[CMA] tales of beauty, pain and glory?

[Phil Korbel]

Dear friends

You'll be glad to know that our DCMS-commissioned manual - The 
Community Radio Toolkit - is coming together nicely and we're 
confident of having copies for you at the CommunityFM2 event in 
October.  Ex Big Issue writer Ally Fogg is at the helm and is 
probably shackled to his keyboard as I write - trying to distil the 
information that you need from the experience of three years on air 
with two full time stations...

But we thought you'd like the chance to get involved...

Perhaps you could answer this question from the draft of chapter 1...

"Before another word is said, we should warn you: Community radio 
will get into your blood. It may well stay there like an exotic 
parasitic disease, an itch to be constantly scratched. It may sap 
every last drop of your energy, wake you up in the middle of the 
night, drag you out of bed and turn your hair grey.  So why on earth 
should anyone do it?"

So what's your best community radio story - one that sums up this mad 
beast for you, one that reveals the blood sweat and tears it takes to 
make the thing real, or one that simply champions your finest hour... 
 Feel free to share it with the list or email me directly.  Any we 
use in the book will earn its author a discounted copy (I'd tell you 
how much but we haven't set a price yet).  Other may be used on the 
book's website.

Ally will also be in Sheffield for the CMA Festival so he might catch 
you there...

best wishes

Phil Korbel