[cma-l] ARIAS

[Phil Maguire PRA]

I take your general point, Ed. And, I am a huge fan of Resonance – I think your station is wonderful.

But I take issue with a couple of your specific points:

1. No-one can hear prison radio – I think our potential audience of 81,000 (of whom 72% listen for 11.4 hours each week) – would disagree with that.

2. I’m not sure prison radio is being promoted as exemplary of community media. I think a judging panel of four or five people shortlisted our entry. I don’t think that means the Radio Academy is promoting us as exemplary.

Best,
Phil.

Phil Maguire
Chief Executive

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From: <cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk> on behalf of "Resonance104.4fm" <info at resonancefm.com>
Reply-To: The Community Media Association Discussion List <cma-l at mailman.commedia.org.uk>
Date: Tuesday, 19 September 2017 at 11:09
To: "cma-l at commedia.org.uk" <cma-l at commedia.org.uk>
Subject: [cma-l] ARIAS

We've one programme nominated, so cannot complain. But the ARIAS sure are boring. I've seen budget hotel foyers that offered more inspiration; and am more familiar with some of the nominees than I am with members of my immediate family. Is there a tear in the space/time continuum that I missed?
It is a real stroke of genius too for them to promote prison radio - which no one can hear - as exemplary of community media. A sure indication of the Academy's attitude to the CMA and its membership.
Time to open a dialogue, perhaps, with "Rog". Or is it the case that everyone really wants to be just like the Academy's pets, sounding the same hysterical middle-English monotone?
Ed
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