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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Calibri>would be part of the Station Manager's
responsibility. </FONT>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Calibri>Yes, I'd expect the station manager to do an
awful lot more of course - it wasn't meant to be an exhaustive list of a
Station Manager's responsibilities... has anyone ever got to the end of that
list? One of the problems is that generally the smaller the station, the wider
the range of the SM's direct responsibilities (but usually the lower the
pay!).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Calibri>As for news, in our case we see local
news as an absolutely key part of our local broadcasting - a key
differentiator for us against any other radio service available in our area, and
one of the main reasons for a sizeable proportion of our audience to tune in
(chances are quite a few tune in for the local news and weather and then leave
us again!). Producing it is probably our heaviest daily burden however - it is
time consuming and tedious to produce, day-in, day-out. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Calibri>For national news in daytime hours we get a 2-3
minute hourly bulletin from Glasgow. IRN/Sky News would sound completely
wrong for us in the north-west of Scotland, but the 'Glasgow and the West Coast'
bulletin of national and international news that we get fits in just fine.
During peak hours we follow the national bulletin with our local news and
weather.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Calibri>Alex</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=tlr@gairloch.co.uk
href="mailto:tlr@gairloch.co.uk">tlr@gairloch.co.uk</A> ; <A
title=transplanfm@hotmail.com href="mailto:transplanfm@hotmail.com">Ian
Hickling</A> ; <A title=cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk
href="mailto:cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk">The Community Media Association
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, January 17, 2015 11:39
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [cma-l] imaging and the
announcement</DIV>
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<DIV>Absolutely Alex! Once you are established, great. However it's
difficult at start-up level though because you need to prove to funders
(whether commercial or 3rd sector) that you are viable before they will stump
up the cash. </DIV>
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<DIV>What else would you expect a paid Station Manager to do? For me,
getting out and networking is a must. </DIV>
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<DIV>Incidentally, I'd love to know how colleagues handle news coverage. Do
you take a national service? Follow it up with local news snd weather?
Or is everything done in house? </DIV>
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<DIV>Loving these conversations! Together we are stronger!</DIV>
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<DIV>Pippa</DIV>
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pippa@curlyradio.com,Ian Hickling <transplanfm@hotmail.com>,The
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<cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk> <BR>Subject: Re: [cma-l] imaging and the
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<DIV>But if you put your number 4 as number 1 instead, all the rest should
then be taken care of! :-) </DIV>
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<DIV>Alex </DIV>
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type="cite">On 16 January 2015 at 21:09 Ian Hickling
<transplanfm@hotmail.com> wrote: <BR><BR>
<DIV dir=ltr>After having built over 40 stations but not actually ever had
the pleasure of running one for more than 28 days, I'd prioritise in a
different order:
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<LI><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">Professional imaging – so you sound
to your audience like a proper radio. </SPAN>
<LI><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">A superb website featuring a listen
again service and links with social media</SPAN>
<LI><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">Make your ads in house by all
means, but make very sure they sound professional.</SPAN>
<LI><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">A full time paid Station Manager
who runs the business professionally and effectively.</SPAN>
<LI>Think carefully about News - go for local - don't bother with
national. </LI></OL>
<DIV>Whisky Mac for me please! </DIV>
<DIV>Ian </DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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