'This is the music we've been craving.' Dene, a veteran of Capital, Smooth, Virgin and Magic, is still pinching himself to be back in his favourite slot from 7.30am to 10am. Following research, Boom Radio chose RCS Sound Software to host its content. She could have ended it t the its not for me statement, rather than inform us that, basically she is much too cool for it. He returned to the East Midlands in 1998 to become managing director of the regional station Century 106, owned by Border Radio Holdings, (later to become Heart 106, then Gem 106, and finally Gem), later becoming group programme director for all of Border's radio stations. Clock up the big 6-0 and many people are happy to ease gently into retirement through reduced hours, a part-time job, or maybe a volunteering role. To go back to how it was before., The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. 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The DJs spin a range of records from the 50s, 60s and 70s, with classics from the likes of Frank Sinatra, The Beatles and Abba making regular appearances. The starting point for any radio personality is the voice, making the choice of microphone crucial. Neglected. 'You're filling a hole!' [18], In order to put together the technology needed to establish a radio station with this model of broadcasting, Riley and Lloyd employed the services of Quentin Howard, an executive with experience in launching in excess of 30 stations. [19] With an estimated baby boomer population of 14 million at the time of the station's launch,[20] Boom Radio aims to attract half a million listeners within its first two to three years on air. This button displays the currently selected search type. Spotting a gap in the market for older listeners, they decided to go it alone. Its nostalgic offering has tapped into a generation of listeners left behind by the BBC. . As 2 gradually refreshes . I knew women who played the game and slept with whoever would give them the job, but I refused to go down that path and I had a challenging time for a while.'. Since the disposal of Orion Media to Bauer in 2016, Lloyd has been working as a radio consultant at various stations and related organisations around the World and is currently Chairman of the local TV station, Notts TV. Unheard. he says. I'd have loved to have done more. Worsening geo-political instability and the long tail of the pandemic are among the factors ensuring that the supply chain crisis continues to be a hot button issue for broadcast vendors and service providers, writes David Davies. Radio and TV exec and consultant. [9] The station also dedicated its own poem, An Ode to Boomers, to its audience. David Lloyd Suche erweitern. . It was also announced that Don Thomson, a former Chief Operations Officer at Global, and who had also worked in roles for Yorkshire Television and Chrysalis Radio, would join the board of Boom Radio as a Non-Executive Director. Booms high-profile presenters who all broadcast from their own homes include former Radio One DJs David Hamilton, David Kid Jensen, and Nicky Horne. James Brown 1y ago. The final nail this morning and this is after putting up with the man during the week mumbling in the morning and a lady you cannot hear speaking in the afternoon (which is just a few annoyances) was the person presenting the sixties show comparing himself to Terry Wogan and Brian Matthew !!! It was founded by Phil Riley and David Lloyd veterans of the British radio industry who spotted a gap in the market for a new commercial radio station to take on the established players. Or you can simply ask Alexa or Google to play Boom Radio on your smart speaker. [30], On 14 August 2022, Boom presented a day of programming dedicated to pirate radio to coincide with the 55th anniversary of the Marine Offences Act 1967 that had made pirate radio stations illegal. There have also been internal discussions about a move into podcasting and launching a premium, ad-free version. Hamilton has been on air since 1959, when Harold Macmillan was prime minister and Cliff Richard was recording Living Doll for the first time. All our presenters broadcast from home their attic, garden shed, or a spare bedroom. In fact his job satisfaction has gone off the scale. When expanded it provides a list of search options that will switch the search inputs to match the current selection. 'I want to croak at the microphone,' he says firmly, adding: 'Though hopefully not this week.'. Which is not to say that Boom Radio isnt on to something. Music and nonsense for your morning - featuring another Top 5 at 11 from a bygone year. Apparently, in the quest to attract the 'Holy Grail' of younger listeners women in their mid-30s to mid-40s the bosses at BBC Radio 2 have been quietly asking their DJs to scale back on playing songs from the 1960s and 1970s in favour of music from the 1980s onwards. 'Where have you been?' - who still feel young and seize every opportunity life offers.The presenters they grew up with play the songs with which they share a deep emotional connection. From a less than promising spell in banking, David began in commercial radio in Nottingham as a teenager, fullfiling a dream he'd nurtured since appearing on BBC local radio reading a poem aged 6. Consumer viewing habits have swung strongly towards streamed content. We talked to software people and it became clear that the best option was to let someone run that for us as a service, because it would cost less than employing people to do it in-house, Howard says. 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Riley says: The most passionate response we get is from listeners who say: Its great I found you, Ive fallen out of love or stopped listening to Radio 2 because it no longer completely satisfies my tastes.. As the telecoms industry convenes in Barcelona for the annual Mobile World Congress (MWC), it has more than a few headaches to resolve, writes Adrian Pennington. In turn, this has fed directly into the stations financial performance. 