“Are We on Air?”
Posted in Uncategorized on 09/02/2009 11:36 am by siobhanA couple of weeks ago my son made his debut on live radio.
He has been asked to write the match reports for one of our local football teams in the Non League Football newspaper and also to phone in live reports from the touch line to the local radio station Hayes FM.
To say that I am proud would be the understatement of the year.
When Jack was little we used to play a radio phone-in show game where he would pretend to be a radio host and I would pretend to be various ridiculous guests calling in.
Radio (especially of the Talk Sport variety) has been a running soundtrack to his life and he dreams of one day hosting a sports show of his own.
So to see him take the first steps towards his dream at the tender age of twelve has been cause for great cheer.
As have the inevitable technical hitches that a radio debut entails.
I have attached the clip so that you too can share in the joy. There is a classic moment where Jack doesn’t realise he is live on air and the presenter asks him if he knows who has scored. To which he simply replies, ‘Yeah.’ Cue long silence and then, ‘Are we on air?’ I think he recovers admirably though, just click on the link to have a listen…
09/03/2009 at 2:53 pm
It was an interview of two halves – and when Jack got going he was BRILLIANT ! Move over Gary Lineker…..
09/04/2009 at 10:43 pm
VERY IMPRESSIVE. He came across like a true pro with a confident air (and what’s more his voice was just so sweeeeeeeet.)