[cma-l] Website and community media news round-up: 07/02/09 - 27/02/09

Fri Feb 27 23:06:04 GMT 2009

Dear Colleagues

Details of the CMA's Conference & AGM are now online.  Join us at De
Montfort University, Leicester on 3rd April for the Media Literacy
dissemination event and on 4th April for the Conference & AGM 2009 -
more details on our website or sign-up right now at:

http://conference.commedia.org.uk

Below is the website round-up and Twitter feed summary from 7th
February until 27th February 2009.

Website:
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Community Media Association - Conference & AGM 2009
http://www.commedia.org.uk/2009/02/27/community-media-conference-agm/

Four new community radio licences awarded in Suffolk
http://www.commedia.org.uk/2009/02/25/four-new-community-radio-licences-in-suffolk/

Council of Europe declaration on the role of community media in
promoting social cohesion and intercultural dialogue
http://www.commedia.org.uk/2009/02/13/declaration-on-the-role-of-community-media-in-promoting-social-cohesion-and-intercultural-dialogue/

Twitter:
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If you use Twitter yourself then try to mark your posts with the
following hashtags (http://hashtags.org/) to make them easier for
other community media practitioners to find: #communitymedia,
#communityradio, #communitytv, #DAB, #Ofcom etc.

Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/community_media - community
media news round-up from 07/02/09-27/02/09 below:

New guide addresses the challenge of how to make #communitymedia
financially sustainable in countries around the world:
http://tr.im/gQ17about 11 hours ago

#Ofcom awards interleaved spectrum licence, that could be used for
#localtv, to Cube Interactive Ltd: http://tr.im/gPZUabout 11 hours ago

Lifelong Learning UK 2009 conference entitled "The Power of Lifelong
Learning: Innovation During a Recession", #learning:
http://tr.im/gNJd12:53 PM Feb 26th

RT @TimKarr new hash tag in fight to save alternative radio: #lpfm
Learn about it: http://twurl.nl/aimo5q Fight 4 it:
http://twurl.nl/3uneyz12:28 PM Feb 26th from web

Expanding #communityradio - LPFM bill reintroduced in #US #Congress:
http://tr.im/gNr48:54 AM Feb 26th

UnLtd Level 2 Awards seeking #social #entrepreneurs with a vision to
bring about long lasting social change, #funding http://tr.im/gLoR1:21
PM Feb 25th

#Youth organisation v offering £10m in grants to generate 'enticing
and imaginative' opps for 16-25 yr olds in #England:
http://tr.im/gLom1:15 PM Feb 25th

Arts & Business #Scotland #Awards celebrate creativity & excellence in
partnerships between Business & the Arts, #funding:
http://tr.im/gLoc1:12 PM Feb 25th

2009 National #Lottery #Awards are now open & aim to find "the UK's
favourite Lottery-funded projects", #funding: http://tr.im/gLo41:11 PM
Feb 25th

UK #charities & #community groups tackling #poverty, Centre for
#Social #Justice Awards, deadline 17/03/09: http://tr.im/gLkz12:31 PM
Feb 25th

#Ofcom announces that Cube Interactive Limited is the bidder for the
542-550MHz (Cardiff area) spectrum licence, #localtv:
http://tr.im/gLfe11:20 AM Feb 25th

#Ofcom has awarded 4 new #communityradio licences in #Suffolk, #UK:
http://tr.im/gLdw10:56 AM Feb 25th

#UKGov publishes a new policy on #opensource software:
http://tr.im/gJFp5:55 PM Feb 24th

Support for #localtv from Shadow #Culture Minister, Jeremy Hunt,
#Conservatives: http://tr.im/gHVx10:14 PM Feb 23rd

Cash-strapped #communityradio station Tynedale FM
(http://tynedalefm.org/) desperate for #funding:
http://tr.im/gHUi10:04 PM Feb 23rd

Asynchronous #internet access shows potential in #developing world,
#development, #networks: http://tr.im/gHSl9:52 PM Feb 23rd

Breaking News! CMA event in Leicester, 3rd & 4th April 2009 - media
literacy, networking, fun, up to date news & views! Watch this
space..4:35 PM Feb 20th from web

Dundalk FM & Iúr FM planning to support the Seachtain na Gaeilge
festival 1-17 March 2009, #communityradio http://tr.im/gBR21:31 PM Feb
20th

