From offline to r@dio: the experiences of the Spanish and Colombian radio industries

Abstract

In the process of adaptation of the radio industry to the nature of the digital environment, operators are implementing strategies that convey the coexistence of the offline, still as a core business, and the online, in pursuit of the definition of their own r@dio project. The objective of this article is to determine the type of activities that are developed, their efficiency and influence in the peculiarities of their own market. Research is carried out in two different scenarios, Spain and Colombia, and it poses a methodologically mixed approach from the design of instruments that provide quantitative inputs. It is also important to bear in mind the qualitative elements of the events of social media and the ones from web radio. As a conclusion, it is observed Broadcasting comes from the offline sound, which in the context of the 360° tactic, testimony in the presence of text, photographs and videos.