Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Live from Debenhams this Friday

On Friday the lovely Lisa and the not so lovely me, broadcast live from the cafe in Debenhams, Parc Llandudno from 11.30am - 1.00pm. We'll have some guests, chat with shoppers and we'll be giving out some of the legendary 'Tudno FM chocolate' specially made for our launch on St David's Day 2008.
As Lisa is the youngster on the show I hope to have her doing all the running around while I sit back and enjoy the tunes! If you listened to this morning's show you will know that Lisa's been 'driving' the studio desk during the show and it's now looking like my days are numbered.......
If you have a reasonable knowledge of music get yourself down to Parc Llandudno and take part in our competition for a chance to win the choccy we bringing along from "Tudno Towers".
By the way, Tudno FM's very own Margaret Hurdman will be popping in for a coffee and a chat.
See you Friday.
Darrell

Monday, March 24, 2008

Tudno FM's Ghost Hunt

The team are preparing for the Ghost Hunt in the next week or so and thanks to you, the listeners voting on my blog, Sion Pritchard (Head of News) will be joining them. We're not sure how Sion will take this news yet, as he's off until tomorrow, but I can guarantee he'll be a good laugh!
The results of the poll were:
Sion Pritchard (Head of News) 56%
Karl Davies (Breakfast Show) 12%
Gary Carr (Tudno Sport Host) 24%
Martin Ward (Mad Irish Newsreader) 8%
The location for the Ghost Hunt is being kept secret for the time being but we will be recording the event ready for broadcast shortly. We hope to be able to record it with night vision equipment so we can put some footage up on the blogs.
I'll keep you posted.
Darrell

It's A Small World - Sunday 23rd March

Busy show yesterday due to it being trimmed by 1 hour with the Easter schedule.... However I managed to talk to Mrs Shirley Griffiths from Carmarthan, Shirley was the lady who was taken ill three shows previous and had some great stories to tell.
Also took a number of calls from people wanting requests or shouts over the Easter Sunday. I then spoke on the phone to Brian Rousseau, a great friend of mine from New York. Brian heads up the Urban Search & Rescue Team for the New York State and his team were the first into the World Trade Centre on 11th September 2001. The team are based in Albany (State capital), some 3 1/2 hours drive from NYC and about the same from Canada, in fact they do a lot of training at Niagara Falls and back in 2002, whilst visiting Brian and his family we saw where the team practices repelling (abseiling in the UK) and I must say I was envious!!
I will ask Brian to send me some links and a more detailed account of his team's activities and I will post them on my blog for you all to see. Love to all Brian's family and we wish Mariea a speedy recovery from all the 'Owens'.........
Darrell

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

An Evening with Margaret Hurdman



Saturday 5th April 2008 at Langtrys, Grand Hotel, Llandudno
Internationally renowned medium and Tudno FM's very own Margaret Hurdman stars in front of a live audience. Tudno FM brings Tuesday's 'A Little More Time' show out of the studios and allows the public a chance to see Margaret display her skills with light hearted humour.
Tickets are limited and since the announcement on Tuesday (18th March) have been selling fast. To book your tickets call the Tudno FM reception on 01492 863190 to secure your place. Tickets are priced at £5 each and all the proceeds go to the Llandudno Community Radio project.
Join Margaret Hurdman, Darrell Owens and Emma Morgan for a night to remember.

Mid Mornings with Lisa

Every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday morning I get to co-host the mid-morning shows with the lovely Lisa Atkinson, which is great as we do have a laugh on the show. Lisa is young, pretty and bubbly and I'm getting on a bit, face for radio and not as lively as I used to be! Surprisingly our music tastes are quite similar which must be good for my street-cred and between us we try to keep the show fast with quick links and music to sing along to while you're at work or busy doing your household chores.
Lisa is really excited as she now has her own blog and e-mail (lisa.atkinson@tudno.com) and we are in the process of scripting the jingles for the show, as long as I get a mention somewhere! If you listen to us and you want a shout out give us a call on 01492 870249 and we'll do our best.
We joked on today's show that the one caller had got a wrong number and we must be ex-directory so if you'd like to talk to the lovely Lisa pick up that phone..... We gave out details of a website this morning which had some amazing links to random piccies and videos and throughout the show Lisa was giggling over the other side of the studio.















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Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Thank God.....she's got a blog!

Listeners may have heard Lisa (Atkinson) my co-host on the mid-morning shows complaining about her name not being on the jingles and also not having her own blog. Now thanks to our IT team Lisa has her own blog, so hopefully I'll get a bit of peace...... My thanks to you guys for sorting that out!
On Friday at a pre-arranged time I fired one of my carts 'Darrell Owens on Tudno FM' then I looked across the desk at Lisa, who by this time was glaring at me! Then Jez Hemming and Karl Davies who were in the newsroom broke into song with their very own jingle especially for Lisa. Her face lit up and she then burst out laughing as her phone went wild with text messages from her family and friends who had been listening.
Here's the words of Lisa's very own jingle.
Lisa Atkinson is here with Darrell
and she's not had a mention yet,
Lisa Atkinson is here with Darrell
And he's being such a selfish girl

Oh this song's for Lisa
Oh this song's for Lisa

Darrell kiss my keester
Darrell kiss my keester

Lisa Atkinson is here with Darrell
and this trail we made is just for her.

Thanks to Karl and Jez and everyone in the newsroom for brightening up Lisa's day and stay tuned for our shows on Tuesdays 11am - 1pm, Wednesdays 9.30am - 1pm and Fridays 11.30am - 1pm.
Darrell

St David's hospice - Hosbis Dewi Sant - Caring for adults with cancer and terminal illness in North Wales

St David's hospice - Hosbis Dewi Sant - Caring for adults with cancer and terminal illness in North Wales