A wonderful end-of-year blog from Team @aiir.com. Thank you for an amazing 2025. blog.aiir.com/new-on-aiir-...

PlayoutONE Standard has gone free to use. 🎈🎉 It’s a big milestone for PlayoutONE, as co-founder @dbj.bsky.social explains: blog.aiir.com/making-radio...

"Regional airlines seem to be a very British problem", according to broadcasting legend Simon Calder, who I had the pleasure of speaking to tonight following news that Blue Islands has ceased trading. @channel103.com and @islandfm.com will have all the latest. www.channel103.com/news/jersey/...

How it started / How it’s going

The States of Guernsey has apologised after an email gaffe in which it warned residents that its own messages were "not legitimate" and should be treated as spam. https://www.islandfm.com/news/guernsey/government-holds-hands-up-after-warning-its-own-emails-were-phishing-scams/

Texting Capital to say "loving the tunes, keep 'em coming".

GMB apparently have a new presenter

It's been a busy few months for the Aiir team, with loads of great new Scheduler features to show for it.

It begins

I made something for all you excitable #popmaster fans.

This has been a great little project to work on, which hopefully should benefit Aiir users and our support team. 🩵

Peak #OverheardInJersey moment out for lunch just now, as a lady at the next table turns to her dining companions and loudly says: “I hope you don’t mind if we don’t have any bread. I don’t eat it as it makes you fat.” *pauses and looks at her husband* “Neither should you.”

NAB has been like broadcast tech nerdvana. So cool to have been able to show off @aiir.com’s products alongside so many big names.

I'm really excited for @aiir.com's new browser-based music scheduler and upcoming version of PlayoutONE to be among the latest broadcast tech shown off at #NABShow in Las Vegas over the coming days. aiir.com/nab

First of a few airports this week as I head to Las Vegas with the @aiir.com team to the world’s biggest broadcast tech event, NAB in Las Vegas, to show off what we’ve been working on recently!

watching the #Tesla share price like Big Jet TV on a very windy day

<Tom Bradby voice> What on *earth* is going on in the House of Congress?

Meanwhile in New Zealand

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in Ukraine Thursday with a pledge to help guarantee the country's security for a century, decades after the release of the 1989 Belgian techno-anthem Pump Up The Jam.

Fact of the day right here

Is there anything preventing GB News from pre-recording Nigel Farage’s show on days he might want to be in Parliament for?

Four hours is a long time in politics...

Philomena Cunk’s hard-hitting documentaries are always a joy to watch, but this particular ‘Pump Up The Jam’ gag made me laugh especially hard.

Never mind mandatory A-Level Maths, I'd start with Year 4 Geography.

I guess this is where we part ways, BA horse lamp.

🎶 She wore an Itsy bitsy teeny weeny…

In 'last Friday before Christmas' news, BBC News is simulcasting the Radio 1 chart show with some excellent TOTP-worthy captions.

We’re hiring a VILT Stack developer, come join us: aiir.com/careers/vilt...

This post just screams “newsroom disagreement on maximising engagement vs not reflecting badly on the BBC”

gonna have an entire chorus for a new version of "we didn't start the fire" by the end of this month

Has Channel 5 offered to put Gregg Wallace on a desert island yet?

You know the missing ‘G’ is really going to be what upsets him.

Hats off to Sky News for getting in on the TV Burp renaissance.

For anyone questioning the impact and longevity of local radio, a Jersey Facebook group is currently discussing the lyrics to an (absolute banger of an) advert that ran in like 2008 😂

A plea to anyone cleverer than me: why does my new iPhone no longer function as a phone? I put it in flight mode when I left Jersey, then when I landed, no amount of restarting or resetting gets either SIM back to life?!

Huge congrats to the SRA Technical Achievement award winners for 2024 from everyone at @aiir.com, Cam FM! 🎉🥳 #SRAs

It's been 10 years since my first Student Radio Awards, which definitely gave me a taste for working in this brilliant industry. I'm really proud we're sponsoring the Technical Achievement Award. Good luck to all the nominees, and have a great night!

We're excited to announce that we're launching the ‘Home for Radio AI’ Audio.co. In Q1 2025 Radio News AI will become Audio.co. Read More: blog.aiir.com/aiir-launchi...

If your station has an Aiir website, did you know you can use our CMS to set up a snazzy custom handle on Bluesky? support.aiir.com/article/1304...

Would appreciate a follow for @aiir.com if you’re interested in what we’re up to in the software side of radio broadcasting. Developments in web, mobile, automation, AI, smart speakers, streaming and more. ❤️

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Well if it isn’t our old friend, the funniest outcome possible. Where ya been?

Tad concerned this is like quitting smoking then trying a vape.

Just to say, if you know me from twitter, I’ve reinvented myself as a v cool person here. Please don’t let on

When I found you can use a domain for your Bluesky handle, I logged in to go and update the DNS settings and noticed I had an even better dormant domain registered which I’ve been able to use! Vanity domains come in handy eventually 😂

So, this is where you’ve all been hiding? Bluesky feels like the nice old days on Twitter where it’s not too serious and doom-and-gloom all the time. Long may that continue! 👏🏼