MY RADIO EXPERIENCE

II have recently started as a solo presenter on the newly-launched radio station Radio Essentials, on Sundays from 3-6pm. I'm having a lot of fun and it's been very exciting starting my career as a professional presenter. You can tune in live at https://radioessentials.co.uk/.

 

Being part of Leeds Student Radio was one of the most rewarding parts of my entire university experience. In my second year I presented and produced on weekly Breakfast and Hometime shows, which is where I originally fell in love with radio. In my third and fourth year I've continued to be present and produce Hometime, and was lucky enough to be nominated for a Student Radio Award for one of my shows under the category 'Best Entertainment Show'. In third year I was also voted in for the Head of Hometime committee position, which involved handpicking the 5 Hometime teams and overseeing their training and shows throughout both semesters. 

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In my third year I also pursued starting up two of my own shows: 'Music That Made Me' and 'The Sound of Musicals'. I conceptualised, presented, produced, edited and marketed both shows myself. 'Music That Made Me' was an interview-based show I co-presented with my friend Grace, and 'The Sound of Musicals' was a music specialist show all about musical theatre tunes and trivia. 

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As part of LSR I have also partaken as a presenter in some of their station-wide broadcasts: This has included 'Transmission', a live music festival showcasing musicians from the local music scene, 'Fed-Up Fest', a fundraising event that doubled as an online music festival, the 'Student Radio Association Chart Show', and most recently 'Girls Night In', an awareness-raising boycott event in response to the rise in spiking in night clubs that was broadcast live from the LSR studio.