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Grant Goddard : radio broadcasting expert : media analyst : writer/author

radio research document archive

 If you are a researcher, academic or student writing about the radio broadcasting sector, the media industry or issues surrounding music copyright, you are welcome to view the digital archive of documents, reports and presentations collected for my work over many years. A search engine of this shared folder is available on Google Drive (but requires your Google login). Please credit this collection as ‘Grant Goddard Archive’.

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  • The genesis of black music radio in London … still unfulfilled : 1970-1984 : Radio Invicta 92.4
  • Land of a thousand cockroaches : 1986-1987 : Deptford Housing Co-operative, London
  • A little radio knowledge is a dangerous thing : 2003 : Neil Romain, The Radio Authority
  • KISS FM rejected, government awards first London-wide radio station in 16 years to its jazz codger chums : 1989 : Jazz FM, London
expertise:
+ radio broadcasting, radio stations, music radio, radio formats, radio programming, media analysis, market research, playlists, audiences, marketing, training, operations, management
+ radio in developing markets (East Europe, Russia, Asia)
+ writing, research, editing, articles, reports, presentations, books
+ black music, soul, reggae, world music
+ UK commercial radio, pirate radio

radio clients: Metro Radio (Newcastle), Voice of Peace (Israel), Radio Thamesmead (London), Capital Radio (London), KISS FM (London), Metromedia International Inc (US), Wodlinger International (US), Star TV (India), BBC World Service Trust (Cambodia), Laser Broadcasting (UK), RootsRockReggae (Jamaica), Totally Radio (Brighton), Guardian Media Group (UK), UKRD Group (UK), Propeller TV (China), Lyca Radio (UK), British Council (UK)

analysis clients: Competition Commission, Enders Analysis, Radio Authority, Ofcom, House of Lords Communications Select Committee, Digital Britain, RadioCentre, BBC Trust, PRS, British Library

print clients: The Radio Magazine, rpm Weekly, City Limits, For The Record, Jazz Express, Independent Media, Broadcast, Time Out, Music Week, Jocks, NME, Now Radio, Music & Media, Radio World, Durham Street Press, Palatinate, The Leveller, Toronto World Arts Scene, Radio News, Free!, The Register, Index on Censorship, Internet Advertising Bureau

'KISS FM: From Radical Radio To Big Business' by Grant Goddard [Radio Books, 528 pages, 2011]

