Articles written by Dan McCurdy

Anyone who stands in front of a live audience knows you have to keep their attention. Radio has a similar a live audience so what best entertains them?

Jan 31, 2012 - Dan McCurdy

Before you start talking to any audience and more so when you talk directly to them through the medium of radio, you should know the right language to use

Dec 30, 2011 - Dan McCurdy

Technology constantly changes the availability of tools available to the sound engineer. This can change the way sound is mixed for radio today

Nov 30, 2011 - Dan McCurdy

Commercial Radio in both the USA and the UK promote their industry as a medium to sell products and build brands, but can you do both with the medium?

Oct 31, 2011 - Dan McCurdy

Late October this year, as in previous years, the latest audience figures for the 3rd quarter of 2011 were announced for both BBC and Commercial Sectors

Oct 31, 2011 - Dan McCurdy

Creative people are not re-knowned for their skills as accountants but being able to charge properly for creative work doesn't have to confusing

Sep 25, 2011 - Dan McCurdy

There are ways of writing advertising copy that apply to other mediums that apply equally well to radio but radio has advantages for smaller advertisers

Sep 25, 2011 - Dan McCurdy

Individuals and programmes voted as having made a significant contribution to radio in America are the inductees for this auspicious honour.

Aug 31, 2011 - Dan McCurdy

Radio is an audio medium and the written word is a visual medium. Here are some thoughts on the best way to link the two and how to start writing.

Jul 31, 2011 - Dan McCurdy

As one of the most prestigious of the world's media award ceremonies, winning an award in the NY competition is a coveted addition to any creative's resume

Jun 29, 2011 - Dan McCurdy

There are useful templates that can make producing a regular radio programme day after day easier than it might first appear,

May 28, 2011 - Dan McCurdy

The rush to the World Wide Web by traditional radio broadcasters and ease of access to all newcomers, has heralded a new era in radio broadcasting

Apr 30, 2011 - Dan McCurdy

Writing radio advertisements is a skill that can be quickly learned. To complete the scripts on demand is a separate skill entirely. Here's how.

Apr 8, 2011 - Dan McCurdy

Recent press reports and statements from the Corporation itself suggest that the BBC is considering major changes to its local radio station network

Mar 19, 2011 - Dan McCurdy

Great radio writing has a long and illustrious history, but there any common elements that all great writers follow, some would call them their secrets

Mar 5, 2011 - Dan McCurdy

Recently released Rajar figures show increasingly more radio listeners are listening digitally throughout the British Isles than before

Feb 19, 2011 - Dan McCurdy

During the disasters of 2010/11 commercial radio in Australia was formally declared an official provider of emergency services information

Feb 5, 2011 - Dan McCurdy

The Alliance of Sector Skills Council works to improve the collective skills in UK industry, and radio is part of the Creative Industries Sector

Jan 22, 2011 - Dan McCurdy

UK DJ John Peel has probably introduced more bands and solo artists to a wider audience than anyone else on the planet.

Jan 15, 2011 - Dan McCurdy

UK Broadcasting legend John Peel has influenced the musical landscape not only in Britain but, many would argue, worldwide.

Jan 15, 2011 - Dan McCurdy

There are few radio programmes that can justifiably claim to be iconic. The BBC's Desert Island Discs first broadcast in 1942 is undoubtedly one of them

Dec 31, 2010 - Dan McCurdy

There are no short cuts to creativity but there are some spring boards that can make the process quicker when there are deadlines to be achieved.

Dec 18, 2010 - Dan McCurdy

At the prospect of snow, expected or unexpected, radio provides an essential service. There are many ways stations can make the most of this opportunity.

Dec 4, 2010 - Dan McCurdy

One of the World's Most Prestigious Creative Awards, the LIA, celebrated its 25th Anniversary recently rewarding the year's most inspirational ideas.

Nov 20, 2010 - Dan McCurdy

While there's no guarantee that any entrant will win any competition there are a number of steps that helps get work to the top step of the podium.

