James Cridland

My blog posts...

I’ve been blogging since 2004, but most of these blog posts have been lost. The good news? I’m bringing them back. Slowly.

A work in progress, you’ll find some of my most recent posts here: and some of the posts I liked the most, particularly my travel posts. I’ve gone through all of 2005 and 2006’s posts, and those until June 2007. I’ve also closed my Medium account, which was active between 2014 and 2023, and transferred those posts here.

Here’s a list of tags; and of course, this has an RSS feed.


Why people enter radio competitions, and the UK's RAJAR figures

Young people and the radio, Spotify to get more expensive, and personalised ads

Scripps: radio out, podcasting in; and triplej's Hottest 100 shows radio still big for the young

Slate magazine - a quarter of their revenues come from audio

Smart speakers: radio's friend, but less so for podcasts

Small-scale DAB in the UK - how should it work? And good radio station branding

Dick Orkin dies; BBC switches off more AM transmitters, smart speakers a hit

Australia's christmas sabotage, and UK radio to get deregulated

BBC and Cumulus both launch smart speaker skills, and a confusing LUFS story

Radio that makes you feel better, first on Twitter, Global is medium of the year