Daily Press Summary 30 September 2015

Jon Holmes explains all about DAB digital radio
A fun video explaining digital radio has been produced and played at the Radio Festival in London.
Radio Today

BBC should stop being ‘cosy middle class’ club, says Janet Street-Porter
Broadcaster and ex-newspaper editor says corporation must listen to its audience more, also attacking ‘horrible innuendo’ on The Great British Bake Off
The Guardian

Apple’s Zane Lowe shouts in favour of the BBC
Beats1 DJ and station director Zane Lowe has told the 2015 Radio Festival that the BBC’s cultural importance in the UK is unrivalled.
Radio Today

Zane Lowe: ‘I believe in the BBC’
In an onstage interview conducted by his former boss and controller of Radio 1/1Xtra Ben Cooper, Zane Lowe, director of Beats 1, has today paid fulsome tribute to the BBC, and said that it pains him to see it threatened.
Music Week

BBC Radio 1 is ‘highly distinctive’, insists strategy chief
James Purnell says Radio 1 plays nearly 10 times as many different tracks in a month as its rival Capital, after station was criticised in government green paper
The Guardian

Chris Evans: Top Gear means I am not allowed to do any more TFI Friday
Presenter says the new series of Channel 4 show will be his last and denies it will hamper his attempt to reinvent the BBC hit
The Guardian

Evans: I love Radio 2 show more than ever
Chris Evans has dismissed claims that his upcoming television commitments will mean he doesn’t have time to focus on his Radio 2 breakfast show.
Radio Today

Radio Academy awards four new Fellowships
Steve Parkinson, Alison Winter, Jimmy Buckland and John Dash have been honoured with Radio Academy Fellowships.
Radio Today

BBC Radio 3 creates two new World Records
BBC Radio 3 has established two new Guinness World Records with the world premiere live broadcast of Max Richter’s SLEEP live from Wellcome Collection.
Radio Today

British Library to archive radio output
The British Library wants to work with the radio industry to explore how to preserve a representative sample of the UK’s vast radio output.
Radio Today

Zane Lowe: Beats 1 is like a baby – they make a lot of noise and shit everywhere
Ex-BBC Radio 1 DJ says Apple music service he oversees measures its success not by ratings but by the amount of noise it makes
The Guardian