Boogie In The Afternoon
I walked up to George Street just in time to catch the end of the Scotland Live outside broadcast. Presenter Gary Robertson was asking if the people of Edinburgh had made the right decision in last year's referendum on congestion charging. There was a heated debate going on as I arrived, but my eyes were also drawn to the state of our camper van. This operates as a mobile studio but it's starting to look a little weather-beaten on the outside and someone described the interior to me as very Terry & June.
So it's being carted off soon for a new lick of paint and a redesign of our logo. Meanwhile we'll have to think about what we do with the inside. One of our senior producers in the music department, Barbara Wallace, suggested we get TV designers Colin & Justin to give it a makeover. Hmm, we'll see.
Meanwhile Gary introduced the one o'clock news just as the gun went off and we headed over to for a event for students there.
I chaired a discussion between Gary and the Forth One breakfast presenter "Boogie"- host of "Boogie in the Morning". The students were in good form with lots of great questions about the future of radio.
Our finale was a quiz, devised by our producer Lizzy Clark, in which we reversed roles. Gary captained a team to answer questions about pop culture...Boogie's team had to answer questions about politics. It was a close-run thing, but Gary's in-depth research on Big Brother and Desperate Housewives paid off.
I have to say I was very impressed with Boogie who talked a lot of sense about the radio business and gave the students a real sense of what it takes to forge a career in commercial radio. Mind you, I don't think I can ever forgive him for pointing out that I didn't know the difference between Puff Daddy and P. Diddy.
But hey, I can name every member of McFly!
