[rfu-automation] Fwd: Special syndicated broadcast opportunity

[Andrew Ó Baoill]

We have scheduled programming from 4-8pm CST - first the public  
affairs strip, then local live programming, so it may not suit to air  
this live. However, as with the Free Press/Prometheus call this  
morning, we could look to air this at a later time/date.

Some ideas:
- We could use the Saturday evening 8-midnight slot for such content,  
when we don't have simulcasts from the main space. This would require  
some coordination between shows and automation, which I figure should  
be possible.
- A problem with that plan: syndicated public affairs is generally  
very different in tone to a simulcast. It could cause confusion for  
listeners
- An upside: we can always have content, whether it's playing new  
special event public affairs, pulling stuff from archives (there's a  
lot of evergreen material available online), or having a simulcast.

- We could look to use some other, currently empty, timeslots for such  
content. Weekday mornings offer a good period for this at present -  
Tue-Thur has 8-12 free each day.
- Downside: we don't want to discourage people from taking these slots
- Downside: is this a good time to air this content?
- Upside: this will be original, topical programming that will break  
up (or replace) constant repeating of the same music
- Downside: it reduces the amount of airplay we give to local music.

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> From: CKUT Community News Collective <news at ckut.ca>
> Date: February 25, 2009 1:58:18 PM CST
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> Cc: radiohaiti at ckut.ca
> Subject: [grc] (reminder) CKUT Presents: Special Broadcast to Mark  
> the 5-yr Anniversary of the Coup in Haiti (Feb 26th)
>
> CKUT SPECIAL BROADCAST TO INVESTIGATE HAITI SINCE THE COUP: FOUR  
> HOURS OF POWER, FIVE YEARS OF RESISTANCE
>
> *Thursday, February 26th, 2009, from 5 to 9 PM EST*
>
> Sign-up to rebroadcast this important programme today, email news at ckut.ca 
> !  To listen live, tune in at: http://ckut.ca/listen.php
>
> Or you can carry the archives: http://ckut.ca/archives.php
>
> Five years ago, Canadian soldiers participated in a military  
> operation to overthrow Haiti's elected government. In the weeks  
> following the 2004 coup d'état, minimum wages were rolled back,  
> ministries were closed, corporate taxation was canceled, and Haitian  
> activists who criticized the new order did so at the risk of their  
> liberty or their lives.
>
> Today, after five years of neoliberal "shock therapy", Canadian  
> personnel remain in Haiti under the cover of a UN mission. Haiti  
> remains Canada's other, untalked-of, occupation, along with  
> Afghanistan.
>
> CKUT's Radio Résistance has worked hard since 2006 to provide monthly
> news updates from occupied Haiti. On February 26th, 2009, we will be
> airing a special four-hour broadcast, from 5 to 9 PM EST, to mark the
> fifth anniversary of the overthrow of Haitian democracy. The show will
> provide in-depth interviews with Haitian union leaders, progressive
> politicians, and rights advocates, and will also feature a panel
> discussion with members of the Canada Haiti Action Network (CHAN).
>
> This special programme will aim to explore Canada's strategy and  
> praxis in Haiti as indicative of its broader imperialist designs  
> through the
> Caribbean and the Latin American regions, and to highlight and  
> celebrate
> the patterns of the Haitian people's resistance to those designs.
>
> Sister stations are welcome and encouraged to co-broadcast this  
> programme in whole or in part [NB: about 30 minutes of the final  
> hour will be in French].
>
> For queries or suggestions, please contact us at news at ckut.ca,  
> between now and Feb. 26th.
>
> Yours in Solidarity,
>
> The Team of Radio Résista
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