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My name is Robert, I知 25 years old from Newcastle and have been totally blind from birth. For as long as I can remember, I wanted to be on the radio; though they were biased, friends and family always told me I had the perfect voice for it. But that industry is notoriously difficult to break in to.
Over the last few years I decided that it was sports broadcasting in particular that I壇 like to do. It seemed the best and easiest way to start was to volunteer at my local community radio station called ne1fm. For almost 3 years now, I have done a sports programme on the station every weekend.
The skill I think it痴 improved most is my team work, as I知 constantly working with my producer, who will load the music, jingles etc into the play out system for me to start, stop and fade as required, which I do using keyboard shortcuts. There is also a lot of multitasking involved, as I知 speaking while in one ear I have what痴 called a prefacer, which is telling me what reports are being sent to us from various stadiums around the country, and in the other ear I知 receiving all kinds of scores and other info which I値l then impart.
My listening and people skills have also been improved by speaking and listening to any callers we might have, or anyone I maybe interviewing. I知 currently in the process of putting a demo together which I値l send to places like the BBC and hopefully I can make this work pay!
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My name is Robert, I知 25 years old from Newcastle and have been totally blind from birth. For as long as I can remember, I wanted to be on the radio; though they were biased, friends and family always told me I had the perfect voice for it. But that industry is notoriously difficult to break in to. Over the last few years I decided that it was sports broadcasting in particular that I壇 like to do. It seemed the best and easiest way to start was to volunteer at my local community radio station called ne1fm. For almost 3 years now, I have done a sports programme on the station every weekend.
The skill I think it痴 improved most is my team work, as I知 constantly working with my producer, who will load the music, jingles etc into the play out system for me to start, stop and fade as required, which I do using keyboard shortcuts. There is also a lot of multitasking involved, as I知 speaking while in one ear I have what痴 called a prefacer, which is telling me what reports are being sent to us from various stadiums around the country, and in the other ear I知 receiving all kinds of scores and other info which I値l then impart.
My listening and people skills have also been improved by speaking and listening to any callers we might have, or anyone I maybe interviewing. I知 currently in the process of putting a demo together which I値l send to places like the BBC and hopefully I can make this work pay!
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 Dr Val Chapman (NTF) Principal Investigator Director, Centre for Inclusive Learning Support Email: v.chapman@worc.ac.uk |
 Judith Waterfield (NTF) Head of Disability ASSIST Services Email: j.waterfield@plymouth.ac.uk |
 Dr Phil Gravestock (NTF) Head of Learning Enhancement and Technology Support Email: pgravestock@glos.ac.uk |
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