Monday 30 January 2012 saw the launch of Adam Smith College Radio in association with K-Town FM, a community radio station based in Kinglassie, near Glenrothes. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, between 1pm and 5pm, first and second year students from the HND Radio courses will be broadcasting a wide variety of shows to the world via the internet. You can tune in via http://ktownfm.digitalfife.com.
I shall be broadcasting my shows under the Planet Pop banner and will endeavour to do a different themed-show every time, as opposed my usual “Where The Action Is” shows on Leith FM. The first show, presented in partnership with Jamie Wells, had a theme of Planets to celebrate the launch of the station (do you see what I did there?). This week’s second show enabled me to celebrate a very guilty pleasure in the shape of the Eurovision Song Contest. Here are the playlists for both shows:
Monday 30 January 2012 – Space
The B-52s – Planet Claire (Island 1979)
Mercury Rev – Goddess on a Hiway (V2 1998)
Wings – Venus and Mars/Rock Show (Capitol 1975)
Duran Duran – Planet Earth (EMI 1981)
UB40 – The Earth Dies Screaming (Graduate 1980)
The Undertones – Mars Bar (Sire 1979)
F.L.Y. – Hello From Mars (Unknown 2003)
Train – Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me) (Columbia 2001)
Inspiral Carpets – Saturn V (Mute 1994)
Gustav Holst – Uranus, The Magician (Unknown 1915?)
Jimi Hendrix – Valleys of Neptune (Legacy 69/70)
Babylon Zoo – Spaceman (EMI 1996)
The Tornados – Telstar (Decca 1962)
Wednesday 8 February 2012 – Eurovision
Marc-Antoine Charpentier – Eurovision Theme (Te Deum in D Major)
Len Meyer-Landrut – Satellite (Germany 2010)
Massiel – He Gives Me Love (La La La) (Spain 1968)
Secret Garden – Nocturne (Norway 1995)
Alexander Rybak – Fairytale (Norway 2009)
Brainstorm – My Star (Latvia 2000)
F.L.Y. – Hello From Mars (Latvia 2003)
Teach-In – Ding a Dong (Dutch version) (Holland 1975)
Vicky Leandros – Apres Toi (Philips 1972)
France Gall – Poupee de Cire, Poupee de Son (Luxembourg 1965)
Dana International – Diva (Hebrew Radio version) (Israel 1998)
Severine – Un Banc Une Arbre Une Rue (Philips 1971)
Marta Roure – Jugarem A Estimar-Nos (Andorra 2004)
Gina G – Ooh Aah…Just a Little Bit (UK 1996)
The New Seekers – Beg, Steal or Borrow (Polydor 1972)
Beth – Dime (Spain 2003)
Anne-Marie David – Tu Tu Reconnaitras (Luxembourg 1973)
The Divine Comedy – My Lovely Horse (Setanta 1999)
It occurred to me that my first two shows featured F.L.Y.’s “Hello from Mars” so I thought I might have a chain of shows, with one track from each show determining the theme for the next. On that basis the next show may have a literature theme (Fairytale) or perhaps animals (My Lovely Horse). Feel free to make your own suggestion.
Thanks, as always, to everyone who tuned in and to those who also joined in on the Adam Smith College Radio Facebook page. Your contributions and feedback are always welcomed and if there’s something you want to hear on the show then by all means let me know.
Special thanks to Scott Basham for producing the Planet Pop intro ident, which opens every show.
