<div dir="ltr">Ed you are an inspiration.<div><br></div><div>I sat at Next Radio yesterday during the live announcement aghast at the lack of community radio representation (even the online stations I haven't heard of, and not sure if they would be classed as "community")</div><div><br></div><div>I agree that there does seem to be an unbalance with the relationship between the Radio Academy and the community radio sector, or are we wrong?</div><div><br></div><div>My question to the rest of the list..</div><div><br></div><div>Did you enter the ARAIS?</div><div><br></div><div>If not, why not?</div><div><br></div><div>A wider question about the radio academy, <br></div><div><br></div><div>Do you feel it has anything to offer community radio?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Martin</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 19 September 2017 at 11:09, Resonance104.4fm <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:info@resonancefm.com" target="_blank">info@resonancefm.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>We've one programme nominated, so cannot complain. But the ARIAS sure are boring. I've seen budget hotel foyers that offered more inspiration; and am more familiar with some of the nominees than I am with members of my immediate family. Is there a tear in the space/time continuum that I missed?</div><div>It is a real stroke of genius too <span class="m_-6633203844450775999gmail-st">for them to promote prison radio - which no one can hear - as exemplary of community media. A sure indication of the Academy's attitude to the CMA and its membership. </span><br><span class="m_-6633203844450775999gmail-st"></span></div><span class="m_-6633203844450775999gmail-st">Time to open a dialogue, perhaps, with "Rog". Or is it the case that everyone really wants to be just like the Academy's pets, sounding the same hysterical middle-English monotone?<br></span><div>Ed<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br><div><div>-- <br><div class="m_-6633203844450775999gmail_signature">Resonance</div><div class="m_-6633203844450775999gmail_signature"><b>Highly Commended in the Diversity in Media Awards 2017</b></div><div class="m_-6633203844450775999gmail_signature"><b>Radio Station/Programme of the Year Category<br></b></div><div class="m_-6633203844450775999gmail_signature">144 Borough High Street<br>London SE1 1LB<br>UK<br><a href="http://www.resonancefm.com" target="_blank">www.resonancefm.com</a><br><br></div>
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