WBIB: Recent Episodes
WBIB
William Brookes Internet Broadcasting: School Radio Station outputting at least once a week with articles and features designed for a teenage audience.
http://www.williambrookes.com
Ellie was a founding broadcaster at William Brookes but left after two years presenting to join her new school in Aberdeenshire. Now in Year 13, she's back for the day visiting old friends and talking to Frank and Luke about her new found accent; Donald Trump; the independence referendum; singing for the Queen, and Ceilidhs.
Frank and Luke gauge student opinion on the two runners in this crucial election race for the top job.
This is the pilot show for Frank and Luke's (Fluke. Get it?) broadcasts. These Year 12 students are passionate about film, politics and history. Take a listen to their numero uno offering all about Sergio Leone's The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. That's the film bit sorted, and first week in November we're looking at politics. No prizes for guessing what we'll be covering in that broadcast ;(
The team have been broadcasting for so long now, they literally HAVE got the T shirt to prove it! We interview Poet, Ash Dickinson as part of the Open Evening events.
Team Athens are joined by Becky's German cousin, Hannah, so no prizes for guessing the theme of this week's show!
The team tackle football and Hong Kong; sharks and shapes on the moon this week. There's our quiz and a trailer for you too.
'Benny' the Broadcaster continues to have hissy fits but the girls carry on regardless. Consumate professionals this lot. Our quiz centres on north of the border, as we embrace all things Scottish and celebrate the Celtic culture.
Amelia, Becky and Megan never learn! If you'e going to do a sports section about football then, yes, you will have ridiculously hard names to contend with. Can't wait for the "what's the original latin name for the following plants?" feature ;D
Keen to break onto the radio scene for at least one show, Eloise, Hannah and Jessica bring us a lively first effort!
Boys: who needs them? Our radio trio bounce back after the holidays with a great show, and we still manage to get an impossibly hard to pronounce name or too thrown in for good measure!
Matthew's swansong this week, and the crew have a bumper edition for us; no less than a whopping 45 mins of news, factoids, quizzes, music and sport. Quite the send-off!
Matthew's back and he's not completely Francophiled, but he's gone all musical on us and the girl's are pleased with the theme of this week's quiz. And what a battle it turns out to be!
BBC Radio Shropshire's Jim Hawkins is standing in for Matthew today, and his challenge is to get through a script written for last week's abandoned broadcast. All will become clear as mud when the girls realise the news isn't quite as current as it should be!
After a lengthy break, Josh returns to the mic and this time he's accompanied by Gareth. We bring you interesting facts from ClipBank and a celebrity Shout-out for George Michael.
It's not just the England squad blighted by the heat, Becky's lost her voice due to the pollon, but no fear, Matthew's here and he's in a chatty mood to say the least. Partner that with all the footy to talk about and we really could have just left him to it today. Megan and Amelia try to get a word in edgeways!
We interview Mrs Anderson about the very popular Cheerleading Club and there's an aura in the air as Becky narrates this week's trailer.
Our first show without Matthew at the Mic ={ The girls talk about fat French trains and thin red carpet dwellers at the BAFTAs. We're also announcing the finalists for our annual W Factor competition
Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Christine Ohuruogu: Becky's on script this week and she's thrown in a few tongue twisters for us. Listen to the team trying to tackle them!
The team interview ex student and Winter Olympian, Ben Simons, about becoming a world class athlete and school life back in the day.
Oh Dear, has somebody forgotten to do the script this week? Well it's not like we've had a whole Easter Holiday to get stuck in. Or were we too busy tucking in to all those Easter eggs? Amelia's diligence and organisational skills come under the spotlight, as the team improvise through the wonders of modern technology...
It's the last day of term and Easter's the theme, as Amelia, Becky, Matthew and Megan are joined by the Easter Bunnies and a lot of chat about chocolate!
Josh and Cuan bring us a mix of music, news and weird facts; just who is the loneliest creature?
Becky, Matthew and Megan switch to mentoring mode, as Amelia and Lauren from Beijing House learn from the veterans of WBIB (who do have black, swivelly chairs)
Time to 'Get a brew on' as Amelia, Matthew and Megan provide the afternoon's news, views, factoids, quizzes, music and witty conversation!
Amelia, Cuan, Jacob and Josh find out what's so special about being the UKs only Coubertin School.
Amelia, Becky, Matthew and Megan with an interview; a sports personality debate; some news and some sport.
Josh and Cuan interview a member of staff about her contribution to Sport Relief. A couple of tunes and a bit of news complete the show
Amelia, Becky, Matthew and Megan are joined in the studio by this year's Live Arts Musician of the Year, Lucy Harper. Along with all the usual, and unusual news and sport; we bring you the oddest factoids; the new Yves St Laurent film and our quiz this week takes us into the hood with the yellow folks from Springfield.
Cuan and Josh return after a short break. Josh has an interview from the Arthog trip and Cuan has one from the Activities Week, plus music and local news.
Amelia pens the script for the first time and brings us our tried and tested recipe of news, features, factoids, quiz, music and movie stuff.
Joined by brand new presenter Amelia, we bring you all the usual news and sport and a very glitzy features section in which Megan gives us her top three fashion hits and flops hot from the Oscars red carpet. All topped off with some amusing factoids for you!
How many died during the Great War and what did they mostly die of? Eloise and Emilia talk to Jess and Kelly about the pitfalls of life in the trenches.
What was it like to be a child during the First World War? Cuan and Jordan interview Amy, Jordan and Dudley to find out.
Year 8 students are spending the week researching World War 1: what was life like as a child in 1914? What clothes were on trend in 1916; What kind of weapons were used on the battlefield and how much money was spent on the war effort? Our reporters have made videos, podcasts and blogs. This is our first podcast by Hayden, Cuan and Jordan.
We were invited to produce a short advert for a book of our choice to celebrate World Book Day on March 6. Amelia, Becky and Megan came up with this piece.
Josh and Cuan share some news and music, with something for everyone: Minecraft; Xbox; Celebrity Birthday and 'Which Winter Olympian studied at William Brookes School?'
Having worked very hard on producing the script, Matthew throws a sicky, so Becky and Megan are joined by guest presenter, Amelia. National news, sport, fashion, celebrity news, factoids(?) a quiz, music, film trailer and local arts are featured in today's show
Broadcast date 07/02/2014: All of the usual news, sports and arts updates. The show also includes a tricky quiz all about books in recognition of world book day which is comig up soon.
Broadcast date: 03-02-14: We're already into February, and the Simply Athens team greets the month in their usual, (strictly professional!), manner. Click and listen for your news, sport and features, along with the latest music and film coverage. Enjoy!
Broadcast date: 20-09-13: All your usual essential news, sport and features are in this jam-packed show, which includes a very special interview with England women's captain, Charlotte Edwards... just a few months before she and her team emerged victorious from the Ashes in February this year.
Year 8 students Josh and Cuan introduce themselves and the school to our listeners; bring us an interview with a concerned resident near the water damaged Broseley to Ironbridge road, and chat with Youth Club Worker, Chloe Childs about what's on offer. A few tunes help us along the way.
Our first show of the New Year jam packed with last weeks top news and sport stories, our film choice of the week, a challenging quiz and plenty of songs to cheer up your New Year!
Broadcast date: 20-12-2013, News, Advent Calendar - Christmas Cracker Jokes, Christmas Music, Quiz - 'Here's the Answer; Now What's the Question?