Monday 6 June 2011

Surprise visit to East Coast FM. Haddington -

the plans for the day were literally up in the air from the moment I got up - no rain again, still dull - but warm enough to head for the big City minus parka, gloves and balaclava !!! after all it is only the 6th of June. (from the clocks it might even be the 7th somewhere in the world)

Brief visit to the Dental Hospital to get another tick in the box and it was down to meet RGB at The Mercat Bar, where Plan A changed to Plan B and then Plan C - which was a trip to Haddington to meet Ian Robertson and the crew of East Coast FM.
This is one of the latest local community run radio stations being set up around the UK and is proving to be very successful despite still being an online service to computer listeners.
We met with Ian and two of the volunteer DJ's, Tony Conlin and Jim Anderson for a blether, gather facts about the station which will hopefully be going onto the airwaves very shortly (when Ofcom gets round to issuing the licence). Jim even managed to get RGB to take part in a live interview, not that he took much persuading . Seem to have lost that photo into the ether - some interesting facts from the station which is receiving hits on the website from all over the world where listeners can also have a wee peek at the live webcam and try to match the faces with the many dulcet tones.
They ran a competition on behalf of teh Dolphin Inn who will be s

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