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RADIO ACTIVE How young people are ruling the airwaves at Wales Millennium Centre’s Radio Platfform By Sarah Moolla 22 I CARDIFF LIFE I www.mediaclash.co.uk
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adio Platfform is Wales Millennium Centre’s youth-led radio station and training programme which has trained more than 100 young people aged 14 – 25 since its launch in 2016. The first Radio Platform studio is at the Centre, but in summer last year the team opened a second studio in Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taff, in a newly redesigned space, allowing more young people from across Wales to create their own unique sound, use their voice and broadcast live with daily shows. Through an accredited six-week media training scheme in partnership with Promo Cymru, the young people are trained in everything they need to know about presenting and producing a radio programme, as well as other important life and career skills. The original Radio Platfform studio in Wales Millennium Centre is still used for accredited training, taster sessions and workshops, too. It also functions as a mobile
