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The Gene Radio Show
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114
of 128 listen-again archives
Sunday, 4 May 2025
The May edition of The Gene Radio Show celebrated the programme's 16th birthday. Maxine was joined in the studio by Caris, who presented a special quiz on Girlguiding history. The show also featured an interview with author Sonia Sarder, discussing books, and explored listeners' favourite books and badges.
The programme's 16th birthday included shout-outs to previous junior presenters and Fifth Braintree Guides. Caris's quiz covered the 2018 badge and activity programme, and the 2010 Rangers programme. Listeners heard about the Essex Book Festival, a new book badge for all sections, and badges at Brownies. There was also a mention of Guides and Rangers currently at camp, and a call for new volunteers.
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About this show
The Gene Radio Show was made by Girl Guides, and you could hear it. This was Girlguiding Essex North East’s own programme: Maxine J in the chair, and a rotating crew of young co-hosts from units across the county. They talked about guiding life, swapped community stories, and got politicians and celebrities to sit still for a chat. For more than a decade the microphone belonged to the Guides.
It started on Saint FM 94.7 in Maldon on 3 May 2009. That station has since closed. The on-air seventh birthday landed on 1 May 2016, which is how the Saint FM years add up to 71 editions, the last of them on 1 March 2015. Gene then moved to Chelmsford Community Radio, first Sunday of the month, beginning 5 April 2015 and running until 2 August 2026: 137 editions on CCR, and 133 editions still in the listen-again Jukebox archive. The show has now ended.