The programme looked at allotments, community gardens and growing your own food. Special guests were Kathy Marsh, founding member of Sonairte, the National Ecology Centre, Robert Moss, secretary of Dublin Community Growers and Marion Kelly who is the first female chairperson of Dublin Community Growers and also campaigning for Dublin’s first[Read More…]
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Telling our own Story
” Near FM presents a four part radio series celebrating 30 years of community media on the Northside of Dublin “Since community radio emerged as a separate strand it has added to the plurality of voices that are on air it has also provided significant opportunity for people to develop[Read More…]
BackTracking Nanu Nanu & Unit 1 Studios Feature
This Thursday evening, the 19th June, from 18.00 – 20.00 we will be broadcasting a two hour BackTracking feature delving into the “Alien Pop” duo of Nanu Nanu and the work currently begin explored at Unit 1 Studios in Rathgar. “Following the last three years of over 180 gigs[Read More…]
Europe on Air Programme 15
This series was aired at 4.30pm on Thursday 12th June 2014. Titled “What is Irish Culture” and looked at aspects of Irish culture that make it uniquely Irish. Special guests were Katie Lowry of Creative Europe Desk Ireland,Mark O’Brien, Acting Director,axis: Ballymun and Jim Carroll, Irish Times music journalist, blogger[Read More…]
Standing out from the homogeneous radio crowd
The Independent 07/06/2014 http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/standing-out-from-the-homogeneous-radio-crowd-30334423.html
Art Spaces
Art Spaces – a new six part radio series that explores six unique art spaces in the North of Dublin. Monday the 16th of June – Monday July 21st at 6.30pm on Near FM Art Spaces is a new six part radio series produced for Near FM. The aim of the series[Read More…]
James Joyce on Near FM
With Blooms day fast approaching we thought it would be a good time to highlight some of the James Joyce adaptions that Near FM has done and are all available to listen to online. Ivy Day In The Committee Room In a committee room, Mat O’Connor, a canvasser for Richard[Read More…]
Frank Harte – A Life In Song and The Week In Review win big at CRAOL
NearFm has won two awards at the CRAOL Achievement Awards 2014 for Frank Harte – A Life In Song won under the category commissioned 2 and one of the judges had this to say “This excellent programme demonstrated really strong Community awareness. Top quality”. The Week In Review won under the Category Talk[Read More…]
Europe on Air takes on Gender Equality
Programme 11 of the series aired on May 15th 2014 and looked at gender equality. Special guests were Debbie Hutchinson, Producer of “The Feminist Heart” radio series on the history of feminism in Ireland, Niall Hanlon, Lecturer in Gender Studies and author of Masculinities, Care and Equality: Identity and Nurture[Read More…]
Mad Scientists of Music
Starting on Thursday the 29th of May a new 6 part show about experimental music in Ireland, entitled ‘Mad Scientists of Music’. It will be covering everything from bedroom tinkering with Fruity Loops to technically and aesthetically sophisticated electronic ‘noise’ to Harry Partch style microtonal music. It’s produced by Gareth Stack[Read More…]
