In the Studio

September 2011

Ok, so today I was invited to sit in on the morning radio broadcast.  Helen is covering for Sean Styles and asked if i'd like to sit in the studio during the broadcast.

Obviously it was necessary to be completely silent as any noise / coughing / laughing would be broadcast.

Immediately after the show, Sean's production team go straight into a production meeting to discuss the topics which will be featured on the following morning's show.  I was invited to attend this meeting and offered my opinions on what I thought would be suitable topics for the following morning's show.

It became apparent to me that a significant amount of planning is required in advance of each show.  To a listener it may appear that the show 'just happens' when in actual fact it is carefully planned beforehand.

One of the topics that was chosen to be featured was on people's experiences of bad customer service.  The assistant editor, Jonathan Hallewell asked if I would go out and interview some members of the public and record some 'vox pops' which would be featured on the following morning's show.  I jumped at the chance and took the flash mic around town and managed to get 3 people to give me an example of bad customer service. People were very willing to talk and share their experiences.

I was absolutely thrilled that I was given the opportunity to do this and I hope there will be many more.