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Earshot with Steve Martin

51 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago - ★★★ - 2 ratings

Great radio promotion, advertising and imaging with the people who make it.

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Episodes

Matt Podd & Adam Venton

May 24, 2020 12:48 - 43 minutes - 65.2 MB

A lockdown edition of the Earshot podcast as Matt Podd in rural Essex and Adam Venton on the South West coastal town of Portishead play and discuss their creative audio production.

Inside BBC Creative

March 22, 2019 16:58 - 37 minutes - 52.9 MB

Michaela Hallam, Debbie Dillon and Kate Dinsdale demonstrate how the BBC's in-house creative agency approaches radio.

BBC Radio 1 with Ben Stones and Liam Hadley

October 16, 2018 11:14 - 45 minutes - 61 MB

Station sound producers Ben Stones and Liam Hadley share the production secrets of Radio 1's imaging. Plus Greg James and ReelWorld music director Erik Huber.

World’s best contests with Jonathan Lumley & John Simons

August 26, 2018 17:39 - 67.9 MB

What makes a great contest or competition? Two leading commercial radio practitioners share their favourites.

Podcast: Gordon Lundy, Matt Shields and Gavin Pearson

June 26, 2018 14:04 - 49 minutes - 66.5 MB

Gordon Lundy, Matt Shields and Gavin Pearson share examples of their imaging work and explain how they make it. Recorded before a live audience.

Podcast: A Million Ads, dynamic audio and personalised ads

January 23, 2018 08:42 - 43 minutes - 58.1 MB

The creative opportunities in dynamic audio with Steve Dunlop and Sam Crowther of A Million Ads.

Earshot podcast: Adam Burgess and Tom Cross

November 27, 2017 14:40 - 38 minutes - 53.6 MB

Adam and Tom from Contraband Media share the secrets of their imaging work for BBC Radio 1 and KIIS Sydney, with business tips to enter the world of radio production.

Earshot podcast: Konsky, Tarrant & Lisle

May 30, 2017 07:00 - 33 minutes - 46.9 MB

David Konsky, Ron Tarrant and Victor Lisle join Steve Martin at Reelmix in Miami.

Earshot podcast: Chris Ward of Bauer Media UK

March 13, 2017 16:02 - 49 minutes - 64.6 MB

Chris Ward of Bauer Media in the UK plays his team's best imaging and promotional audio in this edition of the Earshot podcast.

Earshot podcast: John Vorhaus and Dr Becky Spelman

December 20, 2016 13:46 - 33 minutes - 50.9 MB

Psychologist Dr Becky Spelman and comedy writer John Vorhaus join Steve and Hayley to share their expertise in creative thinking and the processes that support it.

Earshot podcast: 5 Live and 2FM imaging

September 25, 2016 09:57 - 45 minutes - 60.5 MB

Two strikingly different examples of radio station imaging played by the people who created them.

Earshot podcast: Sara Hashem, Rick Loynes & Dan Seavers

August 11, 2016 10:51 - 49 minutes - 71.6 MB

100% commercial production with Sara Hashem, Rick Loynes, Dan Seavers and Clare Bowen of Radiocentre. Conditions apply.

Earshot podcast: Women in Imaging with Stephanie Hirst

May 09, 2016 08:35 - 46 minutes - 65.9 MB

Broadcaster and radio imaging enthusiast Stephanie Hirst explores the role of women in imaging with guests from opposite ends of the radio production spectrum.

Earshot podcast: Mitch von Arx from Kiss

April 25, 2016 20:15 - 48.2 MB

Producer Mitch von Arx plays imaging from the Kiss Network and we hear a naughty innuendo-laden ad for a camping store.

Earshot podcast: Richard Newby and Mariana O’Kelly

February 08, 2016 08:05 - 33 minutes - 43.9 MB

Richard Newby shares his work from BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 6 Music and Chill while Mariana O'Kelly from OgilvySA plays and award winning Lucozade spot.

