MY RADIO EXPERIENCE

Since graduating from university, I have been hungry to get involved in the radio industry; In 2022, I got my first professional job as a broadcast assistant at Bauer Media, on Simon Mayo's All Request Friday Show on Greatest Hits Radio. I eventually also took on shifts as an ad-hoc assistant producer. It was a great first experience in the industry, and I loved the buzz of working in a radio studio on a live show. In 2023 I moved into the audio-branding side of radio, and began work as a production assistant at Wisebuddah.

 

In May 2024 I left Wisebuddah to dive back into the world of broadcast radio; since then, I have taken on Assistant Producer Shifts at Greatest Hits Radio on Simon Mayo's Drivetime show, and across multiple shows at Virgin Radio (Tom Allen, Dick & Dom, Ryan Tubridy). These experiences have already taught me so much about how live broadcasting works, and helped me developed practical, tangible skills. I use Audition to edit sound bites and podcast episodes for tight deadlines, drive the desk during live shows, prepare crib sheets for high profile-guests and write copy for presenters. I am also regularly responsible for overseeing station timings on Zetta, and timing out at the end of the day. Not to mention, working with such esteemed presenters has given me great insight into what great radio sounds like, and how it is run. I've been having the best time, and being surrounded by such professional and talented producers has made me more motivated than ever to suck up as much knowledge and experience as possible!

 

Since October 2022, I have been a solo presenter on the online radio station Radio Essentials on Sunday mornings. In October 2023, I took on another presenting role for the pop-rock station Eirewave, on Friday and Saturday evenings. I sometimes am also responsible for preparing and reading the music news on Eirewave. I'm having a lot of fun and it's been great to keep up my presenting and exploring different styles for different stations. You can tune in live at https://www.eirewave.co.uk/ and 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.