With the Glasgow Comedy festival back for another year and in full swing, we at the Scottish Branch feel it would be quite frankly rude not to take advantage of the opportunity to celebrate comedy on the radio.

Join host Des Clarke (Galaxy FM) as he hosts a panel featuring Richard Melvin (Dabster Productions) and Phil Differ (radio comedy legend) to celebrate all that is humorous on the wireless and figure out just why comedy works so well on the radio.

The event will be held at comedy’s spiritual home at The Stand with doors opening at 6 for a 6.30pm sharp start and it’s FREE.

If there’s one event guaranteed to be a good laugh, it’s this one!

Contact Stuart to register.

Venue: The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, Glasgow, G3 6NG

Date: Wednesday 31^st March: 6.30pm – 7.30pm

Price: FREE

Tim Davie from the BBC will be giving the keynote and there will be lots of other UK broadcasters, producers and consultants on hand.

The main value of this new event will be the opportunity to give the big radio issues an airing within a European context and without the NBA prism.

Radio Academy members who register for the event before Feb 15th will receive a 20% discount.

Here at The Radio Academy, we are dedicated to supporting the next generation of producers, journalists, traffic execs, sales people, presenters, etc. With just ten minutes of your time, sat at your desk, YOU could be their inspiration (*warm feeling included free of charge).

Our online Knowledge Bank is looking for contributors! We would like to hear from anyone and everyone working in the radio and audio industries, doing anything from making promos to filing VAT returns. All you need to do is fill in a quick form, explaining what your job entails, where you do it, and how you got to be doing that job. Simple!

To contribute, please download this here file and email the completed profile and a little picture of your very good self to Heather.

Every year, 60 aspiring, inspiring music makers from across globe, come together to swap musical experiences and visions during two fortnight-long ‘terms’ – and make radio programmes and audio packages – turning their fresh knowledge into melodies, basslines and content.

The Student Radio Association and Red Bull Music Academy are offering ten pairs of trips to London for students working in radio, to get involved with the Red Bull Music Academy Radio team for a unique broadcasting experience.

Working with a team of seasoned radio professionals during the Academy event through February 7 to March 12, 2010, these lucky students will be able to take their production skills to the next level, while getting must-listen content for their own radio shows.

More info here.

See you there!

Fred

On Wednesday 2nd December at Hummingbird, Bath Street, Glasgow there will be all mighty clash of Scottish Radio Brains battling it out for the honour and bragging rights of being top dog at our first Radio Academy Quiz.

The event is open to all Academy members and you can have a team of up to 5 members. Each radio station can enter as many teams as they want and the entry fee is £10 per team.

The pre-match warm up starts with doors opening at 7pm and a 8pm sharp start. The event will include the presentation of the Scottish Branch Nations and Regions Award.

If you missed any of it, the pictures, audio, presentations and videos are now all online here. If you’re looking for Adam’s Amazing Factoids, they were so good, we gave them a page of their own here.

If you want a further flavour of what you missed have a look at the blogs from Adam Bowie, James Cridland, Jem Stone and the Twitter (#rate09) and AudioBoo updates from the day.

A stellar line-up of guests will join Sir Terry on stage to celebrate the achievements of one of radio’s truly unique voices.

What’s more, as if being inducted into the UK Radio Hall of Fame weren’t enough, Sir Terry will also be presented with the 2009 PRS John Peel Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music Radio.

Tickets are now on sale and I guarantee you will NOT want to miss out on this one!

Best. Event. Ever!

(Can’t wait that long for your fix of Sir Terry? Check out some of the goodies on his show’s page, especially a rather lovely and precisely-timed five minute interview.)

Join radio professionals, students and academics from across the South of England and celebrate the success of our local radio stations at the 2009 Nations & Regions Awards.

Tickets: £5 on the door, to include mulled wine and mince pies.

Contact: Emma Wray to book your place.

We look forward to seeing you there!