The Get Up – Reform’s Very First Daily Morning Show

We are so excited to announce the launch of our first ever morning show, The Get Up, which will broadcast from Monday 28th of March 2022. 

Live from 10 – 12pm every weekday morning, ‘The Get Up’, hosted by Yelena Lashimba, offers a daily dose of positivity, designed to gently ease you into the day with an uplifting mix of music and chat. There will also be healthy points of discussion from across the community, with audiences invited to get involved in the conversation via Reform Radio’s online chat box. Director Sam Oliveira, spoke of his excitement for the upcoming launch. 

“This will be the first time in over eight years of broadcasting that we’ve had a daily morning show on Reform Radio. Our ambition is to make this a touch point for our community to interact with the station and learn more about the wider activity of the organisation. Yelena’s energy and passion makes her the perfect person to do this and we can’t wait for her to start” 

Host Yelena Lashimba is a musician from Manchester, who first got involved with Reform Radio via our artist development programme Soundcamp. This has led to Yelena performing at a host of festivals, including the Soundcamp Showcase for Reform Radio’s virtual stage at We Out Here Festival and Manchester International Festival. Her original song ‘Toxic’ was released on Reform’s sister record label Rhythm Lab Records.

One of our main goals has always been to help young people on their journey to success and helping them into the industry they aspire to work in. Young artists and budding presenters such as Yelena, seized this great opportunity, commenting on her ambitions for the show;

“I am really excited to create a positive, fun and friendly space for people to engage with all kinds of discussion points as well as to just listen to good music. I am also looking forward to hearing other people’s opinions and opening my perspective up to the room”

Not only will the show provide daily food-for-thought, it will have a special focus on spotlighting up-and-coming talent from across the UK by working with the likes of national charity Youth Music. Other features will include In The Shadows, which explores behind the scenes roles in the music industry and routes into them.

Packed full of guest mixes, interviews and special guests, you can listen to the show every weekday morning via our website and interact directly with Yelena via the chat box. We hope you love it as much as we do!

https://www.reformradio.co.uk/residents/the-get-up/