Posts under ‘Archive - 2008’

Athena Media’s series, ‘Women and Words’, starts on Lyric FM August 23rd for six weeks. The six part series showcases Irish women writers in poetry, drama and fiction, is presented by Kay Sheehy and produced by Helen Shaw. The series has been supported by the BCI’s Sound and Vision Scheme.
‘Women and Words’ will profile Man [...]

Radio Station Contracts - Protect Yourself Legally
AIRPI commissioned Andrea Martin, a solicitor speicalising in media law, to draw up a sample contract which Independent Producers might use in their negotiations with radio stations for Sound & Vision or other contracts.
On 28th February we will hold an exclusive seminar for members at which Andrea will [...]

Last October, Independent Producer and Training Consultant Maud Hand delivered a 4-hour training course to AIRPI Members titled: Promoting Your Radio Business Online. The course presented practical web skills, tested web writing techniques, and methods for increasing online presence in the media industry aimed at encouraging AIRPI’s members to communicate more effectively with customers online.
The [...]

The executive committee met on January 17th in Galway. There has been a lot of work on a number of fronts in recent months.
A delegation comprising Mary Owens (Chair), Dusty Rhodes (Vice-Chair) and Maud Hand (PRO) met recently with the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Eamon Ryan to present the case for Independent [...]