RadioReverb launches Reverbathon 2018

REVERBATHON is RadioReverb’s annual fundraiser which, for one day only, helps Brighton’s long-standing community radio station stay on air. The Reverbathon will be a live 12-hour broadcast and community event which will take place on Saturday 3 March 2018, from 7 am on to 7 pm.

Broadcasting live from the RadioReverb’s studio in Brighton’s Open Market, the money raised by the event will contribute to the running of the radio station, enabling it to remain playlist and advert free.
The Reverbathon will also celebrate the social landscape of Brighton and Hove as well as showcase the top talent that dominates the station’s community lead schedule.

Each hour a different presenter will take to the airwaves with a special edition of their unique show. Other presenters, guests and musicians will be dropping in for short sessions and chats, creating a totally unique, one-off local radio experience. Presenters scheduled to appear include Emma Inch, Sophie Cook, Josie Booth, Pete Jones, Mark Johnson, Alan Wares and many more.

The RadioReverb team will be at the Open Market all day, selling merchandise and collecting donations. Listeners will also get the chance to request a song of their choice in return for a donation, made online or in person at the studio.

All the money raised during the Reverbathon goes directly back into the running of the station, upgrading equipment and giving an opportunity to bring in new shows with local voices.

RadioReverb is the sound of your city and, with its team of home-grown broadcasters, delivers an entertaining and socially conscious schedule of programs for the Brighton and Hove community.

To donate please go to www.radioreverb.com. To sponsor a show on the day for £100 please email: office@radioreverb.com

Radio Reverb is based in Brighton and can be found on 97.2FM on DAB+ and online www.radioreverb.com

RadioReverb Launches Mental Health Matters Radio Show

A brand-new radio show about mental health is being launched by Brighton community radio Station RadioReverb as part of their new 2018 schedule.

The ground-breaking new show, Mental Health Matters, aims to be a valuable resource for Brighton residents and mental health charities alike. Hosted by Counsellor and Dramatherapist, Bruce Guthrie, he will be joined by a co-host to explore ideas, new and established approaches to helping others grow, recover and experience better Mental Health. The programme is made by – and for – people who’ve experienced mental illness and emotional suffering in all its forms. We will be bringing people together to share what works for them in terms of navigating their way through life’s sometimes immense challenges.

Mental Health Matters will format will be positive and entertaining but also responsible and informative and will aim to combine information about local services with interviews featuring local health professionals – and of course there will be music too! The show will also have a light-hearted game segment, ‘The Dedication Game’, which is designed to encourage open discussion. Any listener can apply to join Bruce in the studio and take part in the game.

The first episode of this monthly show will be aired on RadioReverb in January 2018.
Host and producer Ben Guthrie said “Myself and the RadioReverb team have spent a long time developing the show as we really wanted to get it right. Mental Health Matters will be a fantastic resource for those struggling with mental health problems and I’m very excited to finally be bringing it to the airwaves in January.”

Station Producer Ben Noble added “We’ve wanted a show about mental health on RadioReverb for some time now – it was just a question of getting it right. Bruce came to us with a great idea based around the format of The Dedication Game. It’s a conversation about healing and music, which exemplifies Bruce’s hands-on, practical attitude to mental health. We were thrilled at his approach, but we wanted to go further and cover the more academic and medical side of treatment too.
In the past couple of months we’ve worked with Bruce to develop the concept so that it will now include interviews with mental health professionals, news on the latest advances in treatment, and information on local services – all without losing the initial down-to-earth focus of Bruce’s original idea, which asks “what can YOU do to improve your mental health in your day to day life?”
“We’ve ended up with a show that will be fun to listen to even as it stimulates meaningful conversations around mental health. We are immensely proud of this show and hope it will become a valuable resource for Brighton residents.”

Mental Health Matters is launching as part of numerous new shows taking to the air on RadioReverb over the winter period. These include:

World Funk Mash Up: Jon Stallick, AKA DJ Barefoot, brings you a monthly hour of everything from electro-swing to latin-jazz.
The Brighton Album Chart Show: As seen on Latest TV and presented by Anthea Clarke, the Brighton Album Chart Show is compiled only of physical album and LP purchases from Brighton’s vibrant record shop, Resident Records.
Sophie Cook Talks: A new weekly current affairs show from media personality and LGBT+ rights campaigner Sophie Cook, mixing thought-provoking chat with great music.
DJ Mighty Ming: Join DJ Mighty Ming – known for his seamless mixing style, sublime taste and high production values – on Radio Reverb as he drops all kinds of house music on his new monthly mix show.

Other ways to listen will be via the Listen Again button at www.radioreverb.com.

