So, this post was orignally going to be about the fun I had today at community station KCC Live. We recorded a really bad rendition of the Band Aid hit from 1984 with the presenters (inc. myself) singing.
KCC Live Band Aid
I should write another post about this as I did learn some skills - or at least had more insight into the running of an FM station. I also had a live band in on my Looprevil show on Monday, but right now, I feel I should write a little about the talk my contemporaries and I just had in the auditorium from 30-year BBC serving 'Roger Phillips'.
He's a lovely man; very opinionated and with a great sense of humour but really brought it home that radio is possibly the most difficult thing to try and get into. It's not how it once was it seems and both the beeb and commercial stations have shut the doors. I feel angry and disheatened, because at least when Jon Jessop was saying much the same thing, I only had his opinion. I have now (first hand) experienced the opinions of two guys that have been in the same industry for the same amount of time and what has thrown me is that both have said the same thing - I have interpreted "don't get into radio".
The industry constantly experiences cuts cuts cuts. There is no open door anymore - all the work experience openings are now being handled by outside organisations or specialist inside ones to deal with the influx. I was checking the BBC work experience careers page almost everyday through November sa-as to catch the 'application opening in late Nov 2013' only to find that on December 5th, the message changed to 'Jan 2014'.
What's the point.
I am having a great time at KCC and conducting my own show on Looprevil but it all seems like it's going to be really short-lived.
KCC Live Band Aid
I should write another post about this as I did learn some skills - or at least had more insight into the running of an FM station. I also had a live band in on my Looprevil show on Monday, but right now, I feel I should write a little about the talk my contemporaries and I just had in the auditorium from 30-year BBC serving 'Roger Phillips'.
He's a lovely man; very opinionated and with a great sense of humour but really brought it home that radio is possibly the most difficult thing to try and get into. It's not how it once was it seems and both the beeb and commercial stations have shut the doors. I feel angry and disheatened, because at least when Jon Jessop was saying much the same thing, I only had his opinion. I have now (first hand) experienced the opinions of two guys that have been in the same industry for the same amount of time and what has thrown me is that both have said the same thing - I have interpreted "don't get into radio".
The industry constantly experiences cuts cuts cuts. There is no open door anymore - all the work experience openings are now being handled by outside organisations or specialist inside ones to deal with the influx. I was checking the BBC work experience careers page almost everyday through November sa-as to catch the 'application opening in late Nov 2013' only to find that on December 5th, the message changed to 'Jan 2014'.
What's the point.
I am having a great time at KCC and conducting my own show on Looprevil but it all seems like it's going to be really short-lived.
