Suddenly I find myself with a few radio gigs under my belt. What began as a couple of promotional guest spots to flog some books on the ‘Pride Live!’ Show on Future Radio, has somehow migrated into a regular turn as co-host. This radio caper isn’t as easy as it sounds. An awful lot goes into it – before and during. For my considerable sins, I just pitch up on the night with a few scribbled notes and witter on. My two favourite Norfolk broads, jivin’ Jules and delicious Di, do all the hard work assembling the show, twiddling the knobs, queuing the music and corralling the guests. The spontaneous multi-tasking is quite beyond me and best left to the dynamic duo. If I was left at the tiller, chaos would run amok and the ultimate radio faux pas – silence – would stalk the studio. Di Cunningham also presents the morning show. The worker bees of Norwich wake to a daily dose of fun and originality. I don’t know where she gets the energy and inspiration from. Di’s considerable talents have been recognised by no less than the BBC Academy’s College of Production. High praise, highly deserved.
It’s Pride Live’s 100th show this Monday (11th March) from 6.30pm (UK time). I’ll be at the mic with Jules, chipping in with my usual witless banter and we’ve got Brian Dowling and Michael Cashman on the bill to help us celebrate the milestone. If you fancy tuning in, click on the Future Radio logo above, bookmark the site and pop a reminder in your pocket book or fancy phone. If you miss the show live, you can catch the podcast.
In today’s stormy financial climate, community radio stations can operate on a wing and a prayer. This is a tenuous link to my video choice. Cue The Buggles:
Perking the Pansies 
Next I expect to see you taking over Graham Norton’s chair on a Friday night.
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Now that would nice (for the money, obviously) 😉
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Brilliant! You are a regular pro! And long live community radio… It must be a lot of fun.
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Thank you. It’s fun and nerve-racking at the same time!
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Ha ha been missing the way you write about your daily dice with life. Pity we can’t get JS radio star here!
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Thank you daaarling. I think you can pick up over the internet, though.
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I read this morning that the Queen (that’s Elizabeth II, to avoid confusion!) is to sign an equal rights charter after a unanimous vote across the Commonwealth.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/-/world/16335583/queen-to-sign-equal-rights-charter/
It may be long overdue but at least it’s another step forward.
ps…I love Video Killed The Radio Star. I used to roller-skate my little socks off to it as a youngster and it was the first record I bought with my own money. Sigh!
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Mine was “Come Up and See, Make me Smile,” by Cockney Rebel. Shows my age . The charter is a step in the right direction, though with 41 out of the 53 Commonwealth nations criminalising homosexuality, sadly, it’s only a small step.
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A star is born!
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One born every day!
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I met Michael Cashman at a Stonewall do some 20 odd years ago. He had the most startlingly beautiful eyes that I was completely tongue-tied, so hoping the same doesn’t happen in the studio!
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Alas, I won’t get to gaze into his beautiful eyes. It’s a telephone interview.
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I guess you gotta take it where you can get it. Kudos to being a radio star.
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A fading startlet more like! 🙂
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Good luck Jack, sort of know how difficult radio is, Ahmet had a station in Fethiye years ago and made me talk on it, I hated every moment of it. It was height of summer and I ended up as a pool of sweat on the studio floor. Its a great talent to get under your belt so all the best for tonight, I have full confidence that it will go well.
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Thank you. It doesn’t have to be the height of summer to get the dreaded sweat attack 😉
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