Alrewas Radio Update: 19/7/13

As the eve of the week of Alrewas Radio On A Boat 2013 approached, I want to reflect a little on the progress that has been made so far.

So we started off behind a bookcase in the lobby at the village hall just less than a year ago, not knowing what to do, how to talk on radio, and how the whole thing would pan out, sat at a mic nervously reading out the names of songs and the programme for the Arts Festival. By the end of the week we were living our lives on radio, pretending we were constantly commentating on the events around us.

So much so that when it came to re-opening Alrewas radio for christmas, it was like we had never been away! At least this time we had our own room, albeit the garage in the middle of winter...

Still we had a really good few days and the response to the radio was amazing. It was at christmas that people really started to know about the radio and support it. While the highest listener count was lower than in the summer, there was a larger amount of people who listened in total, and I think on the whole we did much better radio.

It was shortly after that that Will Chapman got in touch with us about the radio for Alrewas Canal and Music Festival, and since then the time has flown. Not only did he offer us a little bit of cash for the funds, but he also told us that beer was only £2 a pint! We were on board from the word go and here we are now.

I have been making posters to put up at Alrewas Show all day, and I have been involved with radio things in the primary school ever since I finished my exams, runnning little workshops and things. All of this experience in organising, producing and presenting I am hoping will make us a much better team when it comes to the actual thing in 5 days time.

Until then though there is many things to do: Today I sorted out some extra microphones and was in conversation with Jim Ralley about the hosting, and T-Shirts have been allocated to presenters!

The job list is still long though, I have to sort out our internet connection, getting all the kit to work together as well as making sure everything is checked and double checked, not to mention the music and playlists and interviews and such like!

I hope you are all very much looking forward to it, and don't forget to follow Alrewas Radio on twitter: @AlrewasRadio and also make sure you like our facebook page for many photos and updates while we are on air: www.facebook.com/alrewasradio. Alongside this, if you actually want to listen to us (which you definitely do by the way) the link to the station is tinyurl.com/alrewasradio.

Don't worry though, you will be seeing that link plenty of times on twitter and facebook before we go live for the first time in 2013!

Thanks for reading, remember to follow this blog to stay up to date!