Producing and Presenting a Live Podcast for Local Radio
- Danielle Hutchinson
- May 1, 2025
- 2 min read
For my final semester at Falmouth University, I produced and presented a weekly radio show called 'Toss the Cap' alongside a team of third-year journalism students.
We interviewed a range of guests, from freelance business coaches, to influencers and recent graduates - all with the aim of helping our listeners to demystify life after graduation.
The show was broadcast live on Source FM, a community radio station serving Falmouth and Penryn, but also available to stream internationally.
Over the course of a few weeks, I aimed to experience as many different roles within the studio as possible, including:
Presenting and live interviewing
Producing (driving the mixing desk, cueing in presenters, live interviewees, and packages)
Researching and scripting episodes
Creating audio packages aligning with weekly themes
Recording and editing our jingle intro for the show
Designing graphics and posters
Setting up our YouTube livestream and Soundcloud accounts
Live broadcast always involves an element of adapting to unfolding events on the day. Although we had been responsible for alternating weeks, I stepped in at the last-minute to produce the final episode of the series alongside a different broadcasting team.
Art graduates package
Below is a link to listen to my 'Getting Creative in the Art Industry' package, featuring recent art graduates who work with the Tate gallery in St Ives.
All of our episodes are available to listen on Soundcloud
I presented our first episode to launch the series, then produced episodes 3 and 5 whilst contributing to packages, research and scripting.
Live in the studio
A selection of 'behind the scenes' photos from the studio, curated as part of our Degree Showcase in the Newsroom.
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