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CAMBRIDGE 105’S BREAKFAST PRESENTERS JULIAN CLOVER AND LUCY MILAZZO REVEAL HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED WITH THE STATION Be a part of local radio RADIO GAGA
new development in the north-west of the city, and she now presents a monthly programme, The Eddington Hour, that meets some of those involved in the district’s development. Music is an important part of any radio station, and while there are already shows dedicated to rock, country, reggae, ska and folk on the station, this doesn’t mean there’s not a genre or two that could have their own show, particularly if there’s a local club or group nearby. And increasingly we’re getting people come to us because they want to make a podcast. We’ve had shows such as Flavour, Bookmark, The Business of Cambridge and, of course, Cambridge Breakfast online, and we know that’s many listeners favourite way of listening. But of course, being a small station, we don’t want to just put our content online, so there will always be a place in the regular schedule for those who still want to tune across the dial. Whatever your interest, please do get in touch. volunteer@cambridge105.co.uk
he new year is always a time when we think about fresh challenges and, consequently, there’s been a few extra enquiries from people wanting to see if they could join Cambridge 105 Radio. We’ve revealed in a previous column how Lucy made a similar journey into radio, volunteering to help out around the station. Two years later, and considerable time spent in front of the microphone practising, and she’s now one half of Cambridge Breakfast. But not everyone wants to be a DJ – truth be told, we don’t really need disc jockeys – but presenters that can be versatile in moving from an interview to the travel news and on to a piece of music. And we’d often rather have raw talent than someone who can mix a couple of garage tracks single-handedly. So, what do we need? The first thing to do is to think why you might want to get involved. For some of the young students who join Steffi Callister on Drive, Cambridge 105 Radio is providing the first taste of real experience in hands-on
media. Anyone expecting to make the coffee will be disappointed… actually there’s a certain amount of that, but also writing news bulletins, or maybe editing an interview to be posted on the Listen Again area of the website. One of our roles is to train the broadcasters of the future and we’ve seen people pass through our doors that have gone on to work with the BBC locally and at Mediacity in Salford, where children’s shows, sport and BBC Radio 5 Live are based, as well as the international news channel Euronews. If someone doesn’t have the experience, we’ll do our best to teach them, whether that’s editing an interview – it’s amazing how much time you save by taking out the errs and umms from an indecisive speaker – or how to work the studio. Actually, working the studio is easy. The challenge is doing so at the same time as speaking. As a local station, we’re keen to hear from the community. For example, Dr Antoinette Nestor approached us about a regular programme on Eddington, the
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