Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Harringay Community Radio. Smashing, great, super idea?
Have just been reading abou the spread of community radio in the neck of the woods where I was born and raised, Suffolk.
Community radio services typically cover a small geographical area and are provided on a not-for-profit basis focusing on the delivery of specific social benefits to enrich a particular geographical community or a community of interest.
On a more personal note, I also discovered recently that an old school friend was broadcasting on Ipswich Community Radio and I tuned in.
Their aim is to offer "people the opportunity to have a voice on radio, especially those who are under-represented on other local stations.
[They] run regular training courses in radio skills, so you can get directly involved – from presenting your own weekly show to helping out occasionally behind the scenes.
[They] aim to provide a radically different kind of radio, with music beyond the mainstream, and a multicultural mix of views and voices that fully reflects the town [they] live in."
So what about a community radio station for our neighbourhood? If we thought that just Harringay was too small, we could include Wood Green and the Chestnuts area. However, one of the new licences was for Southwold which I'm sure has less people living there than in Harringay.
So any budding Smashy and Niceys , Adam and Joes or Liz Kershaws out there?
Community Media Association
Community radio services typically cover a small geographical area and are provided on a not-for-profit basis focusing on the delivery of specific social benefits to enrich a particular geographical community or a community of interest.
On a more personal note, I also discovered recently that an old school friend was broadcasting on Ipswich Community Radio and I tuned in.
Their aim is to offer "people the opportunity to have a voice on radio, especially those who are under-represented on other local stations.
[They] run regular training courses in radio skills, so you can get directly involved – from presenting your own weekly show to helping out occasionally behind the scenes.
[They] aim to provide a radically different kind of radio, with music beyond the mainstream, and a multicultural mix of views and voices that fully reflects the town [they] live in."
So what about a community radio station for our neighbourhood? If we thought that just Harringay was too small, we could include Wood Green and the Chestnuts area. However, one of the new licences was for Southwold which I'm sure has less people living there than in Harringay.
So any budding Smashy and Niceys , Adam and Joes or Liz Kershaws out there?
Community Media Association
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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Good conversation guys. Sounds like it's in danger of bearing fruit. I think the idea of starting off with HoL podcasts is fantastic. Then we need not limit ourselves to audio. I'm very keen to increase the level of video on HoL too. It is now almost as eay to have a Community TV station as it is a radio one.
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Permalink Reply by Liz on
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Brilliant , hope to see you on the 12th but if not I'll set up a meet at a later date. Maybe others will pick up on this discussion and offer guidance too and we can get a small pilot going. I'm quite excited at this, as you can tell.
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Permalink Reply by wholepint on
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This might be a useful link if you did want to take it beyond the podcast stage:
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radio/ifi/rbl/commun_radio/
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Permalink Reply by Sapphireblue on
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Great idea? I'm up fr it.... I think... what about a consortium? who would the investors/funders be? Is it private or publicly funded?
As a performance poet - can we have a Poetry slot? I could put something together for that...be involved, plan.. etc
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