"This remains not only the definitive text but also a fast paced well written insightful read with important lessons on how not to set up a business, especially a radio station." [Community Media Association]
MY DOCUMENTS
  • Channel 4 Radio: Six Feet Under
  • Channel 4: Radio Ambitions Aim Too High
  • Clear Channel: Designs On Global Radio?
  • Commercial Radio: Out Of Tune With London
  • Commercial Radio: Growth Ambitions Quashed By Economic Realities
  • DAB Radio: Nice Platform, Shame About The Take-Up
  • Digital Radio Switchover: Somewhere Over The Rainbow?
  • EMAP: Pick Up The Pieces
  • EMAP: Can’t Get Used To Losing You
  • GCap Media: The End Of The Road
  • GCap Media
  • GCap Media: One Previous Owner, Needs Serious Attention
  • Poor Ratings Exacerbate Commercial Radio Woes
  • Privatising Radios One And Two: How To Kill Commercial Radio With Kindness
  • Radio: Last.fm Is Not The Problem
  • Scottish Media Group: The Only Way Is Up?
  • The Digital One Radio Multiplex: Desperately Seeking Subsidy
  • The Future Of Digital Radio: Is It ‘DAB’?
  • The Second National Digital Radio Multiplex
  • United Kingdom Commercial Radio Consolidation
  • United Kingdom Commercial Radio: Q1 2008
  • United Kingdom Commercial Radio: Q4 2007
  • United Kingdom Commercial Radio: Q2 2008
  • UTV & Scottish Media Group Merger Could Revive Commercial Radio Sector
  • Virgin Radio: A Pig In A Poke
  • Virgin Radio: New Owner, New Name, New Beginning
  • …. and more
  • MY ANALYSES
  • 34 Facts About DAB Radio Switchover
  • A Brief History Of U.K. Commercial Radio & A Strategy To Create Genuinely Local Radio
  • A 21st Century Technology Strategy For BBC Radio
  • An Independent Review Of The Rules Governing Local Content On Commercial Radio
  • Audio Podcasts And The Market For Podcasting
  • Do New Local Commercial Radio Stations Cannibalise Existing Players?
  • Independent Radio Productions Commissioned By The BBC
  • National Radio Archive Feasibility & Cost Analysis
  • Options For Radio Broadcasting In The UK
  • Submission To The House Of Lords Select Committee On Communications re: Digital Switchover Of Radio
  • The Differences Between Traditional Terrestrial Broadcast Radio And Internet Radio
  • The Local Impact Test For The Regulation Of Localness In Local Commercial Radio
  • The Manchester, United Kingdom Radio Market
  • The Route To Secure Local Radio’s Digital Future
  • The Solent, United Kingdom Radio Market
  • Tools For Radio Content Regulation #1: Playlist Diversity Analysis
  • UK Commercial Radio Industry Consolidation: How Relevant Is The US Experience?
  • UK Commercial Radio – A New Way to Regulate Localness
  • …. and more
  • MY PRESENTATIONS
  • A PRX For The UK?: A Scheme To Improve The Sales Of Audio From Producers To Broadcasters
  • Analysis Of Local Commercial Radio Licence Applications To Ofcom & Awards: November 2005
  • Analysis Of Local Commercial Radio Licence Applications To Ofcom & Awards: January 2006
  • Audiometrics: Measuring Audio Consumption In The UK
  • BBC Nations & Regions: Audience Research
  • DAB Radio Switchover In The UK
  • Digital Radio In The UK: Progress & Challenges
  • EMAP’s ‘Magic’ Radio Brand: The Challenges Ahead
  • Online Radio: The UK Business Model
  • Radio Connected: Technology Strategy Board Project
  • Radio Stations In Toronto, Canada: September 2000
  • The First Annual Not ‘The Ofcom Digital Radio Progress Report’ Report
  • The Future Of Radio: October 2007
  • TotallyRadio: Music Licensing For Radio
  • Radio 2009: Braving The Crisis: The UK Situation
  • The Moscow, Russia Radio Market: November 1995
  • The Moscow, Russia Radio Market: June 1996
  • The Moscow, Russia Radio Market: December 1996
  • The Prague, Czech Republic Radio Market: October 1996
  • The Riga, Latvia Radio Market: April 1996
  • The Riga, Latvia Radio Market: August 1996
  • The Riga, Latvia Radio Market: October 1996
  • The Riga, Latvia Radio Market: April 1997
  • The St Petersburg, Russia Radio Market: November 1995
  • The UK Commercial Radio Industry
  • UK Commercial Radio: A Personal Perspective
  • UK Commercial Radio In Numbers: Q4 2008
  • UK Commercial Radio In Numbers: Q1 2009
  • UK Commercial Radio In Numbers: Q2 2009
  • UK Commercial Radio In Numbers: Q3 2009
  • UK Commercial Radio Market Context: April 2007
  • UK Commercial Radio Sector: Current Indicators & Forecasts: September 2007
  • UK Commercial Radio Sector: Current Indicators & Forecasts: November 2007
  • UK Commercial Radio Sector: Current Indicators & Forecasts: December 2007
  • UK Commercial Radio Sector: Current Indicators & Forecasts: January 2008
  • UK Commercial Radio Trends: February 2007
  • UK Commercial Radio: Five-Year Forecasts: November 2007
  • …. and more
  • MY RADIO LICENCE APPLICATIONS
  • Buxton
  • Dumfries & Galloway
  • Hull: Hull Local Radio
  • Ipswich: Ipswich 102 FM
  • London: KISS FM
  • Northallerton: Hambleton Radio
  • Prague: Radio One
  • Swansea: SAfm
  • Warwick: Warwick Local Radio
  • West Lothian
  • BBC Camberley career childhood commercial radio community radio CSA DAB DAB radio DCMS Digital Britain Digital Economy Bill digital radio Digital Radio Development Bureau Digital Radio UK Digital Radio Working Group digital switchover Durham University FM radio France Grant Goddard internet radio KISS FM local radio London Lord Carter media analyst media regulation music Ofcom pirate radio radio radio audiences Radio Authority radio broadcasting radio industry radio licensing radio listening radio numerique radio ratings radio regulation radio revenues radio sector radio station RAJAR small stations Strode's School student travel UK commercial radio