The Big #Lottery Fund's public consultation on #funding projects for
2009 to 2012 closes on 27 February, #thirdsector:
http://tr.im/fxxs11:54 AM Feb 20th

#UKGov has confirmed the appointment of Colette Bowe as #Ofcom's new
Chairman. She'll take up the position on 11 March 2009.11:44 AM Feb
20th from web

National #Digital #Inclusion #Conference 2009, 27-28/04/09:
http://tr.im/gzTT3:50 PM Feb 19th

Tackling #Social #Exclusion Through #Technology: Delivering #Digital
#Inclusion #Conference, 26/03/09, #socialexclusion:
http://tr.im/gzTz3:48 PM Feb 19th

Minutes of meeting between UK #communityradio representatives and the
#Sony Radio Academy Awards: http://tr.im/gzqD10:39 AM Feb 19th

#Communityradio director Martín Ocampos Páez assassinated in
#Paraguay: http://tr.im/gqa99:56 PM Feb 17th

#Communityradio station Sine FM will be on air on 102.6 FM for 25 days
from March 16 - April 9 broadcasting to #Doncaster:
http://tr.im/ggjx11:36 AM Feb 16th

Petition Radiofabrik - #communityradio Salzburg & draw public
attention to their seriously threatened financial situation:
http://tr.im/g9325:30 PM Feb 14th

Secretary of State for #Wales on steps taken to increase levels of
#digital #inclusion in #Leeds, #communityradio: http://tr.im/g2rg12:10
PM Feb 13th

#EU declaration on the role of #communitymedia in promoting #social
cohesion and #intercultural dialogue: http://tr.im/g2ol11:53 AM Feb
13th

Bank of Scotland #Social #Entrepreneurs #Award - deadline 23/02/09, up
to £5M #funding or a #donation of up to £500K: http://tr.im/fzk08:35
PM Feb 12th

#Hacking the #Recession: #creativity & #collaboration to beat the
economic downturn. 13/02/09, #Birkbeck College, #London:
http://tr.im/fxzi3:43 PM Feb 12th

#DCMS independent review to look at rules governing #localradio, a key
action from the Interim #DigitalBritain report: http://tr.im/fxys3:38
PM Feb 12th

Have your say on Big #Lottery #funding policies from 2009-2015 - only
two weeks to go: http://tr.im/fxxs3:33 PM Feb 12th

The Future of Adult Learning in Scotland: A demand-led skills
strategy? A one day conference, 18th March 2009:
http://tr.im/fwqj11:01 AM Feb 12th

Is #communityradio the new independent #local #radio? Radio Academy
event, #London Thur 19 Feb: http://tr.im/fwmu10:34 AM Feb 12th

#UK National eWell-Being Awards celebrate the social, economic and
environmental benefits of using ICTs for social gain:
http://tr.im/fu0p10:19 PM Feb 11th

#UNESCO supported Latin American audio platform continues to expand to
over 5000 audio files to download, #communityradio:
http://tr.im/ftzk10:10 PM Feb 11th

After 25 years on air CJAM-FM #communityradio could lose its licence
in international turf war between the #US & #Canada:
http://tr.im/ftxo10:00 PM Feb 11th

A new #communityradio station is planned for Bulwell,
#Nottinghamshire: http://tr.im/ftx09:56 PM Feb 11th

#Lula to decriminalise unlicensed #communityradios in #Brazil:
http://tr.im/ftw89:53 PM Feb 11th

#Demos publication "Network citizens: power and responsibility at
work" examines growth of networks & #online communities:
http://tr.im/fqmu10:38 AM Feb 11th

#UK #cops arrest man in #Indymedia animal #extremism probe, #citizen,
#journalism, #media, #rights: http://tr.im/fnxi9:34 PM Feb 10th

Entries are now open 4 the One World #Media #Awards 2009 to celebrate
outstanding media coverage of the #developing world:
http://tr.im/fksa10:41 AM Feb 10th

New #communityradio station Borehamwood FM (http://borehamwood.fm)
launched and recruiting volunteers: http://tr.im/ffzj5:33 PM Feb 9th

Able Radio is a new #online #communityradio that provides people with
a disability or a health/medical condition a voice:
http://tr.im/ffz25:30 PM Feb 9th

#UKGov has pledged £42.5 million to aid #thirdsector deliver extra
help to those that need it most during the recession:
http://tr.im/ffom4:36 PM Feb 9th

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