Thank you to all of you who have responded to my email as below, if you have not yet had the chance, please do let me know as soon as possible if you would like to be considered to take part in the project,<br><br>Jaqui<br>
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Date: 1 October 2010 12:43<br>Subject: Community Radio - call for Expressions of Interest for small fund for production<br>To: cma-l <<a href="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk">cma-l@commedia.org.uk</a>><br><br><br>Dear all<br>
<br>The CMA has been in negotiations to take the lead on English language production for Euranet, which is the European Radio Network with partner broadcasters and producers from around the EU. Euranet reports on cultural, social, economic and political events and issues in the EU from a pan-European perspective. Euranet currently reports in 13 of the EU official languages. Until now, the main English production has been done by Radio Netherlands! The monies available for the project are quite small, but we hope to negotiate a larger share of the pot in future years.<br>
<br>For more about Euranet please go to:<br><br><a href="http://www.euranet.eu/" target="_blank">http://www.euranet.eu/</a><br><br>We are looking for two Expressions of Interest from the community radio sector (sorry, Ofcom licensed stations only) across the whole of the UK.<br>
<br>1) To undertake the role of editorial coordination - we need an individual or a station experienced in aggregating content produced by various stations to produce packaged reports for re-broadcast. NB the coordination will involve aggregating content made by UK community radio stations and also English language content produced by Euranet partners in other countries. The subject matter for each week will be determined by the Euranet Editorial Board and the UK coordinator will take part in that decision making in a weekly teleconference. The coordinator will also liaise with the CMA and producing stations to ensure content quality control and delivery to agreed deadlines. Euranet estimates that the coordinator would need to be able to devote 1.5 days a week for this work.<br>
<br>2) To be one of 10 producing stations, with a contract to produce UK content for Euranet on the subject matter for the week. One station will need to be able to produce in Irish Gaelic. The producing stations will be expected to produce an average of 260 minutes per year. They will also need to commit to broadcasting their local content and the aggregated Euranet reports in a prime time slot. We intend that a small part of the money available will be held back to allow some smaller stations to produce for Euranet on an ad hoc basis, where the weekly theme fits well with their audience. So even if you do not think your station could undertake a regular commitment for production, please do let us know if your station would be interested in being an ad hoc producer. <br>
<br>Euranet only pays for production minutes, not for broadcasting. However, the whole of Euranet's content, in all the languages in which it currently produces, would be available for free to any community station wanting to carry its content, e.g. as part of the sustaining service or as part of more generic multi-lingual programming a station already does.<br>
<br>Criteria for selection as a main producing station:<br><br>Full time licensed station<br>Up to date membership of the CMA<br>Ability to produce to the agreed quality standards and deadlines set by Euranet<br>Commitment to broadcasting content at a prime time for your audience<br>
Population/audience size<br><br>Please send us your details if you are interested in being part of this project. If you are interested in undertaking the editorial coordination, please let us know by next Friday, as we would want the coordinator to be involved in the selection of producing stations. If you are interested in being one of the stations involved please let us know by the end of Monday 11th October. There will be an open application process following receipt of EoIs. <br>
<br clear="all">If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us,<br><br>Best wishes<br><br>Jaqui<br><font color="#888888"><br>-- <br>Jaqui Devereux<br>Director, Community Media Association<br><br><br>
</font></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Jaqui Devereux<br>Director, Community Media Association<br><br><br>