    • Letter from Cambodia – munching mince pies by the Mekong : 2004 : BBC World Service Trust, Phnom PenhDecember 21, 2025
    • Let your fingers do the walking … in the cash register : 1976-1978 : Kay, DSU Bookshop, Dunelm House, Durham UniversityNovember 20, 2025
    • New upstarts clobber complacent commercial radio industry two-decade market monopoly : 1973-2005 : Independent Local Radio, UKNovember 1, 2025
    • He’s the queen of snubs : 1989-1991 : Gordon McNamee, KISS 100 FM, LondonOctober 15, 2025
    • I don’t want to be like my daddy : 1972 : Red Carpet Inn, Daytona Beach & ‘Baby Sitter’ by Betty WrightSeptember 13, 2025
    • You can lead a boss to wisdom but you can’t make her an expert Expert Witness : 2006 : Claire Enders, Enders AnalysisAugust 24, 2025
    • Traitor at the gates of soul : 1990 : Tony Blackburn, Capital Radio versus KISS 100 FM, LondonAugust 14, 2025
    • Givin’ up Free! for funk (radio) : 1989-1991 : Free! magazine / Touch magazine, KISS FM, LondonJuly 31, 2025
    • The birth and near death of licensed black music radio in London : 2010 : Choice FM, LondonJuly 26, 2025
    • You just keep on using me … until you use me up : 1989 : Brian Davis, Radio & Music magazine, EMAP plcJuly 18, 2025
    • Tell your friends about dub : 1995 : King Tubby, 18 Dromilly Avenue, Kingston, JamaicaJuly 12, 2025
    • Bob Marley sang “I remember when we used to sit in a government’s yard in Swedes Town”?? : 1995 : Catch The Words, KenyaJuly 1, 2025
    • Aggrieved by UK government insistence it launch a national popular music radio station, the BBC unilaterally created a high culture network : 1945 : BBC Radio 3June 23, 2025
    • Diversity within UK radio workforce largely confined to stations targeting minorities : 2010 : BBC TrustJune 15, 2025
    • Prising open Britain’s rarefied airwaves to independent productions : 1930-2010 : BBC RadioJune 3, 2025
    • KISS FM rejected, government awards first London-wide radio station in 16 years to its jazz codger chums : 1989 : Jazz FM, LondonMay 27, 2025
    • Students! Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved : 1976 : Durham UniversityMay 18, 2025
    • Why are Canadian radio station audience data a state secret? : 2000 : BBM CanadaFebruary 16, 2025
    • The great brains robber fearful his collar will be touched : 1991 : Gordon McNamee, KISS 100 FMFebruary 3, 2025
    • Kick archaic studio-bound public radio production out into 21st century public spaces : 2011 : BBC RadioJanuary 19, 2025
    • I just looked around and he was gone : 1979 : Jerry Dennis, Palatinate editor, Durham UniversityDecember 30, 2024
    • You little trust-maker, you’re a heart-breaker : 2006 : Claire Enders, Enders AnalysisDecember 21, 2024
    • LBC 97.3 FM, London’s whitest conversation? : 2007 : ‘Is Radio Racist?’, The Radio AcademyNovember 4, 2024
    • My application wins our tiny black music pirate station a valuable London-wide radio licence : 1989 : KISS 100 FMSeptember 24, 2024
    • The customer is always “a crazy, crazy man” : 2000 : Indian Consulate visa office, TorontoSeptember 5, 2024
    • Congratulations on the birth of music genre ‘world music’! : 1987 : The Empress of Russia, LondonAugust 27, 2024
    • Caribbean drubbing on such an “Armageddon-like” day : 2024 : Hurricane Beryl, CarriacouJuly 28, 2024
    • Teach your children well? : 1960s-1970s : vegetable-free adolescence, CamberleyJune 25, 2024
    • … and the award for car-crash Olympic flame live TV coverage goes to … : 2024 : La Premiere, French GuyanaJune 21, 2024
    • The genesis of black music radio in London … still unfulfilled : 1970-1984 : Radio Invicta 92.4May 23, 2024