'Everything was cancelled. But at 52, I am nearly a Boomer so perhaps I'm just limbering up for the next stage of life. [29], On 26 November 2021 the station counted down its Boom Beatles Chart, a top 40 chart of Beatles tracks voted for by its listeners, with the most popular hit being "In My Life". And it is not alone in understanding that, as platforms and technologies converge, audiences themselves are ripe for atomisation. Much of this fresh capital will be funnelled into a new marketing campaign, including a TV advert starring David Hamilton. In April 2009, Lloyd was appointed as Head of Regional and Local Programming for BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, based in Hull, but left that role after only a few weeks after being appointed group programming and marketing director of the newly-established Orion Media and its five Midlands-based FM stations BRMB, Mercia FM, Wyvern FM, Beacon Radio in the West Midlands, and Heart 106 in the East Midlands. Although Boom Radio's content is automated in this way, many of the presenters record their spoken content shortly before it is aired to enable them to respond to real-time information, such as listener requests, and to provide reviews of the day's newspaper headlines. I felt squeezed out and rejected.'. Diddy David Hamilton is still reeling from the last year. That makes it Britains fastest-growing radio station. 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Boom! Relax with some of the finest melodies and the most beautiful words. Catchup on the video below. Meanwhile, the company's balance sheet sank further into the red, with the net . In July Radio 2 axed 67-year-old Steve Wright's afternoon show in what is believed to be part of moves to cut the age of its presenters. Boom's launch against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic influenced its decision to operate without a central studio, and it is believed to be the first national UK station without such a facility. Listeners can also listen online in high quality via their phone, laptop, PC or tablet. If youre 65 years old there just isnt a radio station playing the music you grew up with in your formative years.. She's 58 by the way. He joined Radio Trent in 1980. 'What madness is that?!' Radio and TV exec and consultant. Please review our, You need to be a subscriber to join the conversation. [3] His was the first voice heard on Gem 106 (Now Gem) on New Year's Day 2011, when the station rebranded, after ending its association with The Heart Network. Having graduated to IRN, he tells of the move to Capital where he assumed - tentatively at first - the key role as the voice of news on Chris Tarrant's incomparable breakfast show. Founder, Boom Radio 3 sem Denunciar esta publicao . Founder, Boom Radio Greater Nottingham 4K followers 500+ connections Join to view profile Also broadcast consultant and trainer, David Lloyd. Hamilton tells me he lived with a Page Three girl back in the day 'Her father was a judge, you know! Were very proud.. Paul who formerly presented the BBC Radio Nottingham Notts Nostalgia programme, now on Notts TV said: The station is deeply-rooted in Notts there are so many local folk involved. Howard was looking for something beyond this, so several demo systems were tested with, in Howards description, me and David playing DJ. Explains. The biggest problem with the culture wars? 'The listening numbers are miles better than we'd hoped for,' said Riley yesterday. After almost retiring, Boom Radio was the dream of David Lloyd - and he's passionate about the project. I am listening to Boom Radio illegally, as it were; I was born four years after its official cut-off birth year of 1964 and must, I suppose, wait for a radio station dedicated entirely to me. As a West Bridgford lad, being back on air - on national radio - in my home city means a lot to me, he said. 'It was very sexist. Just good fun - kicking off with half an hour of '60s at 6'. The show is assembled on playout, with the automation playing in the presenters voice and corresponding music. Age, though, is something else. And, while hosting his morning show on Capital Radio in the 1970s, he turned down almost every party invite to get enough sleep. Baby-boomers were the first pop music generation. The Blue Yeti doesnt have that level of control, which suits other presenters., A few other mics are in the mix - the Thomann t.bones SC420/430 and Audio-Technica AT2020 - but the primary consideration, apart from ease of use and good quality, was for all models to perform well in what Howard describes as less good acoustic conditions. It would be unfair, of course, to project all this on to a pleasant enough radio station which, as I type, is belting out Barbra Streisand. Every expectation of our business plan was blown out of the water within two weeks. 'That's lopping out The Beatles, Elvis, the Stones, Rod Stewart, Motown . A brand new radio station to ring the changes, one promising not merely a schedule brimming with aural treats but one carefully curated to reflect the tastes, the sensibilities and the vitality of an entire generation. But Booms expansion plans come just as the advertising industry teeters on the brink of recession. David Lloyd - Boom Radio presenter Quentin mentioned he likes to evaluate audio quality with Mozart's Piano Concerto 21 DAB and DAB+ in the UK (Wikipedia article) Guest Quentin Howard, F.I.E.T. Dieser Button zeigt den derzeit ausgewhlten Suchtyp an. It has set a target of reaching 1m listeners within 18 months. Away from radio, David is a recent convert to Park Run - and he suggests he is fitter now than he was 40 years ago! , updated Although critics have called the output 'unchallenging' and 'like getting into a warm bath', Boomers are tuning in in droves, with up to 40,000 listeners online each week and more than 100,000 on DAB far exceeding projections and rising steadily. Perhaps surprisingly, the technology hasn't presented a problem even though for some it is the first time they've had a home computer. On a quiet Sunday in August, for the first time in more than half a century, pirate radio filled Britains airwaves. 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