<div dir="ltr">><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px">I think the question I would ask is that given that none (as far as I can tell) of the shortlist of ‘30 people under the age of 30 who are tipped to be the industry’s next generation of talent’ appear to be involved in community radio how representative is this list?<<br></span><br>There were quite a few involved in community radio in previous years (I judged all years except for the last one). However, they were also involved in professional radio, too; and I'd suspect that only the professional radio bit was 'visible' in the announcements.<div><br></div><div>I suspect I'd have found it difficult to argue that someone who is only involved in community radio (at whatever level) was deserving of a place. The awards are there to spot people who'll go far in the industry, and I think it would be hard to choose someone who hasn't actually got a paid job in their chosen industry. It isn't a "very nice people" list, it's a list of people who are going to be the next Bob Shennan, the next Jeremy Vine or the next Ralph Bernard (or whoever - you get my point). If you're not already working for Global, the BBC or Bauer by the time you're 29, it's hard to see how you're deserving of the accolade of being in the 30-under-30.</div><div><br></div><div>Perhaps the wider discussion is why community radio seems so invisible to the wider radio industry.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 22 September 2016 at 22:31, Richard Hilton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Richard.Hilton@bitc.org.uk" target="_blank">Richard.Hilton@bitc.org.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I think the question I would ask is that given that none (as far as I can tell) of the shortlist of ‘30 people under the age of 30
who are tipped to be the industry’s next generation of talent’ appear to be involved in community radio how representative is this list? But maybe that’s the underlying question Martin is asking!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Remind me someone; how much was it to enter a person in this award category?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk" target="_blank">cma-l-bounces@mailman.<wbr>commedia.org.uk</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk" target="_blank">cma-l-bounces@mailman.<wbr>commedia.org.uk</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Martin Steers<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 22 September 2016 11:47<span class=""><br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [cma-l] Radio academy 30 under 30<u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<p>Can I ask if any stations or members had submitted themselves (or their under 30's) for the Radio Academy 30 under 30?<u></u><u></u></p>
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