Teesdale’s Rising Star

What a great week it has been for Radio Teesdale. It was a tremendous pleasure to be representing Radio Teesdale at the Sony Radio Awards in London on Monday the 11th May. Radio Teesdale’s Katey Wallace, was nominated for one of the radio industry’s most prestigious awards – the Sony DAB Rising Star Award. When the nomination was announced a few weeks ago the judges described Katey as, “Funny, original, likeable and listenable. The dream combination: Katey is completely herself - a truly rare commodity. Destined for great things.” On the awards evening I had the pleasure of talking to several of the award organisers and judges. They very much echoed those sentiments. Although Katey did not win the listeners’ vote is was no shame to be runner up to Singing Henry, who’s national station Kerrang 105.2 also won the Sony Award for “Station of the Year with over a million listeners.”

From a personal point of view I was thrilled for Katey. I was quoted at the time the nomination was announced as saying “Katey was shortlisted because she is a total natural, warm, funny and really talented and she broadcasts, not because she is being paid, but because she enjoys it and wants to support her local community.” Radio Teesdale was the only radio station from the North East of England represented at the ceremony and one of only two community stations present.
You can see the actual ceremony on a recording of the web cast on the Sony Award web site - http://www.radioawards.org . In Addition, there are a number of photographs from the evening on the Radio Teesdale Photo Gallery - http://picasaweb.google.com/RadioTeesdale/RadioTeesdale2009#

We also had the TV cameras into the studio on last Thursday’s Drive Time programme. For the first hour of the show the guest was local TV presenter David Harper. David spoke to Alan Bradley and a number of callers about a variety of antiques that the owners wanted some expert advise about. The whole hour was filmed for editing into a forthcoming BBC TV programme – “Put your money where your mouth is.” The film crew will be in Barnard Castle again on the 23rd of May recording further antique valuation sessions.

On Saturday 16/5/9 young reporter Marianne Dixon attended the Climate Change Fair in Barnard Castle and spoke to a number of exibitors as well as local MP, Helen Goodman.