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Ideas and technique to help you promote and image radio

Refreshing a heritage news station

How WCBS Newsradio 880 in New York tries to sound like a trusted friend.

Twenty artists hidden in a picture puzzle

To promote its forthcoming Live Lounge Month BBC Radio 1 created a visual teaser puzzle on social media.

Podcast: Gordon Lundy, Matt Shields and Gavin Pearson

Gordon Lundy, Matt Shields and Gavin Pearson share examples of their imaging work and explain how they make it. Recorded before a live audience.

Breakfast radio hosts do one thing with alarming regularity

Can any UK presenter start or leave a breakfast show without mentioning their alarm clock? Earshot investigates.

Making audiograms with Headliner

Working in TV inspired Steve to turn audio clips into highly engaging shareable social assets.

Radio: get the look

Why radio is taking responsibility for its own portrayal.

Building the ‘digital first’ radio station

The local radio station that put its events and its web presence first.

Podcast: A Million Ads, dynamic audio and personalised ads

The creative opportunities in dynamic audio with Steve Dunlop and Sam Crowther of A Million Ads.

Title v talent

What’s the point of adding programme titles if listeners can’t even remember your station name and your talent?

Earshot podcast: Adam Burgess and Tom Cross

Adam and Tom from Contraband Media share the secrets of their imaging work for BBC Radio 1 and KIIS Sydney, with business tips to enter the world of radio production.

TV2 reminds us what audiences are really like

A short promotional film from Denmark that brings brand positioning and social experimentation together.

Twenty two times radio has made beer

Beer has helped to inspire radio enough times so it’s only fair that radio can inspire beer. Enjoy some examples from around the world.

The worst morning show ever

One radio station in Edmonton is lowering expectations ahead of a new morning show. Hear the audio.

Coming next, the past with Radio 1 Vintage

Our job is to love the new, the next and the coming soon. So how does Radio 1 reverse our promotional instincts to look back?

Earshot podcast: Konsky, Tarrant & Lisle

David Konsky, Ron Tarrant and Victor Lisle join Steve Martin at Reelmix in Miami.

Heart shows only radio is part of the family

Heart and Pandora demonstrate a key difference between streaming services and radio in their latest ads.

The renewal of Magic

The venerable Magic moves a touch younger and more uplifting. Its Content Director Tony Moorey explains how and why.

Kyle & Jackie O’s ‘You get a car’

Every caller to the Kyle & Jackie O show wins a Hyundai car on 19 May.

The duck with the bucks

A simple mechanic means everyone can play this fun sponsored game from Clyde 1 in Glasgow.

Fun new ways to use radio

With a station just for builders and one that’s more DIY, getting on air has never been easier.