Preston FM has been doing a great job in the North West's third city. Built out of the 20 years of experience in arts and community projects from PRESCAP, Preston FM has had a great first 6 months.
If you start off serving the needs of the community in which you live and work as PRESCAP have done then it naturally follows that you will try and give the people a voice of their own and this is just what Preston FM has done. All of the ideas and talent comes from the local area with all sorts of community groups getting involved.
They offer full training in radio productions skills - even more reason to get involved. Or you could always give up some of your time each week as they are also seeking volunteers to help out. And maybe if you are looking for something more serious at the moment they are advertising for an assistant station manager
If you live in the area then retune that dial and pick up the real stories in your area, and if you live a little further away there is always Listen on line, and if you prefer your radio in bite size chuncks then they have a great range of podcasts available
Visit the site and listen online - www.preston.fm
Preston FM podcast feed Podcast feed
They are offering the opportunity for musicians to perform with the Big Band in February, that is 2 x Frakture Big Band concerts and two “rehearsals"
A great opportunity to participate in a large ensemble playing free improvised music and associated indeterminate compositions. Listen to some of the audio on this website to find out what it can sound like.
When
The Concerts are Friday 27th & Saturday 28th February 2009
There are two rehearsals that must also be attended.
1. 11h Feb 2009 7.30 –10.00pm the Bluecoat, Liverpool
2. 18th Feb 2009 7.30 – 10.00pm The Mello Mello, Slater Street
Where: Concerts
1. Friday Feb 27th , The Kings Arms Salford
2. Saturday Feb 28th The Bluecoat Concert Hall, Liverpool
This a wake up call for people who think the future won't happen to them. It happened to Jimmy Cappa (his stunt wife is just starting to relax), it happened to some ducks ('we'll celebrate Christmas if we have to') and it happened to Leslie, a very trusting woman; 'With the calming sound of Faust in the background I lobotomised the part of her brain that realised animals were real and not cartoon characters. She became more fun after that.' Also includes some headachey artwork and a full explanation for the Dale Street bomb craters.
£2 from News from Nowhere, Bold St.
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