Cover photo: Headphones and sound waves courtesy DepositPhotos
After a successful run at Carifesta XVI, Trini Good Media is bringing Festival Radio back for Carnival 2020.
For seven days in the run up to Carnival, Festival Radio will provide daily four-hour broadcasts packed with interviews and discussions. We will also broadcast on Ash Wednesday with a special wrap up and celebration programme.
“Trinidad Carnival is our ultimate festival,” said Festival Radio director Ardene Sirjoo. “We love the buzz, the creativity, the excitement and of course, the bacchanal that makes our Carnival so unique.”
Festival Radio which kicks off on February 17, will be based at the Home of Carnival, the Queen’s Park Savannah.
“The NCC has been extremely helpful in facilitating us,” Sirjoo said. “And it makes total sense for us to be located in the heart of the Carnival.”
Trini Good Media’s Franka Philip, left, and Ardene Sirjoo with Calypso Rose who appeared on Trini Good Media during Carifesta XIV.
Franka Philip, the co-founder of Trini Good Media, said she and Sirjoo were encouraged by the response Festival Radio got at Carifesta.
“We were really happy with how Carifesta went. People from across the diaspora reached out to compliment us about the mix of content we provided,” she said. “We intend to do just as well this time, especially because our diaspora folks are itching for news from home.”
For Carifesta, Festival Radio ran daily nine-hour broadcasts but for Carnival 2020, there will be a more compact schedule aimed at the drive time audience.
Philip said they will cover a range of topics including, the emergence of local dancehall artists like Trinidad Killa in soca, the new generation of Traditional Mas creators and making our national festival “greener”.
Festival Radio’s broadcasts will begin on Monday 17 February.
Broadcasts start at 3pm daily, except on Tuesday 18, which begins at 1pm.
The livestream can be accessed on this website, trinigoodmedia.com as well as on the social media pages for Instagram and Facebook.
Listeners can take Festival Radio with them, listen on their phones and mobile devices as well as on the desktop,” Philip said.
Stay with us here to learn more about Festival Radio, the site will be updated every day.
Also check our social platforms @trinigoodmedia on Instagram or on the Trini Good Media Facebook page.
If you’re interested in advertising on the station, email festivalradiott@gmail.com