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BBC Guernsey: Afternoon Show and Wind Down Zone - 16/05/12

tommygirard — Thu, 17 May 2012 07:15:51 +0000

Another day back on the steam-driven wireless at BBC Guernsey and today I was joined by Phil Capper

BBC Guernsey: Afternoon Show and Wind Down Zone - 15/05/12

tommygirard — Tue, 15 May 2012 20:54:25 +0000

So for today’s shows on BBC Guernsey I was joined by Adam Powell who played a couple of tunes

BBC Guernsey: Afternoon Show and Wind Down Zone - 14/05/12

tommygirard — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:56:35 +0000

I was back on the air at BBC Guernsey again today for the afternoon show slot usually filled by John

Demon Night: Dead Wing, Distant Shores and Stone Em All

tommygirard — Sun, 13 May 2012 13:40:52 +0000

Distant Shores – Photo by Tom Girard, courtesy BBC Guernsey Three bands took over the Jamaica

The Get Down with the Prince Fatty Soundsystem, DJ Oneofakind and Limey Banton - a belated review

tommygirard — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:48:16 +0000

At the end of March The Get Down made its return to the Fermain Tavern and I took some photos for BB

Thee Jenerators, Ray & The Guns and The Crowman - 28/04/12

tommygirard — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:16:35 +0000

Thee Jenerators – Photo by Tom Girard (C) BBC Guernsey On Saturday 28th April 2012 Thee Jenera

BBC Guernsey Afternoon Show and Wind Down Zone: 27/04/12

tommygirard — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:14:59 +0000

I was back on the radio today on BBC Guernsey sitting in for John Randall in the afternoon and for t

BBC Introducing Guernsey: April 2012

tommygirard — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:50:48 +0000

Thee Jenerators - Photo by Tom Girard (C) BBC Guernsey I was back on BBC Guernsey tonight for anothe

Vale Earth Fair Fundraiser - Toupe, Black Capsule, Falenizza Horsepower and Of Empires

tommygirard — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:26:09 +0000

Toupe (and guest) – Photo by Tom Girard (C) BBC Guernsey This past Saturday the Vale Earth Fai

Speakeasy in Gallery Magazine

tommygirard — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:56:34 +0000

The April issue of Guernsey’s Gallery Magazine, Hijack, has hit the shelves and this month it

BBC Guernsey Afternoon Show and Wind Down Zone - 06/04/12

tommygirard — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 20:34:27 +0000

I was back on BBC Guernsey for the last day of my week-long stint taking over afternoons and the Win

BBC Guernsey Afternoon Show and Wind Down Zone - 05/04/12

tommygirard — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:14:13 +0000

Back on BBC Guernsey today for the Afternoon Show and Wind Down Zone. In the afternoon I spoke to a

BBC Guernsey Afternoon Show and Wind Down Zone - 03 and 04/04/12

tommygirard — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:11:59 +0000

So, I’m on the radio on BBC Guernsey all this week presenting the Afternoon Show and Wind Down

BBC Guernsey Afternoon Show and Wind Down Zone - 02/04/12

tommygirard — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:22:40 +0000

So, all this week I am taking over the BBC Guernsey Afternoon Show and Wind Down Zone. You can liste

BBC Introducing Guernsey: March 2012

tommygirard — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:15:00 +0000

I was back on the radio tonight with another BBC Introducing Guernsey show featuring two hours of Un

Videos: About An Hour and Autumn Curtis-Summers

tommygirard — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 19:21:37 +0000

So, here are a couple more videos of music in Guernsey – the first is the last of my videos fr

BBC Introducing Guernsey: February 2012

tommygirard — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:10:15 +0000

So I was back on the radio tonight presenting BBC Introducing Guernsey (my ‘normal’ show

Rock and metal weekend at the Fermain Tavern (feat. videos of Lifejacket and Distant Shores)

tommygirard — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:12:28 +0000

So last weekend (17th and 18th February 2012) at The Fermain Tavern in Guernsey was a weekend of roc

Two days on the radio

tommygirard — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:15:08 +0000

So it’s been a quiet couple of days on the blog here, but that’s because I’ve been

Teaspoonriverneck album launch videos (featuring Iron Cobra)

tommygirard — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:26:05 +0000

A couple more videos, almost uploaded all of the main batch. These come from the launch gig for Teas

Vietnameasles videos

tommygirard — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:39:49 +0000

A couple more of my recently discovered collection of Guernsey gig videos from the last few years. G

Ferox and Third Time Lucky videos (full songs) and a little bit of Thee Jenerators

tommygirard — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:35:13 +0000

Some more Guernsey gig videos from a few years back. First up is Ferox, Guernsey’s premier exp

It’s Friday, and Orchard says relax…

orchardnews — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:16:10 +0000

Why?

Because BBC Breakfast presenter Gary Burgess is off on a gap year (or mid life crisis as he is calling it).

Here he is with the smiley Orchard team proudly wearing his new t-shirt. Good luck Gary!

Posted by Brooke.

Twitter in the Channel Islands reaches a tipping point

orchardnews — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:16:28 +0000

It may be a global phenomenon, but in some ways Twitter has been a bit slow in catching on here in the Channel Islands. It is now starting to gain something of a critical mass, with key personalities in the islands taking up the service as a way of building brands and personalities. News outlets and the media have engaged, and breaking news now makes it to Twitter at the same time as it hits news stands and the airwaves. I’m now able to keep track of most local news via a few feeds, something that would have been impossible even a couple of years ago.

News breaking first on twitter will be the next step, and we reached a milestone of sorts today as well known and popular BBC Radio Guernsey presenter Gary Burgess announced on twitter that he was leaving the station.

Gary tweeted early this morning:

Some news from me: I’m leaving BBC Guernsey – final show is Fri 9 July. I’m taking a year out to fulfil a series of ambitions and projects

So it’s a tipping point of sorts: when the nearest thing the island has to a media celebrity is using Twitter to tell the island his plans it shows that it is becoming a useful communications tool, and something that we in the PR industry need to make sure our clients are paying more attention to.

Pinch of salt though: Twitter has not replaced traditional sources of Guernsey news just yet. The folks here at Orchard heard Gary’s news in the Television House car park a little while ago!

Posted by Chris.

Cabs and prawn sandwiches: What is the acceptable face of political lobbying?

orchardnews — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:41:56 +0000

Cab for Hire MP Stephen Byers graced this week’s Sunday papers after allegedly offering lobbying services to under cover reporters for £5k per day.

Simultaneously, on the BBC Guernsey phone-in, concerns were voiced that Suez Environnement were offering members of the States of Guernsey an invitation to lunch as part of an 11th hour briefing before Wednesday’s latest “incinerator” debate.

With calls in the UK for a statutory register of lobbying activity, it seems that the new row is all set to be a pre-election sequel to MPs expenses.

And there’s clearly a difference between a reported £5k fee to lobby Whitehall Departments, based on knowledge gained while a Cabinet minister, and offering brow-beaten local politicians a prawn sandwich while they give up an hour or so at midday for a briefing.

Both the UK and local scenarios raise some interesting questions for me:

How difficult is it for somebody to request a meeting with the appropriate representative of a government department in order to put a case and does the intervention of yesterday’s man really help that much? How do you measure that?
Secondly; when is an approach to an elected representative informing and educating and when is it lobbying? And is lobbying (“organised influence”) wrong per se?

Of course it doesn’t look good for somebody who is going to vote on the potential prosperity of a commercial organisation to benefit financially in the process of persuasion – but surely nobody can think well on an empty stomach!

Posted by Steve.