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A listing of all the voices heard on Radio Caroline and her associated stations over the last six decades. DJs and newsreaders are included, the first time that the Radio Caroline voices have been fully listed. It covers broadcasts from all FIVE ships used by Caroline plus the recent shore-based versions.

As well as listing the many voices heard on the air over the eras, (see below) the book explains how Radio Caroline has recruited on-air talent, how they were paid and why so few used their own names. It also highlights the DJs who used more than one 'stage name'. Click book for details

The new Online Radio book tells how radio developed to digital and how this made true 'global radio' possible.

It describes what's needed to launch and reach over 7 BILLION listeners worldwide - you will be surprised! Advice on revenues and operations, the routes of distribution and more, all in one place.

Full details are on the Offshore Radio book website

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This depends on what sort of radio station you're looking for; what format will you follow and the amount of speech you feel your station should have.

Even the most music -ocused radio stations need some speech content, especially at the most important times of day, which is almost always breakfast time. Making sure your breakfast time presenters (and other key hosts) have access to the latest news and information is vital.

The new Online Radio book tells how radio developed to digital and how this made true 'global radio' possible.

It describes what's needed to launch and reach over 7 BILLION listeners worldwide - you will be surprised! Advice on revenues and operations, the routes of distribution and more, all in one place.

Full details are on the Offshore Radio book website

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Have you ever wondered where on earth so many of the breakfast presenters on mainline or traditional radio stations find the time to scour all the newspapers, magazines and other sources for the latest news items and topics?

And why is it that they all seem to talk about the same topics - how does that happen?

The source for music played on radio stations is very important. Regular MP3s are often poor quality and once a low-res MP3s is processed, then it will be degraded even further. Apple's iTunes and iPods (both launched in 2001) made good quality music downloads easy to accomplish and totally legal.

Record companies initially resisted the idea of downloading and tried all sorts to prevent it. They soon realised that the genie was 'out of the bottle' and, after misguided attempts to have ISPs report people for sharing audio, the record companies realised and sold downloads themselves for less than a dollar per track.

There are many sources now for music downloads but these two are by far the best ones, giving the widest range of music and at the best quality; Amazon Prime & Apple iTunes

It would be impossible for a breakfast show DJ to look through every newspaper and devour every topical item of interest from all the latest magazines every day, especially in a couple of hours before a breakfast programme. The source actually is usually one of the 'DJ Prep' services.

These are small companies of very experienced DJs and journalists who do all the reading up for you. They begin work at about 9 pm each evening, and work through the night. They pour through all the newspapers (early editions are usually available in London just before midnight), and rewrite the stories with a radio slant, making them suitable for live reading on air.

These are mixed with magazine articles of interest. They add in each day's birthdays and anniversaries of important events, and might also add warnings of events likely to happen during the coming day or two.

This is then sent to the prep service's subscribing stations at about 5am, so the breakfast DJ can pick it up and quickly scan through before his show. It's a great way of getting up to date in ten minutes while you have a coffee, and far better than spending an hour or two getting your fingers covered in newsprint.

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You too can subscribe to one of the DJ Show Prep services. There are a couple of these services in the UK but the best we've found is the daily production called ShowPrep. It's like having your own personal production team and a PA working for you, and at the unsociable hours they would not thank you for!

Show Prep company is run by veteran British broadcaster Francis Currie and Paul Ellery. Francis is a well respected and very experienced consultant, trainer & coach. He was the Group PD of Heart FM and launch PD of Magic.

Show Prep offers either 3 day or 25 page editions, simply crammed with material you need to have your breakfast show THE most up to date, which will keep your audience listening longer, and want to come back day after day. At the moment ShowPrep are offering a risk free trial of their service where you pay just £1 (yes, One Pound!) and get a seven days trial, so you can evaluate their service. Click Here to get this great offer.

The very latest headlines, stories, showbiz, music, sport, lifestyle information, surveys, birthdays, ideas and just about everything you need. With Show Prep it's all written, edited, laid-out and ready to go, just for you. Arriving in your mailbox each morning you don't need to search for material to use in your show.

Forget running out of time before the show, no more of that trying to sight-read the newspapers, no wondering if your prep will arrive on time or worse still having it compiled the day before with out-of-date news!

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