Screaming cats, chortling magpies and snoring dogs made up part of the suburban soundtrack RTRFM presenters were forced to compete with while working from home during the COVID-19 crisis. Taking the studio home meant the community radio station’s hosts had to get creative in their efforts to keep it on air.
For Kael Driscoll, living with kids in an apartment block made getting into Ambient Zone mode to pre-record his shows a touch tricky.
“I decided the quietest place to record my talk breaks was actually inside my car as a kind of vocal booth. Of course that day people decided to beep horns and at least three car alarms went off,”