Suezan wrote:
welcome you will love it here
I'm sure I will!
From your
Noel Edmonds biography on your Blog, Suezan:
Quote:
... he had become obsessed with Pirate Radio and had even built himself a makeshift studio in his bedroom. As far back as he can remember Noel wanted to be a D.J. "All i ever wanted to do was go into radio, even when I was very small," he says " My passion for radio grew from Pirate Radio Stations that were anchored off the Essex Coast. I realised there was a direction in which I could go. It was the first time I realised I had the power to communicate with people. Its my only gift, I wanted a job that involved me in peoples lives, and that was it"
Amazing. Very similar to
my early ambition to get into radio. I was
also obsessed with the Pirates and knew from the age of 12 (in 1967, when the government of the day closed them down) that all I wanted to do was be on the radio to emulate my pirate heroes.
I didn't have a studio in my bedroom - but my school friend (another radio anorak) did, and we spent hours and hours in there over a number of years through our teens, making up pretend radio stations with full schedules and doing our own 3-hour shifts, practicing our "skills".
In my early 20s, after some years working in hospital radio, I finally made it onto
proper radio - at Pennine Radio (as was) in Bradford in 1979. From there I went to several other commercial stations, including
DevonAir (as was) in Exeter/Torbay, CBC (as was) in Cardiff, County Sound (as was) in Guildford, Spire FM in Salisbury and Gold Radio (as was) in Shaftesbury - mostly doing breakfast shows. I also built up my work as a voice-over man during this time.
Now I work at my home studio voicing radio commercials for various stations around the UK, and recently got into podcasting, making my own weekly show. It's currently "on hold" while I have a little re-think about where exactly the podcast's going - but like Noel, I've never lost my love of the entertainment business in general and radio in particular. Like him, I've always felt that need to be
communicating with people; radio - and now podcasting - is such a terrific way of doing it!
Noel's radio shows were required listening in the 70s/80s - second only to The Great Master Of All Time, Kenny Everett. Noel's transition to TV was brilliant (as was Ken's). Now, after several years quiescence, it's great to see Noel back on our screens. No-one else could do DonD like him. He's a star!
PS can't wait to read the rest of his biography, Suezan!
FAQ
Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 11:27 am Author: Kingsley Post subject: Greetings From Somerset
welcome you will love it here
Weston Super-Mud...mare.
You're just angry because I didn't delete THAT post..... 