Considering the development of the modern printing press took place in fifteenth-century Mainz, western Germany, it doesn’t come as much of a surprise that the landscape of German media consumption today looks as strong as its economy. In recent years, the outlook of printed newspapers in the UK has been bleak; it is perhaps best […]
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Is there still an audience for radio?
The figures (like Shakira’s hips) do not lie. Active radio listener figures are falling; in this year’s heavily anticipated Rajar figures, BBC Radio 1’s audience fell to an annual average of 9.9 million, with Nick Grimshaw’s flagship breakfast show losing 100,000 of its weekly listeners within the last year. It is undeniable that streaming services […]
Radio Ratings: Is xpression.fm expressing if we don’t listen?
Exeposé is printed in its thousands fortnightly, and placed in distribution racks around campus. They’re picked up, and read – cover to cover, a favourite section or maybe just a quick skim. In any sense, it is promoted, critically acclaimed and noted by all Exeter students. So what about the rest of Xmedia? Namely, the […]
XFM: an obituary
On 14 September this year, alternative music station XFM finally closed its doors after 23 years on the airwaves, to be rebranded as Radio X. A sad moment for myself, and thousands of other music lovers across the country. XFM was a stalwart in the alternative music community and played host to top class comedy […]
In Our Time – From the producer’s chair
Most Thursday mornings, just before 9am, three academics from across the country assemble in a small, unassuming radio studio in central London. They might be scientists or historians, philosophers or literature connoisseurs, classicists or scholars of religion. They have been chosen because they are leading authorities in their field, engaging communicators and passionate about their knowledge. They have been brought […]