FrequencyCast Show 80 Transcript
In Show 80, we looked at portable power, home security, dinosaurs, cake shops and community radio. Here, you'll find links to the transcripts from this exciting instalment of the FrequencyCast podcast.
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Show 80 Transcript Part 2:
Continues from our Field Challenge Transcript
Pete:
In a few minutes, we'll be looking at the security system that Kelly put together in some more detail. Before that, though, keen-eared listeners may have noticed that we haven't heard much from our Carl of late. Well, Carl fans, to prove he's still alive, and as cheesy as ever, here he is.
Carl:
So Pete, life has been treating me well - how about you? - particularly Stephen Fry, what's this about dinosaurs? - tell me more.
Pete:
Stephen Fry? Dinosaurs? - no, go on.
Carl:
Well, there's an advert on telly about how you can order anything you like off your TV now - a dinosaur takeaway, I'm thinking.
Pete:
I'm really lost - you're going to have to help me out with this one.
Carl:
Well, virgin are doing some new thing where you can type in anything you want to watch. If you want to see anything with dinosaurs in, you type in "dinosaur", and it'll search for a dinosaur film, movie, documentary - you name it, and you can find anything to do with dinosaurs. Is that new? - or didn't you show me something like this before?
Pete:
BT Vision, about two years ago, had that one, where you can also search for an actor or actress.
Carl:
That's right - so Virgin are copying, aren't they?
Pete:
And of course, we've got YouView, the new one, where you've got TalkTalk, BT, and you can buy a Humax box that lets you search for stuff as well.
Carl:
So Virgin are doing catch up - is that what's going on?
Pete:
I think they're all doing it now. What is quite cool is, this YouView thing has a programme guide that, instead of going seven days into the future, goes seven days back.
Carl:
So, what have Virgin got to offer, that it's worthwhile going Virgin, then?
Pete:
Well, there's the aqueduct.
Carl:
Oh, of course, yes - an education.
Pete:
OK, I have to ask you, Carl - have you got yourself an iPhone 5 yet? It's been out for three days so far.
Carl:
I've got three, and how many have you got?
Pete:
An iPhone 3, or three iPhones?
Carl:
No, three iPhone 5s.
Pete:
And do you love them?
Carl:
Yeah, they're 15 in total - three times five.
Pete:
So, are you going to get an iPhone 5?
Carl:
Do you know what, I need a new mobile phone, because look at the state of this baby - my Nokia bad boy is kept together with what?
Pete:
Well, hang on - that's changed slightly. That was red insulation tape, it's now green insulation tape - well done!
Carl:
Thank you very much. I just thought of colour scheming - it goes with my shirt, you see. But more importantly, of course, have you noticed what's happening here? The back is cracking, due to the fact that the battery is slowly exploding.
Pete:
Can I take a picture of that for the website? - that is stunning! That's just exploded.
Carl:
It's phenomenal, it's great. Feel free.
Pete:
www.frequencycast.co.uk/carl'sknackeredphone.com.
Carl:
And if you've got a phone that's more knackered than this, we want you to send us your images immediately, because this is going down in the book of records of knackerism. It's like watching something explode in slow motion, it's unbelievable.
Pete:
There you go, Carl fans - you wanted him, and there he is. Now, those of you that think I may have been a bit cruel by giving poor old Kelly a tech challenge in a field, here's Kelly getting her revenge.
OK, Kelly - this is fun. Where have you brought me?
Kelly:
I've brought you to a cake shop.
Pete:
Why have you brought me to a cake shop? What's this got to do with technology?
Kelly:
It has nothing to do with technology, but I decided, as you took me to a sci-fi show, it's only fair that I bring you to a cake shop.
Pete:
So what's in it for me?
Kelly:
Cake, champagne, lovely women - what more do you want?
Pete:
That's actually a pretty good reason, yes. So what are we doing - a book launch, is that right?
Kelly:
It is - Juliet Sear has actually just launched a new book, The Cake Decorating Bible, so I'm here trying to get a few tips actually.
Pete:
I'm out of my depth - I'm going to go and eat cake. Thank you very much.
Kelly:
No problem.
Pete:
And before you ask, I've got no idea how that managed to make it into today's show.
Transcript continues: CCTV System Review
Show 80 Transcript, Part 4
Transcript continues from our CCTV System Review
Pete:
Yep, same here, Tom; same here. Details and pictures of the wireless home security system we featured here are up on our show notes. FrequencyCast Show 80 has been a lot of fun to put together. It's the first time that so many of our contributors and staff have all been together at the same place, and that place was a field outside a community radio station. Now, there are more and more of these community radio stations springing up around the UK, and not that many people fully understand exactly what happens at these stations. In the last show, I was interviewed by Scott Ross from Phoenix FM. Now we're going to turn the tables, as our Kelly catches up with afternoon presenter Scott Ross, to find out just what community radio is all about.
Scott:
Well, community radio is the new tier of radio, which has been brought in because so many local stations these days are now networked, and everything is sort of national. We actually do serve the community that we're talking to. We're here at this particular one, we normally broadcast live 17 hours a day, and the rest of the time is automated. But we involve the community, we get involved in all of the, the sort of things that go on here with the charities. We try and support the new local artists that might want to get exposure - that sort of thing.
Scott Ross, on-air on Phoenix FM
Kelly:
And how do you differ from the larger radio stations?
Scott:
Well basically, I think, because we are that small, that we can actually talk to the community that we're serving, so that if you're serving an area, as we do, which is probably about ten or fifteen miles in radius, they're a coherent community, whereas a big radio station is covering such a large area, that there's very little cohesion between people living in one side of the transmission area, and people living on another side of the transmission area.
Kelly:
If you were a budding presenter and wanted to get on radio, what's the best way to go about that?
Scott:
Well, I would say that community radio is undoubtedly the easiest path, because the community stations are always looking for presenters anyway. The easiest way to do it is to contact the station itself, and ask them what you should do, because there's no point in inundating them with umpteen recordings that they probably won't listen to, so it's far better to actually approach them. Try and talk to the guy in charge, and say, look - I really want to do this, can I come and talk to you, and sort something out.
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