Social Media & Radio

Rowan Collinson
Some Unusual Examples Of Radio & Social Media

Source: Social Media In Radio: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=726544860693858&set=a.587817574566588.147789.579831765365169&type=1
Source: Social Media In Radio: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=701244443223900&set=a.587817574566588.147789.579831765365169&type=1
Source: Social Media In Radio: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=736703606344650&set=a.587817574566588.147789.579831765365169&type=1
“We focus on publishing content our readers
love so much they think it is worth sharing. It
sounds simple but it’s hard to do. ”
Jonah Peretti - CEO Buzzfeed
‘Why make your show
social?’
giving your
audience control

giving
tastemakers &
artists a stake

hand over
direct control
giving the
audience control
giving the
audience control
giving the
audience control
giving the
audience control
giving tastemakers and
artists a stake
giving tastemakers and
artists a stake
giving tastemakers and
artists a stake
giving tastemakers and
artists a stake
giving tastemakers and
artists a stake

Source: Digitalspy: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a445653/alunageorge-are-uks-most-blogged-about-artist-of2012.html
Source: NME:
http://www.nme.com/news/alunageorge/67770
hand over
direct control
hand over
direct control
hand over
direct control
two
screens
good, one
screen bad
A winner which generated debate and social chatter
what can
we learn?
it’s all about
communities

it’s not just
content, it’s a
conversation

make content?
be social
it’s all about
communities
it’s not just a programme, it’s a
conversation
make content?
be social!
Further Links/Case Studies
6 Music Greatest Hits
http://www.somethinelse.com/content/projects/6-music-greatest-hits/
Now Playing @6 Music
http://www.somethinelse.com/content/projects/case-study-now-playing6music/
6 Music T Shirt Day
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03j0z3j/live

Social Media & Radio