Claire Burgess has won a competition to spend some time at a Dubai radio station on the strength of a documentary she made about The Big Issue.
She also made a series of ‘audio portraits’ for the council’s ‘Sister Cities‘ project including:
Steve Stirling - a city taxi driver
Dannii Killilea - a Roller Girl
Carl Speigel - sells [...]
Pop on over to Rhubarb Radio to check out the live stream for Birmingham’s newest radio station.
For the time being you can’t listen through your web browser, but will need to use your media player of choice (iTunes, Windows Media Player, Winamp, whatevs).
There are plenty more bits and pieces to come on the site; this [...]
Exciting news on the Rhubarb Radio front is best summed up by this photo:
This is in the Custard Factory unit just opposite reception. From taking the keys on Monday to getting a makeshift studio installed yesterday, things are moving quickly. The Rhubarb Radio blog has more details but reports that:
we’re waiting the IT & Telephone [...]
I went along to the meeting for the previously mentioned Rhubarb Radio on Thursday last week.
Things are still tripping along quickly, with equipment due to move on-site shortly and small teams of volunteers being allocated to look after certain other matters. As much as possible, discussion about the direction and development of the station will [...]
Here’s an interesting one. The Digbeth-based Dynamics Arts look to be overseeing the launch of a new community radio station that will be based in the Custard Factory.
It’s early days but things are moving apace. There’s a bit of discussion over on The Stirrer’s forum which will give you an idea of what’s going on [...]