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Email: 209shorts[at]209radio[dot]co[dot]uk
Frequency: intermittent
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209shorts are sound works of all kinds made especially for 209radio, sharing just one thing in common – they are all exactly 2 minutes 9 seconds long.
Every fortnight (or so...) 209radio will feature up to fourteen selected 209shorts played randomly between all scheduled programmes on 105 FM in Cambridge City and on 209radio.co.uk internet radio.
The 209shorts currently being broadcast are:
breathefast TV Kirsty with the weather by Desmond Brett and Rosanna Arbon
Friend Forever by Toma
Gypsy Boy Gets Applause Ouch by Bob Stewart
Gypsy Buskers Serendipitous Mix by Bob Stewart
Mayday Padstow recorded by Kirsten Lavers
Phone Bliss by Mike Wright
Pulling my luggage trolley up the hill by Bob Stewart
Science Park Echo Tube by Bob Stewart
Stargazer by Gareth Jones
Surrender by Maxwell Saxty
Wet Night With Wolves by Bob Stewart
What the world needs now is earrings by Bob Stewart
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If you would be interested in making a 209short to be played on 209radio please read on ...
209shorts submission guidelines:
209shorts can be sound works of any kind including: spoken word, field recordings and electro-acoustic compositions that are EXACTLY 2 min 9 seconds long. More than one work may be submitted.
Send your 209short/s on a data CD (aiffs or wavs (16 bit, 44 Khz) to:
209 Radio, c/o 38 Stanesfield Rd, Cambridge, CB5 8NH
or
via www.yousendit.com to 209shorts[at]209radio[dot]co[dot]uk
please remember to include:
your name or preference for crediting
the title/s for your 209short/s
NB:
If you require your submission returned to you - provide a S.A.E.
A bulletin providing a listing of selected 209shorts currently being played will be posted on the show page on the website - we cannot enter into individual correspondence with contributors with regard to selection and scheduling due to the workload involved.
DEADLINE: ONGOING
keep 'em coming ....
DETAILED TECHNICAL & CONTENT GUIDELINES ...
please contact us if you need help/advice with any of the following
TECHNICAL:
209shorts should be normalised or compressed for broadcast depending on the content of the work in question.
Normal speech at close quarters should peak between -5 and -3 dB where 0dB represents the top of the scale. Loud crashes, music, explosions, shouting etc that is in a close-quarters context should peak around -3 to 0dB
These are very rough guidelines only and it may be that your work demands particular audio dynamics within it.
What we wish to avoid, for example, are sound works of someone whispering which has been delivered to us with a peak signal overall of -15dB or -20dB. Such a work will be very hard to hear on our broadcast and will require engineering by us, a task we are not keen on doing for obvious reasons of artistic interference.
However, if such a 'threshold' work is actually your aim then please advise us with your submission.
CONTENT:
All 209shorts must comply with the Ofcom Broadcast Code - incredibly summarised below ...
1) Protect U18s (particularly U15s) and vulnerable adults
2) Do not include harmful or offensive material
3) Do not incite or encourage criminal behaviour
4) Respect religious beliefs and do not exploit people's vulnerabilities in a religious context
5) If you include factual content, please be impartial and accurate in your conveyance of facts
6) Be fair to actual third party individuals and groups, if included in your audio in any way
7) Do not make radio shorts about UK or European elections or referendums which are happening or are scheduled to happen in the near future unless you know the Ofcom/Electoral Commission broadcast rules concerning these events
8) Do not infringe the privacy (and/or Human Rights) of individuals or groups
This list was not easy to make in any way....and simply does not reflect the true content or aims of the letter of the Code...if you have any concerns about your work's compliance please do get in touch and we will provide all the help we can in advising you.
209radio is committed to supporting artistic integrity and experimentation but are bound to comply with Ofcom's regulations.
Kirsten Lavers (Curator)
on behalf of 209radio Programming Committee
209shorts[at]209radio[dot]co[dot]uk
209shorts.209radio.co.uk
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