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TD1 Radio application form 3 propose be reflected on-air? What is the likely music to speech ratio? Will this vary at different times of the day or week (or year)? Do you intend to broadcast live output? If so when and how much do you propose to do? Will you broadcast in languages other than English (what languages and how much)? Will your output be original i.e. produced for your service alone? Will it be locally produced? Do you intend to repeat material? Answer in fewer than 1,000 words: The station will typically broadcast live, mainly locally produced programming for ten hours per day between the hours of 06:00 and 22:00. Live programming will typically comprise 80% music and 20% speech during daytime hours. The majority of our programmes will be produced exclusively by us, for us, with one of our programmes (The Sunday Getherin‟), being outsourced to Celtic Music Radio in Glasgow who asked if they could also broadcast this programme, albeit on a time shift (+2hr) delay. Some specialist programming (The Emancipation Show, broadcast on a Saturday at 22:00 hours, The Hot Disc Christian Top 20, broadcast on a Sunday at 08:00 hours and The Hot Disc Country Music Top 40, broadcast on a Sunday at 12:00 hours) are provided to us as well as other radio stations. Speech output will be in English/Scottish and will include community, local and national news, interviews, phone ins, discussions, as well as live and pre-recorded interviews. We will also provide a job spot (the area has suffered badly in recent years due to a decline in the textile and electronics industry) and ensure that we broadcast featured vacancies every day. This will give listeners the chance to hear about job opportunities that may suit them, while they listen to our normal live programming (something that previously existed on local BBC Radio many years ago, but has since disappeared). We do not anticipate that our music to speech ratio will vary much according to the time of year. We have planned features/programming to suit seasonal changes (e.g. activities that take place only during the Summer we would be unable to broadcast during the Winter, to this end we have ensured that sufficient Winter activities have been scheduled to replace Summer ones in our programme line-up, therefore ensuring an equal ratio of speech-based programming all year round. We plan to focus our speech based content around our morning programming (10am – 12pm), have some shorter features/interviews during our afternoon programming (1 – 4pm) and have a 1 hour long magazine type programme broadcast every weekday between 5 and 6pm). This programme will feature more in-depth interviews and features as well as a round-up of local news stories, live studio guests, phone-in and pre-recorded interviews. During our live daytime hours we will also feature live news on the hour from IRN (Sky News Radio) with local news bulletins tagged onto the end of key listening hours (e.g. during breakfast, lunchtime and drive-time) thus ensuring that listeners get kept up-to-date with not just national and international news, but also local stories too. Local charities, non-profit making organisations and community groups will all be invited in to make their own programmes, as will schools and students from the local University campus. There is currently no media studies facility locally (the nearest being in Edinburgh) – community radio would allow students with an interest in pursuing a career in radio to get some experience by becoming involved in programme making and production as well as receiving training from experienced members of the team. Our music features new artists from the local music scene as well as genres such as Pop / Chart / Dance / Rock / Indie / Alternative / Celtic Rock / Folk / Traditional / Scottish Dance / Blues / Country / Christian / Jazz / Soul / World Music / Oldies / Classical / Club / as well as listener requests. It is not our intention to repeat material, with the exception of perhaps any specialist programming which has been pre-recorded to start with (e.g. The Emancipation Show) or one off “specials” which may warrant a second airing at a later date. B: Based on what you have said above, how will your proposed radio service cater for the tastes and interests of your target community/communities? Answer in fewer than 400 words: Since we launched in 2008, TD1 Radio has conducted regular market research thus identifying the needs within our community. We have also made it our aim to actively seek out other local community groups and
organisations that do not presently have a voice. TD1 Radio application form The Sunday Getherin‟ programme was (until May 2011) carried by the local commercial radio station, however due to corporate networking the programme was axed. The presenter approached TD1 Radio to enquire if we would be interested in broadcasting it, which we were delighted to do. The programme has proved to be a big success and attracts a large number of listeners not only in the local community but also worldwide via our Internet streaming. This demonstrates that there is an interest and a need for such a programme, which is backed up by hundreds of comments on the programme‟s Facebook page from listeners saddened at the thought of their favourite programme being axed. During 2012 we plan to also invite representatives from the local festivals (Common Ridings, Civic Weeks etc) into the studio to promote and talk about the events. Local music clubs and groups currently have no specialist programming on radio – something we also tackled last year. The Scottish Shindig was launched in June 2011 and features Scottish Dance Music. It also allows local fiddle and accordion clubs to advertise their community news, meetings and publicise open days. We have also broadcast recordings made at recent open days featuring local artists from the Scottish Dance Music Scene. (Something that is absent on existing local commercial radio) Similarly, we now boast a Folk music programme on a Sunday night, which is presented by two members from local folk music clubs. Again, this provides these clubs the chance to promote their events and news as well as being able to invite guests into the studio to talk and play live. During 2012 we also plan to expand the number of local folk clubs that are represented. On the spoken word front, we successfully launched Langlee Live, a weekly half-hour magazine programme which covers the issues, news and events from the community of Langlee in Galashiels. We have (and will continue to) invite guests from the community into the studio to talk about what is happening in their community as well as discuss burning issues of the moment. C: How will your proposed community radio service add to the range of programmes available on non- BBC local services (commercial and community stations) to members of the relevant community or communities, add to the overall range of such services in the area concerned and be different and distinct from them? Please tell us which non-BBC local services your station will overlap with. Answer in fewer than 400 words: We will overlap with Radio Borders, but as mentioned previously, we are already providing different programming from them. We can happily devote a 30 minute programme to feature local news from a specific community (e.g. Langlee or Bannerfield), Radio Borders would be unable to do so as it would be deemed unfair to listeners in the rest of the region. By our very nature, we can focus on these communities and ensure they are given airtime. During 2012 we plan to move to new studios in Langlee in Galashiels. By basing ourselves in the heart of this community we can ensure that we are there to provide programming relevant to the community we will serve on FM. Our radio station can also allow students or young people to make their own programmes and provide training for them, something that commercial radio would have little or no time to do. Coverage of local charity events or open days is another different service we can provide. Commercial radio, by its very nature, would mean a fee would be charged in most cases, something that a local community group could not afford. As community radio station we can provide the coverage and outside broadcast facilities free of charge or at a greatly reduced cost. During 2011 we were “on the road” for eight months of the year bringing live coverage from events right into the homes of our listeners. We already have a diary filling up quickly for coverage from events for this year. This alone tells us that the event organisers want us to come back and broadcast live from their events. Listener interaction too is overwhelming, with hundreds of messages and comments being left for us during and after our outside broadcasts, either by email or on our Facebook page… To further enhance our output, our media and market research has helped us develop our proposed new programme schedule where we can now offer new local radio features. These include an NHS Borders Health spot, Community Council news, local minority sports news, local charity news, unsigned local bands, local history, local groups and clubs, youth groups, uniform groups and others. Team meetings and discussions throughout 2012 will bring these to fruition. All of the aforementioned points ensure that our output is and will be very different to Radio Borders. 4
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