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Latest Program
News: July 2009:
A Passage to India
Rod Lucas (founder of
The Radio School) has signed a partnership agreement with
The Academy of Broadcasting in India. Rod says "this
collaboration with the biggest
Broadcasting Academy across India
will mean our British Radio School will be actively involved
in one of the most exciting new radio markets in the world.
Radio in India has had massive growth in the last year. Our
Broadcast Training will assist in getting even more people
into radio presenting and production. I'm looking forward to
launching some new radio stations in India too :)"
See more here.
Rod's Talk Radio Spain
station is now testing on FM in South East Spain (see
TalkRadioSpain.com
)
Check out Rod's new
weekend show on TKO Radio Costa Blanca. Coming soon. Music, phone calls,
competitions and total knock out fun ! TKO is Costa Blanca's
biggest Top 40 and oldies station. TKO on 91.9, 87.5, 96.7 &
106 FM.
Rod wants to thank you
for the reaction to Rod's guest appearance on Black & White
Radio FM (Javea Spain). They'll be more when time
allows. The programme can be sponsored. E mail the office
above.
Rod has stopped using
FaceBook and now can be followed on Twitter only.
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Rod Lucas has over 35 years professional broadcast
experience. He's a National and International
Radio & TV broadcaster/Journalist. He has extensive
experience in both presentation and production roles.
Stations include, BBC National radio including BBC Radio
1, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio Radio
5, TalkSport, CBC Radio & TV News (Canada), Invicta
FM, LBC, Metro Radio, BBC Kent, and many others. He's a
Sony Radio award winner and broadcasts on various
stations in the UK & Spain.
Rod spends the year between living in the
UK, Spain and Southern Ireland, his favourite
places. He has a young family & leads a small creative
team at Lucas Media (UK) London.
Rod continues to coach new upcoming talent in Radio & TV presentation also Voice Overs.
His record of getting new talent recognised and into the
business is impressive. He's finally been persuaded to
act as a personal Agent and has set up a Presenter Agency for a select
number of Radio Presenters, Voice Artists and TV
Presenters. Many UK companies (including Tesco)
regularly ask Rod to recommend names for voice-overs, TV
& Radio Presenters he's personally trained. He comes
recommended in the business.
See Radio
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Rod is the MD and founder of the Lucas Media Group who
have interests in TV & Radio production, Broadcast News,
Artist Management, Jingles and DJs. Rod Lucas is
also the co-founder of The Radio School & Voice-Over-Courses.com.
Lucas Media also run the following brands Telly Faces,
Lucas Films London,
Broadcast News (UK news
agency) and Mix DJs which manages and
represents 250 UK and USA deejays/artists world-wide.
Lucas Multi Media invests in new media across Europe &
Asia.Rod Lucas continues to be a freelance radio
host in the UK and various stations across the world.
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In the the 80's along with Steve
Wright, Rod Lucas pioneered the "zoo format" of zany programming with
audience participation. His shows at BBC Radio Kent and Invicta
Radio were radical
for the time and very "upfront" in their format.
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His was the
first programme in the UK to be recognised and branded as
alternative popular radio. His format has been used by National
radio and local radio ever since, including Chris Moyles & Chris
Evans. Lucas's early success at BBC
Radio Medway and Radio Kent were due to a few key BBC
managers who allowed Rod to develop radical programming
techniques and styles.
"The BBC gave me the
opportunity to create powerful and creative programmes in a
unique freestyle way. Special thanks to BBC management at the
time".
Rod later developed the
zoo format for various popular commercial stations across the UK
and has won a number of National broadcast awards and
nominations for his presentation skills and production
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The 60's BBC TV personality and icon
Simon Dee also had a great impression on Rod
Lucas. "I was lucky enough to run errands
and buy Simon Dee's cigarettes etc, while Simon
freelanced at BBC Radio Medway in early 1970s. I
was 15 at the time and Simon Dee was the first
person to play my jingles on radio. He was very
special to me and taught me so much about
presentation and production. He called me
JINGLES. I cried when he walked out of the
station in about 1973."
"Also in my early broadcast years special thanks
to the late Tommy Vance for letting me take over
his BBC Radio 1 chart show each week:-) Simon
Bates, Steve Wright, Tony Blackburn, Colin Berry and
David Hamilton for playing my jingle productions
on BBC Radio 1 and 2 each day. When you're 19 that
means a lot."
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In 1985 Rod Lucas left the BBC and was asked
to join the management team at Invicta Radio (commercial
radio) as Promotions Manager, Senior Presenter
and Night Talk Show host. After Rod joined the
station, it started to become popular and
quickly gained large audiences. Rod took the
station to the audience with massive outside
broadcasts and promotions. He mastered the
strategy of building the brand name making it
the most listened to station in the area. During Rod's time with Invicta
he helped a number of new deejays move
on and up. He assisted Radio 1 DJ Pete
Tong develop his radio career too. Pete
went on to front BBC Radio
1's popular night programme "The Essential
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Rod also has extensive production experience in British
and North American TV. His TV career path has seen him
as a studio manager, sound supervisor, film editor and
Network Director/Producer. In the last 15 years he's
also produced and directed in news working with TV
reporters and presenters. He's produced and directed
for BBC National, SKY TV and indie TV production
houses. Rod has been dedicated to broadcasting since 14
years old when he did his first BBC radio programme.
In the 90's Rod Lucas worked as a staff Network
Producer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC
TV & Radio). He produced & directed News,
Documentary & Lifestyle programmes, from London and mainland
Europe for broadcast across North America. He's an ace at
working 1 to 1 with TV reporters and directing action
driven reports. He's a Director of Lucas Films, London
UK. He also runs the Telly Faces firm, making TV Presenter Showreels
and provides 1 to 1 TV presenter coaching.
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Rod Lucas has
worked for BBC Radio 1 (Producer, Jingles & Promos), BBC Radio 2
(promos), BBC Radio 5 (Presenter), BBC Talks and Drama, BBC
Radio Medway, (phone in host) BBC Radio Kent, BBC 1 TV announcer
& trailers, ITV South presenter, AKA Advertising, WPP, Invicta FM, Metro FM, Radio Orwell, Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation, (CBC TV & Radio , Producer), KABC 790AM talk show host (Los Angeles)
Fusion Radio (London), Trust Radio FM (Spain) Valle Radio
(Spain) Exite FM (Spain) Fresh FM Spain ,Solar Radio (London)
TKOFM (Spain) ., LBC Talk
Radio, TalkSport (National Talk Radio). (Phone in host - freelance).
Talk Radio Spain, Sunshine FM.
Rod's also programme consultant for various stations
across Europe, Africa and the Middle East. He's a freelance
commercial producer & Director. He's experienced in
the set up and programming of new radio stations recruiting staff and
setting the format for maximum audience. He loves music
personality programming, Talk Radio and phone-ins. Rod Lucas has full
ISDN and studio facilities for guest appearances in broadcast
quality. Syndication arrangements can also be arranged for your
station with full content for total original programming
worldwide. |
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