The bFM WIRE Today: 12 - 2pm weekdays
*1215 – Peter Jenner*
I'm very lucky to begin the show today by having a chat with Peter Jenner. Few people know the music industry better
than Jenner. He's the secretary-general of the International Music Managers' Forum, and is out here as part of the NZ
branch's September summit. Peter is a legendary figure in the business, having worked with such luminaries as Pink
Floyd, The Clash, T Rex, Billy Bragg and Ian Dury. He also organised the first concerts in London's Hyde Park,
culminating in The Rolling Stones 1969 performance there.
He's also keenly interested in the current state of the music biz, and says the current big business record-label model
is bleeding money into marketing and A The big 4 labels are fucked he says, and reckons there needs to be a shift from selling a product to selling a service,
and from mass marketing to niche marketing.
A man with many a story to tell, I'm really looking forward to this one.
*1240 – Dr David Krofcheck, LHC work at Auckland Uni*
Later on in the show at 1240, I'll be joined in the studio by (above) from the Physics department here at the Auckland
Uni. He's been part of the team developing minute silicon wafers that detect particle collisions at the much talked
about LHC at the Cern labs in Switzerland. Part of something called the Compact Muon Solenoid, the detectors essentially
work in the same way a digital camera does by photographing collisions that occur in one 40 millionth of a second. He'll
be here to talk to me about how NZ was involved in the development of this vital piece of the LHC – a machine that may
finally crack some of the fundamental questions of existence, and as someone who's been to see the world's largest
machine, tell me how difficult it was to piece back together his blown mind.
*1300 – CarbonNZero Ann Smith, General Technical Manager*
At one, I'm going to take a bit of different approach to the Emissions Trading Scheme, which is almost upon us (passed
into law this evening?). We've all heard how this is going to impact business and consumers, but I'd like to take a look
at who how the market itself is likely to operate. I'll be talking to (above)*. *Their's is the country's main
certification authority for carbon neutrality, and with their complex systems of carbon calculation and offset look set
to be a major player in any ETS. I'll be asking her about the technicalities of measuring carbon, competition in the
market for certification, and the dangerous concept of greenwash – or the misrepresentation of environmental
credentials.
*1320 – Counterclockwise*
Scoopster Kevin List joins us from the boiling cauldron of scandal in Wellington at 1320 for counterclockwise. Last
time we spoke Kevin had his calender out and thought there could be some minor discrepancies in Owen Glenn's testimonial
to the privileges committee hearing the NZ First donations case. He said it could fall in Winston's favour, but after
the billionaire's in-person appearance yesterday, it seems the sun is setting on Peter's political career.
*1340 – Book She Read*
And Sally returns for book she read to round out the show at 1340 today. NZ Book Month has kicked off with nary a
whimper – who's doing their PR? So we'll be taking a look at what's on for booklovers, as well as some other bits and
pieces: The Guardian's best book title awards for 2008, the world's first world-wide collaboratively written novel, and
what the internet leak of a potential bestseller heralds for the industry.
ENDS