Prestigious award for RadioReverb Host Charlotte Petts

Charlotte Petts, presenter of Growing Wild on Brighton’s community radio station RadioReverb, was awarded The Alan Titchmarsh New Talent Award last night [23 November] at The Garden Media Guild Awards 2017, the so-called gardening ‘Oscars’.

The prestigious awards ceremony celebrates ‘the best of horticultural communications, recognising the talent, skill and inspiration of garden media professionals’. Open for anyone to enter, the awards give new talent and established players the opportunity to have their work recognised and judged by experts in the field.

Speaking of Charlotte Petts and her work on Growing Wild, RadioReverb’s nature based show which explores the countryside and urban spaces of Brighton and beyond, the judges said: “Ultimately, Charlotte won out with original, rich content, relevant to novices and keen gardeners alike, drawing out fascinating narratives from her interviewee’s without saying too much herself.”

Growing Wild airs on RadioReverb at 5pm on the last Sunday of each month. The show covers topics as diverse as wild food, foraging, wild swimming and adventure and is sponsored by Infinity Foods.

On receiving her award, which took the form of an embossed Wedgwood plant pot, Charlotte said “It’s really exciting to have been awarded The Alan Titchmarsh New Talent Award for Growing Wild. It was such an honour to have been nominated alongside so many talented people, so I was surprised to have been crowned the winner. I couldn’t be more pleased!”  

The Garden Media Guild Awards 2017 ceremony was held at the world-famous Savoy, London on 23 November, and was hosted by broadcaster Gyles Brandreth.

If that wasn’t reason enough for RadioReverb to celebrate, Lance Dann also won Best Drama Producer last night at the Audio Production Awards for his bio-thriller Blood Culture, produced by Resonance FM which aired on RadioReverb over Halloween.

ARIAS nominated drama comes to RadioReverb

The series is a C21st whodunnit (or more of a “what is the evil corporation doing?”) that is told as a high-octane drama by a pair of uncompromising women.  The story doesn’t just exist in your ear buds – it blows out across the web in films, blogs, web-sites and interactive phone experience.  The accompanying show website has links, phone numbers, films and audio that you can use to piece together the mystery of what Meta are doing to their workers.

Everything you hear in this series is completely true (well the science is) and is the result of consultation with experts and scientists at Imperial College London, University of West England, University of Bristol, University of Sussex, University Brighton and University of East Anglia.  We spoke to a lot of profs and docs to make sure we got this right!

The series is produced by Brighton based Lance Dann for Resonance 104.4FM and the series is funded by the Wellcome Trust and supported by the University of Sussex and the University of Brighton.

The show was nominated for an ARIA award in the category of Best Fictional Storytelling and was the Number 1 arts podcast on iTunes in the UK in April 2017!!!!

Listener Survey 2017

We’re always looking to improve our service as a radio station, to keep you entertained and to help us to access vital funding, keeping RadioReverb on air and advert-free.

We’re running an ONLINE SURVEY throughout October and we need YOUR help!

YOU can help us to make RadioReverb better for you by clicking the link to our new survey!

Everyone’s thoughts are valid and valuable to us!

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You can also find the link on both Twitter and Facebook and please SHARE our survey with others too!

Thank you for helping RadioReverb to be the heart and sound of Brighton!

Local politicians battle it out on RadioReverb Politics Show – General Election Special

Prospective Parliamentary Candidates and party representatives have set out their stores in a sometimes-highly charged Radio Reverb Politics Show General Election Special.

The show, which will broadcast on Sunday, 14^th May at 5 pm, features representatives from Labour, LibDems, Greens and UKIP.  A last minute withdrawal from the programme by the Conservatives meant the programme’s presenter, Geoffrey Bowden, was left with the task of maintaining as much balance as possible to ensure the missing party’s standpoint did not go unheard.

The programme turned to the respected independent local journalist and broadcaster Frank le Duc for his assessment of the campaigns. He was also asked for his predictions about who will win the contests in the Brighton and Hove’s three parliamentary constituencies.

Commenting about the programme, producer and presenter Geoffrey Bowden said: “As you would expect during a General Election campaign the contributions from candidates and party representatives are pretty robust and passionate.

“Forecasting who will be the winners and losers in the current political climate is always going to be tricky.  Certainly many listeners could be surprised by the predictions, not just from the independent commentator, but by one of the party representatives appearing on the show.”

Apart from Brexit, issues tackled by the guests include immigration, education and social care funding, the NHS, Southern Rail, the housing crisis, the pros and cons of tactical voting and the likely impact of the Progressive Alliance.

