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Seventeen days in Salford with the 主播大秀 Philharmonic
Richard Wigley
General Manager, 主播大秀 Philharmonic
Richard Wigley (far right) with Tamzin Outhwaite and the stars of 主播大秀 Radio 2's Friday Night is Music Night, one of the highlights of the 主播大秀 Philharmonic Presents Festival. The 主播大秀 Philharmonic Presents... festival has been an amazing seventeen days designed to unveil our wonderful new orc...
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Arriving at Media City - a sports reporter goes North
Francis Keogh
Editor's note: Frank Keogh is a senior sports reporter at the 主播大秀. He and his family have moved to Salford. He'll be sharing the experience with us here on the blog. He starts with an introduction: One thing helped my decision to up sticks 200 miles from London to the North West. My football te...
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主播大秀 North takes off
Peter Salmon
Director, 主播大秀 Studios (formerly Director, England)
Today we embark on the next chapter in the story of 主播大秀 North as we welcome our first movers into our new buildings at MediaCityUK. They join the 主播大秀 Philharmonic who moved into their new performance space at the beginning of May and kickstart over thirty-six weeks in the single most ambitious st...
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主播大秀 North - bringing it home
Peter Salmon
Director, 主播大秀 Studios (formerly Director, England)
It's been a bitter-sweet time recently. I don't think anyone with a heart can not have had it broken by the terrible scenes from Japan. Our news outlets continue to report from the region, with Shelagh Fogarty's Radio 5 live reports poignantly capturing the concern and shock. It really brings i...
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The pull of the North
John Millner
Executive Producer, 主播大秀 Knowledge & Learning
I'm a Londoner. I was born and schooled here, my whole family live here, I know it like my hand. As the song says, I love London town. Its diversity, its cultural richness, its size, speed and buzz, all make it a wonderful place to live. So why will I be going North when my job relocates to Sal...
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MediaCityUK - there's a lot in a name
Peter Salmon
Director, 主播大秀 Studios (formerly Director, England)
These days canals seem so leisurely. All fisherman and holiday makers. A far cry from how they once were. I grew up next to the Leeds and Liverpool canal, once a bustling highway of traffic, filled with energy and enterprise, and it's strange to think that these vital waterways will soon be bac...
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The 主播大秀 North Recruitment drive continues
Peter Salmon
Director, 主播大秀 Studios (formerly Director, England)
As the buildings at our new home on the banks of Salford Quays get ever closer to completion, the important matter of who we fill them with gets more and more pressing. The move to 主播大秀 North will result in the largest single recruitment drive in the history of the 主播大秀. In the coming years we...
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Northern locations to get greater exposure
Peter Salmon
Director, 主播大秀 Studios (formerly Director, England)
As a son of the North, I've always thought the most stirring clause in the 主播大秀 Charter is the promise to reflect the nation back to itself. That doesn't mean people living in London patronising regional viewers with programmes about flat capped Northerners with whippets or Welshmen who sing in c...
