Kiss

1. What does your job involve?
There are many different elements to what I do within the station, in my role as a T.O, I do things such as site checks for events, setting up equipment at events, grabbing vox pops from listeners. As a broadcast assistant I help out Michael lewis on the Drive show, finding content, taking listener calls, finding and editing pieces of audio for use within the show and getting behind a video camera, and occasionally taking a bit of on air stick from Michael. I am also part of the Kiss Dome team, you may have seen it at various events across the country. I drive the van, set it up along with the rest of the team, I also teach the dj school inside it, teaching people how to mix. I am also sometimes employed as a human aerial when the office radio plays up. LOVE IT!!!

“…experience can be handy as not every text book can help you when something goes wrong…”

2. What was your first job in radio?
This is my first job in radio.

3. How did you get to where you are now?
I have always been a fairly musical person, and after studying music technology at A level, I left school and found a job in retail, I heard about an opportunity to work for a local radio station. I started out by helping out part time over the summer tour events, before making the decision to leave my full time job. the rest as they say is history… when the dome was created a few years ago. I got heavily involved in the running and set up of it. I also wanted to pursue work with the on air element of the station and became Michael Lewis’s Broadcast assistant early last year.

4. Do you think it’s best to do a course or work experience?
I think a good balance of both is a good option, depending on what element of station life you want to get into, with a lot of the production being computer based, courses in music technology and media production can be very helpful. With things like working at events, experience can be handy as not every text book can help you when something goes wrong (as we have found out on a number of occasions)

“…Be prepared to take the rough with the smooth and always be willing to learn new things…”

5. What advice would you give to someone who wanted to do what you do?
My advice to anyone wishing to work within the radio industry is to get your foot in the door any way you can (work experience/making tea etc), make a positive impression, and work hard. Be prepared to take the rough with the smooth and always be willing to learn new things, you might one day be asked to do something you never even contemplated and fall in love with it.

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