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Reinventing Local Radio

Roger Bolton on the reinvention of local radio and listening to the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ on smart speakers, and audience views on whether Michael Jackson's music should be played on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ.

Roger Bolton on the future for radio listening using smart speakers and the reinvention of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ local radio, and audience comment on whether or not Michael Jackson's music should be played on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ.

The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ has recently launched plans to find a new generation of local radio presenters in an effort to turn around declining audiences. Feedback reporter Rob Crossan has travelled to Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Leeds to see how the plans are working out in practice.

The conversation over whether Michael Jackson's music should be played on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ rumbles on. This week, Feedback listeners weigh in.

Smart speakers are now included in the list of items used to measure inflation in the UK. With their increased popularity, what does the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ hope to develop for the new technology? Roger goes to the heart of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's research and development programme, the Blue Room, to find out what's in the pipeline.

And listeners give their thoughts on The Absence of Normal - a new series of comedy plays by anarchic comedian Alexei Sayle.

Presenter: Roger Bolton
Producer: Robert Nicholson
Executive Producer: Will Yates
A Whistledown production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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28 minutes

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  • Fri 15 Mar 2019 16:30
  • Sun 17 Mar 2019 20:00

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