Earshot podcast: David Lloyd and Colin Kelly

December 23, 2015 15:50 - 41 minutes - 58.7 MB

In the Earshot podcast, David Lloyd prioritises positive writing over fussy production and Colin Kelly unveils a new radio scheme for schools in Scotland. Plus festive ads.

Earshot podcast: Ollie Melville-Smith & Peter Gordon

December 01, 2015 12:58 - 27 minutes - 38.1 MB

Guildford composer Ollie Melville-Smith creates a new package of jingles for his local station, Eagle Radio. Meet Ollie and the station's breakfast presenter, Peter Gordon in the new Earshot podcast.

Earshot podcast: Mark Goodier, Anthony Gay, Tony Blackburn, Colin Kelly and many many more

August 22, 2014 02:15 - 53 minutes - 58.3 MB

It's all about jingles and imaging with Tony Blackburn, Mark Goodier, Anthony Gay, Colin Kelly and many more.

Earshot podcast: Pat Gill at Dublin’s FM104

June 23, 2014 11:52 - 34 minutes - 37.9 MB

Pat Gill from Dublin's FM104 plays his best work and talks about being number one in the market.

Earshot podcast: Nathan Freeman and James Espley

April 05, 2014 20:44 - 40 minutes - 43.7 MB

In our latest audio podcast, Nathan from BBC Radio 6 Music and James from TeamRock Radio explain how they develop their ideas and play their work.

Earshot podcast: Gerald Jackson, Eloise Whitmore and Chuck Knight

December 07, 2013 10:58 - 49 minutes - 57.1 MB

Gerald Jackson on his 45 years of local radio production, producer of the year Eloise Whitmore and music-loving Chuck Knight of B101 Philadelphia.

Earshot podcast: 2013 Sony winners

July 28, 2013 13:57 - 47 minutes - 52.1 MB

Radio 4 collides with Jack FM while Radio 2 keeps on smiling as James Stodd, Richard Culver and Chris Reay play their award winning audio in our production podcast. Download and enjoy.

Earshot podcast: VOX 2013

May 31, 2013 19:17 - 39 minutes - 44.4 MB

Hello to a new series of the Earshot podcast with this edition direct from VOX, the annual conference for voiceovers and producers. Presented by ambassador of radio Steve Martin.

Earshot Creative Review, December 2012

December 22, 2012 18:12 - 45 minutes - 51.1 MB

Great audio and festive chat with Clare Bowen, Jake Yapp, Steve Martin, Matt Deegan, Tim Johns, Helen Quigley and Chris Wood. Plus the ultimate winner of the Hobsons Voicesearch competition.

Earshot Creative Review, November 2012

November 30, 2012 09:16 - 45 minutes - 49.9 MB

Our audio podcast takes us South of the equator for a taste of AC and CHR imaging in South Africa. Our guest is Brionne Olsen, current imaging producer at national CHR station 5FM and formerly of regional AC brand, Jacaranda 94.2.

Earshot Creative Review, October 2012

October 22, 2012 11:35 - 40 minutes - 44.9 MB

From Gateshead, winners of the BBC Local Radio Gillard award for best station promotion. Meet Chris Wood and Richard Latto and hear their audio in this month's podcast.

Earshot Creative Review, September 2012

September 28, 2012 18:51 - 53 minutes - 59.6 MB

Our monthly podcast with secrets of great radio advertising from Clare Bowen and Lenja Papp, and the first big test for our voice talent competition contestants in the Hobsons Voicesearch 2012.

Earshot Creative Review, July 2012

July 16, 2012 05:32 - 28 minutes - 31 MB

It's an anorak's lock-in as Chris Reay unzips the new BBC Radio 2 jingle package, exclusively for Earshot Creative.

