Making the Perfect Demo
This is another of our feeds from the Creative Loop Student Media Festival, held earlier this month in Glasgow.
In this session BBC Scotland newsreader (and one time music presenter) Graham Stewart quizzes Capital Scotland's Stuart Barrie,Central FM's Joe Kilday and 96.3 Rock Radio's Ciaran O'Tool about what to put in you demo. And what not to!
Listen to it here...
Making Breakfast
The Creative Loop Student Media Festival ended on a high with this very funny session in which Capital Scotland morning presenter Des Clarke chatted with BBC Radio Scotland & STV's Colin Kelly. If you listen to one session from the festival, make it this one. You can hear it here...
Presenting Music Radio
Presenting music on the radio seems easy - in fact it's a tricky process.
You have to get the links right, the music right and connect with your audience.
In this unmissable session two of Bauer Radio's brightest programming talents talk you through what you need to know.
BBC Scotland's Graham Stewart is joined by the Programme Director of Radio Forth, Brian Paige and Northsound, Gary Muircroft.
Listen to it here...
Getting Your Ideas On Air
In this session, Jim Gellatly speaks to two prominent independent producers: Nick Low of Demus and Richard Melvin ofDabster.
Julia Sutherland & Jennie Cook in Conversation
Julia has been a rising star of Scottish speech radio for ten years, partly in spite of her showbiz upbringing. Jennie has 'risen without trace' (well, worked very hard behind the scenes) to co-host one of the most talked about shows in Scotland. Catch their conversation from the Creative Loop Student Media Festival in April, here
Radio Station Imaging
It's amongst the most important parts of establishing a radio station and communicationg it's brand & values to the listener.
But to many, imaging remains a mysterious black art pursued in darkened rooms.
In this session from the Creative Loop Student Media Festival 2001, Steve Martin of the BBC and Audioninja Stewart Priest discuss and demonstrate some of the best - and worst - imaging on dials past and present.
If you want to find out more about imaging, Steve's excellent "Earshot Creative Review" podcast is well worth a listen. Check it out here
Life After Radio Courses
So you've studied hard and emerged with a shiny new HNC in Radio Broadcasting.
But what can you do next?
Is it straight to industry? Uni? Or does a day job pay the bills while you get even more experience?
In this session at the Creative Loop Student Media Festival, Jim Gellatly met a group of students who went about taking their next steps in very different ways.
Listen to it here...
Presenting Speech Radio
The opening session in the Creative Loop Student Media Festival's radio strand was "Presenting Speech Radio".
Gary Robertson of BBC Radio Scotland's "Good Morning Scotland" was joined by Insight Radio's morning host, Steven Scott.
The session was hosted by BBC News presenter and speech radio veteran, Graham Stewart...
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