    • Sacked by a boss desperate to steal my success : 1991 : Gordon McNamee, KISS 100 FM, LondonMay 14, 2024
    • Welcome to the terrordome : 2006 : Enders Analysis at Denton Wilde Sapte, City of LondonMay 10, 2024
    • Attempted murder on the Waterloo express? : 1971 : Bagshot railway stationMay 1, 2024
    • Walking on the Chinese glass ceiling : 2004 : FM 102 Radio, Women’s Media Centre of CambodiaApril 24, 2024
    • The day the (reggae) music died : 1981 : Bob Marley, Linton Kwesi Johnson, MatumbiApril 17, 2024
    • Stoking the star-maker machinery behind the popular song : 1980 : Kate Bush, EMI Records & Metro RadioApril 8, 2024
    • Around the British Rail network in eight hundred minutes : 1976 : Durham University challengeMarch 27, 2024
    • Mister Soul Of Jamaica … and Thamesmead : 1938-2008 : reggae artist Alton EllisMarch 20, 2024
    • You can’t tell me what I’m doing wrong… : 1976 : And Mother Makes Four, CamberleyMarch 12, 2024
    • Land of a thousand cockroaches : 1986-1987 : Deptford Housing Co-operative, LondonFebruary 28, 2024
    • Mining for radio news in an editorial black hole : 2004-2007 : Paul Boon, The Radio MagazineFebruary 20, 2024
    • Some men see things as they are and ask “Why … change?” : 2003 : Neil Stock, OfcomFebruary 15, 2024
    • My elderly mother, secret deregulated telecoms entrepreneur? : 2014 : Virgin MobileFebruary 6, 2024
    • My thwarted career as teenage reggae music journalist : 1972 : JamaicaJanuary 30, 2024
    • The media analyst in the cupboard : 2006-2009 : Claire Enders, Enders AnalysisJanuary 15, 2024
    • See no evil, hear no evil, speak no regulation : 2003 : Dumfries & Galloway licence, The Radio AuthorityJanuary 2, 2024
    • Life in a Northern town … for a Southerner : 1982-1984 : Peterlee, County DurhamDecember 27, 2023
    • Remember the days of the old schoolyard : 1963-1969 : Cordwalles Junior School, CamberleyDecember 5, 2023
    • Health & safety & death in the workplace : 2004 : BBC World Service Trust, Phnom PenhNovember 28, 2023
    • One little indie music show : 1980-1981 : Saturday night 10 to midnight, Metro RadioNovember 21, 2023
    • An elite academy for aspiring rent-a-gob politicians : 1976 : Durham Union SocietyNovember 15, 2023
    • Things you say you love, you’re gonna lose : 1973 : the curse of The Blue Pool, CamberleyNovember 8, 2023
    • One good turn deserves a cold shoulder? : 2004 : BBC World Service Trust, Phnom PenhOctober 31, 2023
    • Knock me down with a mugger : 1986 : Share A Capital Christmas, Capital Radio, LondonOctober 23, 2023
    • I can't dance to that music you're playin' : 1970 : Emperor Rosko, The Paris Theatre, LondonOctober 16, 2023
    • If you can’t stand accounts, get out of the kitchen : 1966 : Whites of Camberley payroll & the pink fridgeOctober 9, 2023
    • Radio is my bomb? : 2003 : the DAB digital radio customer complaint hotline, The Radio AuthorityOctober 2, 2023
    • The trophy son : 1969 : Charles Church & IMIC Properties Limited, CamberleySeptember 25, 2023
    • If you go down to the lemon groves today, you’re sure of a big surprise : 2017 : Mar Menor, SpainSeptember 18, 2023
    • Baby, we were bored to death : 2000 : FM radio station market, TorontoSeptember 11, 2023
    • Flying home for Christmas … eventually : 1995 : Sheremetyevo Airport, MoscowSeptember 4, 2023
    • Don’t play that song for me : 2004 : unusual FM radio formats, Phnom PenhAugust 28, 2023
    • Give them a foot and they’ll take a metre : 1972 : Bill Beaver, Camberley & AlicanteAugust 21, 2023
