Hi Courtney! You’re new to the WorthyFM team for 2013, so tell us a bit about yourself!

Well, I’m 16 which means I’m in my last year of secondary school and just about to finish my GCSEs. I enjoy things like reading and drawing because I’m quite a quiet person, but on the other hand I also love performing in front of audiences and acting.

What are your Glastonbury experiences to date?

A few years ago now, when I was younger, my aunt Joanne took me to the site before the weekend when everything was being built and set up. I remember thinking how massive the site was and how diverse and different it was to what I was expecting. I used to think it was just music but now I know that it’s much more than that.

How are you feeling so far about coming to Glastonbury 2013?

I’m so excited but I’m also nervous because I’m not going to know many people. I think the experience is going to be incredible, as well as the atmosphere, and I literally cannot wait!

Since the line-up has been announced which band or artist are you most looking forward to at the festival this year?

The line-up this year is amazing! There are so many acts there that I love, I’m excited because Example is going to be there because I’m a huge fan of his, but I also love Mumford & Sons and I think they are so unique and talented.

What would be a Courtney ‘Top Tip’ for people coming to Glastonbury for the first time?

Definitely to bring wellies and a raincoat because the weather is so unpredictable.

Tell us what your dream festival line-up would be…

If Taylor Swift performed at Glastonbury, that would be it for me, I think she’s incredible! I think it would also be amazing to see Michael Bublé and Florence + The Machine because they both have powerful voices.

What do you think of the 2013 line up so far?

I’m so excited, it’s one of the best line ups for Glastonbury I’ve seen, there are so many diverse acts and something there that everyone will love.

What are you most looking forward to on the Kids Show this year?

I love working with children so the Kids Show is going to be so fun, I’m just looking forward to meeting new people and having the opportunity to work with a younger audience.

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Hi Jack. Welcome back to the Kids Show team for 2013. For anyone who hasn’t heard you on the radio before, tell us a bit about yourself!

Well, I’m Jack, I’m twelve, I like the colour blue and my favourite food is chilli.

What are your Glastonbury experiences to date?

I can remember going to Glasto with my family for as long as I can remember. I do remember one year where I found this amazing panini bar it was awesome.

How are you feeling about coming back to Glastonbury 2013?

Amazing! I have to say I’m looking forward to seeing more bands.

What was your highlight of working on the Kids Show in 2011?

If I had to choose I’d say when we went and got some of those wraps from the chicken stand which was actually a big red double decker bus! It was all part of a challenge that me and Caiomhe were set on the Kids Show.

Which band or artist are you most looking forward to at the festival this year?

Arctic Monkeys, definitely.

What would be a Jack ‘Top Tip’ for people coming to Glastonbury for the first time?

Have fun and see lots of people performing!

Tell us what your dream festival line-up would be…

Green Day, then Muse, and then finally Fall Out Boy.

What do you think of the 2013 line up so far?

I haven’t had time to properly study the line-up yet. But what I have seen I think looks cool.

Finally, who’s your favourite on the Kids Show, Hayleigh or Phil?

Out of Hayleigh and Phil it has to be… RASTA MOUSE!!

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Treetop Flyers, winners of the 2011 ETC Competition, perform at the live final.

So the entry deadline for the 2013 Glastonbury Emerging Talent competition was the 24th January, and since then, the entries have all been divvied up and sent out to the judges.

Some of them have already started blogging about the entries they have been sent, so we thought we’d give you a quick roundup of who’s been saying what so far.

Many of the blog posts feature videos or audio files of the entries, so if you want to say you heard these bands before anyone else, get reading!

2 U I Bestow
Interesting posts about some of the competition entries here, here and here.

Breaking More waves
This blog has its Glastonbury posts categorised, so click here to read all of their posts about the Emerging Talent Competition.

Devil has the best tuna  
Another blog with its Emerging Talent Competition blog posts categorised into one page, click here to read their thoughts so far.

Just Music That I Like  
There’s a really good write up of some of the different entries here.

Neon Filler   
Another blog with Glastonbury posts tagged, so click here to read all of the relevant posts on Neon Filler.

Play Pause Rewind
Finally, Play Pause Rewind have blogged here about their top 6 picks from the entries they’ve received.

UPDATE: Here are some more thoughts from Play Pause Rewind too.

There’s a full list of all of the judge’s blogs and websites on the main Glastonbury website here, and no doubt many more of them will be blogging about the entries over the coming weeks. Keep an eye on them for more!

