Month: July 2024

Your invitation from Steve Ahern. More information about Early Bird prices and our special readers discount at the bottom of this article.When Anders Held and I founded the first RadioDays Asia conference in 2019, our aim was to bring the energy and positive vibe of RadioDays Europe to Asia.Talking with broadcasters all across Asia as I travelled through the region delivering training and consultancy, they told me there was no Asia wide event where the radio broadcast and audio production industries could get together to swap ideas, learn from each other and be exposed to the newest ideas from around the world.We succeeded.Not only did broadcasters attend, but Regulators from across Asia and the Pacific also came, to learn about the changing media landscape and how public policy should adapt to the changes. In one session I hosted in the second conference regulators refused to end their animated discussion between each other and carried it over into the lunch break, they left with new ideas and renewed motivation to work together across borders to respond to emerging trends in the audio industry.

Last year we added more innovations by partnering with James Cridland to add longer sessions about Podcasting to the conference. That stream of the conference also brought more audio professionals to Kuala Lumpur who wanted to be exposed to the newest podcast production ideas and techniques.After the conference last year, Anders, James and myself sat at the Helipad Bar just a few blocks away from the conference venue and began planning for this year’s event. That’s us below, and the main photo above shows the Helipad rooftop bar’s amazing view of KL by night just a few hours later.We enjoyed the success of the 2023 event with some friends and also did some work… yes, really we did… really.Some things we planned to add for this year are an expansion of the Asia Podcast Awards (they’re open now), more examples of Asian podcasts, a focus on how Artificial Intelligence will affect broadcasters and the best AI Tools to use in our work.Thanks to the international RadioDays team, which includes Peter Niegel from Danish Radio, Rosie Smith and Nessa McGann we formed a program committee comprised of CEOs of various Asian radio companies who have  worked together to craft this year’s program lineup. See the program as it is taking shape here.If you would like to exhibit at the technology section of the conference, contact Michael White and Rosie Smith for more information.Radioinfo readers get a discount of 10% on the conference ticket price. Put in this code at the checkout INFO23Here’s a tip… the Early Bird price ends next week, on 8 June, so hurry if you want tickets at the best price, then add our extra 10% discount. REGISTER HERETickets will still be on sale after next week, they will just cost more.If you want to stay at the conference venue, it is the Royale Chulan Hotel in the heart of Kuala Lumpur.About the authorSteve Ahern is the founding editor of radioinfo. He recently left the position of Manager ABC Radio Sydney to rejoin AMT Pty Ltd as CEO. AMT is the parent company of this and other broadcast industry trade publications.Steve’s old job at the ABC is being advertised on our jobs page, check it out here.Previous coverage of the Radiodays Asia Conferences here.
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The Asia Podcast Awards are now open for entries.Launched last year by radioinfo, the Asia Podcast Awards celebrate the best of podcasts published across Asia in the past year. They are open to independent publishers, radio companies and podcast hosting businesses.Anyone who produces a podcast for Asia or the Pacific, in any language, can enter. Steve Ahern, CEO of parent company AMT Pty Ltd, says the awards are bigger and better this year. “These Asia-wide awards have expanded in 2024. Last year we tested the desire for an awards competition across the region and the response was strong, so we expect to see an even greater set of entries this year.”  Winners will receive recognition in the radioinfo.asia and Podnews publications, with the overall winner being flown to Kuala Lumpur in September to attend the Radiodays Asia conference.Podnews Editor James Cridland says: “As podcasting continues to grow across Asia, I’m delighted to see another year of the Asia Podcast Awards. The high quality of podcasts from this part of the world deserves more attention, and the Asia Podcast Awards are a great way to do that.”Entries for the Asia Podcast Awards close Sunday 28st July.

Enter at https://radiotoday.awardsplatform.com/page/WQrmAPdXRead about last year’s winners:Podcasts of the Year prize winners announcedAsia Podcast Awards People’s Choice winners named […]