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Get on air with ICRfm
22.03.10
INISHOWEN Community
Radio is offering local community and voluntary
groups a great opportunity to get on air and
publicise their events and projects. A free training
workshop will take place later this week to show
local groups how to use ICRfm's Outside Broadcast
Unit (OBU).
The OBU, which was part funded by Donegal County
Council, has already been used to great effect
during last year's Blessing of the Fleet in
Greencastle as well as the official launch of
Buncrana Youth Club’s new premises. |
However, station
manager Jim Doherty said there was some confusion
about how groups can use the resource to their
advantage or how it worked.
“Many groups think it’s just a case of turning up
and starting broadcasting but it’s not as simple as
that," said Jim.
"Most events that people want us to broadcast from
are held at weekends, bank holidays or evenings and
it costs money to run the OBU. In an effort to raise
awareness of the types of events the station can
cover and how the community can use |
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the resource, we’ve
drafted a policy that hopefully explains all that
and organised a training workshop for Thursday,
March 25.”
ICR is one of the best-equipped radio stations in
Ireland and is "equal even to some of the commercial
stations," says Jim.
“We’ve always believed that investing money and
effort in providing quality equipment, training and
opportunities for our volunteers and staff is worth
it. That is why we are one of the most-highly
regarded stations in Ireland The OBU has been added
to our list of equipment resources but it is also a
community resource," he added.
The OBU workshop takes place at the ICRfm station in
Carndonagh on Thursday, March 25, at 7pm. For more
information or to book your place, please contact
Jim Doherty on 074 9329105. |
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