BCFE Radio Course and BA Student Michaela Hayes, Music Director, Presenter & Documentary Maker (Alumni) Gives Talk and Recruitment drive.
Michaela Hayes
iRadio Music Director, Presenter & Documentary Maker
Former Radio Student Michaela Hayes, iRadio Music Director, Presenter & Documentary Maker
Michaela Hayes did the BCFE radio course and the degree 10 years ago.
Since then she worked on a Number of Radio Stations including NOVA and then iRadio.
Michaela is in iRadio where many former BCFE Radio students are in management & on air.
By day she is the stations Music Director, making her Irelands first female Music PD.
By night she is the Producer Presenter of iRadio @Night which started this week, 9pm to Midnight.
Her talk was also to recruit BCFE Radio students to present short features for her new show.
Michaela recently made a Prosaic Documentary commissioned with Sound & Vision funding.
The documentary called IBD & I, tracks her personal Journey through Crohns Disease and was made with assistance from BCFE Radio students
Michaela fondly reminisced about her time on the BCFE Radio course and gave strong advice and contacts for getting into the industry.
Michaela also recruited BCFE Radio students to do work on her new show where they will get opportunities to present pieces and present small features on air
Very positive for BCFE and iRadio, is that many former students are in management in iRadio and Monday - Friday 7am – Midnight, on IRadio you will hear ex BCFE radio students consecutively.
Finally Michaela can also be heard weekly on REAL FM 107.9 in Gran Canaria where other current and former BCFE Radio students do shows,
Michaela Hayes own website being launched soon.
http://www.michaelahayesradio.com/
IRadio Across the Border and West, Mid-East& Midlands regions and large parts of Dublin.
IRadio Listen Live
Michaela Hayes Documentary IBD & I
https://play.acast.com/s/iradios-in-real-life
Michaela Hayes Social Media
https://twitter.com/michaelakhayes @michaelahayesradio
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