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Supporting Content

• Check out the clips from past JG shows including the end of show jams...

  

• JG Jam - Come Together - 15th March 2014

  These Reigning Days, Clara Bond, Robin Brown and Dumbo's Feather collaborate on a song

  Duration: 4:32

• JG Jam - The Weight - 8th March 2014

  The Cut Purse Rascals, Anna-Marie Waite, Sam Dowden and Chris Millington....

  Duration: 3:41

• JG Jam - Sway - 1st March 2014

  Andy Quick's Unidentified Flying Orchestra, Lou Latham, Adam Westcott and Alice Gullick

  Duration: 2:24

• VIDEO: JG JAM - SKYFALL

  VIDEO: Seven Cities, Solarference, Gareth Lee and Annie Baylis combine forces for the jam

  Duration: 4:09
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• Seth Lakeman - live session at 大象传媒 Radio Devon

• Photo Gallery: JG's Show Live in Topsham

• JG Saturday Show Guests

• Cardboard Blankets, Concrete Pillows - Sleep Easy 2013

• Saturday Shenanigans

  JG's Saturday Show features a studio full of guests with interesting stories to share,听and plenty of chart hits from the past five decades - interspersed with live performances by some of the best emerging local musicians.

  It's lots of fun - and听there's ALWAYS cake!

  During the first hour, JG asks for your suggestions for songs and singers that fit a particular theme.

  He also wants to hear from you if you're celebrating a birthday or anniversary or if you're organising an event or gig.

  There's always lots of your interaction听- you can get in touch with the show by email, phone, Twitter or text.
  

• Meet JG

  John joined 大象传媒 Radio Devon as a programme assistant back in 1992, after several years working in the Hotel and Catering industry.
  
  "Before I joined the team at 大象传媒 Radio Devon I was the landlord of a pub in Uplyme, East Devon - near my hometown of Lyme Regis.
  
  "Before that I was in hotel management, working for a major chain of hotels across the country," he said.
  
  "People often ask how I made the leap from the hospitality trade to broadcasting, but there are loads of similarities; early starts, late finishes and a love of meeting and chatting to people."
  
  John lives in Plymouth but often gets back to Lyme Regis to visit his Dad, who still lives there, and to take a walk along The Cobb with his two Black Labradors; Tilly and Izzy.
  
  He's a big fan of blue skies, sunshine, live music, strawberries and Dartmoor - particularly Buckland Beacon where, in what seems like the middle of nowhere, you can find the 10 commandments etched into two tablets of stone.
  
  He loves championing local bands and singers and really enjoys having musicians perform live on his show each week, so send him your details if you think you might fit the bill.
  
  Above all John just loves meeting interesting people.
  
  "I'm a sucker for a good, emotive, human interest story," he says. "Especially if it makes me laugh - or cry!"
  
  The Saturday Show is quite different to most others. John invites all his guests to join him from 10am and stay until the end of the show, interacting with each other throughout. It's not unusual for there to be 20 or more people in the studio.
  
  "It can make for some very interesting exchanges," he says.
  
  So if you want something refreshingly different to listen to on a Saturday morning, make sure you tunedto 大象传媒 Radio Devon from 9am - 1pm.

  

• Award Winning

  On 1st November 2012, John was named "Best FM Radio DJ" in the South West Music Awards.
  
  It's an annual award, with nominatoins听and votes听made听by the public and members of the music industry.
  
  Here's JG collecting his trophy at a ceremony at The Rougemont Hotel in Exeter.

  John retained the title for a second year听in 2013.

  

• Special Guests

  Who knows who's going to turn up in John's studio on a Saturday morning?
  
  Among others, he's had the furry cast of the 'naughty but nice' stage show,听Avenue Q, pay him a visit,听he's chatted with Charlie Landsborough, Beverley Craven, Eliza Doolittle听and Gordon Giltrap.

  Whilst听in August 2013 - folk legend Julie Felix made an early morning trip from her home (four hours away) to perform live on the show.
  
  She even joined in with the rest of JG's guests for the end of show jam.
  
  Here's Julie with John in the 大象传媒 garden after the show.

  You can hear Julie performing one of her own songs, in collaboration with the local musicians who also appeared on the show that day if you go to the clips tab at the top of the page.

  

• Appear on the show

  If you're a local musician - or someone with an interesting story to share - and you'd like to appear on the show, please drop an email to john.govier@bbc.co.uk听
  
  Or send a CD and covering letter to:
  John Govier
  大象传媒 Radio Devon
  Broadcasting House
  PO BOX 1034
  Plymouth
  
  You might also like to read to getting your music heard on the radio.

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