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Bob Shennan

Director of Radio & Music

Blog posts in total 14

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  1. Welcoming BBC Sounds to the family

    Welcoming BBC Sounds to the family

    Bob Shennan, Director of Radio & Music talks about the response to the new BBC Sounds app and outlines the thinking behind it.

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  2. Why We Built The Biggest Weekend

    Why We Built The Biggest Weekend

    Two years ago, when we found out that the Glastonbury Festival was taking this year off we wondered – could the BBC Music do something to plug the gap? Not just the gap in our schedules but the gap for millions of music fans.

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  3. Nicholas Parsons honoured at the BBC Radio & Music Awards

    Nicholas Parsons honoured at the BBC Radio & Music Awards

    Bob Shennan reveals the winners of the BBC Radio & Music Awards, held in the BBC Radio Theatre on Tuesday 20 March, 2018.

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  4. Introducing Podcasting House – bringing together some of the BBC’s best podcasts in one place

    Introducing Podcasting House – bringing together some of the BBC’s best podcasts in one place

    Bob Shennan, Director BBC Radio & Music introduces a new way to find the BBC's podcasts.

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  5. BBC Radio at 50 – and as relevant as ever

    BBC Radio at 50 – and as relevant as ever

    On the anniversary of BBC Radio Bob Shennan, Director of Radio & Music blogs about why radio is as relevant as ever.

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  6. Hear the Year – the most memorable moments of 2016 across BBC Radio

    Bob Shennan introduces personal selections from all of the BBC Radio's network stations Controllers and Heads of Station.

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  7. New BBC Music programmes charting the history of pop music from the mid-1950s to mid-1990s

    Bob Shennan reflects on BBC Music's activity to date and looks forward to some of its programming coming up.

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  8. Welcome to the BBC Music Awards 2015...

    Bob Shennan, Director, BBC Music, reflects on BBC Music's first year and looks forward to the second BBC Music Awards.

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  9. Bringing the audience together for Glastonbury 2015

    Director of BBC Music Bob Shennan, on why 2015 was a Glastonbury to remember

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  10. #BBCMusicAwards - quintessentially BBC

    Bob Shennan previews the inaugural BBC Music Awards.

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  11. A special moment for music on the BBC

    Bob Shennan, Director, Music at the BBC talks about his aspirations for music at the BBC and explains why the launch of God Only Knows is a significant moment for the BBC. 

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  12. Schedule changes at Radio 2

    Bob Shennan, Controller Radio 2, outlines the changes to the network's over night schedule and explains the reasons for them.

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  13. Preparing for Glastonbury 2014

    How the BBC will be beaming and streaming coverage of the huge music festival on Worthy Farm.

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  14. Glastonbury 2013 on the BBC

    Controller of BBC Popular Music, Bob Shennan, gives the backstage story of this year's coverage of the Glastonbury Festival, explaining how many staff will work on output.

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