Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Blue
Clothes: plain dresser/ nothing fancy
Hobbies: Cooking, Reading,
Favourite Shakespeare play: Romeo and Juliet
Favourite childhood book: The Chronicles of Narnia by Clive Staples Lewis –written between 1949 and 1954
Favourite season: Spring
Favourite animal: cats
Jobs: Teacher, nurse, social care worker
Salary (per year): 24 000 - 34 000
Free time: Read a novel, watch TV, early morning or late evening jogs
Most watched genre film: Romantic
Average meals: Breakfast: Cereal and Tea
Lunch: Sandwiches and Fruit/Muffin and Water/Juice/Tea
Dinner: Homemade Hot Meal and Hot Chocolate/Cappuccino
Favourite Disney Film: Bambi- a 1942 animated feature produced by Walt Disney
Best and Handsomest Male Actor: Collin Firth- Best known as Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen- Film made in 1995
Saturday, 31 January 2009
Thursday, 22 January 2009
History of classical fm amd its music magazine
A chorus of birdsong heralded the launch of the UK's first national commercial radio station in the summer of 1992. Two months later, on September 7 1992, Classic FM hit the airwaves for the first time.
The idea for a national commercial radio station dedicated to classical music originated with the management of GWR Group. It had been operating a trial service on its AM frequencies in Wiltshire and Bristol, testing audience reaction to a regular drive-time programme of popular classical music.
The idea had proved to be a great success and GWR Group's CEO, Ralph Bernard, and Group Programme Director, Michael Bukht, drew up the plans for a national station. Classic FM's initial investors included GWR Group, DMGT and the entrepreneur, Sir Peter Michael.
At 6am on Monday, September 7, the strains of Handel's Zadok the Priest announced the station's arrival. Nick Bailey was the first voice listeners heard on air - 14 years later he's still a regular presenter on Classic FM.
Reaction to the station was mixed, with many critics and advertisers not giving it a chance. Classic FM launched with the expectation of attracting 2.8 million listeners. Four and a half months after launch date, official figures showed that 4.3 million people were tuning into the station every week, making it the fourth largest in the country. Further evidence of the station's success came the following year when Classic FM was named Station of the Year at the Sony Awards, the first of three such awards it has won since 1992.
Four years after the launch, GWR bought out the remaining shareholders. Ralph Bernard became Chief Executive, a role he has held ever since. In 2005, GWR Group merged with Capital Radio Group to form GCap Media - the UK's largest commercial radio company. Classic FM remains the single biggest radio station in GCap Media's portfolio of stations.
Classic FM has more than 6.2 million listeners across the UK who tune in each week (including almost 400,000 children). As well as the radio station, Classic FM has grown to include Classic FM TV, a 24 hour classical music video channel; the Classic FM Magazine, the UK's best-selling classical music magazine; this thriving website; a record label; live concerts and book publishing. In 2004, Darren Henley became Classic FM's Station Manager, responsible for the day-to-day management of Classic FM's business and its editorial content across all of its platforms.
The station's presenters include Simon Bates, Lesley Garrett, Katie Derham, Myleene Klass, Henry Kelly, Richard E. Grant, John Suchet, Tony Robinson and David Mellor.
Today, fourteen years after its launch, Classic FM remains true to its mission to bring classical music to the widest possible audience, no matter their age, background or location. And many people believe that this will continue for many years to come.
classical fm's magazine are sold on average at about £2-£3 and is published monthly.
The idea for a national commercial radio station dedicated to classical music originated with the management of GWR Group. It had been operating a trial service on its AM frequencies in Wiltshire and Bristol, testing audience reaction to a regular drive-time programme of popular classical music.
The idea had proved to be a great success and GWR Group's CEO, Ralph Bernard, and Group Programme Director, Michael Bukht, drew up the plans for a national station. Classic FM's initial investors included GWR Group, DMGT and the entrepreneur, Sir Peter Michael.
At 6am on Monday, September 7, the strains of Handel's Zadok the Priest announced the station's arrival. Nick Bailey was the first voice listeners heard on air - 14 years later he's still a regular presenter on Classic FM.
Reaction to the station was mixed, with many critics and advertisers not giving it a chance. Classic FM launched with the expectation of attracting 2.8 million listeners. Four and a half months after launch date, official figures showed that 4.3 million people were tuning into the station every week, making it the fourth largest in the country. Further evidence of the station's success came the following year when Classic FM was named Station of the Year at the Sony Awards, the first of three such awards it has won since 1992.
Four years after the launch, GWR bought out the remaining shareholders. Ralph Bernard became Chief Executive, a role he has held ever since. In 2005, GWR Group merged with Capital Radio Group to form GCap Media - the UK's largest commercial radio company. Classic FM remains the single biggest radio station in GCap Media's portfolio of stations.
Classic FM has more than 6.2 million listeners across the UK who tune in each week (including almost 400,000 children). As well as the radio station, Classic FM has grown to include Classic FM TV, a 24 hour classical music video channel; the Classic FM Magazine, the UK's best-selling classical music magazine; this thriving website; a record label; live concerts and book publishing. In 2004, Darren Henley became Classic FM's Station Manager, responsible for the day-to-day management of Classic FM's business and its editorial content across all of its platforms.
The station's presenters include Simon Bates, Lesley Garrett, Katie Derham, Myleene Klass, Henry Kelly, Richard E. Grant, John Suchet, Tony Robinson and David Mellor.
Today, fourteen years after its launch, Classic FM remains true to its mission to bring classical music to the widest possible audience, no matter their age, background or location. And many people believe that this will continue for many years to come.
classical fm's magazine are sold on average at about £2-£3 and is published monthly.
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