The Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB) has confirmed the line-up of speakers at its 20th birthday event taking place at the British Museum on May 23rd. The keynote speech will be delivered by politician and broadcaster David Mellor, Heritage Secretary at the time of RAB’s launch, who will compare the media landscape in 1992 vs 2012, the role of deregulation in radio growth and why radio continues to thrive in internet digital age. Tim Davie, Head ...
Archive for April 2012
In this month’s Radio Head RAB asked Charlie Yeates from MediaCom a few questions about why he loves his job and some fun facts about his life. 1. What’s the best thing about your job? (Be honest!) The people I work with on a daily basis. Genuinely passionate people who care about the medium; this stretches from my team to clients & (even!) sales contacts. Equally the speed of technology means that there is always a new concept or ide...
Last Thursday was a record night for radio at the D&AD Awards. With 16 entries awarded ‘In Book’ Status and 8 nominations, a total of 3 Yellow Pencils were awarded: the highest number of honours since 2004. Awarded agencies included Be Bravo, USA for “Leica”, Net#work BDDO, Johannesburg for “Mercedes-Benz” and Grey, South Africa for “The Nelson Mandela Foundation”. Warren Brown, Creative Founder at BMF and Foreman of the...
