[cma-l] News and Traffic

Wed Nov 19 17:56:59 GMT 2014

We never had it on our station. We opted, instead, to produce a selection
of local news bulletins in-house and rotate through them. That also helped
ensure all of the news and community info was all local and not national.

Cat

On 19 November 2014 16:10, Ian Hickling <transplanfm at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I can't see the need for CR stations to carry SNR or any other
> national/international news on the hour any more - even for using it as a
> convenient hour closer.
> The reason usually offered is that people will tune away if there's no
> news.
> My counter to that would be that the CR audience neither wants nor needs
> news regularly.
> It can get it - if and when it needs it - all too easily from papers or TV.
> It used to be a sign of professionalism if you were running a trial for a
> commercial service.
> But with the low quality of most syndicated news presentation now, I
> suggest that you're much better off without it.
>
> -------------------------------------------
>
> > From: tlr at gairloch.co.uk
> > To: cma-l at mailman.commedia.org.uk
> > Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 13:05:11 +0000
> > Subject: Re: [cma-l] Local, National News and Traffic Updates Request
> >
> > The IRN service is great value, but of course it's
> national/international
> > news (and sadly there isn't a version for Scotland).
> >
> > Surely the most important thing a community station should be offering
> is
> > local/regional community-based news? Those are the hard work, of course!
> >
> > Alex
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "office" <office at fantasyradio.co.uk>
> > To: <cma-l at mailman.commedia.org.uk>
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 12:50 PM
> > Subject: [cma-l] Local, National News and Traffic Updates Request
> >
> >
> > We subscribe to IRN which gives much more than just news (hourly 2 min
> > bulletins 24hours a day) we get access to the 'net newsroom' which
> > includes sport, business, entertainment, and more. with a lot of
> > additional audio as well as the text. Also, things like remembrance
> > day, the queens speech and the inevitable disaster. all this for less
> > than £1.00 a day. Our local news, on the half hour, comes from our local
> > newspaper, for which we credit the paper. traffic reports come
> > principally from Google maps. just find your local area and click on
> > 'traffic' then the coloured routes tell you where all the traffic hold
> > ups are. - we also ask listeners to keep us updated.
> >
> > Hope that's helpful
> >
> > Phil Dawson
> > FANTASY RADIO
> > Devizes
> > Wiltshire.
> >
> >
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> > > 1. Re: Local, National News and Traffic Updates Request (Ray Godby)
> > >
> > >
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Message: 1
> > > Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 08:55:30 +0000
> > > From: Ray Godby <ray.godby at hcrfm.co.uk>
> > > To: The Community Media Association Discussion List
> > > <cma-l at mailman.commedia.org.uk>
> > > Subject: Re: [cma-l] Local, National News and Traffic Updates Request
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> > >
> > > 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,
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Hope you are well.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Quick question on how (if you do), do you guys get local, national
> news
> > >> and traffic updates for your listeners?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> 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?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> 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.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> 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.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> 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.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> 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.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Many thanks in advance.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Sent with the kindest regards
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Mohammed Tariq
> > >>
> > >> Station Operations Manager
> > >>
> > >> 01582 481810
> > >>
> > >> 07930 286000
> > >>
> > >> www.inspirefm.org
> > >>
> > >> m.tariq at inspirefm.org
> > >>
> > >> Twitter: @inspirefmluton
> > >>
> > >> www.youtube.com/inspirefmluton
> > >>
> > >> www.facebook.com/inspirefmluton
> > >>
> > >>
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