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Hat-trick of gongs for ICRfm
19.10.09
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Inishowen Community
Radio (ICR) is celebrating a hat-trick of three
gongs picked up at the National Community Radio
Awards in Athlone last week. The event was organised
by Craol, the national forum representing over 20
community radio stations in Ireland. The local
station won awards in the three categories,
Altnerative Scheduling, Social Gain and Commissioned
Programming. The three programmes that won are,
respectively, ‘Thall is Abhus’; ‘Local Election
Coverage' in association with the Inishowen
Independent newspaper and ‘Paying Peanuts'. Station
manager Jim Doherty said the entire ICRfm team was
thrilled with the win. |
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“This is great news and
shows what a talented, hard-working and dedicated
crew of people we have here at the station. I think
it’s important to point out that much of the credit
here goes to the army of volunteers and contributors
who worked on the programmes. This is the community
making programmes for the community, a large part of
what we’re about," said Jim. |
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‘Thall is Abhus’ is a
bi-lingual show featuring traditional Irish music,
song and stories presented and produced by Jimmy
McBride.
The ‘Local Election
Coverage’ was shared jointly by ICR and The
Inishowen Independent for the series of debates
broadcast in the run-up to the election and the live
coverage of the counts from the Inishowen Gateway.
“This was one of the first live outside broadcasts
ever done by the station and the judges were very
impressed by the quality of the analysis, the range
of contributors, the duration of the broadcast and
the local emphasis. We’re indebted to the
Independent’s Liam Porter and Damian Dowds for this.
A dedicated crew drawn from staff, volunteers and
the local community worked on the programme,” added
Jim. Meanwhile, ‘Paying Peanuts’ was a documentary
presented and produced by twin sisters Claire and
Emma McDermott who travelled to Malawi to examine
the lives of peanut farmers and the positive impact
that fair trade has had on their lives. It was
commissioned under the Simon Cumbers Media Challenge
Fund through Irish Aid. |
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