Bad podcasting will teach you how to make good radio: Amanda Keller
Traditional radio and the podcast industry should complement and support – rather than cannibalise – each other, a panel of radio talent has argued, but the sometimes-rambling, unprofessional nature of podcasting can teach people how to make good radio, WS FM’s Amanda Keller has said.
Speaking on a panel at Mumbrella360, Keller said: “When you hear a long drifting podcast with no discipline you recognise good radio. There will always be a place for good podcasts, but bad podcasts can teach you how to make good radio.”
Was there anyone on this panel who wasn’t from radio? It sounds like a very one-sided viewpoint.
I listen to a lot of radio and a lot of podcasts – including long, drifting ones that are a group of people discussing subjects I’m interested in – and often prefer to listen to the podcasts, as they’re more wide-ranging, less controlled and less restricted by time.
A radio presenter would always prefer people listen to radio though, rather than to the competition that comes from podcasts.
It would have been good to hear some counter-arguments to those of the radio presenters.