    • One small step for radio, one giant leap for black music radio in London : 1990 : KISS 100 FM launch dayAugust 13, 2023
    • Economics! Economics! Read all about it! : 1974 : Mr Hodges, Strode’s CollegeAugust 8, 2023
    • The spy who disliked me : 2003 : Eva Koekelbergh, The Radio AuthorityJuly 30, 2023
    • The unmagical mystery tour : 1973 : Piggott’s Manor, Letchmore HeathJuly 24, 2023
    • The man who mistook his wife for a hat : 2006-2009 : Enders AnalysisJuly 17, 2023
    • Blinded by the light : 1967 : Architectural Drawing Services, 27b High Street, CamberleyJuly 10, 2023
    • From Russia with lawlessness : 1994 : Metromedia, Park Place, MoscowJuly 3, 2023
    • The invisible manager : 1993 : Bud Stiker, Radio Juventus, HungaryJune 26, 2023
    • My life as a seadog : 1985 : The Voice of Peace, Tel AvivJune 19, 2023
    • A little radio knowledge is a dangerous thing : 2003 : Neil Romain, The Radio AuthorityJune 13, 2023
    • Watch out! Watch out! There’s a Houdini about : 1980 : Metro Radio record libraryJune 5, 2023
    • Just my imagination running away … to Australia : 1972 : Eric Hall, Strode’s SchoolMay 28, 2023
    • It ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you hobnob : 1980 : Durham University Careers Advisory ServiceMay 22, 2023
    • Sit-in here in limbo : 1986 : Community Service Volunteers & Radio ThamesmeadMay 14, 2023
    • The Best Man for the job : 2003 : Neil Stock, The Radio AuthorityMay 7, 2023
    • This is your early morning trunk call : 2004 : BBC World Service Trust, CambodiaApril 30, 2023
    • Gonna make you a star/czar : 2001 : James Murdoch, Star TVApril 23, 2023
    • Life is a battlefield : 1966 : Barossa Common & Sandhurst Royal Military AcademyApril 16, 2023
    • Living on the frontline : 1985 : Dave Asher, 21 Aharonson Street, Tel AvivApril 9, 2023
    • I’m gonna git you sucka : 1988 : Ace Records, Harlesden NW10April 2, 2023
    • Born to be hired : 2006 : the new boy, Enders AnalysisMarch 26, 2023
    • Is it because I’m (not) Blacker Dread? : 2006 : Rockers International Record ShopMarch 19, 2023
    • The rubber stamp men … and women : 2002 : Members Meetings, The Radio AuthorityMarch 12, 2023
    • Rich man, dead man, radio man, spy : 1995 : John Kluge & Natalie Slepova, Radio 7 MoscowMarch 5, 2023
    • To win, somebody’s got to lose : 1989 : Martin Strivens, Centurion PressFebruary 26, 2023
    • The 'Fahrenheit 451' of commercial radio history : 2003 : The Radio AuthorityFebruary 20, 2023
    • Whoah, I'm going to Guyana : 1986 : Mary Strong, Radio ThamesmeadFebruary 12, 2023
    • One door opens, another is closed by someone posh : 2009 : John Myers, Digital BritainFebruary 5, 2023
    • The year of living namelessly : 1986 : Grant Pearson, Radio ThamesmeadJanuary 29, 2023
    • What are words worth? : 2003 : Professor Anthony Everitt’s community radio report, The Radio AuthorityJanuary 24, 2023
    • DAB Radio Switchover: Dead As The DodoDecember 16, 2013
    • Growing DAB radio usage in the UK. Confused? You should be!August 14, 2011
    • UK DAB radio receiver sales fell in 2009 and 2010, but "digital radio sales have held up – they are flat" insists Mr SwitchoverAugust 6, 2011
    • UK listening growth demonstrates radio's strengths in a multi-tasking worldAugust 3, 2011
    • UK commercial radio sector revenues Q1 2011: local advertising hits 10-year lowJuly 28, 2011
    • Andy Parfitt leaves BBC Radio 1 on a high: separating the man from the mythJuly 23, 2011
    • When is a consultation not a consultation? When Ofcom consults about radioJuly 18, 2011
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