Earshot Creative Review, June 2012

June 20, 2012 06:15 - 43 minutes - 50.2 MB

In our monthly downloadable podcast Dan Mumford from BBC Radio 1 and1Xtra and Absolute Radio's Brian Murphy share the stories behind their Sony Radio Academy Award successes with Steve Martin.

Earshot Creative Review, May 2012

May 27, 2012 12:46 - 39 minutes - 44.9 MB

Listen to Paul Tyler, Steve Martin and Gavin Pearson in a live edition of our podcast, hosted by Colin Kelly, at Scotland's Creative Loop student media festival.

Earshot Creative Review, April 2012

April 24, 2012 19:47 - 46 minutes - 51.3 MB

As the Sony Radio Academy Awards approach our podcast plays nominated work from the BBC, UKRD and independent production house Fresh Air Production, all discussed by the producers who made it.

Earshot Creative Review, March 2012

March 28, 2012 14:35 - 47 minutes - 53.6 MB

Our monthly podcast. Matt Clark and Chris Reay reveal the secrets behind the production at Magic 105.4 and BBC Radio 2 and play their favourite promos.

Earshot Creative Review, February 2012

February 21, 2012 11:23 - 44 minutes - 49.9 MB

Our monthly radio production podcast hits the North with producers Chris Stevens, Kate Cocker and Stuart Barrett.

Earshot Creative Review, festive show

December 22, 2011 23:43 - 35 minutes - 39.7 MB

Direct from London's Theatreland we play 2011's greatest promotional audio with the people who made it. Get the podcast in two festive downloads.

Earshot Creative Review, festive show

December 22, 2011 23:43

Direct from London's Theatreland we play 2011's greatest promotional audio with the people who made it. Get the podcast in two festive downloads.

Earshot Creative Review, December 2011

December 13, 2011 12:52 - 46 minutes - 51.8 MB

Our monthly podcast celebrates great radio production with the people who create it. Sometimes it even comes out monthly. This time, Capital's Chris Nicoll and voice artist Helen Quigley.

Earshot Creative Review, October 2011

October 22, 2011 07:00 - 43 minutes - 47.3 MB

Our monthly podcast is all about great radio production and the people who make it. This month meet Jardin Lobo, Tim Johns and Simon Rushton and hear their work. The podcast is sponsored by Hobsons.

Earshot Creative Review, holiday edition

July 31, 2011 19:30 - 59 minutes - 69 MB

Made for the summer that never came, this extended pleasure-length edition features James Stodd of the BBC and Matt Lomax from Kiss. Includes the now legendary "Kalahari Reveal Sequence".

Earshot Creative Review, June 2011

June 19, 2011 11:35 - 39 minutes - 43.8 MB

Celebrate TalkSPORT's remarkable award-winning achievements with senior writer and producer Jonathan Young, hear his team's amazing audio and discover what makes a great phone-in competition with Peter Gordon.

Earshot Creative Review, April 2011

May 06, 2011 11:35 - 35 minutes - 40 MB

Recorded in Glasgow towards the end of April, this is one of my favourite Earshot Creative Reviews yet – a thoroughly enjoyable celebration of some superb creative radio production, played by a couple of really great producers. Play it and you’ll hear Ken Lindsay of BBC Radio Scotland, Gavin Pearson from Bauer Scotland and a […]

Earshot Creative Review, March 2011

April 08, 2011 11:51 - 37 minutes - 41.5 MB

Steve, Sam and Clive. Photograph by Sony-nominated* Matt Deegan. *not nominated for photography. This edition of the Earshot Creative Review was recorded in March at the RadioDays Europe conference held in Copenhagen and features three eminent radio leaders: Clive Dickens, Absolute Radio‘s Chief Operating Officer. In this podcast, recorded before reports circulated of a possible […]

