It's generally been a bad day for the BBC, but I happened across a couple of little bits of news that suggested some excitement for radio. A twitter from Phil Gyford pointed me at the new beta programme pages - a permanent, linkable page for every episode of every radio and TV programme, which is going to make BBC content way more accessible and easy to get at (especially handy for speechification). (more details from Phil here)
And then I noticed the iPM blog/site/stuff - a web thing with a programme baked in, or the other way round. It seems properly cross-platform. The tagline is 'the web in your ear'. Anyway, it's got good credentials, including Chris Vallance, who's a gent and did the only enjoyable interview I did on the ebcb book, because he knew what a blog was and didn't assume it was merely a stepping stone to a book. And it's got Eddie Mair, who's the only Radio 4 presenter with the lightness of touch and wit to cope with something as open and fluid as iPM might be. I suspect it'll be good. There are already some audio bits up and the radio broadcast is 5.30 on Saturday. Perfect, just when Sports Report starts to get dull.
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