The Radio School

1 TO 1 RADIO PRESENTER COURSES - PRESENTATION & PRODUCTION OF PROFESSIONAL RADIO

  The Radio School, Lucas Media, Staplehurst, Kent, England.  Tel: 01580 893859.    E MAIL

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The Radio School is a nationally recognised radio broadcasting school in the UK, offering varied 1 to 1 Radio Training Courses for the presentation and production of professional radio. We're now based in Staplehurst Kent (UK). We're close to London with excellent road and rail links to the rest of the UK and mainland Europe. Our courses are used by both newcomers and established presenters and deejays too. If you want a career in radio, the Radio School will assist you in learning presentation styles, techniques and production values. All ages are welcome and we also accept students from around the globe wishing to learn radio production and presentation in the UK. Rod Lucas is the founder of The Radio School and has an impressive record of getting people into radio through his 1 to 1 training and coaching.

We provide on going help guidance and advice on marketing your presentation skills and demo after completing you radio presenter coaching. This is our commitment to all who attend our courses and radio training. We specialise in 'Personality Radio' training & coaching. You'll find plenty of sound examples of our success in taking new talent and turning them into great sounding presenters in all kinds of radio styles and formats. Call us for a chat.

The Radio School provides three main different courses: Core One (3 levels) for beginners that have no technical or radio presentation experience: Core Two (3 levels) designed for those with limited radio experience and who want to move on. Core Three (3 levels) for fully and semi-professional broadcasters wanting an advanced training course. To book a course e mail here.

If you're a newcomer and want to learn the basics of radio presentation and production - with a view to producing a professional radio demo to send to radio stations and other production companies then The Radio School is for you, we offer 1 to 5 day courses including weekends if you wish. 
Radio Presenter Coaching  
   
All our course tutors have much experience in British radio and are led by senior trainer and Radio Coach Rod Lucas, a Sony Radio award winning presenter/producer. Rod has over 35 years professional broadcast experience in National and local radio, both commercial and BBC. Rod can be heard on National and local radio all over the world. See Rod's website here. Rod Lucas is a Programme Consultant to various radio stations. He's the Programme Director for Fusion Radio and in August 2008 was appointed a Director for Valley Radio & TV in Spain, broadcasting to millions of British expats and holiday makers in southern Spain. So he knows what he's talking about. You may be invited to sit in on one of Rod's "live" radio programmes too, some from the UK. Our National broadcasting school is designed for 1 to1 presenter training and coaching. Rod is often approached by stations looking for presenters who wish to use his trainees.

Our radio presenter courses are planned around your own individual needs. The Radio School provides dedicated 1 to 1 tuition so there's lots of time to spend on training you and not a whole class. We work at a pace comfortable for you.
   
Read what students say about our radio training and  how we help get people into radio jobs

"I would happily recommend Rod Lucas and the Radio School. Before attending a short course on a one-to-one basis with Rod I had no radio experience. Expect a warm welcome and some intense training. I left with a demo which as a result I was offered a full time show within two months on 2 stations. Since then I now present my own show for one of the largest groups of stations in UK. I still send air checks to Rod to get some feedback. “

Adam Cromarty
Presenter
West FM 96.7 & West Sound FM
 

Listen to Adam's demo showreel produced by Rod Lucas here

 

Adam Cromarty

 

We're proud of the training we give. We strive to make great radio presenters for all kinds of stations. Pictured right is Leandra Julien who before coming to our studios had never presented a programme or been inside a studio in her life.

We spent 3 days training Leandra Julian to make great radio. Leandra completed a Core 1 Training Course. She also completed a voice-over course with us too. Listen to her radio demo show reel by clicking on her picture.

 

Leandra Julien

Another success story for The Radio School
 

Barrie  Watt from Glasgow came to see us at The Radio School for a Core 1 - Level 1 training course. Barrie had never presented a radio show before. After 2 days intensive training he sounds brilliant. Listen to Barrie's demo showreel by clicking on his photograph. Within weeks of training, he was offered work at Lanarkshire's L-107 FM Scotland. Barry is now on the Sunday Breakfast Show & Thursday evenings. See what Barrie says about our Radio Courses.



"Hi the course was fantastic and well recommended! Before the course it was a dream of mine to be on radio now its looking more like a reality. It has given me the confidence. The demo is absolutely fantastic, I had to listen a few times before I realised it was really me! It sounds so professional and thanks to your expertise. All my family and friends didn't recognise me when they heard it, and thought they were listening to the actual Radio.

Barrie Watt

 
 
Radio Presenting & Production | Interviewing Techniques | Phone In Shows | Music Radio
Talk Radio | Voice Tracking | Digital Editing | Mixing | Making Features | Showreels | News

Mixing Music & Talk | Selecting Music | Programme Prep | Software Play Systems | Personality Shows

Pictured right is club DJ Michelle Coe from London who completed a Core 1 two day radio course. Michelle had never presented on radio. She made remarkable progress and passed her Core 1 training course. Click on Michelle's photo to listen to Michelle's BBC Radio 1 demo show reel.

"Rod Just to let you know I received the demo's and certificate etc and would like to thank you again for all your help and assistance with the two day training course.  I thoroughly enjoyed the course and found it extremely useful and informative and will now send the demo's out as we discussed". Best wishes, Michelle Coe.
 

For another example of what we can achieve for beginners have a listen to the programme demo recorded by Sarah Irving from Slough. She had never set foot in a broadcast studio before coming to see us. After listening to Sarah's demo her local radio station called her in for a chat about presenting some programmes.  She has a bright future in radio presentation and voice-overs too.  All demos on this site are in MP3 format - with Windows Media Player they're streaming.

 

Michelle Coe

   
"I can thoroughly recommend The Radio School for it's total attention to detail and happy atmosphere
many thanks"
In order to help you move on and up in radio everyone who takes one of our individually designed courses is sent an in depth course report detailing their course performance. If you pass your chosen course you'll also be awarded our Radio Certificate of Broadcast Achievement. We aim to complete all courses with a programme demo CD of your broadcast performance for marketing your skills. All of these items will be most valuable when presented to 3rd parties when applying for broadcast and media jobs.

A 1 day intensive radio course & coaching is £350 (No Vat)

Weekend radio presentation & production courses are also available. At whatever level you need to start - we'll "hold your hand". For beginners we recommend 2 and 3 day radio training courses. 2 days £650 & 3 days £950 (No VAT charged).

"thanks for making my dream happen, I'm sending out demos now and couldn't have got this far without your friendly help and advice good luck to all at The Radio School"

 
"Thanks for an unforgettable experience at The Radio School, it will be something I will always treasure. I have now a clear idea on how I need to progress to reach my goal of being a very good radio presenter and not just a competent one. My time at the school was money well spent ! Thanks to you ,I know that I have it in me to be a very good presenter one day with practice". All the best Steve Richards.
 

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