Team Bengo will produce Owain Wyn Evans’ show in Cardiff from 2023 Bengo Media are over the moon to have won the contract to produce BBC Radio 2’s Early Breakfast Show, beginning in early 2023. Flying the flag for Wales, Team Bengo will be working with the show’s new presenter – and the nation’s favourite drumming sensation – Owain Wyn … Read More
The art of making a successful podcast: Training we’ve delivered in 2021
In 2021 Bengo Media provided podcast training for a 100 academics in 92 days, plus helped turn an idea in a bathtub into a soon to be smash.
Easy Like Sunday Morning: Radio Production at the BBC in 2021
A lot of founders have their individual quirks. Mine will make you squirm. I love working early on Sunday mornings. I know. It’s not normal. But let me explain. The work that gets me out of bed when the rest of the civilised world, it seems, is enjoying a lie-in, is live radio production. In fact, it’s a job that … Read More
Superyachts, comedy shows and other podcast editing adventures in 2021
Bengo Media has offered recording, editing and publishing support in 2021 to podcast clients including Macmillan, Clyde & Co and The Socially Distant Sports Bar
2021 Producer Report: Our Year in Podcast Production
In an award-winning year, Bengo Media has been the podcast producer for the World Health Organization, Blue Cross, Sue Ryder and Mudiad Meithrin.
Podcasting From Home – Part 3: Recording Your Audio
This is the last of a three-part blog series called Podcasting From Home – The New Normal. It follows on from part one, which is all about getting you sounding great; and part two, which is all about getting your guests to sound great. If you’ve followed the first two blogs, then congratulations – because by now, you should sound great, … Read More
Podcasting From Home – Part Two: 7 Tips to avoid the ‘news channel guest’ sound
Unless you’re Piers Morgan, it’s likely that your podcast guest is going to be doing more of the talking on your podcast than you. Here we share a few simple tips to help you manipulate their sound quality as best as you possibly can from afar.
Podcasting From Home – Part One: Managing Your Sound
The new normal – I’m sick of the phrase, I’m sure you are too. The only trouble is, for most of us, it’s a useful way of summing up the fact that life is going to be quite different for some time to come. And when it comes to recording a podcast, being able to put four or five people … Read More
Five things we learned at the BBC Sounds launch in Wales
Last week, we joined a rabble of journalists, content creators, broadcasters and other audiophiles at the Wales content commissioning launch of BBC Sounds, the new home for audio from across the BBC. Available to download for free from Apple, Google and Amazon app stores, BBC Sounds brings together all of the broadcaster’s live and on demand radio, music and podcasts in … Read More
Podcasting for business: the good, the bad and the ugly
That woman in your brainstorming meeting the other day was so right; your company does need a podcast. I’ll leave it to you whether you tell her or not. Podcasting for business is an effective way for brands to communicate their value proposition to an engaged and captive audience. The very nature of podcasting – as an on-demand format – … Read More