Keith Alexander RIP

My second job in radio was as Sports Editor at Hereward Radio in Peterborough, eastern England. 

One of my jobs was to present  and produce the Friday preview show and my weekly guest to look at the region’s non-league matches was Keith Alexander, who died yesterday at the ridiculously young age of 53 .

During the broadcast from Hackney

Watch part of the broadcast here.  More of the broadcast here. And the end of the broadcast, complete with singing by ‘Voices with Soul’, here.

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Will the London Olympics make a difference to the local residents?

When London won the Olympic bid, the main aim of these games was to regenerate and transform the east of the city which is a deprived part of London. A 1km from the Olympic site is Hackney and this is where WHYS will be broadcasting from on Wednesday.

Videos from the broadcast in Hackney

See Ros talking about the local area here.

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Here’s the link to Ros introducing the venue.

Here is a link to one of the Boxing Clubs volunteers, Real, talking about WHYS.

How are we doing?

At the World Service, we have something called Annual Reviews. This is where the editor of a programme (so Mark in the case of WHYS) goes to see the most senior editorial people in the organisation (they’re called commissioners and directors)