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Dec 5, 2010
EPIC Studio
Category: News | Posted by: stevet
Last summer, Jamie Brown, broadcaster/producer at SNYA Radio, completed work experience at EPIC
Studios on Magdalen Street in Norwich. Jamie had a great time and gained further experience whilst developing his film making and broadcasting skills. As a direct result of Jamie’s time there, I received a business proposition from Jamie Warren, Project Development Manager at EPIC. As negotiations progressed, we both realised the potential for future collaborative work that would benefit both organisations. This has resulted in us (SNYA Radio) opening a second studio and offices at EPIC, paid for through European funding.
Robert Thomas made the first broadcast from here on Saturday 4th December starting at 2pm and ending at 4pm.
The move was quite a considerable operation as we had grown out of our Long Stratton studios many months ago. Some equipment and office furniture was being stored in my garage and shed at home.
Stage one was to dismantle the studio at Long Stratton. This was quite a laborious process as every cable had to be labeled so we knew how to put it back together the other end. Both Josh and I decided we would not make a career out of being radio engineers.
Josh Worley and his dad assisted me with the second stage of the move by collecting filing cabinets,
desks and chairs from the two locations in their trailer. Then two weeks later Matthew Dowse and Dylan Whiley and his dad helped me move most of the equipment from Long Stratton to Norwich in a mini bus (now known as our first ‘road trip’). They also moved the first load of equipment from the enclosed storage area on the ground floor to the new office. We made such good progress that we were able to unload and rebuild the studio all in one day and still be back for the Bonfire night celebrations.
The final stage, starting Tuesday 2nd December, was the rebuilding of desks, cupboards and shelving in the office area, unpacking the files back into their cabinets and re-wiring all the electrical equipment as they do not use three pin plugs at EPIC.
Another benefit of us moving to EPIC is that film studio four is wired to our radio studio. This is a fifty seated studio with mounted fixed cameras for us to broadcast both audio and stream films of our live
studio debates and our live bands.
We are now ready to start broadcasting from our Norwich studio in earnest. If you would like to have a go at either broadcasting or producing then please get in touch via e-mail to stevek.thomas@snyouthaction.org.uk
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