Diary of a presenter...

• "Ummms" during broadcast 3
• What does this button do again? questions 4
• How excited are we!??! 500000%

The LIFESTYLE MK team had their first day of training with Secklow Sounds' CEO, Mike Johnson!

The most important (and probably frightening) step was finding our way around the broadcast desk.  There are a LOT of buttons and sliders, but thankfully, many can stay in the very position in which they have been left!

A lot goes on whilst live shows are being broadcast, including some of Secklow Sounds' recorded shows being syndicated (played on other stations) all around the world.  One of the first things we all scribbled down frequently was which buttons NOT to press!

The next part was getting the sound balance for the team.  We're a talk show (and we'll be expecting to hear from you @secklowsounds !!) so we'll bring you interviews, banter, tips, tricks and other features as well as our favourite (topical) tunes.  Radio sound needs consistency, the last thing we want is you, our lovely listener, having to turn up the voice only to have your ears "blasted" when a song is played - so one of the most important things for our sound engineer, Dave, was to get our mic levels right....he seemed to really like this bit - he gets to turn me down...and sometimes off!

...and of course we got the chance to speak into the mics too - something that scared our producer, Gill, at first ;) - but, ya know the girl did good - and she'll be in charge of reading your tweets and emails :) .  This is also the moment we discovered our "night voices" as well as our "Lifestyle" sound...mellow can be rather seductive!

We got a flavour of the other fantastic Secklow Sounds shows which we are privileged to promote through Lifestyle MK, and started putting together our own programme.  We go on air on October 3rd, playing from 12noon - 2pm and we've got a host of treats lined up.  We'll be looking at food & community, health, relationships, and have specials shows such as a "Halloween Special" in store!

Our homework for now is to structure our first broadcast so it's just perfect for you!

Check back with the "Diary" to see how we (and others in the Secklow Sounds team) are coming along.

Happy listening. xx

Cheeky phone pic! So excited to be part of the community!

Lifestyle MK begins on Saturday October 3rd, 12noon - 2pm on Secklow Sounds, Community Radio for Milton Keynes - live the moment with us!

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