BEGINS Celtic Music Radio: “Glasgow-based Celtic Music Radio is promising a ‘festival of music’ as it prepares to switch over from 1530 AM/medium wave to 95.0 FM transmission on Tuesday July 1 with a hope that the move to the waveband of choice will be a boost to its audience and further improve services as a result.
“On air since January 2008 on 1530AM in the Glasgow area, Celtic Music Radio prides itself as a station with a mission to support new musical talent singers and songwriters and to be a strong voice for contemporary and traditional Scottish music, arts and culture.”
Read more, here.
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STARTING Monday and taking place every day next week, a teenager is to provide the Thought for the Day on BBC Radio Scotland’s Good Morning Scotland news programme.
Says the BBC, this is the first time the GMS slot has been given over to young people, the initiative part of a wider engagement with young people called Generation 2014.
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THE deadline is fast approaching to purchase ‘early bird’, discounted tickets to an annual magazines festival taking place in Scotland.
Magfest is taking place on September 5 and the ‘early bird ‘ offer ends on Monday.
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BEGINS a media release posted on allmediascotland’s media releases feed: “Prize-winning photographer, Brian Smith, is gearing up to help develop the photographers of tomorrow on a new full-time photography course at Forth Valley College.”
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THE Edinburgh-based comms agency, The Leith Agency, was among the winners last night at an annual awards ceremony celebrating the best of healthcare advertising.
The event – hosted by the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising – saw Leith take the Best Use of Copywriting title, for its ‘Poo Song’ Bowel cancer campaign on behalf of the Scottish Government.
The Leith Agency was also awarded silver in the category, Consumer – UK Integrated Campaign, for its Detect Cancer Early Campaign, again for the Scottish Government.
And its ‘Poo Song’ was awarded silver, in the category, Consumer – Film – Individual.
Meanwhile, a bronze – in the category, Healthcare Professional – Film – Individual – went to ‘Just the Job Animation’, for NHS Education for Scotland, by The Gate Worldwide (which has an office in Edinburgh).
Read more, here.
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BEGINS another media release, posted on allmediascotland.com: “MG ALBA, the Gaelic Media Service, today reported its most successful year to date, reflecting significant development of its core services.
In publishing its annual report, Maggie Cunningham, chair of MG ALBA, said the organisation has responded well to a fast-changing media landscape and continually strives to improve the benefits and impacts of Gaelic media.”
Read more, here.
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PICTURED in today’s Herald (page 14): former journalist at the paper, Melanie Reid, who received a honorary degree from the University of Stirling, for her ‘outstanding contribution to journalism and disability rights’.
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CONGRATULATIONS to East Lothian community radio station, the Haddington-based East Coast FM.
It has been named among the latest recipients of grant funding awarded by broadcasting regulators, Ofcom.
It has been awarded £15,000 for a ‘fundraising and partnership administrator’.
Read more, here.
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CONCLUDES Scotsman columnist, John McTernan, today (here): “No-one can blame Andy [Coulson] for going into Downing Street – few can turn down the Prime Minister. And rightly so, serving your country is the highest privilege. Coulson should, though, blame Cameron’s selfishness. The system was bent to employ him, and he now suffers for the prominence to which he was promoted.”
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