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In true radio style we interviewed our team of executives so that you could get a deeper insight into the people that run the radio behind the scenes.

 

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1. What’s your name and job at the station?

 Katie Ashworth, I'm Head of Station

 

2. What band/singer got you into music and who are your current influences?
Leeds 2004 got me into music, and current influences: Bright Eyes, Belle

& Sebastian, The Kinks, my friends bands & eels

 

3. What’s the best gig you've been to?
Foo Fighters @ Metro radio!!

 

4. Tell us a random fact:
I can bend my elbows backwards

 

5. What’s your favourite pizza topping?

Boring cheese Margherita. Or garlic...

 

1. What’s your name and job at the station?
Jamie Coulter, I'm  Deputy Station Manager

 

2. What band/singer got you into music and who are your current influences?
Probably the Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, Fleetwood Mac and the likes of the Steve Miller Band got me into music. Recently I’ve been listening to Sea Sick Steve, the Ting Tings and Kimya Dawson 

 

3. What’s the best gig you've been to?
It would have to be the Raconteurs in Belfast because just their sheer amazing ability to improvise

 

4. Tell us a random fact:
Most toilets flush in E-Flat

5. What’s your favourite pizza topping?

Salami, green peppers, mushroom and olives.

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 sol

 

1. What’s your name and job at the station?
Solveig Werner, I'm Head of Music

 

2. What band/singer got you into music and who are your current influences?
My dad listening Pink Floyd when I was small & listening to CAKE in 2003. My current influences are: CAKE, Tokyo Police Club, Joy Division, BECK & She Wants Revenge

 

3. What’s the best gig you've been to?
Tokyo Police Club (in Paris & NCL), Ben Kweller

 

4. Tell us a random fact:
The 9th of November is the weirdest date in German history

5. What’s your favourite pizza topping?

Pizza Margherita, with anchovies and olives as an extra

 

1. What’s your name and job at the station?
Eilza Lomas, I'm Head of musik

 

2. What band/singer got you into music and who are your current influences?
Started with the spice girls, moved into the realm of taking back sunday and classic american artists such as Elliott smith, got pulled out of that stage and was introduced to the mighty world of myspace and have a new taste every week since then

 

3. What’s the best gig you've been to?
Sigur Ros in Manchester or Patrick Wolf at Leeds fest 2007

 

4. Tell us a random fact:
I have a twin brother and much of my weirder music taste derives from his influence (dynamic hand clapping, superstar cello players, etc)

5. What’s your favourite pizza topping?

Ham and pineapple, the only time fruit will work on a pizza.

 eilza

 chirstian

 

1. What’s your name job at the station?
Christian Allen, I'm Head of Marketing (One of)

 

2. What band/singer got you into music and who are your current influences?
The Clash got me into good music, Hall and Oates were probably my earliest memory of music however! Umm today I've moved on ever so slightly and just spend far too much time on music blogs.

 

3. What’s the best gig you've been to?
Seeing Sigur Ros at Latitude

 

4. Tell us a random fact:
I have one kidney

5. What’s your favourite pizza topping?

Pepperoni

 

1. What’s your name and job at the station?
Marzena Dabrowska, I'm one of the Heads of Entertainment

 

2. What band/singer got you into music and who are your current influences?
It went from Boyzone & Spice Girls to McFly & Busted to Pigeon Detectives & The Cribs to Mystery Jets & whoeverelsecomesalongnext...
Gangs of NewYorkshire was my first gig and that got me into music properly.

 

3. What’s the best gig you've been to?
Duels, Pigeon Detectives & Forward Russia @ Joe's Well, Leeds

 

4. Tell us a random fact:
When you look out to sea you can see for 25miles!!!!!

5. What’s your favourite pizza topping?

Ham & Mushroom

 Marzena

 Jam

 

1. What’s your name and job at the station?
James Meredith, I'm Head of Technical

 

2. What band/singer got you into music and who are your current influences?
Probably Oasis, I've somehow managed to get all their stuff. At the moment I just listen to music, some I like, some I don’t.

3. What’s the best gig you've been to?
Oasis in Manchester was good. Also seeing a random metal band doing a cover of Reach by SClub was definately memorable

 

4. Tell us a random fact:
I got in some trouble with SIS once

5. What’s your favourite pizza topping?

Its got to be fish and chips any day... through obviously not on a pizza

 

1. What’s your name and job at the station?
Mark Levine , I'm Head of programming/production

 

2. What band/singer got you into music and who are your current influences?
My Mum playing Motown, Rod Stewart and Elvis and my dad playing guitar. Elvis is my main influence now but I love Britpop/Motown and anything 90's.

 

3. What’s the best gig you've been to?
Take That-the comeback concert or Rod Stewart in Sheffield.

 

4. Tell us a random fact:
My grandfather wrote a hit song for Ruby Murray in 1955 which reached number 3 in the charts. She was the biggest selling and most famous female artist at that time in England. The song is 'Evermore'.

5. What’s your favourite pizza topping?

Pizza Prosciutto

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