Ross Marchant
Ross Marchant (Presenter / Committee Member)
My name is Ross Marchant and I present Music Mania on Sunday nights. I have had a keen interest in radio for as long as I can remember.
I have been involved with a number of radio stations across the west. I have worked at the former local radio station Orchard FM where I produced and presented nightly music reviews of new releases. I also worked with Orchard’s promotional crew and presented a handful of shows on the station. I have also worked at GCAP’s head-office in Bristol (the company that owned Orchard and other local stations across the country). It was here where I was given a number of jobs including purging their music system, basically deleting all their unwanted audio. I also hit the streets of Bristol to record vox-pops amongst other tasks.
The thing I love most about Apple am is it is truly local. Most other ‘local’ radio stations have been bought by big corporate companies that only care about making money, to do this they have sacrificed almost all local content including news and travel reports. In fact these stations don’t even broadcast their shows locally anymore. Apple am has practically become the only local station in the county. By that I mean broadcasting ALL of its shows from the studio in Taunton and continue to bring you local news, weather and traffic reports.
As an acting member of the committee I have been involved with the station applying for a community radio licence. This will mean we can officially broadcast to the whole of the surrounding area and not just Musgrove Park Hospital. This will enable us to bring local radio back to the area. And of course we won’t lose our focus on continuing to provide the hospital with a quality radio service.
Join me on Sunday evenings between 7pm – 10pm.
Ross Marchant
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years the show has grown in length and content to a format that I am quite proud of. The show is dedicated to
bringing you great music of all genres so there is something for everyone. We aim to play loads of great music
that you had forgotten you love. Music Mania is also packed with music features and competitions to keep you
interested and your brain active. At 9.30pm the show concludes with Chart Central, this show reveals this week’s
number one songs from various charts and will get you up-to-date with all things chart.
We love you to contribute to the show by making a request. Everyone has a favourite song so let us know yours and
we will play it for you.
Music Mania also has it’s own website so you can keep up-to-date with us 24/7. Check us out online at
www.musicmaniaradio.co.uk. We are also available on Facebook, Myspace, YouTube and Twitter.
So tune in to Music Mania this Sunday from 7 – 10pm.
Ross Marchant
