Weekend Reading: 12 Podcasts, FM Dawn, and Meditation Apps

Over the past few years, podcasts in Russia have already appeared, stalled and again caught a hype. Analysts do not stop count the volume of this market, reporters release collections of the best programs, and brands re-launch their programs. In our digest we tell: how to launch a podcast or web radio and not spend a lot of money, how radio hosts work and what annoys them, is it time to bury the FM segment or it’s too early. About this and not only – under the cut.


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  • How to Launch Your Podcast, A Beginner’s Guide. A small instruction for everyone who is haunted by the flow of news about the next boom of podcasts. How to choose a microphone adjusted for different budgets, with whom to record the first releases, what to do with post-production and what software is suitable for it. Also, we talk about how things are going with the publication of podcasts and applications for listening to them. Gathered everything you need to launch your first show, so no more excuses.

  • “Good morning Vietnam!”: Building our Internet radio. This material will help everyone who wants to communicate with students online. We tell you what you need to do to open your Internet radio station with live broadcasts and round-the-clock broadcasting. We consider the project as a hobby, so we leave the business model outside the brackets. We will help you deal with goals and objectives – because it directly depends on which pieces of iron you need to buy and what content will go on the air. We also talk about the methods of broadcasting and the difference between relaying and auto-DJ.

  • What radio listeners and radio hosts hate. The maximum pain and rage of the post is the revelations of the leading radio broadcast about what infuriates him and his colleagues, and that the audience does not bear to the spirit. Messages from SMS portals, playlists, broadcasting in the regions and the role of leaders in this matter are all in the first part of the material. And in the second – we turn to the pains of the remote and microphone employees themselves – about too attentive listeners, about regular fans who are not at all so sweet, and about sending greetings and congratulations.


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  • Six myths about radio presenters. This profession has long been shrouded in a romantic flair, and the films “Rock Wave” and “Radio Day” only strengthened it. Of course, both films are more true than fiction, but I want to dispel some myths once and for all. In the material, we talk about who actually reads a piece of paper, how much time the presenters actually spend at the station. Of the others, who earns how much, is it possible to live on a salary, is it so easy to talk into the microphone and how to get on the air. The article is useful to everyone who wants to try their hand at the role of radio host.

  • Radio is the end of a beautiful era. Swan song broadcasting in the FM band. From a drop in the volume of the audience to the maintenance and maintenance of the station in working form. Why does all this stop working as well as before. At the end of the article, we talk about what slowly kills FM broadcasting and how long this agony can last.

  • Why is the radio still early to bury. The previous material at one time caused a storm of emotions, and we decided to release a sequel in which we list everything that prolongs the life of FM radio stations. Still, radio is not only the same type of shows, banal jokes in the mornings and the same music: we talk about the transition to new technologies and formats, and at the end of the material we talk about how the era of FM broadcasting can end.


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  • What is happening in the audio podcast market. We return to this super-popular format again. We are discussing how podcasts are transformed into media, what is their advantage over more traditional models of distribution of audio content. Here, and about the schedule for the release of programs, and about the impact of deadlines on quality, and about conceptuality.

  • Meditation Apps Become More Successful Than Podcasts. We are talking about audio applications that successfully win the attention of listeners. We compare budgets (podcasts earn several times less), figure out who and how can win this race, and also look at the situation with audio applications in Russia.

  • Brands spend more and more money on podcast ads. An article with numbers, examples, and analytics. How ads are placed in podcasts and why brands need their shows. We explain how everything works, where is the benefit and for whom. We also ponder what development the industry will receive in the near future.


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