If you have been involved in voluntary radio, how did you find that experience?

Question

This could be student radio, hospital radio, armed forces radio, prison radio, restricted service licence (RSL) broadcasting, or stations with a 5-year Community Radio licence. What was your programme about, what did you think about the quality of the training, how did your colleagues treat you, what ongoing support did you get, did you get listener feedback, did you enjoy the experience etc. etc.?

UK only please - no Yanks

Answer 1

i'm involved with local community radio, I do a music programme pre-recorded in the studio, and a gardening programme pre-recorded at home and doing interviews in the local area. The training has been pretty much non-existent, i've been shown what to do with the basics in the recording studio and there are people there to help if I need it, but it's a bit of a shambles, as is the case with a lot of community run projects - the intentions are good, but the organisation and structure is a joke. The gardening stuff is fun, we make it up as we go along, it's very informal, and we probably sound very unprofessional and amateur! But it's a learning curve, and we have lots of good ideas for the structure and content of the programme. I don't get any listener feedback - I have no idea if 5 people or 5000 people listen. I'm a very shy person, and wouldn't dream of standing up in front of a crowd of people and talking, but on radio, there's no one there - it's like talking to yourself! I'd recommend getting involved with radio, it's enjoyable and it looks good on the CV.

Answer 2

yup