Let’s go back 4 years, (there was the tsunami, the Athens Olympics, Arsenal won the Premiership and Peter Andre re-released Mysterious Girl…..cool, you’re with me now!) well, most people wouldn’t have had a clue what a podcast was!
4 years on and more than 6 million people in the UK have now listened to or downloaded [...]

It was the V Festival over the weekend and everyone from the station certainly does their bit to make it all go smoothly. It’s a rather relentless task on the front desk checking everyone in but there’s always the prize for the best blag.
This year it goes to a fine young man and his [...]

Ofcom publishes an annual review of what it calls The Communications Market, and yesterday it published the latest edition. It’s a long document running to something like 360 pages, and I’ll readily admit that I’ve not yet read it all (if you fancy your own copy, download it here).
But I have had a look at [...]

In the crazy world of brand marketing, it’s never less than a laugh a minute. Unfortunately our TV ads are generally a lot shorter than that. Those who’ve been with us for a while (as staff or listeners) will be aware of our infrequent forays into the murky waters of TV advertising and whilst our [...]

We’ve had to say goodbye to a few people from Sales team in the last couple of weeks and last night there was a bit of a leaving do.
Helen’s been here for five and a half years and is off to become a teacher.

Jemma’s been working in scheduling for the last two and a [...]

Just like the Ting Tings, we’ll soon be saying to the press, “Virgin Radio- that’s not my name!” But actually when you stop to think about it, we’ve already been saying that to them for quite some time now. In fact, since acquisition we’ve given the media quite a few new names to choose from:- [...]

We’ve had a frantic time since TIML Radio first walked into Golden Square just 30 working days ago. Each one exhausting but hugely enjoyable.
Where are we now? Well, already we’ve begun teasing the audience on-air with the notion of change and letting our audience both on-air and online know that the things they [...]

So here’s how the conversation went. Our new boss arrived at Golden Square with a question for his news editor…
“What are we doing about the Olympics?”
The Olympics? On a rock music station? Aside from throwing CD’s around the studio, I’ve never seen an enormous amount of athletic prowess or interest displayed by any of our [...]

Since the new mill owners threw this conversation wide open to us oiks working the looms, the most fiercely debated subject has been music. Somewhat inadvertently, I have emerged as a firebrand; a latter day Ned Ludd, wanting to lead a workers’ uprising to smash up the Selector computer and lay waste to all those [...]

And then there was you dear fellow staff member (as well as few others).
You know what makes this place.
You are what makes this place… Your ears, your voices, and your drinking problems. Your real-life new and old testaments, to the importance of our corner building and its significance to everyone else.
Please think about all the [...]

Hello One Golden Square,
It seems weeks ago since we all celebrated our win at this years Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards, picking up gold for our fantastic Virgin Mobile V Festival coverage.
What makes it even more special is that this award isn’t for just one specific person or presenter, this is completely a team effort. Every [...]

How much do those old tape machines weigh? You know, those hefty things as big as a washing machine with huge tape spools like in the Tardis. Joan needed to know for the courier service as she was borrowing a tape machine from my old friend, Hirsty, up in Yorkshire. I told her [...]

A bit of an annual tradition here at Golden Square is that we all go to Green Park, our nearest park, for some pleasant summer drinks. We call this “Piss Up in the Park.”

You might remember your local radio station used to have a regular summer event called “Party in the Park” which was created [...]

What with the annual leave I had booked for August, Friday was my last day in the office as a member of staff.
I imagine everyone here is sick & tired of being told how wonderful they are, but I’d like to add my voice to that chorus and thank you all for your part in [...]

One of the many things that we’ve been doing in the first 30 days as the new owners of One Golden Square, has been for Nick Hewat and I to meet as many commercial clients and agencies as we can in order to introduce ourselves and give them some background about who we are.
I have [...]