[cma-l] Local, National News and Traffic Updates Request

[Ray Godby]

Hi Mohammed,
We at Huntingdon Community Radio subscribe to I.R.N. for national news.
Local news we obtain mostly from our local newspaper who when they have a
story come in it is emailed to us.(We are lucky as the office is nearly
next door to the studios.) Local traffic we subscribe to Tom Tom and
receive there live maps.

Ray Godby
Operations Director

On 18 November 2014 13:29, Mohammed Tariq <m.tariq at inspirefm.org> wrote:

> Hi All,
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> Hope you are well.
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> Quick question on how (if you do), do you guys get local, national news
> and traffic updates for your listeners?
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> As you can all appreciate news is essential for any broadcast service and
> hence how do you keep up with the demand of regular up to date news?
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> Currently we record the news first thing in the morning and then repeat
> once during the afternoon and then once in the evening. Only problem with
> this is that the news is not updated and hence sometimes not offering the
> best service that we could.
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> We don’t have regular volunteers to come in and do the news daily, hence
> we only are able to the above during the week.
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> I have tried to contact the local BBC radio station for advice and
> (basically) their news feed – but I have been told this is something that
> they want to do but if and when they decide to do this (And god knows when
> that will be!!), it will be a national incentive and not just a local
> arrangement.
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> Is there any advice on where I can get local, national news and traffic,
> preferably every hour or if not then 3 or 4 updates per day are sufficient.
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> Many thanks in advance.
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> Sent with  the kindest regards
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> Mohammed Tariq
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> Station Operations Manager
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