Month: July 2022

Radiodays Asia 2022 has announced as a headline speaker Bauer Media Audio UK’s Chief Content and Music Officer Ben Cooper.Cooper joined Bauer Media Audio UK in 2020 and holds the role of Chief Content and Music Officer in which he oversees much-loved audio brands including Absolute Radio, KISS, Magic Radio and Hits Radio Networks. Ben has a wealth of experience having worked for over 20 years within the radio, music and live music industry and having previously worked at both the BBC and within commercial radio. He has a strong track record of leading and developing successful teams to deliver creative content alongside strategic, bold decision-making driving digital innovation and change in order to meet the new ways audiences consume and interact. Prior to joining Bauer, Ben was Controller of BBC Radio 1, Radio 1Xtra & Asian Network.The conference also announced more new speakers.Heyang Zhou is the multi-award-winning host of Round Table, the premier radio talk show that discusses issues affecting China and the world. The live broadcast is then rolled into podcasts which makes it the most popular English language podcast that emanates from China. The show has been honoured with the accolade Top Podcast and Classic Podcast on Apple Podcast in the region in 2019 and 2020, respectively.Natalie Pozdeev is a media education specialist, with expertise in practice-based radio, journalism and digital content training. She is currently Program Convenor at the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS), where she leads the radio and podcasting team.Nessa McGann founded McGann Media, a radio consultancy business focusing on audio training, funding, and talent development in October 2020. Part of the start-up of the Irish Regional Youth Music station SPIN South West in 2007, she was programme director and then station manager, delivering the station a number 1 market position. Previously station manager at Wired FM, Nessa also worked as a freelance reporter and news journalist for RTÉ Cork and Lyric FM.Radiodays Asia 2022 will be held in-person and online on September 6 and 7 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.This will be the third edition of the new conference from the team who produces Radiodays Europe, the world’s largest and leading conference for radio and audio development, in collaboration with broadcaster organisations in the Asia-Pacific.

Radiodays Asia includes a fantastic line-up of speakers, leading experts and professionals from around Asia, Australia and across the world. Topics ranging from radio and podcast strategy, new digital developments, successful formats and content development, fact checking and investigative journalism, podcast storytelling and business, social media, audio advertising, sales and the latest research about consumer behaviour. The most important trends and new ideas worldwide in one place.The main conference runs over two days with two parallel tracks of sessions. It will have meet-ups and interactive sessions as part of the programme to facilitate networking and sharing of ideas. There will also be an exhibition area where you can learn the latest about services from our commercial partners. In addition, four educational training workshops will be included in the offer, as well as an evening networking event.Click here to register with the Early Bird Price before July 15. […]

Federico “Ding” Gempesaw, a radio political commentator in Cagayan de Oro, Philippines was shot and killed by masked gunmen on June 29.Gempesaw, 62, hosted a block-time program Bitayan sa kahanginan (Gallows on-air) on Radyo Natin, a local broadcaster.He was a staunch supporter of the late Cagayan de Oro mayor Vicente Emano who made him head of the city hall office that manages the local government-owned markets.According to witnesses, Gempesaw had just stepped down from his taxi outside his home when masked gunmen on a motorcycle shot him twice and fled.The attack, which is the first media killing in the city, took place on the eve of the assumption of presidency by the country’s new president Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.Journalists in Cagayan de Oro expressed worry that the killing could signal the start of attacks on media workers in the city and called on the President to look into the killings of media workers and start bringing their killers to justice.He was the 24th and last media worker killed since 2016 when former president Rodrigo Duterte rose to power, and the 196th since democracy was restored in the Philippines in 1986, based on data from the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP). […]