Radio Ceredigion, Dj Tomo tells all, how to get into Radio

0:00 Radio Ceredigion, 97.4, 103.3 FM and 96.6 FM

That is where I worked for about 10 years. Radio Ceredigion, 97.4, 103.3 FM and 96.6 FM. A nice place, I'll tell you what. Nice place. You do what you want. Right, hello folks. I'm now in Radio Ceredigion. I used to work here. I did a 10 year stint here. And while I was here... There's a guy called Tomo, who's a bit of a nutter like me, but I would say he's slightly more eccentric than me. And, oh my God, he's here. Hi, John. Hello, mate. Hello, everybody. How are you? So, Tomo, tell us a little bit about Radio Karadigian. OK. Well, at the station I myself... Well, both, everything. I started here in 95, volunteered five years, and everybody can do this, okay? Yeah. I started volunteering five years. I met a bloke called Jonathan Lewis. Yeah. Who we had some fun with on a Sunday night. Too right. I worked for five years for nothing, volunteer. I got a breakfast show in 2000, and then all of a sudden I ended up on the drive time, the late night, so in fact I've been here.

1:31 Let's say someone off the street lo

12 years now, 13 years. Brilliant. And Radio Karadigion, it's a bilingual show, bilingual station, it's Welsh and English, you should tune in, you can live stream, you can go onto our forum, you can log on to radiokaradigion.net and we've got people from all over the world listening now in Australia, New Zealand and even in Chile. So how now, say if someone now in America or Japan want to listen to Radio Karadigion, what do they do? All you've got to do is log on to radiocaradigion.net, as easy as that, enter your name, enter a small password, it'll cost you a penny to join, and as soon as you log in, you can live stream, you can check out all our pictures, and the world's your oyster. Brilliant. And what, you know, bearing in mind this is sort of the world time, what time GMT are you actually on? Live I'm on air at 6 o'clock in the morning till 9, that's GMT time, GMTV, everyone home's time, 6 to 9, my show is English.

All right, and then tell me now, because I've explained this a bit. Let's say someone off the street loves music and would like to get into radio. You know, how do they do it? Easy. Now we are not like any other station in the UK. We are an individual station. Where we welcome people to come in as volunteers, they can bring a demo tape in and everything. They can send us a demo tape, you can even send it by email, production at radiacurridigan.net. Come and see us, have a meeting with our boss and we can give them a chance to come on. So we are here like a stepping stone really, and we give anybody a chance to try radio. And of course, John, you were here as well. Yeah, well, I mean there's, what's his name now on Radio 1?

2:49 No, Aled worked here

Chris. Chris, yeah. I know Chris. Yeah, but, oh, yeah, he worked here, didn't he? No, Aled. No, Aled worked here. Yeah, Aled worked here and now he's working next to Chris Moyles, isn't he? Yeah, he works with Chris Moyles now, but, yeah, Aled, he worked here Saturday afternoons, so it happens. Yeah, that's right. So, I mean, really, it's the same principle for any local radio station, isn't it? You know, it's a case of you need to introduce yourself, you know, get a good CV, get a good... Tape a good introduction to yourself. Hand it to... Who would you hand that to again? Right, the best thing to do is if you're going to do a home recording, just record your voice. There's no point in recording a full song. That's right, yeah, I've said that. You know what I mean? Just do your voice, couple of links, make a few links up. Links as in little story, one story, one link. Brilliant. And send it to Mr. Bodyshaker who is the station manager here at the Old Welsh School, Alexander Road, Aberystwyth. That's it. All the information is on our website. Brilliant. And that's the second...

This is Radio Karadigian. This guy here, this guy here... is a star. Thank you, Tomo. Take it easy, mate. Look after yourself. And practice and enjoy. Love it! Practice and enjoy. Nice one. Cheers, mate. Bye-bye.

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