Podcasts killed the radio star?
The advent of new technologies always threatens the continuing existence of older models: video killed the radio star, the internet is pushing Fleet Street out of the hard news market, and smart phones are kicking their unsavvy cousins to the kerb.
New podcasts pop up seemingly daily, but what does this mean for old faithful – live radio? In a culture of play it again, plus one, watch online – a ‘see what I want when I want to’ attitude – is radio falling victim to this plague of consumer egomania?
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VisVox spoke to Stuart Provan, who is executive producer for podcasting and modern media at Eagle Radio in Guildford, to find out how local commercial stations are choosing to approach this burgeoning medium. He’s been expanding the station’s podcast potential over the last 12 months and he has a lot to say on their popularity, their merits and their capabilities. His passion for this form of audio is evident, and our quick five minute interview soon turned into a twenty minute discussion on where the future for podcasting lies, and whether it will ever truly replace radio.
You can listen to the interview here:
Join our discussion: do you think there is room for both radio and podcasts to work together in the industry? Will podcasts prevail? Or will radio prove it’s ultimate tenacity and knock yet another erstwhile competitor out of the audio arena?
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A really well written and intersting article! i think that podcasts of the best bits of a radio show are a really convenient way of catching up if you miss a full length show but that they wouldn’t be able to replace the immediacy of live action radio.