Friday, 5 June 2009

[creative-radio] 3 positions at Station House Media Unit, Aberdeen



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From: Murray Dawson <murray@shmu.org.uk>
Reply-To: murray@shmu.org.uk
Organisation: Station House Media Unit

Station House Media Unit, at the forefront of Community Media
development in the UK, is a volunteer led charitable company operating
across the regeneration areas of Aberdeen, Scotland. We are looking for
3 exceptional, innovative, community minded individuals to join our team
in the following positions:

*shmuTrain Co-ordinator (Salary: £29,259 to £31,761)*
You will deliver a vibrant, contemporary and visionary training and
skills development programme, using community and digital media as a
meaningful and stimulating medium to increase the chances of young
people (14:19) of moving into employment, education or training. You
will be a highly motivated individual, with substantial project and line
management experience.
/Post funded by Inspiring Scotland until March 2019/

**//*shmuFM Radio Administrator (Salary: £20,388 to £22,370)*
You will work closely with the shmuFM manager and shmuFM management
group, in order to develop and implement processes, structures and
procedures underpinning the shmuFM community radio project. You will be
an experienced and highly motivated individual, well organised and
proficient in ICT and administration.
/Post funded by the National Lottery until October 2012
/

*Publications & Design Development Worker (Salary: £23,080 to £25,550)*
This post will support and develop the design element of our community
publications, support the graphic and web design needs, and develop
income-generating opportunities for the organisation.

*For an information pack visit - http://www.shmu.org.uk/vacancies.shtml
or call 01224 515013
*

/We promote diversity in employment and welcome applications from all
sections of the community/

//

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murray@shmu.org.uk

Murray Dawson
Project Director
Station House Media Unit
Station Road, Woodside,
Aberdeen AB24 2WB
Tel - 01224 515013

www.shmu.org.uk

listen to our community radio station live on 99.8FM and at www.shmufm.net

SHMU is a charity registered in Scotland - SC034211 and a registered Limited Company - SC332413

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Wednesday, 3 June 2009

[creative-radio] The Right to the Airwaves



free103point9: transmission arts
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((((( THE RIGHT TO THE AIRWAVES )))))

June 6, 2009: 1 p.m. – 9 p.m.
at Sculpture Center
44-19 Purves St.
Long Island City, NY
http://www.sculpture-center.org/

Curated/Organized by: free103point9

All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted

1-4 p.m.
Radio Lab Workshop
Pre-registration required $25 materials fee
free103point9 Radio Labs provides workshop participants with technical skills and contextual background to consider and utilize the transmission spectrum for creative expression. This workshop will address four main topics: the history of broadcasting; how transmitters work; online transmission tools; and transmission arts as a creative medium. Participants will join Max Goldfarb (free103point9), Andy Gunn (free103point9 & Prometheus Radio Project), and Tom Roe (free103point9) for a transmitter building workshop. Each participant will complete the workshop with a low-power FM radio transmitter of their own. This workshop is limited to 12 participants. Please contact transmitter@universityoftrash.org to secure your spot.

4-5 p.m.
Dinner break

5-7 p.m.
Panel
Join transmission artists neuroTransmitter, Tom Roe; engineer Andy Gunn and others for an informal discussion about their work and issues of free speech, free space, and the right to the airwaves.

7-9 p.m.
Event
Angel Nevarez (neuroTransmitter,) Radio Ruido, and Tom Roe broadcast DJ sets from Max Goldfarb's M49 radio transmission truck to boomboxes setup around the university. Beer will be available.

The Right to the Airwaves is a public program of the exhibition The University of Trash.
About University of Trash
From April through July this year, New York based artist Michael Cataldi and London based artist Nils Norman will transform the Sculpture Center into The University of Trash, an exciting experiment in alternative city building and design. Working collaboratively and collectively with students, local organizations, activists, and academics, the artists will gather and investigate research material related to the activities of 1970s countercultural "Appropriate Technology" movement, adventure playgrounds, "Non-plan", emergency and low-impact design, and the vernacular of makeshift housing in 3D form. The result will be the creation of a crazy complex of interconnected architectural spaces, pavilions and walkways from readymade, recycled and found materials. On view May 10 - August 3, the exhibition will run parallel to an extensive series of related workshops, talks and film screenings.

free103point9 has set up a temporary online radio station for The University of Trash show. It is curated by New York based artist Michael Cataldi and London based artist Nils Norman, and features live performances and workshops on Saturdays. Tune in around the clock at:
http://comm.free103point9.org:8000/sculpturecenter.mp3.m3u

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Tuesday, 2 June 2009

Re: [creative-radio] Bangladesh: Waiting For The Community Radio Boom



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--- On Sun, 5/31/09, George Lessard <media@web.net> wrote:

