NEWSLETTER February 11th 2008
Congratulations to everyone involved in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. I enjoyed it hugely - hey, it’s not every evening you get to sit next to a member of Led Zeppelin! – but more importantly, it was a celebration of a vibrant UK musical scene. Anyone who thinks ‘folk’ in the 21st century is all about fingers in the ear and hush puppies, would be thrilled by the range of music on show from UK artists who don’t always feature in mainstream radio. I especially loved the Imagined Village featuring folk stalwart Martin Carthy, his equally celebrated daughter Eliza and a group of British Asian musicians.
On Thursday we’ll be welcoming Elaine Williams to the Academy as our new Diversity Project Officer. Lenny Henry’s recent comments about diversity in TV are a timely reminder that it’s an issue we need to keep at the forefront of our recruitment and employment strategies in radio. So if Elaine calls you please help her.
The RadioCentre’s This Is Your Life tribute to departing GCap CEO Ralph Bernard was a hoot. Steve Orchard revealed that during one takeover negotiation Ralph was asked about his middle initial. “It’s M for Mother” he said. When the documents emerged from the lawyers he was celebrated as the new chief exec Ralph Mother Bernard.
Production 08 is now booking. Christian O’Connell, Mark Radcliffe, Jay Crawford, Scott Solder, David Lloyd, Karen Pearson, Mike Walsh, Martyn Ware, Matt Wells and many others will be helping you to make your station and programmes better. Please come along.
Trevor Dann
Director
Tim said on February 15th, 2008 at 12:47 am:
Welcome back Mr Dann. It’s almost a year since your last post…