SIXTH FORM HIGHLIGHT:

BOHUNT RADIO MAKES GLOBAL WAVES: THE STUDENT CUT!

On Wednesday 30 January, the Bohunt Radio team was kindly invited down to the Global Radio station in Fareham by Jonathan Barker, a Bohunt parent and legal advisor for Global Radio.

The team was given an incredibly informative presentation to us about how Global became and remains to be successful, including how all radio stations need to have their content aimed at the listener and not the creators.

We were welcomed everywhere, going into the Capital and Heart broadcasting stations for the south coast, and into the Global newsroom for the South of England. It was an incredible privilege to be welcomed with such open arms into the heart of some of Britain’s biggest regional radio stations, being taught how to use beds properly, how to interview guests, and the beauty of pre-recording!

One of the highlights for many of us was meeting the breakfast teams in Heart and Capital whose shows we’d been listening to minutes ago on the way down to Fareham. They let us throw as many questions as we wanted at them; from how to get into radio, how to produce a successful radio show to how to ensure that listeners remain engaged.

Another fascinating aspect to see was how many people go into making a radio show – there were so many different job roles across the site that none of us had ever expected. Jonathan explained how radio shows aren’t just about what listeners turn on during their way to work; there are so many events, festivals and so forth that have to be carefully planned out - as well as outrageous stunts whereby show hosts go skydiving or bungee jumping and anything in between.

Overall, we hope that our experience at some of the most popular radio stations in the South will help us make Bohunt Radio better for our listeners! We would all love to go back any time, particularly once Bohunt Radio moves towards live broadcast!