We’re looking for an Assistant Producer for the Owain Wyn Evans Show Fancy waking up the nation live from Cardiff? We’re hiring a part-time Assistant Producer to work on the Radio 2 Early Morning Breakfast Show with Owain Wyn Evans. You’ll bring your own bit of stardust and humour to this fast-paced show where, amongst other things, you’ll be gathering … Read More
Bengo Media Production Receives British Podcast Awards Nomination
National Adoption Service for Wales series shortlisted for the Parenting Award **UPDATE: We won SILVER. Find out more here.** A Bengo Media-produced series has received a nomination in the prestigious 2023 British Podcast Awards. Truth Be Told: Adoption Stories is a podcast made for the National Adoption Service for Wales, in collaboration with the public relations agency, Cowshed. It’s one … Read More
Podcast Setup: 3 Person Podcast Recording Costs
So, you’re thinking about setting up your own three-person podcast from scratch – that’s awesome! But you might be wondering: how much is this podcast setup going to cost me? Well, as a company which records podcasts online, in-person and with video, we’re in a good position to advise on how much recording a podcast with 3 people can cost. … Read More
Putting Our Money Where Our Collective Mouth Is
Why we signed up as a Living Wage employer. When Steve and I set Bengo up nearly six years ago, one of the things we said from the off was that no matter what, we always wanted to treat our team really well. And that all started with paying them fairly and on-time. It’s completely daft that we had to … Read More
Bengo Media to produce the BBC Radio 2 Early Breakfast Show
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
Podcasts Are A Complete Waste of Time and Money*
Well that got your attention, didn’t it? From a podcast company nonetheless! Let’s complete the rest of that sentence before we all start hyperventilating… *without proper marketing! If we’ve said it once, we’ve said it a million times. And it’s on this very subject that our co-founder and creative director Steve Austins delved into during his latest webinar. We’ve popped … Read More
‘No Studio? No Problem!’ Podcast Recording from Home
In case you didn’t catch our co-founder Steve’s webinar – No Studio, No Problem! we’re bringing it to you in condensed blog form! In this post, Steve discusses the best ways to record a podcast when, for whatever reason, using a studio isn’t an option. But, before we kick off – you’ll see some links below to products or other … Read More
And then we were 5!!!!
Wow – wee! How did that happen?? From the 2ish sentences that changed our lives (Steve: I think I’m ready to the leave the BBC – Marina: Well ok. If you’re sure… Fancy doing something together??!) Bengo becomes 5 years old today! And it’s been a hell of ride. To all our amazing clients, thank you so much for trusting … Read More
Case Study: Business, Babies and Bossing It
We’re chuffed to pieces to be able to showcase one of our latest Consultancy, Record, Edit and Publish podcast projects: Business, Babies and Bossing It by Jess Morgan and Cass Bodington. When these two fabulous women from South Wales came to us, they had oodles of ideas spilling out about a podcast they wanted to create but zero experience in … Read More