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Jenny Freeman works at BBC Southern Counties Radio. She tells us:
I was appointed as broadcast assistant to Ed Douglas and produce his Sunday afternoon show. The radio station's target audience is aged 55+ and as a lot of Ed's Sunday listeners are quite elderly and live on their own, it has a friendly and family feel about it and we always have a lot of fun. One of the items in the show is "Questions and Queries" where listeners can call in about anything they want the answer to. We have had listeners calling in to try and get an answer to a crossword clue and wanting to fine out the uses of saltpetre! The show is a mine of information!
As well as producing the show, Ed calls me in to copresent and I am known to listeners as 'Slinky'. Apart fromthe Sunday afternoon show I am one of the travel presenters and am called upon if one of the regular presenters is unwell or on holiday.
There is a news bulletin every fifteen minutes so it is pretty hectic! Between each bulletin I am checking the cameras at Police Motorway Control in Godstone, which is where the travel is broadcast from, receiving information from patrol drivers, the producer in Guildford and via the fax machine.
I have more recently been asked to assist the Editor of the BBC Southen Counties Radio Magazine with articles and to do talks for various groups and organisations. I can honestly say that there is always a lot of variety working in a radio station. As well as helping at roadshows I was involved with the pantomime and I regularly read the audio version of the magazine. I also worked through the night of the General Election, which was frantic!
One of the most memorable days for me was when Monty Robers, the author of "Man who Listens to Horses" was a guest on our show. The novel and film, "The Horse Whisperer", was based on his book and he was delightful. More recently David Soul from 'Starsky and Huch' fame walked through the news room. Needless to say, no two days are the same! |
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