Thursday, December 1, 2011

3 National Awards for Claremorris Community Radio

Claremorris Community Radio programme “an inspiration”
‘Claremorris Community Radio Director Bridie Sheeran (left) being presented with a CRAOL Achievement Award by Tina Heffernan (right), CRAOL Chairperson’


Claremorris Community Radio was last week delighted to receive 3 CRAOL Achievement Awards at an annual ceremony held in the Shamrock Lodge Hotel, Athlone on Saturday 19th November.

Merit awards were received for the Irish language programme “Noírín Beo” - a weekly show with community events and news hosted by Noírín Gannon, and Dave Edwards' specialist music show “The 60s & 70s Show”.
A distinction was also awarded to the station for the programme “Female Genital Mutilation: A Ballyhaunis Refugee Centre Project” in the Social Benefit category.

Produced by Gordon Campbell, the adjudicators described the hour-long programme as a “fantastic realisation of the potential of community radio to empower people to tell their own stories”.
“This exploration of a sensitive subject was created with courage and commitment by the women themselves, in collaboration with the station. An inspiration.”
Speaking at the awards ceremony, Aidan Long, Claremorris Community Radio Station Manager described the win as a wonderful achievement for the station: “We are absolutely delighted to receive the three awards. They are a result of the hard work and dedication that volunteers put into their radio programmes week in, week out. I would like to congratulate all of our winners – Noírín, Dave, Gordon and in particular those from the Ballyhaunis Refugee Centre for having the courage to share their stories with us. I would also like to thank Mayo Intercultural Action for their help in the production of this programme.”
CRAOL is the umbrella organisation for the twenty three fully licensed Community Radio stations throughout Ireland and offers assistance and support for ‘aspirant’ community radio stations at different stages of their development. The Achievement Awards is an annual initiative run by CRAOL which aims to highlight and reward some of the finest community radio programming in Ireland and recognise the work of community radio volunteers.

Claremorris Community Radio is a not-for-profit community development organization and relies on fund-raising, donations from the public and support from local businesses to support it's services. Further information about the station is available on the stations website, www.claremorriscommunityradio.ie.

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