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Naturally we decided to welcome Ellie into the Worthy FM fold by grilling her about her background in radio, and what she’s most looking forward to about the festival, not to mention working with us lot!

Name: Ellie Wright

Occupation: English Literature student, University of York.

How did you hear about the Worthy FM competition?

I thought working on radio at Glastonbury would be incredibly fun so I had a look on the website and found this opportunity at WorthyFM!

What is you background in radio production/presenting?

I’ve been a presenter at UniversityRadioYork for a year and a half. I’m part of the music and speech teams and help out with events. I have two shows this term: ArtsHour and WorldMusic. ArtsHour is a colourful pallet of poetry readings, theatre, reviews, interviews and live events reporting mixed together with music. WorldMusic is a trip around the globe weaving politics into local and global music, plus spoken word and meditation. My favourite type of broadcasting is outside broadcasts, most recently at the York Cider Festival.

Have you been to Glastonbury before? 

Not yet! But I’ll never forget listening to Amy Winehouse perform on the Pyramid stage in 2008, with her deep and wondering voice.

What are you most looking forward to about working for Worthy FM?

I’m looking forward to roaming around the site with my ears pricked, ready to stumble across hidden pockets of the festival to share down the radiowaves. I’m excited to meet and work with the creative WorthyFM team, too!

What are you most looking forward to about Glastonbury 2013?

I love world music and am excited to hear that the first headliner is the Malian singer, Rokia Traore. Hopefully with the momentum of the African Express project there will be even more exciting world musicians to be announced!

I’m looking forward to the spoken word, Shangri-La, Chai Wallah’s stage, Cuban Salsa tent, sunrise at the Stone Circle, the Kidzfield – and having a clamber around the playgrounds! I’m also looking forward to exploring the Green Fields and I’m crossing my fingers for a moment of mediation to float down the radio, plus hopefully catching some lovely sounding sessions at Strummervile, preferably accompanied by a campfire.

Thanks Ellie! Come back on Monday to meet our second newest crew member, competition winner Sam Brough.

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Do you know lots of different words?

Do you know how to put those words in an interesting order?

Do you want to hear yourself on Worthy FM at Glastonbury Festival this summer?

If so, then here’s your chance to be heard by tens of thousands during the Glastonbury Festival.

Every year, Worthy FM puts together lots of little segments of audio, which we play to link things together and help people know which station they’re listening to. In the trade, they’re called things like ‘sweepers’ and ‘idents’, but you probably know them better as ‘Those Worthy FM things they play at the end of a song before a presenter starts talking again’.

This year, we’d like to invite all of you out there to have a go at recording one of these, then send it in to us.

If we like it, we’ll edit it professionally, perhaps add some music or sound effects to it, and put it in the collection of ones we play on air during the festival this year. So if your submission is chosen, you could be heard on air again and again and again throughout the week of the festival.

You don’t have to be a radio professional to do this, or even someone who’s done radio before. We’re looking to hear from anyone and everyone. We can’t offer you any prize for it either, other than the prize of being heard on air for a week all across the greatest festival in the world. Which is pretty cool in itself.

Interested? Here’s the criteria;

• Record no longer than 10 seconds of audio

• Save it in MP3 format

• Email it to audio AT worthyfm.com

What We’re Looking For

We don’t want to specify what we’re looking for too much, as we want you to be creative. However, your audio must be clearly audible and free from background noise, but you can record audio like that directly into most laptops these days.

Typically our idents contain phrases like ‘On 87.7fm, and online, this is Worthy FM’, or ‘You’re listening to Worthy FM’, so do try to include ‘Worthy FM’ in there at some point. Humour is often good, but if it’s offensive we can’t use it. We also can’t broadcast regular plugs for your band / company / Tumblr or whatever too, so  best leave those out of it, and keep it focused on Glastonbury Festival and /or Worthy FM.

For reference, here are some of the ones we’ve used in previous years. Don’t be too influenced by them though, surprise us!

• Kids On Worthy FM

• Worthy FM – Ode to the Cows

• Worthy FM ident by the B6 Massive

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Still though, we could do more. We get loads of news about what’s going on about each year’s Glastonbury Festival in the months before it happens, so why not combine our audio from previous festivals with up to date news about what’s happening at the next one?

Well, that’s exactly what we’re doing.

