Press Releases 2007
 

29th March, 2007

BCI LAUNCHES 2007 COMMUNITY RADIO SUPPORT SCHEME

The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) has today (March 29th) announced the launch of the 2007 Community Radio Support Scheme to provide support for licensed community and community of interest radio stations.

Since 1998, the BCI has provided funding to community radio stations to undertake evaluations with the ultimate aim of building capacity within the individual stations and within the community radio sector. The funding offers stations an opportunity to carry out key review work that will help overall performance and progress.

The total fund this year is €53,000 which will be made available through grants per station of up to €2,000 for Internal Evaluations and up to €5,000 for External Evaluations.   This year’s scheme will have only one round of applications. The deadline for applications is 1st May 2007.

Commenting on the launch Michael O’Keeffe, Chief Executive of the BCI, said: “The Commission is very pleased to continue our support of the community radio sector through the Community Radio Support Scheme. In previous years, the Support Scheme has provided great benefit to the community radio sector. We believe that the increased level of funds being provided in the current year will enhance the development of the sector even further.”

Community Radio Support Scheme 2007 brochures containing all information regarding the scheme as well as the application forms can be requested by emailing straynor@bci.ie , from the BCI offices at 2 – 5 Warrington Place, Dublin 2 or can be downloaded on the BCI website.

Show me a copy of Community Support Scheme brochure.

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