BUDDING broadcasters from Bradford College will go live tomorrow after getting hands on in a radio station.

Media students from the college’s Northern School of Creative Industries will take to the city’s airwaves as part of a project with radio station BCB.

Two groups of students will each broadcast a live magazine-style show tomorrow through the community station that can be heard on 106.6FM and online.

The students will present and produce the live shows, having already had pre-recorded shows to go out over the weekend.

Student Kamil Czechowski (pictured) said: “I am a hands-on type person, I like to be on set using a camera or being the editor so this is perfect, there is lots of great content.”

David Crighton, media and film lecturer at Bradford College, said: “This time last year I sat down with Mary Dowson who runs BCB and we wanted to put together a project that was more than just students undertaking a generic work placement. Mary and I worked collaboratively to plan out a curriculum offer which would involve the students having radio theory input at the Northern School of Creative Industries and practical workshops at BCB studios.

“The aim of the assessed project was to prepare the students, in their groups, to produce one pre-recorded magazine show and one live magazine show. In order to do this the students have been working for months securing interviews with councillors, businesses, bands, charities and other local organisations. The hard work gone into developing material for the shows has given the students a real sense of what is required to work in broadcasting; the creativity, the understanding of audiences, the sheer level of organisational planning and technical skill required.

“Students undertaking a video production module were also given the opportunity to work at the station to produce digital video output for BCB. This is something the students involved have thoroughly enjoyed and they've particularly learnt about how to tailor their creative thinking to meet the needs of a client.

“I couldn't be happier with how the collaboration with BCB has worked out."