A PRESENTER from an Army radio station is going “on tour” to meet the people behind its broadcasts up and down the country.
Liz Mullen, from Garrison Radio, will visit all ten bases the station broadcasts from, including Catterick Garrison, as part of a series of programmes to celebrate the station’s tenth anniversary.
She said: "Each programme will reflect the everyday life of soldiers and civilians at each location, we’ll meet some of the influential people and the real characters that exist in every garrison.”
The programmes will be aired throughout the summer on Friday and Sunday afternoons and can be heard on Garrison Radio’s FM and AM frequencies or via the web at www.garrisonfm.com.
Ms Mullen added: “It’s a chance for Army people to find out what life’s like at other bases in the UK – to share experiences, memories and jokes.
“There is such a wealth of stories, anecdotes, wisdom and understanding at every military base and we want to reflect that."
Starting in July 2001 Garrison Radio became the UK’s first new military broadcaster since the Second World War, with the launch of permanent radio services at Catterick, Colchester and Salisbury Plain.
In following years further stations were launched at Aldershot, Edinburgh and five other sites around Britain.
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