PROGRAMME DIRECTOR'S REPORT for Board of Directors Meeting 30 September 2001
Barb Woolner

Pre-season Programming began September 4 (we were broadcasting
7:30am - 10:00pm Monday through Friday and 7:00am-4:00pm on Saturday).

Deadline for programme proposals was Friday September 14 at noon.  By this
deadline, 63 proposals were submitted. 9 "lates" have been submitted.  In
total, this is several fewer than last year.

Proposal Review Committee members were Christian Durand, Laura Farina, Paul
Cleveland and Barb Woolner.  Every proposal was reviewed and considered for
broadcast. Comments and suggestions were added to each proposal.

The Proposal Review Committee was impressed by the overall quality of the
proposals.  Most of the programme ides were clearly developed and thought
through.  I'd like to schedule them all!

The popular idea for radio shows this year is "global perspectives" - world
music shows, interviews with travellers and students and multilingual shows.

In total 46 interviews have been conducted.  The rest and will continue into
this week.  With fewer people to interview and interviewing previous
programmers in August, this process is 1-2 weeks ahead of last year.

Every applicant was invited to attend an information meeting and a studio
training.  16 people have been trained in Studio A thus far.  Several
sessions occur throughout the past week and the following week    Studio
training has started one week ahead of last year (three weeks after Labour
Day).

"Introduction to Trent Radio" Meetings were held in September.   Three
meetings were held with 28 new Programmers attending.  Fewer meetings were
held with fewer attendees.  I feel events in New York contributed to low
attendance (people were at home watching news)

A space in the schedule will be set aside for Special shows.  This open show
will primarily be used by people with great ideas for regular programmes but
cannot be scheduled due to timetable conflicts.  This time is also available
for busy people who would like to do only a few shows a year.

Scheduling has not started yet  (by 19 Oct 2000, last year, this was 2/3 was
completed).  There have been scheduling challenges, so interviews were
conducted first.  The challenge is primarily limited availability of
Programmers. Programming will satisfy licence requirements and CRTC content
category requirements.  If there are areas lacking, I will seek out
programming to cover these areas.

There was a Trent Radio table for club days at Symons campus.  A remote
broadcast was note held this year due to lack of volunteers.  Note many long-
term Trent Radio volunteers graduated in June.

Operators:
A new morning Operator shift was added for the period 10:00am -1:00pm

           Morning          Afternoon         Evening
Mon:  Nicholas Sawatzky     - tba,            Laura Farina
Tue:  Nicholas Sawatzky     Mark Schaus       - tba
Wed:  - tba,                Hans Finkeldey    Paul Cleveland
Thu:  - tba,                - tba, Evening    Mike Reynolds
Fri:  - tba,                Jenny Scott       -  tba
Sat:  ---   Programmes on self support ---
Sun:  Late Afternoon to Early Evening Nick Iszakovits

Ontario Work Study Jobs (who work under the programming umbrella):
Spoken Word Archiving Team- Kristine Williams and soon to be hired
Studio Trainer - Nicolas Sawatzky
Music Archive Leader - Blair Anderson

Canada World Youth again has a project in Peterborough. Two participants are
at Trent Radio for their community work placements.  Liam Morgan from St
John, NB and Amaresh Singh from India are at Trent Radio (Monday-Thursday)
until early October.  They host Coffee Break, prepare interviews, record
Trent Radio announcements and learn about campus-community radio in Canada.

The broadcast schedule with programme descriptions and emails will be updated
on the web page.  A take home copy will be hand made and computer made.  I
hope this will appear in the Arthur as in previous years.

The Open Line and. Live from City Hall.  These local political programmes
simulcast with Cogeco Community TV continue this season.

Studio A training is scheduled for every Thursday 2:30 - 4:30.  Potential
programmers as well as interested listeners are invited to sign up.

First Radio Project Day is scheduled - 31 October 2001, "Radio Art Day"

Programming Goals for the year
* Cut down on the "hits" played
* Keep the music representation from the pop rock dance category.
    to a low ratio
* Coffee Break show in search of more contributors.
* Improved transition from Summer to Fall broadcast seasons.
* Continue distributing press releases regarding special events
* Open House to announce Fall Season and Burn Mortgage
* School and Group Visits
* Inspire 5-Minute projects
* Monthly Programme Ideas Workshops
* New programme initiatives for example, production teams
* Radio Art Workshop in February
* Regular studio A training
* Regular studio B and digital editing training
* Morning Operators

Barb Woolner, (28Sep01)
Programme Director