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The BBC’s battle for audio will only hurt loyal listeners
The Corporation wants to reign supreme in a growing sector – but it must do this with ingenuity, not by aping the success of its rivals
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With the death of the BBC’s The Now Show, we are in danger of losing the art of radio comedy
The Radio 4 stalwart is ending after 26 years, and it’s a depressing sign that slapdash podcasts are taking over the genre
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The murky past of the world’s favourite funeral poem
Many of us know the lines ‘Do not stand at my grave and weep,’ but that doesn’t make the story of Mary Elizabeth Frye any less fascinating
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The Archers’ noble copper storyline is tone deaf
Ambridge’s local bobbie, Harrison Burns, is in hot water – but alongside the crimes of Wayne Couzens et al this story sticks in the craw
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How Steve Wright survived the brutal world of Radio 1
Rising to fame at a time when DJs were seen as Gods, the never fashionable but much-loved Wright stayed sane amid the supersized egos
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Mr Angry From Purley: 10 classic Steve Wright comedy moments
‘Love the show’ became a common refrain from listeners to Wright's relentlessly funny 'zoo radio’. Here are just a few reasons why
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Young Again is a gift for those pining for Kirsty's Desert Island Discs days
Young Again's second series kicked off with Peter Capaldi – but this week's radio highlight was the harrowing story of pastor TB Joshua
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Paul Gambaccini on Steve Wright: ‘Either they like you or they don’t –and they liked Steve’
The late, great DJ proved you don’t you have to be solemn to be a serious broadcaster – and he valued creative freedom above all
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The lunatic Steve Wright in the Afternoon was radio at its best – no matter what Morrissey thought
The late DJ’s taboo-busting show was the radio equivalent of a whoopee cushion, and made millions laugh on a daily basis. But not The Smiths
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BBC radio listeners don’t need this ‘spin-off station’ gimmick
Still bereft by the loss of Ken Bruce (and his listenership), the Corporation is launching nostalgic ‘spin-off stations’. It makes no sense
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Radio 3's listening figures are down – and that's no bad thing
Sam Jackson's appointment was controversial – but commissions such as Caroline Shaw's The Colours in Sound could hint at a brighter future
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John Humphrys: Why the BBC must never drop the ‘pips’
Trusted by millions of listeners – and 'weaponised' by disgruntled presenters – the hourly beeps are 100 years old. Long may they continue
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‘Ken Bruce effect’ continues as BBC radio is the biggest loser
Greatest Hits Radio gains more listeners to reach 6.75 million in latest Rajar figures
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After last week's Tory bias row, The News Quiz has never sounded funnier
In his first column as The Telegraph's new radio critic, Tristram Fane Saunders found the beleaguered topical comedy show in fighting form
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The 12 greatest radio shows of the past 10 years
From Jilly Cooper on Desert Island Discs to The Dark is Rising, listen to our departing critic's highlights
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In my time as Telegraph radio critic I’ve learnt that BBC bosses are touchy, and audiences often know best
As our critic bows out after five years, she shares her final thoughts on the medium she loves
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Will podcasts and audio books kill radio as we know it?
In my time as a radio critic, I've watched programmes and platforms change beyond recognition – but good storytelling will always triumph
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Do we get more right-wing as we get older? Not in the West
James Tilley's fascinating Radio 4 series The Kids are Alt-Right? disputes the widely-held opinion that youngsters all lean to the left
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Annie Nightingale, legendary DJ and BBC Radio 1’s first female presenter – obituary
‘They said a woman’s voice wouldn’t carry on the air waves, that DJs were substitute husband material, that I would alienate other women’
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The jaw-dropping histories behind our modern-day culture wars
In the second series of Things Fell Apart on Radio 4, Jon Ronson begins with the discredited medical condition of 'excited delirium'
