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Hat-trick of awards for ICRfm 15.12.08
INISHOWEN Community
Radio is celebrating Christmas a hat-trick of awards
at the first Craol National Community Radio Awards.
ICRfm's awards haul were in recognition of ‘The
Sunday Sports Show’; ‘Lets Talk Old Times’ and
‘Learning With Kitty & Joey’.
Station manager Jim Doherty said the awards showed
the level of talent, hard-work and dedication among
the station's team. |
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"I think it’s important
to point out that much of the credit here goes to
the army of volunteers and contributors who worked
on the programmes. This is the community making
programmes for the community, a large part of what
we’re about," said Buncrana-born Jim. The main
purpose behind the Craol awards is to recognise
programming that |
involves and contributes to the
local community and that promotes the ethos of
community development.
"Anyone in the community can get involved in making
radio programmes - there’s no great mystery to it.
“It gives people satisfaction on many levels and
everyone has their own reasons for getting involved.
"Community radio has a role to play in helping the
community and we’re delighted for this
acknowledgement that we’re doing it well," added
Jim.
There was further good news for the station with the
decision by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland
to approve funding for the award-winning 'Sunday
Sports Show'. The show, which has been going for a
year now, will continue to be funded until the end
of 2009. “The funding will ensure that we can keep
the show on the road for another year. It will cover
about two-thirds of the costs and the station will
cover the rest.
"The show is truly a community effort as there are
so many volunteers, sporting groups, clubs and
contributors involved. Also, the contribution of the
Inishowen Independent reporters is vital to the
show's quality and its continued success." |
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