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I've updated this post to make it less cryptic. Radio Magnetic will be eight years old this we… Continue

Does anyone else think this whole ridiculous situation with Russell Brand, Jonathan Ross, Andrew Sachs, Georgina Ballie, etc., has become ridiculous?

I think it's a prime example of the media's narcissistic self-obsessed nature. The lead item on Radio 4 news this evening was about Lesley Douglas resigning from her position as controller of Radio 2 and 6 Music. First Brand goes, Ross is suspended then Douglas resigns too. The BBC Trust and Director General have issued statements and even our Pre… Continue

I spent yesterday in Falkirk wrestling with bitrates, protocols and firewalls while children sang songs a capella in Gaelic around me.

A fairly typical day in my often unpredictable working life. I was approached by one of Sarah (of Clarity Productions fame)'s team a few months ago asking if I could help set up an internet radio station for a community project for a friend of a friend. I said, of course, and we began to exchange emails.

One of the men behind Radio Mod (an FM restricted service… Continue