RADIO BIOGRAPHY – WAYNE BOUCAUD-D.O.B. 08/09/’62 – RADIO PRESENTER/DJ BORN IN LONDON OF TRINIDADIAN PARENTAGE. CAMDEN COMMUNITY RADIO 2004-2008 MY FORAY INTO RADIO STARTED AT CAMDEN COMMUNITY RADIO IN 2004.
IT WAS THERE THAT HE LEARNT HIS CRAFT AS A RADIO PRESENTER/DJ,FROM SCRIPTING/EDITING/PRODUCTION AND PRESENTING. HE ALSO COVERED AND BROADCASTED VARIOUS MUSIC FESTIVALS FROM THE SOUTHBANK. THE STATION FOCUSED MAINLY ON THE LOCAL COMMUNITY OF CAMDEN AND SURROUNDING AREA’S AS WELL AND THEY WERE ESSENTIALLY PODCAST BASED, HOWEVER FOR A STUDIO BASED SHOW, WAYNE WOULD PUT TOGETHER A MONTHLY SHOW AT SOAS UNIVERSITY,THOSE SHOWS WERE VITAL FOR HIS GROWTH AS A PRESENTER. WAYNE RECALLS HAVING A DESIRE TO REACH A WIDER AND MORE DIVERSE LISTENERSHIP,
HE GREW UP LISTENING TO SOUL/RnB/JAZZ/FUNK/GOSPEL/INDIE AND ROCK AND FOR MANY YEARS HE WANTED TO CONCEPTUALIZE A SHOW THAT COVERED ALL THOSE GENRE’S,NOT ONLY THAT BUT THE ARTIST OF WHO’S MUSIC HE PURCHASED AS WELL WAS NOT GETTING AIRPLAY SO HE DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND TAKE INITIATIVE AND GAINED THE SKILLS TO PUT ON A GREAT SHOW.
WAYNE IS FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR CAMDEN COMMUNITY RADIO FOR A FANTASTIC FOOT IN THE DOOR ON HIS PURSUIT INTO RADIO. PLAYVYBZ.COM – 2008-2012 AND THE MORE EXPERIENCE HE GAINED, HE FELT CONFIDENT TO PRODUCE HIS OWN SHOWS WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY HAD PRESENTED ITSELF AND THAT CAME IN THE FORM OF PLAYVBZ.COM.
ACCORDING TO HIM, “I WILL FOREVER BE THANKFUL TO PLAYVYBZ FOR ALLOWING ME THE FREEDOM TO PRODUCE THE KIND OF SHOW I’VE DREAMPT OF DOING. THERE, I WAS ABLE TO HARNESS MY SKILLS AS A PRESENTER EVEN MORE SO. THE GUEST’S WHICH HAVE GRACED MY SHOW HAVE BEEN MY MUSICAL HERO’S FOR MANY YEARS FROM PATRICE RUSHEN/ MINT CONDITION/ STEVE ARRINGTON/ SOWETO KINCH/ ESKA/ ERIC ROBERSON/ MELBA MOORE/ LARRY GRAHAM/KEZIAH JONES, AND MANY NEW AND UP AND COMING ARTISTS. REGARDS MY RADIO INTERVIEWS MY APPROACH HAS ALWAYS BEEN FROM A CONVERSATIONAL AND IN-DEPTH MANNER,
IN EFFECT ALLOWING MORE DEPTH TO THE ARTIST IN QUESTION. I’VE ALSO BEEN INVOLVED IN OUTSIDE BROADCASTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH OXFAM FOR THERE MUSIC SHOWS/FESTIVALS. AFTER PLAYVYBZ HAD CLOSED DOWN AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE MY SHOW/FORMAT CAME IN THE SHAPE OF URBANJAZZRADIO.NET,ONCE AGAIN SAME SHOW,SAME FORMAT. OUTSIDE RADIO”
WAYNE HAS RECENTLY BECOME A QUALIFIED YOUTH WORKER AND VOLUNTEER TWICE A WEEK, . DURING THAT TIME HE HAS PUT ON VARIOUS RADIO WORKSHOPS FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE,ALLOWING THEM THE SKILLS TO PRODUCE THERE OWN SHOWS, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE IS AS FULFULLING FOR BOTH PARTIES. THIS IS SOMETHING HE WOULD LIKE TO GET MORE INVOLVED IN IN THE FUTURE.
WAYNE IS VERY LOYAL AND SUPPORTIVE TO HIS STATION,WHOM EVER THAT MAY BE, AND WOULD ALWAYS STRIVE FOR THE BEST THAT HE CAN BE,
HERE YOU CAN LISTEN TO A 10MIN. SAMPLE OF MY INTERVIEWS – http://i.mixcloud.com/CBq0Gl HERE YOU CAN CHECK ALL HIS SHOWS www.mixcloud.com/blackin3d email – wayneboucaud@btinternet.com Facebook – www.facebook.com/wayneboucaud Twitter – www.twitter.com/boucaud1 Podomatic – http://www.podomatic.com/profile/wayneboucaud
TONY TOKUNBO ETEKA FERNANDEZ 