Archive for January, 2007
Tuesday, January 30th, 2007
Two disturbing attacks on Community Radio activists today - both from areas that have been much in the news recently.
In Oaxaca two community radio journalists were beaten and one arrested last Wednesday night, while in Nepal there have been attacks on community radio stations (and journalists) for the past week ...
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Monday, January 22nd, 2007
The BCI has announced a decision to shortlist two applicants - Spirit Radio and YES Radio - for the "Quasi-National Christian & Religious Service." I've previously noted the change in nomenclature from 'religious' to 'Christian' radio.
Posted in Radio | Comments Off on Ireland closer to religious radio
Friday, January 19th, 2007
NUI, Galway Students' Union is to make use of Flirt FM as part of its support mechanisms for students around exam time.
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Sunday, January 14th, 2007
A report today from Nigeria where the Information Minister is placing community radio at the center of plans to liberalize the airwaves:The Minister, who was elated by the timely submission of the Committee's report, identified Community Radio as one of the most cost effective media for reaching the grassroots population, ...
Posted in Radio | Comments Off on Community radio update: Nigeria, Kenya, UK
Thursday, January 4th, 2007
Melbourne Indymedia reports that an Australian community station lost its license - because it wasn't demonstrating a commitment to community access and involvement:One of the key issues was the stations failure to encourage or allow involvement from people in the local area.
ACMA Chairman, Chris Chapman says there was no indication ...
Posted in Radio | Comments Off on Community radio roundup: Australian station shut
Thursday, January 4th, 2007
In talking about the Irish economy to acquaintances in the US, I frequently mention the genealogy industry, and its link to tourism. One issue that hadn't occured to me - dealt with in a new paper in First Monday - is the impact of internet-accessible services on the Irish genealogy ...
Posted in Society and culture | Comments Off on Genealogy, tourism, and Ireland
Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007
There's a 'standard' grammatical error, whereby when a person is talking about doing something with another person they say "My brother and me went to the shops" or similar. To avoid this, generations of teachers have stressed the importance of saying "my brother and I went..." instead.
That's not my peeve. ...
Posted in Trivia | Comments Off on Grammar peeves