Every month between now and next June, we’re going to be putting out our own podcast, looking back at previous Glastonburys, and talking about what’s going to be happening at Glastonbury 2013.

There’s a lot of new stuff at this year’s festival to get excited about, and as soon as we can tell you about it, we will.

So, below is our first podcast. For those of you who entered our crew competition, the two winners are announced in there. We’ve also got news about how you can get involved with the Shangri-La area this year, and a new chance for each and every one of you to be heard on air across the Glastonbury Festival site at Worthy FM this June.

There are also interviews with Lady Gaga, Fatboy Slim and Nick Clegg, as well as live music from the Levellers and Stornoway.

You can subscribe to our podcasts on iTunes if you want, just search for us in the iTunes store. Otherwise, we’ll be posting them on here every month between now and next June.

This is our first podcast, so it would be great to hear from you about what you like about it, what you don’t like, and what you’d like to hear more of. Leave us a comment below, or on the Worthy FM Facebook page, or tweet us @worthyfm, or just email hello@worthyfm.com.

Use the player below to listen to the podcast now, or click ‘download’ then listen to it later…

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Worthy FM’s Guy Lloyd and Phil Hall turned into U2 down in Shangri-La, Glastonbury 2010. Do you have a better idea?

Summer may seem a long time away in all this snow, but the lovely folk over at the legendary Shangri-La area are on the lookout for your ideas to use at this year’s Glastonbury Festival.

Here’s what they’re after…

Feeling creative? Have an idea for a performance or art project or maybe you just want to get involved in some capacity? NOW is the time to get in touch and let us know.

We are looking for creative, themed specific installations, venues, performers, etc to collaborate with to help bring Shangri-La to life as we journey through the depths of Heaven, Hell and Purgatory.

We will be reviewing proposals throughout February and will let everyone know by the end of Feb if we want to bring your idea into the fold.

If you are interested and want to get involved send your proposals or questions to: info@shangrilaglastonbury.co.uk

If you want to see the sort of ideas they’ve been having already, then they put some initial moodboards up a couple of months ago. Click here to see them.

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Could you be in this photo next June?

The competition to win a place on the Worthy FM crew for Glastonbury Festival 2013 ended last Sunday, and we just wanted to give you an update on what happens from here.

First of all though, genuine thanks to each and every one of you for all your lovely entries. You’re definitely an inventive bunch out there, and the standard was once again really high. We won’t be able to give you all individual feedback due to the sheer number of entries we’ve received, but it definitely sounds like many of you have promising futures in radio.

All of your audio submissions are being listened to right now, and your 50 word statements are being read, but the judging process with this many entries will take some time. We want to give each of you careful consideration after all. So our plan is to have the decision made over the next couple of weeks, with the announcement of the two winners being made on the 1st of February.

So, good luck one and all, we’ll let you know the result at the end of the month!

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To give everyone an equal chance in the competition, and to help you submit the best entry you possibly can, we’re going to publish the questions and their answers below.

Q. When you write ‘you need to record and produce 30 seconds of audio that demonstrates your presenting style’ do you mean we should create a new specialised piece of audio for the competition, or would you prefer a montage of catalogued moments?

A. Either a montage of existing links or a specially created piece is acceptable, whichever you feel best represents your style. Whilst quality is important, as long as your entry is clearly audible, you won’t be penalised for limited access to recording equipment.

Q. If I win, will I be camping on-site?

A. Yes, all Worthy FM crew camp next to the station in a secure area up by Worthy Farm. If you’re part of the crew, you have to camp with us, so you can’t go and camp out in the festival instead.

Q. How can I get to the site on the Sunday before the festival opens?

A. Competition winners will be expected to make their own way to Bristol, where they will meet up with the rest of the crew, then travel to the festival site via car pooling or mini bus.

Q. Can I do a different job for you on site?

A. No, sorry, we’re only looking for volunteers to help us with radio broadcasting, and the only way to join our crew is through the competition.

Q. Can you get my band / act into the festival to perform on your station?

A. No, we only have places for our own crew. However, if you’re performing on site next year anyway and would like to come up to the station to promote what you’re up to, then do get in touch with us.

Q. Is there an age limit for entering the competition?

A. No. If you’re aged 16 or over, you’re good to enter by yourself. However, if you’re under 16, you will need to have a parent or guardian on site with you whilst you’re volunteering for us.

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