<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454246909404_2656"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454246909404_2761">Truly the end of an era - and we will not see his likes again.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454246909404_2787"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454246909404_2761"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454246909404_3048" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454246909404_2761">I became a TOG at the tender age of just 13 and like millions of others I felt that each morning he was talking to me directly.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454246909404_3068" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454246909404_2761"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454246909404_3070" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454246909404_2761"> A few years ago he was very generous in his comments about IUR-fm community radio in Newry and in the time he spent with one of our presenters.<br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454246909404_3049" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454246909404_2761">I wonder how many people involved in community radio were inspired by his warmth and ability to communicate with an audience, showing how you can reach out to communities on radio in a way that no other media can match.<br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454246909404_2911" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454246909404_2761"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454246909404_3050" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454246909404_2761">A number of community radio stations in Northern Ireland are changing their facebook headers to the attached image for the next 3 days - it would be a lovely tribute from the community radio sector to a fantastic broadcaster if other stations joined us.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454246909404_2976" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454246909404_2761"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454246909404_3051" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454246909404_2761">Attached is the simple image we are using.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454246909404_2987" dir="ltr"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454246909404_2761"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454246909404_2988" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454246909404_2761">Sean Og Mac Braoin</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454246909404_3010" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454246909404_2761">Chairman<br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454246909404_3011" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454246909404_2761">IUR-fm Community Radio, Newry.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454246909404_2721"> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454246909404_2723" class="signature"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454246909404_2722"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454246909404_3013" class="Apple-style-span" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 127);font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"></span></div></div><br></div></body></html>