Hey Guys,Long time no blogging, well it has been quite some journey in the past year and I have been very naughty not blogging throughout this as it has been the biggest roller-coaster time of my life.
Firstly the main thing is that I have finally finished at the University of Sunderland (waaaaaay) although I haven't received my mark which should be coming on the 5th of July.... Scary times.
Third year was a time of ups and downs..(mainly downs for me in some occasions) but as mine and Adem's dissertations progressed we felt that it would be a great piece of Live Radio. In which we created a culture show where we reviewed, talked and explained many of the new aspects in culture we have today in the UK.
Some of the people I would like to thank for helping with it all are:
- Adem
- Hannah Tray
- Ethan
- The Sunshine Underground
- John
- Anthony Daniels
- David O'Doherty
- Sarah Louise Dunn
- Wild Beasts
- Matt Sessions
- Olivia Leahy
And if I have forgotten you sorry, there was so much that we put into it that sometimes its a blur....
Spark FM has been successful this year, I feel we are gradually adding more listeners to the station. Although promotion has been our downfall, but this is taking a U-turn at the moment so onwards and upwards for this great community station.
Now on to even more exciting news and the reason why I'll be blogging my butt off for the next 2-3months. Now you may of been intrigued at the 'BBC Introducing' image at the top right and this is for one big reason. A few months ago I applied to be 'BBC Blast Introducing Music Reporter' (fancy title I know) at BBC Humberside which covers North Yorkshire, East Yorkshire and Grimsby. I was really hoping to get through to the interview stage again, as I got through at BBC York last year but unfortunately didn't get it and I DID! I had my interview around 2 weeks ago in Hull and the next 24 hours of constantly checking my phone... checking emails... tossing and turning and eventually having a drink to calm my nerves. I finally got a call back at 9am from BBC Humberside telling me I had successfully beat the competition and offered me the position!!!!
BBC Humberside is also known for been the flagship BBC Introducing for the North with Alan Raw presenting, who then decides the bands with Huw Stephens, Steve Lamacq and Bethan Elfyn for the BBC Introducing Stage at Leeds/ Reading festivals.
It will be a great experience working for the Flagship show, and also having Alan Raw as a mentor/ colleague will be fantastic as he has once worked with one of my favourite radio DJ's John Peel.
This was the best news I have had in my entire life, and now a chance to prove myself to the BBC that I am capable of working with the best.... So now I am currently doing chores until the 9th where I go down to BBC Bristol for training and officially start the day after my Graduation(which is the day after my birthday blergh bad head on graduation day) on July 13th.
I'll be interviewing, writing articles, finding new talent to come to the station... arranging sessions and prep-ping for other big things later.
So as a way of documenting my time here I decided that I'll blog each day I am there which will be roughly four times a week including the BBC Introducing show on Sunday nights.
So get reading for a great deal of content, and I will maybe do a few vlogs from some of the sessions and gigs I go to through the course of the placement...
Now to have a shower, have some lunch and plan some of the articles I want to write online.
Ciao for now!
Ross Mitchell
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