Tag: community radio

The Shack

Broadcasting Wed Feb 2nd at 4.30pm The Shack, by a group of teenagers from Kilmore West Youth project telling us about themselves, their trip to the Cavan Centre and playing some music. For more details visit https://www.kilmorewestyouthproject.com.  Social Benefit programming is made with the support of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. 

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Want to Make a Change in your Community

Everyone’s Voice Counts….So LET’S HEAR YOURS! Near FM (in association with CRAOL and The Community Foundation for Ireland) will be giving FREE Radio Training to people aged 55+ who would like to see a change in their community and want to be part of that change. This course is a QQI Level 3 accredited[Read More…]

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CAPTCHA EU Culture Initiative

What is CAPTCHA? In November 2013, community radio activists from Austria, Germany and Ireland met with academics from Central European University in Budapest, Hungary, to launch a project about how community media can best use and develop online archives. The necessity of sustainable archiving has been a subject of discussion[Read More…]

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CAPTCHA – Community Radio Archives

Tune into Near FM this Thursday @ 3.30pm for a special one hour programme on CAPTCHA – the EU wide community media archiving initiative. Listen to Radio Corax, in Germany as they discuss radio archives. The Show is bilingual, Helen Hahmann talks to Ralf Wendt, project coordinator of Radio Corax[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…]

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