{"id":12637,"date":"2016-05-23T12:00:18","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T11:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birst.co.uk\/?p=12637"},"modified":"2016-05-23T12:00:18","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T11:00:18","slug":"abbie-sprake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birst.co.uk\/listeningpost\/abbie-sprake\/","title":{"rendered":"Abbie Sprake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12934 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.birst.co.uk\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Radio-7-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"Radio-7\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Being a complete music enthusiast, with a diverse taste in electronica and funk, however without any musical skill in playing an instrument, and with zero vocal talent to be found encouraged me to seek another route into entering the industry in managing content for radio.<\/p>\n<p>During my education at Bournemouth University, studying Radio enabled me to expand my technical skills, allowing for my love of music to be put into play through editing and mixing songs. 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