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Head of ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio Scotland, Jeff Zycinski, with a sneak preview of programme plans and a behind-the-scenes glimpse of his life at the helm.

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They've All Gone Potty in Aberdeen

  • Jeff Zycinski
  • 24 Jan 06, 08:33 PM

Dawn & Teapot
This is Dawn, part of the production team for Tom Morton’s programme, modelling a very small teapot. It’s one of the new prizes that Tom will be giving away during his afternoon competitions. It’s a tea-for-one pot obviously and this prompted me to discuss the changing nature of Scottish society…the growth of one person households and how people who live alone might be more likely to listen to speech radio because they don’t have to please the rest of the family. Dawn’s eyes started to glaze over so I resorted to a list of puns about teapots. At this point Dawn actually got up and left the room. I don’t blame her.

Bryan Burnett’s in Aberdeen this week so I had a quick chat with him, then a general staff meeting where I outlined our plans for a new overnight schedule (starting in February). A fine lunch with Robbie Shepherd at a local hotel and then a good chat with Anne Paterson. Anne looks after a lot of the online content for the Radio Scotland website (including the comments that come in for this diary). The overnight schedule will see a big increase in the amount of programmes we make available on the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio Player. Anne suggested we ask listeners to nominate recent programmes they would like to hear again. Anne also thinks the overnight service will attract a lot of listeners in North America, as well as Scotland’s insomniacs.

Leaving the building, I run into Frieda Morrison who is full of enthusiasm about her budding gardeners’ competition, but it has just dawned on her that she will eventually have to pick a winner and we both cringe at the thought of disappointed children. That’s the trouble with competitions! They can send you potty.(sorry)

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