A full list of all the parliamentary candidates can be found on the RadioReverb Politics Show page:

https://www.radioreverb.com/shows/The-Reverb-Politics-Show

Listeners can hear the The Reverb Politics Show General Election Special on RadioReverb at 97.2FM, on DAB+ and on-line at www.radioreverb.com.

Reverbathon 2017 – A 10 Year Celebration

Celebrating 10 years of broadcasting, independent radio station RadioReverb launches REVERBATHON 2017 – their annual fundraiser which, for one day only, helps Brighton’s only not for profit radio station, to fundraise and promote the variety of programmes across the local airwaves. The 12-hour fundraiser runs from 7 am on Saturday 11th March to 7 pm, completely live from their new studios in Brighton’s Open Market, just off London Road. The Reverbathon will not only raise money for the radio station, enabling it to remain playlist and advert free, but it will also celebrate and promote the diversity of its shows and presenters, across the day. At the start of each hour a different presenter will take to the airwaves promoting their different style of shows, and other presenters, live guests and live bands will be dropping in for short sessions and chats, making it a totally unique local radio experience no longer heard locally, and endorsing its aims and objectives – #sounds of diversity. Already scheduled from 7am on Saturday 11th March are – What’s The Craic’s? Irish host Anthony Martin linking up with Reverb experienced broadcaster Kairen Kemp, with live music from local musician Miles Ward followed by, Emma Inch, The Sharon & Ruben Show, Alan Wares with Albion Roar, Mark Johnson & Paul Wilson, Melita Dennett & Kathy Caton, Pete Jones, Tara Rez & Ben Noble. In a new twist the last hour will be given over to whomever can donate the largest amount in the silent auction. The wining DJ bidder will be a radio star for one hour only and will choose whatever music they would like to play for the final hour from 6-7pm. Radio Station Director, Tracey Allen said – “It is an incredible achievement that this not for profit radio station has been broadcasting to the Brighton and Hove audience for 10 years, when RadioReverb first obtained its FM licence from OFCOM. This has now been extended until 2022.  We host our annual Reverbathon to raise money so that we can keep our station advert free and this year’s activity love from the Open Market is the most exciting day we have ever put on. The variety of programmes, live music and shows means there will be something for everyone and we are asking listeners and local businesses to come down to the Open Market on Saturday to say hello and support our big day.” RadioReverb is the heart and sound of the local community and with its team of home -grown broadcastersdelivers a very strong social action schedule of programs for the Brighton and Hove community. All of the money raised goes directly back into the running of the station, upgrading equipment and giving an opportunity to bring in new shows and opportunities for new local voices. It also has a very strong successful social action programming commitment with award winning shows supporting the LGBT community plus refugees, the disabled, and those diagnosed with HIV. To donate please go to www.radioreverb.com. To sponsor a show on the day for £100 email: office@radioreverb.com Radio Reverb is based in Brighton and can be found on 97.2FM on DAB+ and online www.radioreverb.com

RadioReverb Announce Brighton Festival Partnership

RadioReverb, Brighton’s not for profit radio station, is delighted to announce that they will be this years’ Broadcast Media Partner for Brighton Festival 2017.

The radio station, which started broadcasting in 2004 for two weeks during the Brighton Festival, and was then awarded a full community broadcasting licence from OFCOM in 2007, is making it a ten year celebration for the team of home -grown broadcasters who produce a vibrant mix of locally relevant, advert free, speech and music programmes.  With the addition of Kate Tempest as this years’ Guest Director, everyone at RadioReverb is very keen to work with the Festival on a daily digest of Festival performances for the month of May.

Emma Robertson, Head of Press & PR at Brighton Festival said: “We are delighted to be partnering with RadioReverb this year. Our Guest Director Kate Tempest is passionate about the power of the arts to bring communities together so it is extremely fitting that we are working with a radio station that provides a platform for such a diverse spectrum of voices. With RadioReverb’s support, we hope that Brighton Festival 2017 will encourage the whole city to come together to celebrate the creativity in their communities and try something new.”

 Director Tracey Allen said “As we celebrate our tenth year of having a broadcast license, it is very apt that we once again work with Brighton Festival, which was the catalyst for RadioReverb becoming an official station in the city. Having Kate Tempest curate the festival fits in perfectly with our values of community, diversity and using communication for social good and entertainment. We can’t wait for Brighton Festival to start.”

Listeners can hear the Brighton Festival hour long shows each weekday from 5pm on RadioReverb at 97.2FM, on DAB and on-line at www.radioreverb.com from May 6^th.

The same show will be repeated 10pm each evening and at 8am the following morning.

 Podcasts of all the show will also be found behind RadioReverb’s Listen Again button.