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Closing the 主播大秀 Radio Blog
Paul Murphy
Senior Producer, A&Mi
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This is the last post on the 主播大秀 Radio blog as we鈥檙e closing the blog to new posts. You鈥檒l still be able to access the archive but in future we鈥檒l be publishing news about developments in 主播大秀 Radio elsewhere.
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Launching the 主播大秀 iPlayer Radio mobile app on Android
Mark Friend
Controller
Key features of the 主播大秀 iPlayer Radio app
Today is an exciting day for me and my team as we are launching the . It will bring all the same great features that are in the iOS version together with some further enhancements which utilise the specific navigational paradigms of the Android platform. Features include:
- A touchscreen dial that beautifully shows the breadth of our radio, allowing easy access to all 57 主播大秀 radio stations and their live streams.
- An alarm clock to let you wake up to your favourite 主播大秀 Radio station.
- Access to catch-up content, video and audio clips, podcasts, and for music shows, the details of the tracklist.
- The ability to set programme alerts to tell you when specific favourite shows are on.
- The option to favourite tracks and share them with friends via email and Twitter.
The and via the Amazon app store. This app is also available on Android tablets (not just smartphones), including the very popular Amazon鈥�
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Voice Week on 主播大秀 Radio 2
Andy West
Producer, 主播大秀 Radio 2
All next week, with the return of , Radio 2 will be celebrating and exploring the most magical, incredible, beautiful instrument ever created: the human voice.
Hear the trailer for our week of special programmes celebrating the human voice.
For me, producing this series has been an extraordinary experience; forcing me for the first time to consider the joy and complexity of the sound we make when we open our mouths. In song and in speech, our voices tell the rest of the world how we think and feel. They educate, inform, attract, entertain and offend.The Voice on Radio 2 will showcase the full sweep of issues relating to human speech and song. The will look at losing one's voice and , as well as exploring freedom of speech and the origin of British accents.
At the end of the week, Jeremy will be inviting the UK鈥檚 best-loved and best-known voices to take part in an extraordinary broadcast. Imagine sharing a drink with The London Underground, Tony the Tiger, Postman Pat, Siri, Big brother, the National Lottery鈥�
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The Lost Letters from America Found
Zillah Watson
Producer
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Roy Whittaker (on the left) and David Henderson
When Radio 4鈥檚 launched an appeal for lost recordings of , last October, no one could have imagined that it would lead to over 620 missing programmes being restored to the 主播大秀鈥檚 archive.Fortunately two listeners - Roy Whittaker, from Cornwall, and David Henderson, from Warwickshire, heard the programme and contacted Broadcasting House. They鈥�
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By:Larm 2013
James Simcock
Executive Producer
Sculpture in the entrance to the Hotel Royal Christiana
What is By:Larm?
is a 4 day music event held in Oslo annually. According to an online translation service, the name translates as 鈥楿rban Noise鈥�.
What you will find there are lots of panels, seminars and training sessions through the day, and live performances from a diverse range of Nordic and Scandinavian artists performing at a selection of venues around the city by night.
By:Larm is鈥�
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Why 主播大秀 Radio 1 and Radio 1Xtra are opening up to audiences this month for Access All Areas
Piers Bradford
Commissioning Editor Radio 1 and Radio 1Xtra
So far this month we've seen the , the controller of Radio 1 and Radio 1Xtra being forced and .
This isn't exactly what we envisaged when we proposed that February should be Access All Areas month on Radio 1.
The month had 2 clear objectives:
- To be as open鈥�
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The making of a new version of The Wind in the Willows with a full orchestra
Selina Ream
Production Coordinator
Ed's note: On Saturday afternoon this was broadcast on Radio 4. You can for the next five days. Here the project's production coordinator Selina Ream describes the process once they got into the 主播大秀 studios at Maida Vale聽a few days before Christmas.
Toad stared fixedly in the direction of the disappearing motor-car...
When I asked to work on聽the new adaptation of 聽just over a year鈥�
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主播大秀 iPlayer Radio app now links through to Radioplayer
Mark Friend
Controller
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Recent listening figures from suggest around 20% of the UK has listened to radio via a mobile phone. This figure nearly doubles to 37.6% for 15-24 year olds. It's not surprising then that the mobile apps that the 主播大秀 and both launched in late 2012 have proved very successful.
The (iPhone聽and iPod Touch) has been downloaded more than 1.4 million times鈥�
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Is that Kraftwerk in the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern? No, it's World Radio Day
Paul Murphy
Senior Producer, A&Mi
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The control room 主播大秀 Daventry Empire Short Wave Station, 1938.
"13 February is World Radio Day 鈥� a day to celebrate radio as a medium; to improve international cooperation between broadcasters; and to encourage major networks and community radio alike to promote access to information and freedom of expression over the airwaves."聽from The UNESCO website
- You can find out more about the second 聽on the UNESCO website.
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Radio 1's Live Lounge website and the Semantic Web
Sam Bailey
Interactive editor
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Last week, we re-launched . It contains an archive of , showing who played when, where and what they played.聽 Each entry has photographs, and some of the more recent ones have audio and video.
The new site looks great on mobile, and from now on all Live Lounge videos will play on your mobile too.
The Live Lounge is the鈥�
