Me, a radio star?

[Plastic Nev]

Well indeed a radio star in the making perhaps. I was invited down to the local BBC radio station in town, to be interviewed along with Steve our MD and conductor to talk about a recording that our band is to do on Wednesday evening, this is along with a choir and a duo. We sat patiently while the presenter John Gilmore talked us through some odds and sods, then we were on air. Steve did most of the talking from our point of view, with me saying a little about the band website. The real hog of the radio waves turned out to be the conductor of the choir, he got more in than myself and Steve managed between us. If any one wants a listen, navigate through the BBC website to Radio Lancashire, then Listen again, and it is John Gillmore from this afternoon, Friday 12th December. We are on the recording of his show at nearly half way through.Be aware, that for some reason, trying to access the recording of this afternoons show, twice crashed my Firefox. In the end I got it using Internet Explorer instead.

I would be interested in other reports regarding BBC recordings, especially this one from Radio Lancashire.

[Guest Wolfeymole]

trying to access the recording of this afternoons show, twice crashed my Firefox.

That's strange Nev as Firefox never crashed on me. :confused:

 

Do you think it was because I was listening on a proper radio? :D :D

 

Just kidding mate

[Mara]

I hope the radio station gave you a copy of the recording?! Must have been great fun for you, Plastic Nev - even with the conductor hogging most of the radio time (coal in the stocking for him this year! :)).

[Guest Wolfeymole]

And a Tanner Mara :p

[Plastic Nev]

:D:D To mara, and certainly coal in his stocking for the choir master for hogging all the limelight.

However even after the latest update to Firefox 3-0-5, it still crashes. This I find extremely strange as I can access that recording with Internet explorer and even open Real player and access it direct from Real player. I think it may be a problem with the real player pluggin within Firefox perhaps, I will have a look at that later. However it no longer matters, as the recording is now no longer available, as Radio Lancashire only hold them for seven days, and now time is up.

[Mara]

What rotten luck that it's no longer available for hearing and recording - a huge drat!! Coal in the stocking to the producers of the show for not sending a recording to each person who participated! :)

[bob12a]

Sorry you lost the recording Nev. I never did get to hear it.I expect the station will have the recording in the archives. 30 years ago when I did a feature (photographic) for radio London one of my shots was of the recording vault (tape) which if I remember rightly the station director said they had to keep.The tape reels were very large and ran very very slowly indeed .

[Plastic Nev]

Personally speaking. I had no intention of holding that recording as my contribution was so small it wasn't worth bothering with, though I know Steve our MD has kept one for himself because he had the most to say.

The most important thing though now, is to listen to the show tomorrow night at 7-00PM, as that is when the full band will be playing from the recording done on the Wednesday of that following week.

[Mara]

Yup, I agree with Bob, Plastic Nev - for surely, no matter how 'small' it would have been a nice thing to have as a memory one day. :)

 

(Long, long ago the company I worked for insisted I be the one interviewed for the news ... meant nothing to me at the time but wish I had it now - I could at least remember what I'd looked like back then but more importantly, the children could actually see I wasn't born 'old' - huge smile).