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"Radio Presenting"

Hey everyone I was just wondering if anybody has some useful tips and/or hints to getting good work experience for a career in presenting (hopefully radio in my case). I am already getting work experience with my local station Forth One www.forthone.co.uk but I need MORE :D I am going to try and get a job presenting hospital radio too in a couple of months which should look good on my CV. Anyway any useful info would be greatly appreciated.


P.s. My mate said something about a radio station that allows anyone to broadcast on it from their home aslong as they have a decent mic etc. Anyone know what I'm on about heh?

Goatboy wrote:
> Managed to whack the ball straight in Vicky Jame's baps and she     > collapsed.

You could have offered to give them a thorough check-up.

:)

I asked all the questions on ours (about the school canteen) and I sound EXACTLY like my brother. All my speech problems seem to be multiplied as well (no, I don't stutter, I don't have a lisp or anything like that, but to me it sounds like I can barely speak when I hear my own voice)

I did a radio project kind of like that before but there was a lot more to it than just interviews. I did it with a friend and it was about the edinburgh festival fringe. We got to go out and record the general publics views of the festival (literally MILLIONS to choose from) and then we choose one guy who did a comedy show at the fringe to interview. The good thing was that since he was a comedian though no matter what we asked he had a hilarious answer:D. The only bad thing is when I am speaking into the microphone I don't use my normal voice:S My voice goes all high, light and airy/camp lol It's TERRRRRIBLE I try to talk just normally into it but I find myself taking a big breath before they press record and just speaking in such a terrible voice heh. Something I'm definitely going to have to work on.

I had a teacher last year, Radio Dave we called him. Worked for Radio Tyneside and did hospital radio. He was boring, and radio work sucks compared to getting a camera and filming.

I'm sure being a DJ is cool, it's actually something I'd like to do and I think I'd be half decent at it, but doing interviews for the radio sucks, completely. That's all we did, record interviews onto mini disc, then edited them together with Cool Edit Pro. Worst. Project. Ever.

Heh well thanks for all the help people although I'm still in the dark about that radio station you can get a slot in and broadcast from your hoe computer with the right equipment. Go forth my minions and enquire! ENQUIRE I tells ya:D

And the funniest post of the day goes to

Sheepy, you sure you didn't spend an hour wandering round the Radiography room, complaining about the dodgy lighting and feeling slighlty nauseous?

I spent an hour with my friends once trying to find the hospital radio at our new state of the art medical facility up the road.

Turns out there wasn't one... but there was a room with a sign no it. Maybe they hadn't got round to it.

Ah, no this Dave had black hair and stank of mediocrity.
Me and other bloke were editing our presentation pieces about 11pm one night, and Dave stuck his head through Studio 2's door and said "I know Peter from absolutely nowhere"
We both looked at each other and nodded slowly, "Okaaaay, that's nice for you"
Dave looks confused, then goes back to his broadcast.
30 mins later 5 pizzas arrive for us.
Turns out Dave said "I can get pizzas for absolutely nothing"

We ate them, he looked lonely after midnight talking to Harlow over the "Raydee-oo" and my car was broken into.
Latton Bush...lovely

Hmm, probably wasn't the Dave then, if it was that long ago - could have been. Skinny bloke, blonde hair, quite short. Looks a bit like Plug from the Bash Street Kids.

I used to play tennis in Harlow Tennis Club for about 3 years around that time, right next to Ten 17. Remember me? I was the one with the wicked backhand. We used to aim balls at the windows.