Dick Stone

All done.

The web URL (dick-stone.com) and this blog site, on WordPress, will cease to exist from Oct 1st 2025. Well, that said, it will probably remain, just that I'm not renewing the subs, so the URL will go, but the posts probably stay. I've copied them all over to a Substack home just in case…

It’s 6am Thursday 3rd July. Fifty years ago to this very moment, Radio Trent was born. John Peters (RIP). Billy Paul July July July. “Morning sleepyheads”.
Honoured to have been a part of the Trent story.
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Finding the right words Recently, the place I called my "work home" for many years, Chapel Quarter in Nottingham, closed its doors as a broadcast centre for the last time. With the exception of Smooth East Midlands for Communicorp, local and regional broadcasting had stopped there some time ago, with the wider regional output coming from Birmingham. That being the impact of the last Ofcom relaxation of localisation rules prior to the…

NEW BLOG POST- Finding The Right Words.
"This book was purchased around the beginning of my time at Trent, right at the start of my career in radio."

The Inevitable. I've not been blogging for a while- I’ve not really had a lot of time and now have a new job outside of media entirely, for the first time in my working life, which was a thing to get used to for a while. Hence the (pardon the pun), radio silence. The Media Act has taken hold, and the latest change, just the other week, was the news that Global is ending local/ regional programming in Capital, Heart and Smooth- following a new "Nations Strategy".

NEW BLOG POST- The Inevitable.
"The sad result of the latest changes is the impact on people. Some very talented and well-loved on and off-air people who will lose their jobs through no fault of their own."

Poster for Boom Or Bust blog post from Dick Stone

A reminder of my blog post this week- “Boom or Bust”.
It is about the proposed new Radio 2 spin-off and the latest OFCOM consultation. Click the link to read!
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Out of interest, I've deliberately not posted this on "the other place" just to see what engagement comes from BlueSky. 😀

Boom or Bust? It was in 1996 I think, when BBC Radio 2 repositioned itself and moved its tanks onto the lawn of commercial radio, perhaps for the first time. The changes to the music policy, targeting a 35+ audience and a more AOR/ AC format, propelled it to the number one position, overtaking Radio 1. The more diligent older diary respondents within the target age are largely responsible for that.

NEW BLOG POST- Boom or Bust.
"The space (or audience) vacated by Radio 2 in its endeavour to remain targeted on its audience of focus has since been catered for by the marketplace."

Nice work Stuart

NEW BLOG POST. The Sky Is Not The Limit “The news broke this week that Bauer are going to leave St John's Beacon in Liverpool, home of Hits Radio Liverpool (nee Radio City) for the past 24 years.”
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NEW BLOG POST
“The biggest set of changes to impact the commercial radio landscape is now a reality. It quietly happened without fanfare, but the impact will be major and change the landscape of commercial radio across the UK from this moment onwards.”

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Reminder of my post- “Last week was Extension Week- everyone was announcing them.”
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NEW BLOG POST- “Last week was Extension Week- everyone was announcing them.”
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#radio #media #management #branding

Reminder of my blog post. “The direction of travel is digital, but where we are on the journey might be a little harder to figure out.”
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New Blog post- The Media Bill-a take.

“The next chapter is about to commence and its birth is buried in the text of the Media Bill which is going through parliament following the King’s Speech.”

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