[commedia] Chlidren radio on air for 100 days

[Michel Delorme]

Bonjour,
Children radio is on air 100 days.
New Children's Radio Station Launched
 as Part of the Rendez-vous de la Francophonie 2002

CHELSEA, March 15, 2002 - Young people will finally have their own radio
station, CIRC-FM, even if it is just for 106 days. La Fondation Radio Enfant
has obtained a temporary license from the Canadian Radio-television and
Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to operate a 200-watt children's radio
station from March 18 to July 1, 2002. In the greater Ottawa-Gatineau
region, you will be able to tune in on 96.5 FM and on Internet on the web
site of www.radioenfant.ca.

Young people from more than 100 elementary and secondary schools across the
country, including 47 in the greater Ottawa-Gatineau region, will take part
in the Festival Radio Enfants-Ados as part of the Rendez-vous de la
Francophonie 2002.
 
Programming
Throughout the 106 days, programming will focus on francophone music enjoyed
by young people from ages 5 to 18, which is rarely heard on regular radio
stations. Across the rest of the country, you will be able to hear CIRC-FM
on the Internet (www.radioenfant.ca) thanks to the services of Canarie and
on community radio stations.


Be sure to tune in every day, as the young broadcasters have a number of
surprises lined up. On May 6 and 7, for example, CIRC-FM moves to New York!
Teams of young people will be broadcasting directly from the World Youth
Forum in New York, organized by the UN in conjunction with their Special
Session on Children.

On CIRC-FM, you will also be able to hear children from Petit Rocher (N.B.),
Chéticamp (N.S.), St. John's (Nfld.) and Abraham-Village (P.E.I.), as well
as a number of schools in the Montréal region and in other parts of Quebec.
Even young people from other countries in La Francophonie will be able to
participate in Radio Enfants-Ados this year via the French educational
channel (AIF), which broadcasts in French-speaking Africa, Belgium and other
francophone countries.

In June, the Ottawa boy scouts will take over the air waves for a day of
radio in the open air.

Tune in on June 21 and 22 to hear First Nations Day celebrations. Some of
the programming will be coming from Attikamek and Montagnais bands on
Quebec's North Shore.

The Fondation Radio Enfant would like to acknowledge the contribution of the
Rendez-vous de la Francophonie to bringing about this project. We are also
grateful for the participation of the Alliance des radios communautaires du
Canada (ARC) in this adventure. ARC has made broadcasting equipment
available to CIRC-FM and provided access to some of their affiliated
stations.

Thanks to the contribution of Montreal's Archambault music store, our young
broadcasters will be able to choose songs from an impressive collection of
children's recordings.

The Fondation would also like to thank the City of Gatineau, the Conseil
Local de Développement des Collines and the McConnell Foundation for their
support.
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Information:

Michel Delorme
11 chemin Inook
Chelsea, Québec, Canada
J9B 2J7
Studio 819-771-9965
Bureau 819 - 827-3146
Cellulaire 819 ­743-8180

radioenfant-ado at franco.ca

Atelier Radio Enfant
http://www.radioenfant.ca/