Hello From Laura S

[Laura S]

Hi!
Hi!

My name is Laura Sweeney and I am a volunteer presenter with STGH Radio. I've been there about three months so I'm still the new girl I present a two hour show on Saturday mornings.

I was at the networking day and I thought that it was a great success and a credit to everyone involved. Love the website, very well designed and professional. Brilliant idea!

Laura

[Tom Noctor]

Hello Laura

Thanks for registering on the site and thank you for your kind comments, I'm glad you enjoyed the networking day, I will make sure that they are passed on to the committee. The feedback to date has been very positive.

The next event will be the training, I'm really looking forward to that myself. It should take place at alll stations between now and march 09


Tom

[Jack D]

hi laura S hospital raido is the best place to start i am a raido presenter my self based as st itas hospital i have been there since 1983 i am well use to the airwaves and i train in new presenters as well are you still getting use to the controls starting off as a hospital raido presenter you can be nervous i know what its like i have been there it was great to see so many at the networking day for the very first time but it was a great day if you need a help on the raido i will be pleased to tell you what to do rick o shea started in st james hospital raido look at him now its hope the network will get bigger as i said i am based at st itas hospital raido in portrane doing hospital raido is the best place to start becouse your learning the ropes and i done a stink on beaumont hospital raido thats closed down laura s here is a tip go close to the mic becouse lisners will here you better dont move a way from the mic becouse you will sound low and do as much talking it sounds better i do a lot of talking my self and it does work it called speach to music keep in touch must go now from jack d st itas hospital raido

[Zener]

Hi Laura. Sorry I didn't get to Clonmel to meet everyone. Hopefully through this interweb thing we can keep in touch and exchange ideas. Radio is an exciting and fulfilling career/past-time to embark on. I wish you the very best of luck with it.

Look forward to meeting in the near future. Happy Christmas.

Ken

[Laura S]

Hi All!

Thanks so much for all your tips and offers of help I'm always looking to learn and improve so they are very welcome! I will definitely put them into practice.

I have just about got the controls under, well, control It did take a few weeks of mistakes and being on air when I didn't intend to be but thank God not too many such errors of late. I recently learned how to listen to tracks from the c.d. player in the studio while music from the computer is still going out on air. First time I had a go at that people were treated to Daniel O'Donnel singing over another track! Not good

I'm trying to improve my links between songs, trying to say more than what's just been on and what's coming up. Not repeating myself is my biggest challenge as I tend to repeat phrases but I'm getting there. I've started taping my shows and listening back to them to pick up on mistakes. It's easier than any other way because you're listening objectively and I tend to hear the mistakes better afterwards, at the time they just don't register. Unless they're big and obvious

The training that's coming up is going to be a big asset. I'm really looking forward to it. That was very interesting about Rick O'Shea, I didn't know that he started with hospital radio too, I guess you just don't know where life will bring you. Wish I could be that successful at this but there is something special about hospital radio that makes it different to the commercial side of things.

Thanks again everyone

Laura

[Laura S]

Hi,

Are these nonsense posts annoying anyone else? They are spoiling the forum.

Every time I come here I think that there are some new interesting posts and it's all this rubbish, what's going on with it?

--Laura

[Jack D]

hi all just to lets yous know
that there is going to be hospital raido ireland on facebook
anyone involved in hospital raido can join in phil fagan ex presenter
from beaumont hospital raido came up with this it my take a while
for him to set up there is photo from st itas hospital raido on it
must go now from jack delaney st itas hospital

before i go st itas hospital raido is 26 years on the air
it started on the 4thdec1983