauren Laverne, Iain Dale and others on why radio is thriving in lockdown
Audience numbers for live radio have soared. Presenters from the national to the local talk about the medium’s unique way of connecting
March 2020
Lockdown culture
Here's my mum with the news! Radio DJs on the switch to home-broadcasting
What can we expect as the coronavirus forces presenters to broadcast from their living rooms? Sirens, pancakes, family interruptions – and big happy bangers
July 2019
Home listening
Home listening: Savall’s Mozart, Bavouzet’s Haydn – and more Mozart
'We push each other forwards': tuning into the north's independent radio scene
March 2019
The week in radio and podcasts: Scala Radio; Don’t Log Off; Moving Pictures – review
If you find Classic FM too cheesy and Radio 3 too highbrow, Simon Mayo’s bright and breezy Scala Radio could be just the thing
August 2018
Porridge and politics: how the breakfast broadcasting war got brutal
Early morning programming on TV and radio is in the grip of a brutal ratings war. So what’s the perfect recipe for a hit show in these fractured times – and can we learn anything from the last 35 years?
May 2018
Amazon Echo helps push digital radio audience past FM
What have the royals ever done for the arts?
February 2018
‘Community radio breaks down barriers between faith, gender and sexuality’
The government’s plan to roll out small-scale digital licences could price out vital volunteer-run stations from reaching a wider audience
December 2017
Norway becomes first country to end national radio broadcasts on FM
Digital switchover means that only the country’s local radio stations continue to use FM frequencies
September 2017
Fifty years after the radio revolution, are the BBC’s stations now irrelevant?
The Home Service, and the Light and Third Programmes became part of British life. But too much of their successors’ content is unfit for the digital age
April 2017
Notes and queries
Why do digital radios use more electricity than analogue ones?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific concepts
January 2017
Norway ignores bad reception and starts FM radio switch-off
Norway first to start switching off FM radio
September 2016
Absolute Radio founders launch DJ-less national station
National digital channel Union Jack targets ‘reluctant adults’ aged 40 to 54, with listeners picking the songs on the its app
July 2016
Thirty of the best gadgets under £30
From innovative media streamers and VR headsets to super-compact memory storage devices and chargers, we select the best bargain gadgetry