From: George Lessard <media@web.net>
Subject: [creative-radio] Bangladesh: Waiting For The Community Radio Boom
To:
Date: Sunday, May 31, 2009, 2:55 AM

Panos Radio South Asia airs a special report on the status of the

community radios in Bangladesh. Following a progressive and pro-radio

broadcasting law enacted by the government last year, 116 community radio

stations are waiting for the final nod to be on air.

http://globalvoices online.org/ 2009/05/28/ bangladesh- waiting-for- the-community- radio-boom/

Radio Boom? » May 27, 2009

Panos Pictures

In this edition, we are in Dhaka, Bangladesh where a sudden rise in the

operation of community radio stations is expected after the government,

for the first time, came up with a progressive and pro-radio broadcasting

law in March 2008 that allows ownership of such radio stations to the

local community. Bangladesh is the second country after Nepal, among South

Asian countries, to make such a move. So far, 116 community radio stations

are waiting their final go ahead to be on air. (15:00)

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Monday, 1 June 2009

[creative-radio] Panos Radio South Asia | Latest Development Dilemmas Issue, 1 June 2009



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Panos Radio South Asia |
Latest Development Dilemmas Issue, 1 June 2009

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The Big One

Kathmandu remains one of the most vulnerable cities in the world due to an impending big earthquake. Seismological records show that big earthquakes have occurred every 75 years in Kathmandu. But it is not just the magnitude of the earthquake but the country's poor preparedness that is increasingly putting the lives of the capital's two million at risk. In this edition of Development Dilemma, we will focus on the earthquake risks in Kathmandu and what action should the country take to prepare for the big one which has been long overdue. Naresh Newar moderates this session with experts working on earthquake disaster reduction. Robert Piper is the head of the United Nations in Nepal; Amod Dixit is the executive director of Nepal Society for Earthquake Technology or NSET; Pitambar Aryal, is the director for Disaster Management Department at the Nepal Red Cross Society.
Country: Nepal.

Upload Date: 1/06/2009

Duration: 30.32

File Size: 27.9 MB

http://www.panosradiosouthasia.org/prsadd/prsaarchives.php?id=15

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Development Dilemmas is a radio discussion, of around half-an-hour duration. It is an independent production of Panos Radio South Asia, an undertaking of Panos South Asia. We're committed to providing a forum for voices, views, and issues not often heard in the mainstream media. Non-profit media, development and other organizations can download Development Dilemmas free of cost for air or online use. Credit should be given to Panos Radio South Asia (PRSA), an undertaking of Panos South Asia. If you have suggestions for future programs please contact us at:
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[creative-radio] youtube 2009 05 31 Sunday Lloyd Thrasher Yellowknife AFCY Concert performance



2009 05 31 Sunday
Lloyd Thrasher Yellowknife AFCY Concert
[excerpt]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDKWgoLsnv8

At the francophone association
Journée portes ouvertes
Radio Taïga et l'Association Franco-Culturelle de Yellowknife vous invite à
sa journée PORTES OUVERTES !!
http://radiotaiga.com/
http://afcy.info/
l'Association Franco-Culturelle de Yellowknife

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Sunday, 31 May 2009

[creative-radio] Bolivia-Presentacion-Libro-Medios-Polémica





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Subject: Bolivia-Presentacion-Libro-Medios-Polémica
From: "Edgar Ramos Andrade" <edgar.elalto@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, May 30, 2009 22:07
To:
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3.200 cc

Edgar Ramos plantea "el fin de los medios de comunicación alternativos"

Libro "Manipulicidio" genera polémica en la UPEA

EL ALTO-BOLIVIA (Agencia de Noticias Chaco Amazonía–ANC. Sábado
29-Mayo-2009).- La presentación del libro *"Manipulicidio **Tomo I. Medios
de comunicación privados, 'discurso perfecto', lamento político. Bolivia
siglo XXI"* (Ediciones digitales "Más claro… agua", Santa Cruz 2009) del
comunicador e investigador *Edgar Ramos Andrade* provocó la tarde del
viernes 29 de mayo más de una polémica en la Carrera de Comunicación de la
Universidad Pública de El Alto-UPEA, cuyos estudiantes plantearon, por
ejemplo que la "prostitución" del trabajo de Carlos Valverde es idéntica a
la del payaso "Cosquillas" que aparece en un programa de entretenimiento del
estatal canal 7.

Además, Ramos planteó el final de los denominados "medios de comunicación
alternativos" los que, según el autor de "Manipulicidio" pasaron a
convertirse a acompañantes de la mayoría social boliviana por lo que "ese
trabajo ya no debería ser considerado contestatario"; y ante la pregunta de
un estudiante de primer año, el reconocido escritor alteño tuvo que
adelantar partes del Tomo II de su libro y se vio forzado a explicar cuál
es, en su percepción el Objeto de Estudio de la Comunicación, lo que generó
una nueva polémica.

