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House, </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Sturton Street</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">, </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Cambridge</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">, </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">CB1 2QF</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></b></p>
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01223 488419</span></b></p>
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898 254</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">105 FM to the </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Cambridge</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">City</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> Area</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><u><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;">PRESS
RELEASE FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Reprieved! Community Radio
Station
saved at the very last minute.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The deadline was </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">midnight</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> on Monday
the 30<sup>th</sup> of November</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> to gather the £28,000
needed to
keep going.<span> </span><b>Faced with imminent
disaster</b>, the weekend’s programming was full to
bursting with shows calling out the appeal and giving what might have
been
their last shows. Meanwhile a team of fundraisers battled against the
odds.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">At </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">11pm</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> only
£14,000 had been
pledged but a call came shortly after then from the station’s saviour
who came
in with the remaining £14,000.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The
mood of
the 200 people there switched immediately <b>from
despair to elation. </b>Broadcasting went past the </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">midnight</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> deadline as the
champagne could be
opened in victory rather than as a toast to defeat. The cheering could
be heard
at the other end of the car park!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">209's
Station Manager, Karl Hartland, said of the night: </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">"You
couldn't write it; 5 minutes previous to the last minute phone call, we
were preparing
to say it was all over. 30 minutes later I was surrounded in the studio
by
euphoric and cheering people. It's like a dream but we all know that
the hard
work starts now. We must ensure we have a future."</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Huge
amount
of support and good feeling had been arriving at the station during the
weekend. The membership would like to thank all the donors, everyone
who sent
messages, and in particular Cambridge City Council and the Social
Enterprise
charity Citylife, who have been constant supporters.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Clare
Blair, City Council Executive Councillor for Community Development
said: “209radio
has always provided an invaluable service for </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Cambridge</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> and it is excellent news
that they
have managed to raise this money. I hope this is the start of a new
and
more secure future.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">209radio will now be
changing its
name to Cambridge 105, with a launch event in the New Year.<span> </span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">All donors will now form
the first
set of a new group of formal patrons, The </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Cambridge</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> 105, who
have clearly
shown dedication to the </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Cambridge</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> Community
and its volunteer-run radio station. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The
news
means that the station can now operate until the end of February. It
will be working
towards sustainability and strength, and developing partnership with a
raft of
people and organisations who have pledged skills, time and knowledge. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><b>The
209radio Lottery will also continue</b>, with the chance for someone to
win a cash
prize in the on-air draw at </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">6.50pm</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> on <b>Thursday
the 17<sup>th</sup> of December</b>, just in time for
Christmas!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><b>Photographs
of the night accompany this release.</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Notes
for editors:</span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">209radio is </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Cambridge</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">’s non-profit,
volunteer-driven
Community Radio Station, </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">broadcasting on 105 FM
and on at <a href="http://209radio.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://209radio.co.uk</a> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The Cambridge 105 Club</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> is a new group of
supporters and
patrons who have come together for this appeal and will go forward as a
major
public fundraising engine.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">This new group has 3
levels:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">
Friend (donations over £400), Member (£700-£1000) and
Patron (£1000+).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">To find out more or to
join, please
contact the station on 01223 488418 or <a href="mailto:getinvolved@209radio.co.uk" target="_blank">getinvolved@209radio.co.uk</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The 209radio Lottery </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">is a Cambridge City
Council licensed
small society lottery, drawn once a month, in which the prize pot is
30% of all
sales.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Proceeds go to the core
costs of 209radio and will
also benefit other 3<sup>rd</sup> sector organisations very soon.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Go to <a href="http://209radio.co.uk/lottery" target="_blank">http://209radio.co.uk/lottery</a>
for more details.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Potential advertisers and
partners</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">
can call the station on 01223
488418 or email via <a href="mailto:adsales@209radio.co.uk" target="_blank">adsales@209radio.co.uk</a>
to find out more about sending messages to the Cambridge Community
while
supporting a raft of good causes.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">209radio’s Station
Manager Karl
Hartland</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">
is available
for comment via 07968 898154 or 01223 488410</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The last-minute ‘donor’
in question
will be named once final contractual details are confirmed.</span></b></p>
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Karl Hartland
209radio Station Manager
105 FM in the Cambridge City Area
<a href="http://209radio.co.uk" target="_blank">http://209radio.co.uk</a> everywhere else!
Citylife House
Sturton Street
Cambridge
CB1 2QF
01223 488418
01223 488410 - new personal direct number!
07968 898254
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