No experience needed - radio is easy and fun, anyone who implies it takes years of specialist training is pulling your leg.
Our programming includes:
- In depth discussion programmes and long conversations
- Specialist music programmes
- New writing, radio drama, poetry
- Arts review and arts based chat shows
- Live improvisations
- Field recordings
- Long form radio
- Programmes made by underrepresented groups
- Broadcasts from festivals and installations
- Programmes made by children
Speech programmes should make up at least 40% of the station's output.
This might be creative content, eg storytelling, drama, poetry. We also really welcome discussion programmes, which include live and pre-recorded chats and interviews. You will need to brief your guests first and be clear with them that this is a live, licensed broadcast.
Things that work really well are:
- inviting local people in to talk about their lives,
- promoting arts and culture,
- promoting local organisations and charities, and
- engaging with researchers and experts.
Before making radio for broadcast it is important to join the Membership, attend a training session and to read and understand the Membership Guidelines
To propose a new radio show, please submit an email to programmes@soundartradio.org.uk
The majority of people join the station because of an interest in broadcasting. However, the schedule has a limited amount of time, so we may need to take account of:
- Which kinds of voices are currently represented on the station
- Which programme ideas fit closely with the station's licence and style
- Work, caring or other responsibilities of staff and volunteers
- The balance of programme content across a typical week
- Availability of supervisors to support live programme makers
Schedules are regularly reviewed, at least twice a year, so if an idea is not right for one time, it may be facilitated at a later date.
