Driver's Seat (GTFM)December 2018

GTFM Drivers Seat

Listen again to the December 2018 Edition of Driver’s Seat. The show was first broadcast on GTFM* on Thursday the 6th of December 2018 - This December 2018 “edition” of Driver’s Seat (GTFM) will be available on SoundCloud until Wednesday the 6th of February 2019 - The show was produced and presented by GTFM’s very own motoring guru, Ian Edwards and has been “engineered” for SoundCloud by fellow GTFM presenter Gavin Powell. With guests: Road Safety Officer Matt Penny, from the RCT Road Safety Unit, discusses the unit's role in offering educational programmes, skills training e.g. cyclist and young driver training, publicity campaigns and programmes to inform, raise awareness and to encourage positive and discourage negative behaviours by road users. https://www.roadsafetywales.org.uk/education/ Shaun Dodd “torque-ing” about the Caerphilly Soapbox Race taking place in Caerphilly town centre in 2019 on the Saturday of the August Bank Holiday weekend. He is joined by one of the organisers of the Penarth Downhill Derby, namely Elliott Penn. https://www.facebook.com/groups/396515464210230/ https://www.facebook.com/PenarthDownhillDerby/ Russell Lord is a jeweller with 45 years experience who has now, after 22 years, finished a model of a Mk2 Escort rally car which is just 6 inches long and made completely from platinum, gold and silver. Russell torques about his “journey” in putting the model together, about people who have inspired him along the way and why he is now selling the model to raise money for charity. https://www.facebook.com/russelllordsford/ Felix Page (of Felix Page Photography) torques about his love of his Corvette and his love of “snapping” cars. http://www.felix-page.co.uk/ and last but by no means least, Practical Classics Deputy Editor James Walshe torques about the Practical Classics Magazine 2019 BIG UK Tour visiting Britain’s top 10 Best Classic Clubs as voted by its readers. https://www.practicalclassics.co.uk/bbcccoty/ *GTFM is a not-for-profit radio station (and a registered charity) based in Pontypridd, South Wales with NO shareholders, NO paid directors and only two paid staff. GTFM is the MOST listened to radio station in the Pontypridd area, beating ALL the other radio stations who broadcast in the area. GTFM is fuelled by the hard work and enthusiasm of individuals, where local people produce and present their own programmes and participate in operating the station to provide a full and rich mix of locally-produced content. GTFM serves communities across Rhondda Cynon Taff and strives to broadcast content that is popular and relevant to its broadcast area that is sometimes overlooked by commercial or mass-media broadcasters. The station provides a mechanism to enable individuals, groups, and communities to tell their own stories and share experiences both past and present and the station remains fully responsive to the needs of (and consistently seeks input from) its listeners from ALL the communities right across Rhondda Cynon Taff.