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<div><b>For Immediate Use</b><br>
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Community radio station Corby Radio has played host to Radio 1
personality Chris Stark.<br>
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The well-known contributor to the Scott Mills show has been in the
Northamptonshire town today and yesterday ( Dec 3 & 4 ) to
help kick<br>
off BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra's "1 Million Hours" challenge.<br>
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Today ( Friday ) Chris and his broadcast team paid Corby Radio's
studios in the town centre a visit to see what we do and to spread<br>
the word further about the challenge on Corby Radio itself.<br>
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It's aim is to get a total of 1 million hours of volunteering
pledged by young adults across the country.<br>
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Corby, a town well known for its generous nature, was picked by
the BBC to get the drive underway.<br>
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Chris has been using the Twitter hashtags #ChrisInCorby and
#1MillionHours to spread the word.<br>
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On-air with station manager Des Barber Chris said "Corby is a
proud town and I have had lovely welcome and a great response from
people<br>
here so far".<br>
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Des Barber and Corby Radio say it's great the town has been chosen
as the starting point for such a venture.<br>
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Corby Radio began FM Broadcasting on a community licence in 2009.
Many of its team including on-air presenters are volunteers, and <br>
promoting volunteering opportunities is one of the remits of the
station.<br>
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One of Chris's broadcast team in Corby has been Micaela Kelly, who
came through the Corby Radio Academy for youngsters to learn<br>
radio skills for social gain. Micaela is now taking part in a BBC
Local Radio Apprenticeship Scheme.<br>
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<b>ENDS / NOTES FOR EDITORS</b> <br>
<br>For reference: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2015/one-million-hours" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2015/one-million-hours</a><br>
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Kind regards,<br>
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Stewart McNeill<br>
Corby Radio <br>
<pre cols="72">Stewart McNeill
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Corby Radio 96.3 FM
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