Earshot Creative Review – bonus edition

March 22, 2011 12:56 - 24 minutes - 27.1 MB

Play here: duration 24’46” [audio:http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/earshot/podcast/ecr_bonus_311.mp3|titles=”Earshot bonus edition from Radiodays Europe.”] Download the audio (160kb/s mp3, 28.4M) Subscribe via iTunes. This is a 25 minute snip of conversations I shared at the Radiodays Europe conference with various creative, production and imaging people. Play it and you’ll hear: Lee Harris, the top-of-the-hour morning news voice on New […]

Earshot Creative Review for January 2011

January 23, 2011 09:53 - 43 minutes - 48.8 MB

Ben Townsend, Steve Martin and Jonathan JJ Jacob. Our guests this month are JJ (Jonathan Jacob) of First Radio Sales and recent graduate from the University of Nottingham Ben Townsend who helped secure URN‘s recent clutch of student radio awards. In the podcast you’ll hear audio from Liverpool’s Juice FM, City Beat of Belfast, Surrey […]

Creative Review of 2010

December 22, 2010 08:30 - 53 minutes - 47.6 MB

Left to right: David Couch, Chris Nicoll, Joe Thomas, Jonathan from Hobsons, James Stodd, James Cridland and Donna from Hobsons. In December’s hot-rocking, flame-throwing podcast, some of the loveliest people in UK radio production play their favourite audio of the year. Now that’s a format. They are: David Couch of Maple Street Studios, Chris Nicoll […]

Creative Review for November

November 23, 2010 21:45 - 46 minutes - 51.8 MB

Left to right: Chris Stevens, Steve Martin and Steve Taylor. Picture by Channelle Stacey. November’s review is here with Chris Stevens, GMG’s Group Production Director and Steve Taylor, Commercial Creative Director from Bauer. We play promos, jingles and S&P audio this month, and we consider how branded content might sound should Ofcom relax the restrictions […]

Creative Review for October

October 25, 2010 20:56 - 39 minutes - 35.1 MB

BBC London’s Paul Hilton with Ben Motley of BBC Global News at the piano. This month, the sound of London. Paul Hilton runs production at BBC London 94.9 while BBC Radio 7’s Ben Motley has spent the last year at BBC Global News where he produces promotional campaigns heard on the English language channels of […]

Creative Review for September

September 15, 2010 05:00 - 40 minutes - 36.6 MB

Chris Reay is in charge of station sound and promotions at BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music. This month we get inside the creative hubs of stations big and small. From BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music to the remarkable promotions-led arrival of Oxfordshire’s Glide FM, we hear creative radio production and discover […]

Creative Review for August

August 23, 2010 22:11 - 42 minutes - 37.9 MB

James Cridland and David Couch in typical showbusiness mood. Picture by Sally Walker. You’ll learn a lot from this month’s Earshot Creative Review with David Couch and James Cridland. And you’ll hear a lot of radio ads. Discover how Spotify is allowing advertisers to target audiences by postcode, what is the most important content to […]

Creative Review for July

July 19, 2010 22:31 - 37 minutes - 33 MB

Russ Williams of Wise Buddah and Peter Gee from TalkSPORT. Featuring creative from TalkSPORT, imaging from Wise Buddah and introducing The Cow Moo Challenge, it’s July’s Earshot Creative Review. Play the audio here: Duration 37’45” [audio:http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/earshot/podcast/ecr_july10.mp3|titles=”Earshot Creative Review for July 2010.”] Download the mp3 (34.6M). Subscribe via iTunes. In this month’s edition, you’ll  hear a great […]

Creative Review for June

June 19, 2010 09:16 - 33 minutes - 29.7 MB

Matt Fisher of the BBC and James Beckingham of Global Radio Featuring BBC Radio 1 and Fun Kids, it’s June’s Earshot Creative Review. Play the audio here: Duration 33’16” [audio:http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/earshot/podcast/ecr_june10.mp3|titles=”Earshot Creative Review for June 2010.”] Download the mp3 (31.2M). Subscribe via iTunes. This review features James Beckingham from Global Radio who’s playing and talking about his […]

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