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Radio Academy South Branch Nations and Regions Winners Isle of Wight Radio, with guest Richard Cartridge. Bournemouth University. (Photo Gordon Wray)

The South’s household name, Richard Cartridge, will share tales from a 40 year career in radio with BBC producer and broadcaster, Professor Sean Street this December.

The broadcasting legend, who worked for Radio 1 and 2, Classic FM, 2CRFM, Play Classical UK, Play Jazz UK and Play Talk UK, will visit Bournemouth University on 8 December as part of The Radio Academy South Branch Nations and Regions Awards.

Richard was originally a musician and still performs live with his band.

Professor Sean Street said: “Richard Cartridge is a well known broadcaster in the south region. His sense of humour on air is legendary. I’ll be interested in some of the stories he has to tell from a lifetime in radio and the music business.”

Richard’s stories will bring back fond memories for his many listeners as well as providing invaluable advice for radio students across the South of England, who will be encouraged to attend.

Sean said: “Richard will have some good advice to offer younger broadcasters about that elusive chemistry which creates a bond between a local broadcaster and his or her audience.”

The event takes place at 6pm on 8 December in the Barnes Lecture Theatre, Talbot Campus at Bournemouth University.

Richard will take the hot seat after the Radio Academy awards, which are held to recognise and celebrate the best station within the region with a Total Survey Area (TSA) of under 300,000.

Stations in the running for the prestigious accolade include Newbury Sound, Forest FM, Isle of Wight Radio, Spire FM and Express FM.

As Sean explains, judges are looking for “local stations which truly engage with their communities.” The winner of each regional award automatically goes forward to The Sony Radio Academy Awards next year.

The judging panel includes representatives from Wave 105, BU’s Media School and Southampton Solent University.

This event is free for Radio Academy members and students and is priced at £5 for members of the public. Tickets include a complimentary glass of wine. To reserve your place please email us your details.

A new book on the history of Independent Radio has been launched as part of a series of radio events held at Bournemouth University, supported by Radio Academy South.

Former Chief Executive of the Radio Authority, Tony Stoller has spent the last three years researching the first comprehensive book about non-BBC radio in the UK. Stoller’s definitive account: Sounds of your Life: The history of Independent Radio in the UK (John Libbey 2010) describes how independent radio came about in the Seventies, its fortunes and misfortunes in the succeeding two decades, and how it was replaced by commercial radio around the end of the twentieth century. As well as being a definitive media reference book, the text also illustrates the wider changes across the whole of society which accompanied the UK’s shift from a social to a market economy, and the failure of the hopes of the liberal consensus of the post-war years.

Speaking about some of the book’s unique insights, Stoller outlined to a captivated audience why the early years of Independent Local Radio (ILR) were thwarted by the unstable politics of the 1970s and stressed the emergence of Thatcherism in the 1980s which saw an ideological shift in the broadcasting landscape. Stoller also revealed the important role of local radio, notably Radio Victory’s (Portsmouth) support for families during the Falklands War in 1982. His research has uncovered a heart-warming story about how the station’s newsreader had read the morning bulletin regarding the sinking of HMS Sheffield, the ship her husband was serving on, “without any apparent tremor, although it was to be a long time before she knew that [he] was not among the 20 dead…”

Seán Street, Chair of Radio Academy South, said: “I’m delighted that we are able to welcome Tony here and congratulate him on a book that balances the history of British broadcasting while recognising commercial radio’s huge contribution to the medium.”

Sounds of your Life: The history of Independent Radio in the UK is out now, published by John Libbey.

Tuesday 1 December, 2009
6.30pm-8.30pm
Bournemouth University

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!

SADiE 5 Roadshow comes to Bournemouth University

FREE EVENT supported by Radio Academy South

Discover the secrets behind how high-level productions and Sony award winning programmes have been made using SADiE, along with a host of tips, processes and methods for making top productions. Join us for two FREE seminars this April.

The new owners of the SADiE digital audio workstation, Prism Sound, are coming to Bournemouth University on 29th & 30th April 2009 as part of their UK-wide Roadshow. This will be an opportunity to meet with members of the Prism and SADiE teams as well as hear talks by the leading practitioners in the industry.

SADiE is the craft editor of choice with the BBC, and integrates with their radio automation system VCS for Radio 1, Radio 2, Radio 3, Radio 4 and the World Service. Peregrine Andrews, freelance BBC SADiE editor, will be presenting along with Pete Nash, long standing BBC producer and SADiE expert.

They will be showing many of the new SADiE 5 tools for radio feature, drama and drama-documentary production, as well as radio package making and outlining how SADiE works with a playout server.

There will also be plenty of opportunity to talk about careers and opportunities and how SADiE links with the new BBC and independent radio production sector with members of the industry from the Southern Regions.

These workshops are FREE and are open to all interested members of the radio community and related industries.

Please register your interest at www.sadie.com/SADiETour09.

Further information:   www.prismsound.com  www.sadie.com