Move over Fearne Cotton and make way for Mrs Polly Lake. EmpowerMe Wales catches up with the welsh beauty, who's 23 years old, is married and presents on 3 radio stations! She takes time from her busy schedule and chats to EMW....
Hey Polly,
where your from?
Hiya, I'm Polly, I'm 23.. born and bred in the lovely city of Cardiff! I live in Cardiff Bay with my husband although work in London and Swansea as Radio DJ! Go figure... I can't seem to leave the place! :P
Whats your job? what station and times are you presenting? I'm a Radio DJ and present music based shows on Nation Radio south Wales, The hits Radio and National Radio Station Absolute Radio!
What's the best thing about being a presenter? Well, the best has to be... listening to my favourite music everyday! There really is nothing better than being on air, maybe a friday afternoon, with a big rock classic.. although I'm on my own in the studio, you can tell the people listening are just loving it! Happy days!
What's the best job you've had? Defiantly when I've been on the Radio... within radio though, would be interviewing the bands, introducing acts onto stage etc...
What's the worst? When I used to wash dishes in a kitchen when I was 15! That sucked!
What advice would you give to a young person wanting to get into presenting? I would start off at a community radio station or hospital radio, get in touch with the programme controller and tell them about your passion to be involed and ask them if you could come in and do a little demo!
I started on community Radio Afan FM in 2008 and treated my Weekend breakfast shows as if I was Chris Moyles.. I would prep up to my eyes balls, read the papers and made sure I knew about every piece of music I played out! It's SO important to rip off your audio, you can ask the programme controller to do it for you! Listen back to it and make sure you are happy with what you are doing! In no time you'll have your self a neat demo to send out! And then... PESTER time!
Can you do it full time? Yes! for example you could do a daily drive time show, or you could do it part time, a weekend breakfast show!
Is being a presenter a glamourous lifestyle? Nah, not really, you can rock up to the studio in no make up, jeans and a t-shirt! Its not like TV.. no one see's you! (Apart from the webcams) If you're invited to events though, thats fun for us DJ's as it's an excuse to dress up!
Is there an age limit? No, I started at 21, which is a little old! My husband who also is radio DJ knew he wanted to be on air when he was a kid, and had his first show at 16!
Who are your role models? I have so many! I look up to a lot of people for different reasons!
Do you need any qualifications? I have a GCSE's and BTEC sports dipolma! I have nothing in the way of qualifications used to get my job! Just a big gob and a passion for music!
What are your future plans? Just keep moving on up...
How would your friends describe you in 3 words? Probably a little bit nuts, hopefully always happy and smiling and maybe over energised!
What thing can you NOT leave the house without? Mobile!!! How people lived in the 80's must have torture!
If you were stranded on a desert island what 3 things would you like to have with you and why? Laptop, McDonalds (free wifi for the laptop) and a Greggs the bakers! :)
You can catch Polly on Nation Radio, The Hits and Absolute! Good luck to you Polly!! xxxx
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