Peel In NZ

[Tom Roche]

I did a little websearching Friday on the faster connextion where I 
work and found out a little about the New Zealand event Pelly is/was 
attended this past week.

It's connected to both the British Foreign office and to some sort of 
music industry confab there. I clipped the weblinks and some of the 
pertinent text below. Some of the sites had a few pictures from the 
event, just taken Thursday and I have clipped 3 of them and upladed 
them to the yahoo peel group photos area at

http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/peel/lst?&.dir=/New+Zealand+2002&.src=gr&.view=t&.last=1

When I realized that this event was taking place in Auckand, the 
first thought I had was of the excellent college/alternative station 
the b95FM - one of the first and best webcasters in the world, and a 
longtime favorite here, well before BBC got on the web. Mornings here 
in Atlanta are late overnight there and they play good music all day 
and even wilder stuff overnights. And sure enough, a check of their 
site showed that Peel was involved with some sort of b95FM event last 
night. I listened occasionally throughout the day in case the event 
was aired or simulcast in some way so I might alert all of you, but 
either it wasn't, or I missed it, or it happened while I slept. The 
site claims it will webclip the event later.

Lastly, if you really need a JP programming fix, note that the BBCWS 
half hours roll on over the air on MW and SW and on the web too.. 
late late tuesday night your time, and midday sunday your time.

In GMT: Tuesdays 0405

                  Sundays 13:05 & 20:05

Also the his Radio Mafia show is on the web on alternating Wednesdays 
at 10PM UK time. Or at least it used to be.

anyway here's some of the stuff I found yesterday.



tom r




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March 2002
New Zealand, Auckland
Intermediate - UK music journalist and and DJ, John Peel to attend a 
5 day media forum that showcases some of the best journalists, 
writers and columnists from New Zealand and the UK. The forum hopes 
to promote the sharing of best practice, ideas and debate on 
pertinent issues. (21.3.2002 - 25.3.2002)






http://www.intermediate.org.nz/index.htm

Speakers from the United Kingdom

Lynn Barber, The Observer
Andrew O'Hagan, The London Review of Books, Granta
David Leigh, The Guardian
John Peel, BBC
Tim Radford, science editor, The Guardian
Andrew Rawnsley, The Observer
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Speakers from New Zealand

Linda Clark, TVNZ
John Campbell, TV3 and Radio NZ
Karl du Fresne, The Evening Post
Mike McRoberts, TV3
Rod Oram, Unlimited
Colin James, NZ Herald







http://entertainment.nzoom.com/entertainment_detail/0,1846,76875-129-133,00.html

Peel speaking in New Zealand

  British DJ John Peel has been called "the single most influential 
voice in popular music" and he is heading our way for a three-day 
media discussion seminar in Auckland, which will run between March 21 
and 23

InterMEDIAte will feature some top UK and New Zealand media 
commentators and specialists, who will be discussing, among other 
topics, the relationship between media and politics, privacy vs 
celebrity issues and the changing nature of the media with the advent 
of the Internet.

Working on 'pirate' station Radio London from the mid 60s, Peel was 
offered a full time position with the newly launched BBC Radio 1 in 
1967, when that station was introduced to replace the recently 
outlawed (albeit very popular) 'pirate' stations.

Famously open to new musical trends, Peel soon established himself as 
the "man with his finger on the pulse", encouraging and fostering 
many struggling bands, with diverse musical backgrounds, through 
increased airplay and documentary style special broadcasts. These 
broadcasts, known far and wide as The Peel Sessions, include work by 
many famous (and now not so famous) bands including The Fall, Jimi 
Hendrix, The Smiths and The Smashing Pumpkins.

Peel has also been at the forefront of introducing new bands to the 
popular consciousness, including Pink Floyd and Fleetwood Mac. His 
tastes remain eclectic, however, and while promoting mainstream 
groups, his interests in leftfield performers have led him to 
champion the likes of Mogwai, Pulp and The White Stripes.

Peel also writes for British publications, including national 
newspapers and has a permanent column in the Radio Times.

For more information on the InterMEDIAte seminars, please follow the 
related link below.







http://www.95bfm.com/events.php?id=28&flash_detect=true


95 bFM hosts John Peel

95bFM is very proud to present an evening with legendary BBC radio DJ 
John Peel on Saturday 23 March. His radio shows have been broadcast 
on numerous stations around the world (including bFM) and dozens of 
influential international artists have had their music released under 
the world famous 'John Peel Sessions' name after recording for his 
show.

Sharing the stage with Mr. Peel will be Hard News guru Russell Brown 
and former 95bFM Breakfast host Graeme Hill. There will also be 
performances by two surprise guest artists. It will be an intimate 
affair at the Classic on Queen Street and will kick off at 7pm.

Unfortunately tickets for this show have now sold out. However, we 
will be posting an edited highlights QuickTime movie on the site in 
the next couple of weeks.



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