ftm Radio Page - May 29, 2015

Social costs of digital transition and consumer dynamics examined
not “still the same”

Digital transition for radio broadcasters has wound its way through several platforms, most recently boosted by online offerings. Powerful interests have lobbied for or against every approach. Regulators are having quite a time sorting out the impact of it all.

Poland’s media regulator KRRiT wants an independent examination of the “social costs,” noted wirtualnemedia.pl (May 28). The analysis, said the tender, must evaluate the current status of AM/MW and FM usage, potential consumer take-up of DAB+ platform receivers over the next decade and resulting changes in the “dynamics of household expenditures.” Radio broadcasters in Poland have been platform agnostic, dabbling in one or more but generally settling into online distribution. The KRRiT would like the analysis completed by the end of September. (See more about digital radio here)

Earlier this month the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) held its Euroradio meetings in Warsaw for public broadcasters. In an opening speech EBU Director General Ingrid Deltenre offered that radio broadcasting is reaching 83% of Europeans each day, reported wyborcza.biz (May 20). “It’s still the same as ten years ago.”

And this is exactly the point and some recent national audience estimates - the UK in particular - show measured reach and listening levels dropping. Much of radio broadcasting is “still the same,” pleasing some, no doubt, as many quite traditional offerings hold listeners attention. Of the smartphone bunch, it’s still evolving.

Another show host just killing ‘em
and the point is?

Listeners to Denmark’s Radio24syvs were subjected to a show host either making a deep philosophical point or raising his social media profile. In any case, it was rude. During a Monday program host Asger Juhl took a nine-week old rabbit and broke its neck with a bicycle pump. An animal rights activist in the studio at the time could be heard screaming.

“We wanted to expose the hypocrisy that exists among many Danes,” he told tv2.com (May 25). “Danes eat meat every day but think it is a sin to kill animals. It simply makes no sense.” He went on to explain that a zookeeper had been consulted on the method as “each week they kill baby rabbits as food for snakes.”

In February 2014 a Copenhagen zoo caused considerable outrage by publicly slaughtering an 18-month old giraffe, complete with the butchering live-streamed. Social media erupted then as it has now. A Florida radio shock jock was indicted in 2001 for animal cruelty after presiding over the castration and slaughter of a boar live on-the-air. He was later acquitted.

Radio24syvs was created in 2010 as a semi-private news-talk alternative to Denmark’s public broadcaster DR. The non-commercial station is jointly owned by publisher Berlingske Media and advertising company People Group. It has struggled for both ratings and credibility. (See more about media in Denmark here)

Mr. Juhl took the dead rabbit home, he told TV2, and made stew.

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Recently added radio audience figures and resources

• Montenegro - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (May 2015)
  public and commercial radio channels, management, platforms
• UK - National Radio Audience (May 2015)
  market share, trend, sectors
• UK - London Radio Audience (May 2015)
  market share, trend
• UK - National Radio Audience (May 2015)
  BBC/commercial 'gap'
• Czech Republic - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (May 2015)
  public and private radio channels, management, audience reach
• Spain - National Radio Audience (May 2015)
  national channels, reach share, trend
• Spain - Major Media - Radio (May 2015)
  public and private broadcasting companies, channels, management, platforms, audience estimates
• France - Greater Paris Radio Audience (April 2015)
  national and local channels, market share, trend
• Portugal - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (April 2015)
  public and private broadcasting companies, channels, management, platforms, audience estimates
• France - National Radio Audience (April 2015)
  national channels, sectors, market share, reach/TSL
• FYR Macedonia - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (April 2015)
  public and private stations, management
• Malta - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (March 2015)
  public, private, educational and religious stations, ownership, management, platforms, audience reach
• Germany - Radio Audience (March 2015)
  leading stations, audience trend, daily reach
• Italy - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (February 2015)
  public and private broadcasting companies, channels, audience reach/share, management
• Switzerland - Radio listening by region (February 2015)
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• Switzerland - French region Radio Audience (February 2015)
  share, trend
• Switzerland - Swiss-German region Radio Audience (February 2015)
  share, trend
• Switzerland - Italian region Radio Audience (February 2015)
  share, trend
• Bosnia/Herzegovina - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (January 2015)
  public and private broadcasters, management, descriptions, regulator, broadcaster association
• Albania - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (January 2015)
  public and private radio channels, national, regional, religious and community stations
• Turkey - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (January 2015)
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