Nov 13, 2010 - Dan McCurdy

How to use the medium of sound more effectively and more creatively has been the increasing ambition of the radio industry for many years.

Oct 30, 2010 - Dan McCurdy

In Chapter Six of this award winning copywriter's book, he turns his attentions to radio and gives the reader a bundle of good advice

Oct 23, 2010 - Dan McCurdy

Friday September the 24th in the Manhattan Penthouse NY, entrants to the NYF Radio Programme and Promotion awards learned the results.

Oct 16, 2010 - Dan McCurdy

On Monday the 27th September 2010, the radio world found out who the winners of the year's competition were and the results surprised quite a few people

Oct 9, 2010 - Dan McCurdy

Radio marketing companies around the globe all extol the benefits of radio as an advertising media. This article tunes into the case they make.

Sep 25, 2010 - Dan McCurdy

Creating the right set of directions, and setting out the desired aims of the advertising is essential to ensure the right results. But how is it done?

Sep 25, 2010 - Dan McCurdy

President Lyndon Johnson's signature, as the 36th President of the United States, on Nov 7, 1967 changed the face of public service broadcasting in the US.

Sep 4, 2010 - Dan McCurdy

The history of non-commercial radio in the US is relatively short, but such radio is important, some say, essential in any nation's media landscape.

Aug 20, 2010 - Dan McCurdy

There are a number of ways to lay-out a radio script and few rules, but there are conventions most professional practitioners will recognise

Aug 10, 2010 - Dan McCurdy

Some of the world's finest creative minds vote on and decide who will be the winners and pick up these prestigious radio award this year

Jul 23, 2010 - Dan McCurdy

Gwyneth Williams has been named by The British Broadcasting Corporation as the new head of two of its most important radio services

Jul 19, 2010 - Dan McCurdy

Any examination of the story of radio programming delivered from space will only be in its first chapters, but the tale is intriguing

Jul 17, 2010 - Dan McCurdy

Understanding the skills all great interviewers seemingly possess and knowing what they are is perhaps the first step to conducting great radio interviews.

Jul 6, 2010 - Dan McCurdy

The Role of the Radio Marketing Bureau in Promoting the Interests of the British Radio Industry.

Jun 30, 2010 - Dan McCurdy

Analogue technology and terrestrial broadcasting it seems may, sooner or later, be a thing of the past. The change to digital is already underway.

Jun 27, 2010 - Dan McCurdy

Over 130 channels, 100% commercial-free music channels, and big name talk, sport and entertainment listening - that's the radio offering of Sirius FM.

Jun 27, 2010 - Dan McCurdy

The British radio industry's promotion of digital radio useage in the country includes the offering of a Radio Amnesty for old analogue sets

Jun 24, 2010 - Dan McCurdy

The Radio Advertising Bureau is the trade marketing body for commercial radio in the UK. Its work and influence is remarkably wide ranging.

Jun 13, 2010 - Dan McCurdy

DAB Radio is seen by the many in the industry as the future of radio listening. Its development for Australian listeners is under scrutiny.

Jun 13, 2010 - Dan McCurdy

After 50 years, the end of August 2010 will see Canada's Radio Marketing Bureau shut to reflect changes in the country's media.

Jun 13, 2010 - Dan McCurdy

Broadcasting and conducting a LIVE radio interview demands additional skills to those already learned in pre-recorded scenarios.

Apr 16, 2010 - Dan McCurdy

There are various kinds of radio interviews an interviewer may conduct and the interviewee experience. Understanding the differences will help both parties

Apr 15, 2010 - Dan McCurdy

There aren't many good practical books solely about the art of radio interviewing. This work from Jim Beaman is one of the few.

Apr 9, 2010 - Dan McCurdy

The drinking establishments in Edinburgh's Old and New Towns collide and Marie W Stuart in her book explains the part each played in life in the Scottish capital.

Apr 3, 2010 - Dan McCurdy

Any interview is a interaction between people, interviewer and interviewee, however many of each may be involved, but the interviewer can have some control.

Mar 6, 2010 - Dan McCurdy