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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font style="font-size:10pt" size="3" face="Arial">Community radio station 103 The Eye is marking its tenth year
of broadcasting by holding a Community Radio Networking And Information Day in
Melton Mowbray on Saturday, 21 February.</font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font style="font-size:10pt" size="3" face="Arial">The award-winning station, which serves the Vale of Belvoir
on the Leicestershire-Nottinghamshire border, was the first to launch when Ofcom
originally licensed community radio in 2005.</font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font style="font-size:10pt" size="3" face="Arial">The Networking And Information Day is open to directors and
managers of community radio stations - both those already broadcasting on FM, AM
or DAB and those which have been awarded licences but are not yet on the
air.</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">The event takes <font style="font-size:10pt" size="3" face="Arial">place in the Civic Suite at Melton Borough
Council's Parkside offices, in Burton Street, right next to <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/032eo" target="_blank">Melton Mowbray railway station</a>, from 10 am until 5 pm. </font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font style="font-size:10pt" size="3" face="Arial">There will be an address by Dom Chambers, Chairman of the <a href="http://www.commedia.org.uk" target="_blank">Community Media Association</a>, at 11.30 am with an update on the latest
developments in community radio followed by a question and answer
session. Individual stations will have an opportunity to share their success
stories, with a particular emphasis on innovative ways of generating
income.</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font size="3"><font face="Arial">"<font style="font-size:10pt">The day will enable those who run
stations to meet each other and network informally so they can exchange
information and advice, and share good practice on a wide variety of topics -
everything from finance and technical issues to programme material and
recruitment of volunteers," says 103 The Eye Managing Director Christine
Slomkowska.</font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font size="3"><font face="Arial">"<font style="font-size:10pt">In recent years, 103 The Eye has
organised several networking meetings with around a dozen of our neighbouring
community stations. This has proved very useful and popular so we are now taking
this idea a step further."</font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font face="Arial">The Community Media Association will be on hand to give
information on a variety of topics, as will main sponsors of the event, <a href="http://www.jlmorris.co.uk/insurance/index.php" target="_blank">J L Morris (Insurance Brokers) Ltd</a>, who specialise in community radio insurance.
There will be advice on generating revenue, and broadcast and studio
engineers are also attending to provide advice on technical
matters.</font></p><font>
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</font><p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font><font face="Arial">Admission to the event is free and a buffet lunch will
be provided. Places are limited and will be allocated on a
first-come-first-served basis. To register your attendance please email
</font><a href="mailto:business@103theeye.co.uk" target="_blank"><font face="Arial">business@103theeye.co.uk</font></a><font face="Arial"> by <b>Wednesday, 18 February</b>. For more information phone <b>01664
565315</b>.</font></font></p><br>\\<br><br clear="all"><div><div>Community Media Association<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>-- <br><a href="http://www.commedia.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.commedia.org.uk/</a><br><a href="http://twitter.com/community_media" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/community_media</a><br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation</a><br><br>Canstream Internet Radio & Video<br><a href="http://www.canstream.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.canstream.co.uk/</a><br><a href="https://twitter.com/canstream" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/canstream</a></font></span></div></div>
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