Vote For BBC World Service Presenter

[hatedbythemail]

this is a competition to find a continuity announcer for bbc world service's generation from among five school pupils. pretty impressive standard - not sure how nervous i might be faced with the prospect of being heard by 40 million people

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/pr...inalists.shtml

ps. not sure if in the right forum here. if a mod wants to move.....

[Pia]

Oh i say... they all strike me as very upper class.

I haven't listened yet though lol...

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Darryl, very good, but his voce isn't distinct enough for me.
Katie, hmmm sounds like she's trying too hard.
Dan, i like him not as good as Darryl though.
Sophie sounds a little bit like a young newsreader to me, she's quite good.
Jack sounds like he could be doing a piece on Newsround.

I've voted for Darryl

And you're right, good on them for doing so well it must be nerveracking.

[hatedbythemail]

Originally Posted by Pia

And you're right, good on them for doing so well it must be nerveracking.

i couldn't do it. mind you got interviewed by local radio a few times earlier this year and did ok. i think adrenaline and anger got me through though. if i had to say "and now next on BBC World Service etc" i'd need about a billion takes.

[hatedbythemail]

there's video of the finalists here now too... some seem quite, er, posh www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/broadcaster_finalists.shtml

[Hugh]

Originally Posted by hatedbythemail

there's video of the finalists here now too... some seem quite, er, posh www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/broadcaster_finalists.shtml

Aaaaaaaaaargh - it's RealPlayer

[Chris]

Originally Posted by foreverwar

Aaaaaaaaaargh - it's RealPlayer

BBC content usually is ...

[hatedbythemail]

not my preferred choice, but that much of a problem, he asked tentatively......?

[jrhnewark]

I'll give them a listen later.

For the moment, I don't recognise any of those names and I've not heard anything about this until now. Didn't the BBC didn't think to put the word out in the radio industry and especially to smaller/community-based stations where lots of teenagers work?

They all seem like fairly British names and I imagine they are all British. Maybe it's just me, but something tells me this hasn't been conducted in the right way at all.

There are some very talented young presenters out there who've worked hard to get where they are (and not all of those are that young!).

[hatedbythemail]

Originally Posted by jrhnewark

I'll give them a listen later.

For the moment, I don't recognise any of those names and I've not heard anything about this until now. Didn't the BBC didn't think to put the word out in the radio industry and especially to smaller/community-based stations where lots of teenagers work?

They all seem like fairly British names and I imagine they are all British. Maybe it's just me, but something tells me this hasn't been conducted in the right way at all.

There are some very talented young presenters out there who've worked hard to get where they are (and not all of those are that young!).

i think it was a schools initiative and that they approached schools who had hosted their own restricted license stations before. tbh dont know much about community stations worked by young presenters but how young are you talking? these all seem to be schoolkids.

[Lord Nikon]

Wonder if they should have tried pupils from glasgow, liverpool and birmingham too.....

[Mal]

Originally Posted by foreverwar

Aaaaaaaaaargh - it's RealPlayer

Use Real Alternative instead of RealPlayer.

There's also a Quicktime Alternative on that site.

[Vlad_Dracul]

Originally Posted by hatedbythemail

this is a competition to find a continuity announcer for bbc world service's generation from among five school pupils. pretty impressive standard - not sure how nervous i might be faced with the prospect of being heard by 40 million people

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/pr...inalists.shtml

ps. not sure if in the right forum here. if a mod wants to move.....

Hmm World service eh? Does anyone listen to the world service ? Time was when they only used to broadcast on shortwave. I used to listen to broadcast stations around the world on my trusty Kenwood TS850S

http://www.rigpix.com/kenwood/ts850s.htm

It made a refreshing change from all the very samey stuff that was pumped out on local fm radio i.e pop/sport/pop/sport blah blah blah

Unfortunately i moved house and its now boxed up under the bed. I still yearn for those days of scouring the short wave and listeneing to tales and everyday lives in distant places...lets hope digital radio doesnt totally kill real radio..

[hatedbythemail]

Originally Posted by dooper786

Hmm World service eh? Does anyone listen to the world service ?

apparently World Service has an an audience of 40 million