Catholic Radio at College

29 April 2008

RadioFlex went live for the first time at St Brendan’s Catholic Sixth Form College.  Ten students have been busy for weeks preparing for the launch by learning how to broadcast properly and use the technology. 

There are five different shows.  Chad and Kia launched the station with their ‘Reckless’ show of hip-hop, urban and RnB, hot gossip and celebrity news.  Other shows include Chris Bowen’s ‘Playlist’, featuring indie rock and acoustic numbers plus live interviews with local and college bands.  Rock music and politics are on the menu for the ‘Bass Revolution Show’ with James and David, Ham and Harvey present the ‘Gig Guide’ to the best gigs to attend and what to wear and finally the ‘All Inclusive’ request show with Martin and Jen playing anything the listeners want to hear.

RadioFlex has been enthusiastically welcomed by the students and a wonderful energetic atmosphere has been created in the common room.  At the moment RadioFlex will only be broadcast on Fridays due to the amount of work that it takes to produce the shows but the presenters are already discussing how they can extend the music throughout the week.

Chad Barley who has had an incredible day launching the radio station and making his speech at the student union elections where he is standing for president told cliftondiocese.com, “Wow - this has been a great experience!  It’s fantastic to hear it go live at last.  I have learnt such a lot in the last few weeks and have played around with loads of stuff at home too.”