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<p class="MsoNormal">It’s just 2 weeks to go until <b><i>Doing the DAB</i><span style="color:#1f497d">
</span>– the Future of Radio in Northern Ireland </b>- a special event at 11am on 17 November, celebrating the growth of digital radio in Northern Ireland with top speakers from across the leading broadcasters in the NI.<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The session will take place as part of the annual free <b>Belfast Media Festival</b> at the Metropolitan Arts Centre, Belfast which attracts 500 delegates from the media and creative industries across Northern Ireland.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Make sure you don’t miss out on <b><i>Doing the DAB</i>: Belfast</b> by registering
<b><span style="color:#1f497d"><a href="http://www.belfastmediafestival.co.uk/" target="_blank">here</a></span>
</b>for the <b>Belfast Media Festival</b> which is absolutely free. If you are planning to attend this please also email
<a href="mailto:laurence.harrison@digitalradiouk.com" target="_blank">laurence.harrison@digitalradio<wbr>uk.com</a>, so we can keep you up to date with plans for the session.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Doing the DAB</i>: Belfast</b> will highlight the recent digital radio innovations and investments in Northern Ireland across the BBC and Commercial Radio and will be chaired by local broadcaster
<b>John Rosborough</b>. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You will hear from <b>Stuart Robinson</b> and <b>Mark Mahaffy</b> of Bauer’s Downtown Radio and Cool FM,
<b>Michael Tumelty</b> of BBC Northern Ireland, <b>Larry Deeney</b> of BBC Radio Foyle,
<b>Jimmy Buckland</b> and <b>Peter McVerry</b> of Wireless Group, <b>JP Coakley</b> from RTE and
<b>Bryan Coombes</b> from Arqiva. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">There are now over 50 stations available on DAB in Northern Ireland including successful NI stations - BBC Radio Ulster, BBC Radio Foyle, U105, Cool FM, Downtown Radio, Downtown Country. You will hear about the progress of these services
in Northern Ireland and about the future digital radio plans of RTE, the Republic of Ireland’s public service broadcaster.
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you work in radio or have an interest in radio in Northern Ireland we hope that you can join us for
<b><i>Doing the DAB</i>: Belfast – </b>which follows the successful events in Manchester, Glasgow, Birmingham, Liverpool and Cardiff.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Date:</b> Friday 17 November <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Time:</b> 11am-12pm<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Location:</b> <a href="https://themaclive.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">Metropolitan Arts Centre</span></a>,
<span style="background:white"><a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=10+Exchange+Street&entry=gmail&source=g" target="_blank">10 Exchange Street</a> West, Belfast BT1 2NJ</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1f497d">Laurence Harrison</span><span lang="DE" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1f497d"><br>
</span><b><span style="color:#009900">Market Development Director</span></b><b><span style="color:#4dda2c"><br>
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