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David Lloyd

Jul 24, 20208 min

What is the Future of Radio Audience Research?

In pre-Covid days, I’d linger near the window of M & S, whistling, gazing nonchalantly at the window full of frocks, in the hope that a...

David Lloyd

Jul 2, 20207 min

Let's start at the top...

I really was not going to post yet more on BBC local radio. Today's announcements make me break my promise. As ever. I write this because...

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David Lloyd

Jun 29, 20207 min

Times Radio - Day One

'Prime Minister, we’re just gonna move your microphone - you’ve just moved away from it.’ Boris was the 8.00 guest on the launch day of...

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David Lloyd

Jun 28, 202019 min

Trent 301 - Beginnings

Summer 1975. The Bee Gees faded in and out, and a friendly voice told me I was listening to an 'IBA test'; long before I knew much about...

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David Lloyd

Jun 22, 20209 min

Is there a future for local radio?

Everyone loves local radio. Many of us started our media lives working in it – and know how brilliant the service it provides can be – at...

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David Lloyd

Jun 14, 20203 min

Nellie's First Drivetime Show

A hundred years ago, Australian soprano Dame Nellie Melba made a pioneering broadcast from Chelmsford. In those early days of radio, it...