<div dir="ltr">Hi Adam,<div><br></div><div>Sounds interesting - I am sure lots of stations would be interested by the prospect of free or low cost and high quality material - especially to spice-up their automated periods. From my experience there are several things it would be important to get right - here's a random and most probably incomplete list in no particular order</div><div><ol><li>Royalties - if it's original work will they be waived or will stations need to buy another licence?</li><li>Advertising - if it includes some kind of promotion to encourage people to buy books or whatever it would need to comply with Ofcom and ASA guidelines. I'm thinking here particularly the requirement for a clear distinction between advertising and content</li><li>Broadcasting code - all the stuff about protecting minors, defamation, swearing etc.</li><li>Length - in my opinion (others will disagree), talk and drama works best in small bites - especially on music radio (2-5 minutes I'm thinking for the latter). Maybe talk format stations can take longer segments, but they still need to fit between advert breaks and news. 20 minutes might be maximum.</li><li>Audio quality - if you have not done stuff for broadcast before, get advice and read lots of forums and websites. If you are starting from a blank canvas I'd say a Zoom H4 portable audio recorder is the cheapest entrance into broadcast-quality audio recording. BUT it is essential it is used in the right acoustic environment - ideally a studio, if not a room with lots of soft furnishings and the minimum of hard surfaces that reflect the audio and make it sound horrible on-air! Record minimum 192kbps mp3, ideally .wav format.</li><li>Submitting recordings - don't clutter their inboxes. Host the files on a website (where they could also be available for stations searching for such material) and send them links.</li><li>I'm sure there are many other things to think about!</li></ol><div>Regards, </div></div><div><br></div><div>Glyn</div><div><br></div><div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">Glyn Roylance - Principal Consultant<div><a href="http://www.a-bc.co.uk/" target="_blank">Associated Broadcast Consultants</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 7 November 2014 12:02, CMA-L <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk" target="_blank">cma-l@commedia.org.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">---- Forwarded message -----<br>
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Hi there,<br>
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I am a presenter with CHBN Radio in Truro and I am writing an article<br>
for a magazine called Writers' Forum<br>
(<a href="http://writers-forum.com/contact.html" target="_blank">http://writers-forum.com/contact.html</a>) about how best for writers to<br>
go about making contact with their local community radio station to<br>
get their work out there - whether it be short stories, novels that<br>
they are happy to be serialised, radio plays or non-fiction works.<br>
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The idea being that it is not just a way to promote their work but it<br>
is also to the benefit of the stations involved as it is a good way<br>
for them to have speech content to broadcast (in the case of CHBN, our<br>
live content needs to be 30% speech to meet our community radio quota)<br>
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Obviously I have ideas of my own but I was hoping to gather thoughts<br>
from members of other community radio stations and I wondered if CMA<br>
members would like to put forward any suggestions or thoughts that I<br>
could use - not just actual ideas but ways that potential contributors<br>
could make it easier when approaching stations, such as the best way<br>
to submit MP3 recordings.<br>
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My article will include links to find community radio stations so that<br>
readers can find their local station easily and hopefully be inspired<br>
to produce material that listeners will enjoy hearing.<br>
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Many thanks in advance for any help you can give.<br>
<br>
Kind regards,<br>
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Adam Carpenter<br>
e: <a href="mailto:adam.carpenter123@btinternet.com">adam.carpenter123@btinternet.com</a><br>
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