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ICRfm team back at the pitchside...
17.09.08
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The Beijing Olympics
are over but the Sunday Sports Show is back on
Inishowen Community Radio. Sunday, September 7 saw
the return of the popular show with presenter PJ
McLaughlin behind the microphone helped by his
production team Claire McDermott, Eddie McLaughlin,
Paddy Corr, Emma McDermott, Liam Grant, Jim Doherty
and new members Susan Logue and Marie McDonald. |
The programme was
funded last year under the Broadcasting Commission
of Ireland's Sound and Vision scheme. The station
has applied again this year but won’t know until
early October if it's been successful or not.
Station manager Jim Doherty is hopeful: “We put a
good application together and if the success of the
show last year is taken into account then we’d be
quite confident. |
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The programme is quite
costly to produce each week even with a great
voluntary input. We decided to launch it now and pay
the costs from our own resources rather than wait
until October as we’d be starting very late in the
year and miss out on much of the Inishowen League
and schools action."
While reluctant to speculate if the show can
continue without funding, Jim added: “We’ll keep the
show going until Christmas whether we get BCI
funding or not and evaluate the situation then. It
would be a pity to lose it from our schedule and I’m
sure the sports community here would be disappointed
too. We will wait and see what October brings but in
the meantime I’d urge all schools, sports groups,
and anyone in the community with an interest in
local Inishowen sports to get involved."
For those who haven’t yet heard the Sunday Sports
Show, tune in to 105 or 107.6 fm each Sunday
afternoon from 3pm–6pm. A two-hour edited highlights
version of the show can also be heard each Monday
morning from 7am–9am on the station. Don’t forget
ICR also broadcasts online at
www.icrfm.ie and
is always looking for new people to get involved in
the sports show. If you would like to put your name
or sports club forward, please phone Emma, PJ or Jim
at the station on 93 29105 or email them at
studio@icrfm.ie
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