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BBC Radio 6 Music has announced the line-up and venues for its upcoming Festival in Manchester.
The event is the station’s flagship annual music festival, which takes place in Greater Manchester from Wednesday 26th – Saturday 29th March.
This year’s festival features headline performances at O2 Victoria Warehouse Manchester from: Ezra Collective, with a special bespoke performance that celebrates the importance of youth clubs across the country; Mogwai, featuring a unique collaboration with KNDS Fairey Acid Brass; and Kae Tempest, with the global premiere of new material.
Also taking to the stage are Fat Dog, English Teacher and Perfume Genius, with 6 Music’s Jamz Supernova, Tom Ravenscroft and SHERELLE all DJing at the venue.
Other events and club nights include a BBC Introducing night, New Music Fix Live, Indie Forever, Rave Forever in partnership with The Warehouse Project, and Morning After Mix Live.
Listeners will hear live music, highlights and interviews across the four days from 6 Music presenters including Nick Grimshaw, the new Breakfast Show host from Monday 24th February (weekdays 7-10am) and Lauren Laverne, who begins her new mid-morning show (weekdays 10am-1pm) on the same day.
A 6 Music Festival Channel will launch on BBC iPlayer on Monday 17th March with classic festival performances from previous years. From Saturday 29th March, the channel will see the station’s presenters bring viewers back-to-back performance highlights and live sets from this year’s event.
Nick Grimshaw says: “I’m really excited for my first 6 Music Festival. I can’t wait to be back home in Manchester to take the new show up there for a few days in March and bring you the most brilliant of line ups.”
Lauren Laverne says: “I’m thrilled to be back in plenty of time for our biggest moment of the year – the 6 Music Festival. The artists always put together something special just for us and the listeners, which is such a privilege. I’m looking forward to another trip to Greater Manchester with my new show to see what they have in store!”
Samantha Moy, Head of BBC Radio 6 Music says: “We’re delighted to bring listeners back to back performances and DJ sets from such a range of local, national and international artists. It’s a joy to host a live experience that reflects the breadth of music we play around the clock on our station and to celebrate the region that it’s rooted in.”
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Ofcom has launched a consultation to gather feedback on which voice-controlled devices should be included in legislation surrounding radio streams.
The regulator says it wants to know which radio selection services (RSS) should be designated under the Media Act 2024, which aims to ensure the continued availability of UK radio services on connected audio devices, such as smart speakers and in-car entertainment systems.
The Secretary of State requires a report on the subject, about which radio selection services should be designated under Part 6 of the Media Act.
This isn’t just about making sure Amazon and Google continue to provide radio via their respective smart speakers, but also includes services on mobile phones and in cars such as Siri and Bixby.
Ofcom says: “Our proposed approach to our assessment in our report includes using a threshold to determine if a level of use of a radio selection service is significant. Our report must include consideration of the number of members of the public using a service; the manner in which a service is used; whether the level of use is significant; and any other matters we think affect these.
“We welcome responses to our consultation by 18 March 2025 and, subject to any feedback received, we will publish a Statement setting out the final principles and methods that we will apply in preparing our report.”
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UK production company Persephonica has appointed former BBC Sounds Commissioner and Radio 1 producer Fiona Hanlon as Managing Director.
Fiona has 17 years at the BBC, working has worked alongside some of the biggest names in broadcasting, including Nick Grimshaw and Scott Mills.
She played a pivotal role in the launch of BBC Sounds, commissioning music formats like Pop Top Ten with Rylan and Scott and developing companion content for Peaky Blinders, Normal People, and Killing Eve.
“Persephonica has built an excellent reputation for working with world-class talent to create standout podcasts,” said Hanlon.
“I’m excited to lead the next phase of growth, expanding our entertainment slate and developing fresh, innovative formats fronted by hosts that truly connect with their audiences.”
CEO Dino Sofos is equally enthusiastic: “Fiona joins at a key moment for the company as we prepare to launch major new original shows in the UK and beyond. She has an incredible knack for spotting gaps in the market and pairing top-tier talent with bold, unique ideas. We’re incredibly lucky to have such a creative powerhouse leading Persephonica into its next exciting chapter.”
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Opinion from Steve Ahern.The short TikTok shutdown in America has started radio broadcasters and podcasters thinking about the role that social media plays in building their audience.TikTok has become a conduit feeding users to podcasts via its short videos. It is a particularly good platform for channeling young listeners to podcast publishers, according to Edison Research.After TikTok went dark on January 18th, 2025, Edison did some analysis of audience habits between TikTok and podcasts. After assurances from US President Trump, TikTok turned itself back on the next day, but it served to get podcasters thinking about who really owns their audience.Edison’s podcast metrics showed that “20% of the American podcast audience ‘ever listens’ through the short-form video platform. TikTok’s role is more prevalent among younger listeners.”Numbers and podcast discovery are even higher with young demographics. “Thirty percent of podcast listeners in the 13-24 age range engage with TikTok to tune into their shows… users are likely reporting listening to clips rather than full episodes on the platform.”Edison’s Gen Z Podcast Listener Report highlights the platform’s “critical role in how consumers uncover new shows.”“As of 2023, 75% of Gen Z podcast listeners aged 13-24 reported using TikTok. Among them, 80% discovered podcasts through their TikTok feeds, meaning it was the second most popular social media app for podcast discovery after YouTube among this group,” says the research.
It’s a difficult dilemma.No doubt a social media publisher such as TikTok, plus others such as Facebook, X, Instagram, YouTube and the like, can deliver large numbers of people to your podcast, but who owns those listeners. Are they loyal to you, or are they an audience that is more loyal to TikTok.As Facebook taught web publishers when it arbitrarily changed its algorithms to disadvantage certain content, publishers who depend too much on social media to deliver audiences can quickly come unstuck if priorities change.The same is happening with search. Google used to channel searchers to the original source of articles or information, but now Google’s built in AI engine gobbles up the text from your website and presents it at the top of its own search list, so that searchers who only need a simple answer no longer even need to click through to your site, depriving you of hits.So who really owns your audience?If you have built a radio or podcast audience over the years, listener by listener, be careful of giving that audience away to social media and search businesses. It might be better to encourage them to engage with you via phone calls and texts, or messages directly on your podcast feed, rather than through another publisher’s social media feed.On the other hand, you can’t not be on social platforms, because they will certainly expose your radio station or podcast to new people who have never heard about it. But once you have them, how are you going to build a relationship directly with them? Do you have a capture strategy to get them on your direct mailing list? Once on it, how will you develop a direct conversation with them that doesn’t depend on channeling them through a third party?If a third party owns your audience they are only lending them to you, and can take them back at any time.If you own your audience, like successful podcasters such as Mamma Mia have achieved through chat groups, interaction, IRL events and the inclusion of listener content, then it is harder to lose them through someone else’s actions.This is why broadcasters and podcasters around the world are constantly monitoring and adjusting their social media strategies as new developments emerge in the search and social media arenas.Never stop checking who owns your audience.Steve Ahern is the founding editor of this publication. […]
The LiSTNR podcast A Life of Greatness with Sarah Grynberg today returns for its ninth season, kicking off with an in-depth conversation with conservationist Bindi Irwin.In the first episode, Bindi opens up about her 10-year struggle with health issues before being diagnosed with endometriosis and undergoing life-changing surgery in the United States. Grynberg says “After… Read More
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