[cma-l] quiery ?

Thu Jun 25 11:29:26 BST 2015

Great point Bruce, and well put. Of course this vision is correct, and
everything you say on here actually is correct    (not sure about us getting
to big for our boots, I reckon that's impossible - nature of the Beast and
all that Jazz)      

The point I am trying to make is that the '''TOPICS''' chosen are
'''GENERIC''' as to wherever you are in the Country.

For example, if Fred or Edna Bloggs a Presenter/s on Trumpton Community
Radio / Camberwick Green 109.5 gets the gig to present the show for
Community Radio, they can not have any bias whatsoever .. They can't keep
mentioning their own Council or places within there remit . it must be
National. ... the topics are general National topics relevant whether you
are in Aberdeen, Cardiff, Portsmouth or a rural Community out in the sticks
...   I bet you that the Presenters on the Community Stations don't mention
LOCALNESS on every link !        I tend to have a 65/35 sway when I'm on-air
tilting towards the favour of 'local'

The idea is a means to an end just so we can nudge up a notch, grab more
listeners, more listeners allows you to showcase your sponsors to a bigger
audience which brings money in. The more money and funding you have the more
opportunities you can offer for your local people / local Presenters etc ...
we are only talking here 2 hours a day, maybe only one ?????      Monday to
Friday

I personally feel that so far as the '''localness''' discussion goes it
won't make one iota of a difference .....most of us take a few syndicated
programmes . perhaps you could 'replace' as opposed to 'add' the syndicated
programme ..end result = no change on your localness.

The main point I am making is there are hundreds of syndicated shows all
revolving around MUSIC / YEARS / CHART COUNTDOWNS / QUIZZES     they're
t.a.p.      this actually aligns me with Cat Lake in the fact that I am
trying to introduce more 'speech'    hence Cats question yesterday ''why do
we need music?''    think about it .. this is a half-way House and in my
opinion a good half-way House .....there would certainly be more speech
content than just having Arthur Smith doing a guess the year from 1963 ....
also remember there are two types of speech        there's the guy who talks
for ten minutes and by the end of it hasn't actually said anything, then the
lady who speaks for 5 minutes and has been a hive of information

It's a super discussion in the sense that we're all playing devils advocate
. that's good

I'm sticking to my suggestion .. I reckon it's a winner.

What a great opportunity as well for a Presenter from one of our Community
Radio Stations .. Perhaps we could run a competition on who Presents it ??
then vote ?

Just a thought

Nick

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[mailto:cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk] On Behalf Of Bruce Rodger
Sent: 24 June 2015 19:33
To: martin at martinsteers.co.uk; The Community Media Association Discussion
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Subject: Re: [cma-l] quiery ?

Playing devil's advocate for a minute..

While I'm sure that all of these proposed syndicated programmes are
excellent in themselves, and will have great production values, content and
"listenability", I'm a little uncomfortable with the concept.

I'm sure that when we all put together our original proposals, bids,
business cases or whatever, the key messages we were focussing on included
"locality" and "uniqueness".  "MyTown FM" etc. We also talked about giving
presenting and volunteering opportunities to our local community, widening
access, and presenting the listeners with a real alternative to the "usual"
national and regional programming fodder.

Whether you're a regional community radio station who's raison-d'etre is to
focus on the community in a specific geographical area, or a
community-of-interest station which focusses on a specific cultural
community, the idea of nationally-syndicated shows doesn't really chime with
that original ethos. Are we "getting too big for our boots" and trying to
become something that we were never intended to be? Is there a danger that
by introducing more syndicated content, we risk losing our identity and
becoming the very thing that we're trying to avoid/supplement - just another
one of the "national local" stations?

Personal opinion is that syndicated shows are useful, but we should be
regarding them as a filler or temporary stopgap for situations where we
can't yet generate our own content - even if it isn't quite as polished!

Discuss.

Bruce.

On 24 Jun 2015, at 17:22, Martin Steers <martin at martinsteers.co.uk> wrote:

I am a big fan of BBC Three Counties and their consumer hour..

Now I have often thought that a national community radio consumer hour
(weekly pre-recorded) would be fantastic! Never quite had the time to put a
concept together and try and find others that might be interested.. not to
mention how its funded lol

On 24 June 2015 at 14:14, Trevor Lockwood <lockwood at btinternet.com> wrote:

Nick

I like that idea - we just need to agree a format (how much time for
adverts?). Programme length could offer several options. Quarter, half even
full hours - for overnights perhaps - downloadable, listen again.

There was a plan for an arts database - I added a short story, heard nothing
more. Lost that. Same with your Roving Report - we need to share.

Trevor

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On Wednesday, 24 June 2015, 14:06, terry mechan <terrymechan at live.co.uk>
wrote:

Nick,

I regularly Broadcast National Topic Roving Report for Community Radio then
I offer them to other stations in the format you suggest.

I have put this info/offer out before on this board so you must have missed
it.

They are ready to roll without station ID's and you can get them /or preview
them from here

www.terrymechan.com <http://www.terrymechan.com/> 

There is enough on-line for a 14 week series of  Roving Reports on recent
subjects of National Interest

Terry Mechan 

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Subject: [cma-l] quiery ? 

Dear All

Are there any of our Stations (there must be surely)  that do programmes

that are generic ?

Ie:- the topic might be elderly people related, or political (national)

current affairs (national)     and the programmes wouldn't sound out of

place on any of our Stations ?

I have always maintained we are missing a trick here. Almost like a couple

of Networked Shows but for US as Community Radio. They could be recorded in

chunks of half an hour so local adverts and breaks can be chucked in.

I reckon it makes sense and it is a great opportunity for someone who would

like to be a touch more National than just Local.

We all know that we get inundated with National MUSIC shows and without

being rude they are T-A-P .... they're good and professional, so it isn't a

criticism ....  I just think more of an hour / 2 hour current affairs with

COMMUNITY INCLUDED would be a belter.

Is anyone up for that ?  there must be some chomping at the bit ..... Pippa

maybe ?

Regards

Nick W

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