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RADIO GAGA Getting out and a b out
JULIAN CLOVER, PRESENTER OF CAMBRIDGE 105’S BREAKFAST SHOW, REFLECTS ON THE CHALLENGES OF SOCIALLY DISTANCED BROADCASTING
Rhymer and Bingo at Tiffany’s with Audrey Heartburn . And yes, it is what you think. The performers will be pleased to be out on stage after months of being confined to Facebook streams, some of which we broadcast as part of our Live at Home series, which is now being repeated on Wednesday evenings at 11pm. Later in October, we hope to make a second outing – government advice permitting. This time to The Plough in Shepreth, which has run outdoor gigs featuring some of our favourite local talent. Performers including SJ Mortimer, Fred’s House and The Barefoot Doctors have taken to the stage recently and we’re hoping some of them can join us for a week of live and recorded shows from The Plough this month. It’s a chance for presenters of our specialist music shows, Strummers & Dreamers with Les Ray, The Rock Show with Neil Jones and New Music Generator, to see both bands and listeners once more – from a social distance at least. Julian Clover & Lucy Milazzo present Cambridge Breakfast on Cambridge 105 Radio, weekdays from 7am. Tune in to catch editor Nicola’s monthly what’s on round-up.
making some tentative steps to see what we can achieve. Social distancing is at the front of our minds and that means we can’t do everything we might want to. Last month, we made our first outside broadcast, with Neil Whiteside taking his afternoon show to the Town and Gown Pub & Theatre, the new venue that has opened on the site of the former arts cinema and more recently, Baroosh. We’d always planned to pay a visit to Town and Gown when it opened, but like everything else, curtain up was put on hold for a few months, and even now the 100-strong capacity theatre area will have to be reduced to account for social distancing. It means reduced audiences for the likes of Mr. B The Gentleman
he lifeblood of a local radio station is being able to meet the audience. Many listeners think of you as a friend or neighbour,
even if you have never met. That’s one of the reasons, from a radio perspective at least, the past few months have been particularly challenging. On Cambridge Breakfast, Lucy and I have missed the interaction of having a guest with us live in the studio, the phrase ‘on the line is…’ becoming all too familiar. But we don’t want to spend all of our time in the studio. Cambridge 105 has a rich history of covering live music events, from the Cambridge Band Competition through to the Cambridge Folk Festival, and concerts from the likes of We Are Sound. So as lockdown slowly eases, we’re
“Lucy and I have missed the interaction of having a guest”
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