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<br>L O W L A N D S - L - 09 February 2007 - Volume 02<br><br>=========================================================================<br><br>From: R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>
<br>Subject: Resources<br><br>From the latest issue of the Eurolang journal"<br><br>Regards,<br>Reinhard/Ron<br><br>***<br><br style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">
Ulster Scots Agency set to go on air with its own community radio</span><br><br><font size="1">
Belfast, Monday, 05 February 2007<span class="small"> by John McIntyre</span></font><br><br><div>The Ulster-Scots Agency plans to pilot up to six community radio stations throughout the Province this summer.</div><br>
<div>The RSL (Restricted Service Licences) radio licences will permit a two week station to be on air.</div><br><div>The
Agency, in the pilot initiative FUSE FM (for Ulster-Scots enthusiasts),
wants these community radio stations to be delivered by volunteers from
Ulster-Scots groups with a specialist engaged by the Agency to manage
the project and train the required skills for on-air delivery to
individuals involved with Ulster-Scots groups.</div><br><div>Costs for
the project will be met by the Agency in full, but will require each
successful Ulster-Scots group running a radio station to sell
advertising to reduce overall costs.</div><br><div>The Agency will cover additional resources to market the station in each successful location.</div><br><div>Programming
will be a full service allowing a range of music to be played. The
main broadcasting hours will be 7am to 11pm daily for a fortnight. The
time schedule of 7 to 11pm each night will be a dedicated Ulster-Scots
slot with music, story-telling, history, Ulster-Scots language and
plenty of fun and games.</div><br><div>In a press release the Ulster
Scots Agency said that "this is an opportunity for the Ulster-Scots
community to develop new skills set in delivering broadcasting to their
own area and it provides a platform for community exposure to a
dedicated, locally delivered Ulster-Scots radio station."<br></div><br>The
radio initiative is seen as important because to date there are only 30
minutes a week of radio in Ulster Scots on BBC Northern Ireland. The
aim is to run with the community stations for perhaps two years, and
increase them in year 2. After the end of year 2 it is hoped to
establish a permanent Ulster-Scots radio station that will cover a
large part of the north of Ireland. <br><br><div>The Agency are asking
Ulster-Scots groups interested in delivering a community radio station
to contact Michael McCullough, and would also appreciate if groups who
have Ulster-Scots audio recordings, e.g. music, story-telling, lectures
etc, could make this material available to the Agency to create a
database for usage on FUSE FM.<br><br>The station will be based in a mobile trailer which will be transported from venue to venue under Agency management.</div><br><div>Contact: <a href="mailto:Michael.mccullough@ulsterscotsagency.org.uk">
Michael.mccullough@ulsterscotsagency.org.uk</a> FUSE FM, c/o Ulster-Scots Agency, Franklin House, 10/12 Brunswick Street, Belfast, BT2 7GE (telephone 028 9023 1113).</div><br>
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