Friday Drive
Fridays 4 – 6pm
Presented by Jon Shapiro & Dominic Santangelo (alternate weeks)
Jon Shapiro -Jon commenced radio broadcasting in 1987, at 2UNE-FM in Armidale, NSW. His involvement with Eastside Radio dates back to 1995, when he presented Drive East once a week (until 2000). He returned to Eastside in 2007, and since 2008 presents Drive every second Friday. Jon also currently presents a show at 2MBS-FM.
In 2009 Jon launched two new shows at Eastside Radio: No Politics, Please – We’re Intelligent, a quiz show with the aim of minimising politics in discussion of public issues, in the last half-hour of his Drive programme (contestants “lose points for point-scoring”); and, Music You Don’t Dance To, a weekly broadcast (late Sunday nights) of head music.
Jon’s musical interests are varied, but do not extend too much in the form of pop or jazz, more psychedelic, electronic and atmospheric (and a passing interest in “indie” rock). An early influence was the soundtrack to A Clockwork Orange, which he listened to many times before he was old enough to see the movie. This album introduced Jon to both classical music, via Beethoven (who remains his favourite classical composer), and electronic music through Walter Carlos’s arrangements.
While still at school Jon’s attention was also drawn to Mike Oldfield, Pink Floyd and Tangerine Dream, with some exploration of more folky music by people such as Kate Bush and Steeleye Span; the first album he bought with his own money (on cassette!) being Tangerine Dream’s Tangram, still today one of his favourite albums of all time. His favourite musicians of all time, however, since early childhood, remain and look like always being, the Beatles.
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Friday Drive
News, spews, views, reviews, and interviews … Jon Shapiro presents Drive every second Friday from 4-6pm, assisted by producer Simon Black. Each programme features: in-depth interviews, information about upcoming community events, local traffic and weather updates, music from a classic album selected from across the range of musical styles, and, in the last half hour of the programme, our purported representatives are put to the test in the hit quiz show No Politics, Please – We’re Intelligent.
No Politics, Please – We’re Intelligent
Are you interested in public issues, but find politics boring and irrelevant?
“No Politics, Please – We’re Intelligent” is a radio quiz show that aims to promote ideas and merit in public discussion.
Contestants (our purported representatives) will be challenged to avoid politics – talking
themselves or their side up, attacking the player not the ball, hubris, sound-bites, not answering questions, rambling, dissembling, even boring us with statistics …
They will however be applauded for originality, creativity, relevance, respect and generosity of spirit, and wit.
No Politics, Please – We’re Intelligent is hosted by Jon Shapiro, and broadcasts every Friday fortnight from 5.30pm, here at 89.7FM Eastside Radio.
Dominic and Claudia Santangelo present and produce Drive every second Friday.
Dominic and Claudia are a twin brother and sister team whose program focuses on issues of social and environmental justice. Combined with a strong commitment to promoting local arts and other community initiatives they offer unique and valuable perspectives often sidelined by the mainstream media. Dominic and Claudia aim to combine an alternative voice in the media with an eclectic mix of the great music you’ve come to expect on Eastside.
Dominic is an associate lecturer and doctoral student with the department of Media and Communications at the University of Sydney. He is currently researching Indigenous participation in community radio in different places around the world and has been broadcasting since 2000.
Claudia is a freelance arts worker involved with sustainable event production. She puts on her own annual festival, “High and Dry”, and has worked for many other events including Sydney Festival and Big Day Out. Claudia is constantly active in promoting and supporting local emerging artists across disciplines.
They welcome feedback and story suggestions and are always happy to engage in interesting dialogues with their listeners.
Local musician Eden Ottignon regularly contributes to the program with informative explorations into music, often featuring unusual musical forms and genres from around the world.