The Bank Holiday is almost here and it’s all smiles here at Radio Teesdale. While writing this blog Mr Andy and Mr Peter are working hard on the breakfast show and the sun is shining all over Teesdale.
An update on our broadcasting. Ofcom have confirmed our main frequency as being 102.1FM. So we will soon be broadcasting on 102.1 and 105.1 FM. The Engineers are doing their stuff during September so the plan is to have the Upper Dale on line very early in October. Watch this space for launch details.
The philosophy with our programme schedule has been to grow the live programmes we broadcast incrementally over the period prior to the launch of our main transmitter in the Upper Dale. The breakfast show is now two hours (7.30 to 9.30am). This week, Katey Wallace, ably assisted by Richard Rainbow, has done a fantastic job launching the Lunch Time show. Her bubbly approach to live certainly brightens up the airwaves during the day. On Monday the Lunch Time team will be doing a 2 hour Bank Holiday special.
From this next week we will have (after 6.00pm each weekday) 15 specialist shows on the air, and others planned. Listeners can tune into expert chat of music genres across a wide spectrum including Irish, Vintage, Classical, Folk, Indie, Regional, Jazz, Progressive Country, Rock, World, Comedy, Dance and Soul. On the 6th September (at 1.00pm) we will be starting our fortnightly Business Show. There is still room for more….so if you are interested in joining Radio Teesdale don’t hesitate to contact us on 01833 696750 or via all the other methods listed on our contact page.
Friday, 24 August 2007
Thursday, 2 August 2007
Another Milestone
We’ve reached another milestone this week by starting our live specialist shows. Val and Michael Fryer got us off to a great start with the "Vintage Generation" on Monday. As I left the studio just after 7pm and drove round it was delightful driving around Teesdale on a bright sunny evening listening to “A Little Light Music” with a lovely selection of classical music drifting through the speakers. Future programming plans include extending the Breakfast Show to 7.30am to 9.30am from the 6th August, a further hour of specialist shows together with a Lunch Time show (12 noon to 1.00pm) from the 20th August
Plans are also underway for our first accredited training course in Radio Production. It will start on Tuesday 11th September and run for 12 sessions until the 11th December.
We have continued our collaborative work with the Castle Players. This time it was with the youth section, The Turrets. We have recorded the play “45 Minutes” that they will be performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The 30 minute adaptation for radio will be broadcast tonight at 7.00pm after the “Rock of Ages” show.
Great new from Ofcom. They have just approved the frequency that we will be using for the Upper Dale site. This now enables us to make firm plans for the installation of the transmitter and the all important creation of our marketing material. By September we will be saying “It’s Radio Teesdale on 102.1 and 105.5 FM, broadcasting to the whole of Teesdale.”
Plans are also underway for our first accredited training course in Radio Production. It will start on Tuesday 11th September and run for 12 sessions until the 11th December.
We have continued our collaborative work with the Castle Players. This time it was with the youth section, The Turrets. We have recorded the play “45 Minutes” that they will be performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The 30 minute adaptation for radio will be broadcast tonight at 7.00pm after the “Rock of Ages” show.
Great new from Ofcom. They have just approved the frequency that we will be using for the Upper Dale site. This now enables us to make firm plans for the installation of the transmitter and the all important creation of our marketing material. By September we will be saying “It’s Radio Teesdale on 102.1 and 105.5 FM, broadcasting to the whole of Teesdale.”
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