Honor thanks for the info! In the mid 80s I did 2 radio shows featuring female musicians and 5 or 6 short interviews I made with women in Dunedin. It was a great experience and I was stoked by the feedback I got. I never realized so many listened to the station.
I didn't get further involved only because I was busy with other stuff and I only did those shows because someone there specifically asked me. Those working there were incredibly open and welcoming and I think at the time they had plenty of volunteers probably because of this energy. > From: Honor Harger <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Ada_list] Radio One in Dunedin is in big trouble - can you > help? > Otago University's Student Association (OUSA) are threatening to sell > Radio One's broadcasting licence and assets and close the station > down, in an effort to save money. > > You can read the full story here: http://www.r1.co.nz/faq.php > And here: http://www.r1.co.nz/pressreleases.php > > You might be wondering why this is relevant to ADA, and why we should > care about a student radio station in Dunedin. Because it's one of > the things that makes Dunedin special. It's the glue that holds > Dunedin's cultural community together. Before mailing lists, before > Facebook, radio was the original social media, and there are few > better examples of this than Radio One. It's importance as a > supporter of New Zealand music is obvious, but what is perhaps less > visible is the invaluable role radio stations like Radio One play in > supporting artists of all kinds. Radio One has been at times a kind > of 'art gallery of the air'. > It's also the place that a lot of us started our careers. This is > where we cut our teeth and learned how to work in cultural > organisations. I learned to use a computer at Radio One. It was > where I used the internet for the first time. It was there that the > whole notion of digital art, and networked practice first began for > me. For reasons that are different for different people, Radio One > is a big part of the reason why Dunedin's cultural life continues to > be as rich and varied as it is. > > But all that might soon change. > > Panicked by the possible passing of the National/ACT government's > Voluntary Student Membership Bill (VSM), OUSA are taking preemptive > action and have earmarked Radio One for closure. > > The local newspaper, hardly known for it's left-wing artsy leanings, > actually summed up quite nicely in an op-ed piece > <http://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/opinion/167870/fixated-price-blind-value>. > OUSA are fixated with money and blind to Radio One's value. So we > need to illustrate what this value is. > > Here's what you can do: > > - Join the Facebook Page > https://www.facebook.com/saveradioone91fm > This might sound a bit useless, but it sn't. This is the main avenue > that the Radio one team are using to communicate with their > supporters. Please join > > - Sign the Peteition > http://www.petitiononline.co.nz/petition/save-radio-one-91fm-dunedin/1282 > This is really important. the interface is annoying and ridden with > ads, but please persevere. If we can get enough signatures, this > will carry weight tith OUSA> > > - Make a Submission > OUSA are still accepting submissions from members of the public who > want to express their views on their plans to sell Radio One. So > there is still time to formally protest against this decision. > I'm waiting for instructions from Sean Norling and Gilbert May at > Radio One about how exactly these should be put together. If you are > interested, I'll post these instructions as soon as i have them. If > anyone is interested in making a joint submission, let me know off > the list. > > > There are many, many New Zealanders on the ADA list who work in > Universities who are in way a better place than me - based in > Brighton in England - to talk about why this matters. They are also > better placed to talk about why VSM will be disastrous for campuses > across the country. I'd be really keen to hear from people on the > ground about how this is going to effect things where you are. For > 15 years, VSM has been the spectre that those of us who care about > the cultural life of our towns and cities, which often revolve around > the Universities, their students and their infrastructure, have > feared. And it seems it's nearly here. > > The Radio One story will be frighteningly familiar to any > Hamiltonians on the list. Adam might want to tell the painful story > about what happened in Hamilton in the late 1990s when VSM was > introduced at the University of Waikato, which lead immediately to > the sell-off of his beloved Contact FM. > > Sadly, there's probably more of these stories waiting to be written > if the Bill goes through. > > But in the meantime, please show your support for Radio One. Believe > me, the world would be a poorer, less wonderful place without it. > > x > > Honor > > > -- > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > > honor harger > > present location: brighton, .uk > > email: [email protected] > sms: +44 7765834272 > > -> w e b > bio: http://about.me/honor > > -> b l o g > particle decelerator: http://decelerator.blogspot.com/ > > - > b l a g > twitter: http://twitter.com/honorharger > > -> l i s t e n > radio astronomy: http://www.radio-astronomy.net > > -> w o r k > director of lighthouse: http://www.lighthouse.org.uk
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