SSDAB & Community Radio: Past, Present, & Future University of Bedfordshire, Luton - Saturday 25th March, 11am-4pm This free event was for community radio stations, commercial radio broadcasters and individuals interested in small-scale digital audio broadcasting (SSDAB) and community media.

2. The Beginnings of BHCR 2010
We have presenters, cover events, run outside broadcasts, run
training groups and target marginalised people

3. Responsible Radio
Brighton and Hove Community Radio will give
an open and responsible community radio
service to provide as many areas of the
community as possible including multi ethnic
and marginalized people with music and
voice
BHCR presenters come from all walks of life.
There is real focus on enhancing people’s
lives by giving them a voice in the community
that the advance in modern technology has
allowed.

4. TRAINING
• The provision of sound broadcasting to individuals who would
otherwise be underserved
• The facilitation of discussion
• The provision of education or training
• The better understanding of the particular community and
strengthening links with it
• Brighton & Hove Community Radio is syndicated with Green
Futures Festivals Radio working together to provide
Education, Training and Social Gain for the community, in
particular, underserved children and adults
• Brighton & Hove Community Radio is intended to give
opportunities to give a voice for the people by the people

5. SOME OF THE PEOPLE WE TRAIN
Radio Euro-Mernet broadcast
online at 2pm, on Thurs which is
the usual time for the weekly
show. The hour-long show
informs the local community
about international events, local
news, and provides space and
freedom of speech to the local
community groups so as to let
them have their voice heard on
air.
Radio Euro-Mernet project
http://euromernet.org/
Christian Holder
“ Good training and has
helped me to think about
what I am presenting but I
need more “
“At the moment it allows me to
express my poetry” Geoff Tabrah
“Your radio allows the spoken
word to reach people that may
not normally listen to poetry
“Alana McIntyre

7. • The radio station environment
• “When I first walked into the community radio
station at the Brighthelm Community Centre last
week, I was not expecting to find such a small and
vital environment. Yet, the room was on the lower
ground floor and space was quite packed. There
were wall to wall pictures of both young and
elderly volunteers whose moments of action were
captured during their live radio shows, all with a
big smile on their faces. All around there were
memories, bits and pieces of their projects and
many papers of past events. What a colourful and
vital room for a Radio Station!
• The technical arrangements seemed to me very
well organised, and as I entered the room, one of
the Euromernet volunteers kindly invited me to
take a seat.”

8. Internet Radio
www.bhcr.org.uk
• We are an internet radio with a very simple
studio set up which we deliberately designed
for people with disabilities to be able to use
• We would love to be FM and DAB but do not
have the techies or resources to set this up
alone
• We have trained people who have gone on
to commercial radio, FM and other media
places

9. How could other stations help?
• If there was a way of sharing resources such as
technical staff to set up myriad systems, update
equipment already in use with advice and wisdom
in funding that would help.
• If there were people to keep us updated in what is
happening digitally e.g DAB, media law and
collaboration opportunities this would help too.
• If there was a way of sharing some of the costs
that would give opportunity for more listeners and
a voice to a much needed marginalised
community of presenters.

10. Outside Broadcast Projects
• Our aim is to bypass barriers put up by the
conventional digital world and us ‘ready ‘ media
to channel information and therefore reach a far
wider audience.
• Ready media being mobiles, tablets, community
tv, social media, podcasting, skyping and many
others
• We are also aware that digital media is changing
and therefore we want to be in the vanguard of
this transformation

11. We are not alone out
there!

12. Check us out!