Radio Festival 09 – FITD

Foot in the Door

2pm-5.30pm, Monday 29th June 2009

St Barnabas' Cathedral Hall, The Radio Festival, Nottingham, NG1 5AE

Thanks to all those who came along to Foot in the Door on Monday 29th June. A fantastic day was had by all. See our flikr stream for pictures.

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Foot In The Door is The Radio Academy's intensive networking event for young people who want to work in radio. Thanks to host Richard Bacon for a fantastic afternoon of industry speed-dating where lucky delegates spent time quizzing team of radio professionals from across the industry.

Sessions

Thank-you to all our fantastic speakers. See below for the full-line up, and click the play button to hear a sample of the conversations that went on and the questions that were asked.

1. How do I get on air?

With Dick Stone (Trent FM), Mark Dennison (Hit Network and One Network) and Kate Lee (Kate Lee Communications)

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2. Do I need to go on a course?

With Roger Hall (Global Radio) and Carole Fleming (Nottingham Trent University)

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3. How do I get to be a producer?

With Ben Green (The Guardian) and Rowan Collinson (Somethin' Else)

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4. Station branding

With Chris Pegg (Heart 106) and Ali Rezakhani (On the Sly)

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5. Interactive - Radio in a multiplatform world

With Tom Young (BBC 5Live) and Matt Humphreys (BBC Radio 1 / 1Xtra)

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6. What makes engineering interesting?

With Jamie Gosling (Trent FM) and David McSparron (Global Radio)

7. Regulation and Compliance - how important is this?

With Carina Tillson (Global Radio)

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8. Who chooses the music?

With Gordon Davidson (Kerrang) and MistaJam (BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra)

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9. How do I get to be a journalist?

With Adina Campbell (BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra), Nomia Iqbal (BBC Radio 1 and 1 Xtra) and Kevin Stanley (BBC Radio Nottingham)

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10. I've got a great idea for a programme...

With Paul Blakeley (BBC Radio 5Live and 5Live Sports Extra) and Maria Williams (Wise Buddah)

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