Monthly Archives: August 2008

Why do producers jump from planes? by Clive Dickens

Casting production talent is probably one of the most difficult jobs in the world. It really is an arranged marriage. You’ve found the groom – now you need to find a bride. Not only do they need to be good at their jobs, but they need to get on with the presenters they work with. [...]

Standing on the shoulders of giants… Well Scouting for Girls Anyway by Bobby Harrison

For those of you who were lucky enough to be watching the Kings of Leon at the V Festival the other weekend, then you may have missed my band, Carlotti, playing in the Virgin Radio VIP tent (thanks James!).  Well fear not as I have the video from the day, see if you can spot [...]

Rock Trivias by Kirsty Donoghue

After almost 8 years at Virgin Radio, it’s safe to say I’ve been to a million and one zillion of these famous Rock Trivias. In fact, they are so much part of my life, like cleaning my teeth or going for a doctors check-up that I’ve renamed the day after Wednesday, Rock-Trivia-Day. Friday follows of [...]

“The train now departing platform 16…” by Paul Davies, Head of Consumer Marketing, Online Services, Microsoft

It is 23.54. I’m late. I am at least an hour or so from home. And my girlfriend has left 3 answerphone messages, and 2 texts to track me down. I have had 3 slices of pizza, 2 glasses of champagne, and Idontknowhowmany beers. I narrowly escaped the magnetic vortex pull of Soho Karaoke, and [...]

Immitation Is The Sincerest Form Of Flattery by John Martin

Over the weekend I noticed an unusual amount of items appearing in the RSS reader for “Virgin Radio”. After flicking through the blog posts and tweets I discovered that Mix 99.9fm radio in Toronto has been renamed to Virgin Radio 999. I didn’t think any more of it until I got into the office and [...]