La presentación, auspiciada por la Carrera de Comunicación de la emblemática
UPEA (de la cual Ramos fue su primer rector) y organizada por el profesor
universitario Héctor Portugal, fue matizada por la presentación de un audio
en el que se escucha al abogado potosino Luis Arturo Mendívil Ortiz, en su
editorial "Nuestra palabra. Opinión valiente, clara, sin miedo y sin
tapujos" que se difunde de lunes a viernes a las 12:30 del mediodía en
la FM96.3 y
AM 1200 Radio Oriental (de su propiedad) en la ciudad de Santa Cruz de la
Sierra.

En ese espacio radial, que corresponde al emitido el 11 de abril de 2008 y
que se transmite por cinco minutos diarios, el hombre versado en leyes y
radicado en Santa Cruz utiliza expresiones como "no tengo nada que me
enorgullezca de ser boliviano", "collas malditos, engrendros de llama en
piedra", collas malditos raza de mierda", "tenemos que tener hartas Unión
Juvenil Cruceñista". La Radio Oriental explica que ese espacio está
"enmarcado en el artículo 7 inciso b) de la (anterior) Constitución Política
del Estado, que garantiza el derecho a emitir libremente sus ideas y
opiniones por cualquier medio de comunicación, en el artículo 1 y 2 inciso
2) de la Ley de Imprenta, y en el Decreto Supremo del 19 febrero de 1970
(Columna Sindical)".

De acuerdo con el criterio de Ramos Andrade, lo emitido por el abogado
potosino radicado en Santa Cruz es "una pequeña muestra de algún grado de
complejo de inferioridad porque probablemente Mendívil no es aceptado en el
denominado 'medio social cruceño' que tanto postulan algunos medios como la
sección 'Sociales' de 'El Deber' y cuya característica es el elitismo y la
segregación social".

La nueva producción bibliográfica de Ramos (de un alarga lista de
investigaciones y directorios) es digital y ya tiene varios pedidos pese a
su recientemente presentación el Día del Periodista (10 de mayo) en la
Federación de Trabajadores de la Prensa de La Paz. El autor anunció una
siguiente presentación en Santa Cruz, departamento donde se gestó el libro.

- - -

Más información: Tel (00591) 77 22 07 36

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Saturday, 30 May 2009

Zambia Watchdog - Kasempa to have radio station

Zambia Watchdog | Kasempa to have radio station
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Meanwhile, Kasempa Constituency Member of Parliament, Kabinga Pande has
strongly advised management at the Community Radio station not to allow
people to use the station for political mileage. The new community radio
station, ...

<http://www.zambianwatchdog.com/?p=2777>

The construction of the long awaited first ever Kasempa Community Radio
station has been completed and would soon obtain a test transmission
license from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

Meanwhile, Kasempa Constituency Member of Parliament, Kabinga Pande has
strongly advised management at the Community Radio station not to allow
people to use the station for political mileage.

The new community radio station, whose construction started last year with
full funding from PANOS, is using unique hi-tech equipment in Zambia.

Station Manager, Musonda Mukanu, revealed that the state of the art
equipment was installed by Globe Com of South Africa, saying the station
has embarked on putting up programmes in readiness for the test
transmissions soon.

This came to light when Mr. Pande, who is also Foreign Affairs Minister,
toured the community radio station yesterday.

Mr. Mukanu told Mr. Pande that the community radio station will focus on
developmental programmes and assured him that management will not allow
any one to use it for cheap politicking.

A visibly happy Station Manager said so far 16 volunteers, who underwent
training through PANOS, have been practicing their skills while awaiting a
license.

"Most of the volunteers are school leavers while some are in employment.
We however demand commitment from those in employment so that transmission
work does not suffer," he explained.

And speaking after touring the station, Mr. Pande described the completion
of construction and installation of equipment at the community radio
station as a landmark achievement for Kasempa district.

He also advised management to listen to reactions from the community on
the choice of programmes, saying the community radio station should
satisfy the needs of the community.

"We do not want to be in trouble from government. Kasempa Community radio
station should be an example of a well used community radio station in the
country. It should unite the district and constructively build the nation
through developmental programmes" he advised.

Mr. Pande said the role of government is to ensure that the community
radio station succeeds, adding that this is the only way it will help
spread information in a rural area like Kasempa.

He advised workers at the station to use the equipment with caution and
care because it too expensive to be damaged through carelessness.

On the license, Mr. Pande advised management to write and invite the
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to come and inspect the installed
equipment as soon as possible before getting a licence to start
broadcasting.

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