Exclusive to AIRPI members, this is a unique opportunity to participate in a masterclass by internationally recognised documentary-maker Chris Brookes.
‘The job of the poet is not to tell you it is raining; the job of the poet is to make rain’ (Paul Valery)
‘Making Rain’ is a session on storytelling, structure, and the evocative power of radio.
Why [...]
As the new Broadcasting Bill journeys through Oireachtas, AIRPI legislators to require broadcasters to take 10% of their programmes from indies.
Following our recent submission to the Joint Oireachtas Committee (JOC) on Communications regarding the new Bill, AIRPI was invited to answer members’ questions about what changes independent radio producers wanted in legislation.
Dusty Rhodes, Mary Owens [...]
Your programme idea must cover Irish culture, heritage, language or the Irish experience in an international context. However, both the BCI and the broadcasters encourage you to interpret these themes as widely as possible .. so be adventurous !
Read, re-read and read again the application form before filling it in. Your application is first assessed [...]
Independent radio producer and AIRPI member Mary Phelan was a recent recipient of a Media And Multiculturalism Award presented by Metro Éireann, for her series Voices Of The Globe broadcast on Ocean FM in Sligo.
A series of 17 programmes broadcast on Ocean FM between June and October 2007. The ‘Voices of the Globe’ series presented [...]
The BCI have release results of funding for Round 5 of Sound & Vision.
A total of 116 applications were received for radio projects requesting €2.2m. Under a third of this was actually awarded with 60 projects receiving total funding of €706,000.
The BCI described this round as “a particularly competitive round that received a wide range [...]
