Summer Programme Coordinator 2001 Final Report for BoD 27 Aug01 Kristine Williams - Summer Programme Coordinator Since my previous report on 5 July 2001, I made it my primary goal to continue to support the excellent and varied programming that was being made in the premises of Trent Radio. The programme lineup changed slightly to produce the following results: The 2001 Summer Season included: 28 volunteers including 6 executive producers 26 paid their membership fees 26 programs, not including 5 daily 'Smooth Operators' or brokered programming. 90mins French language programming (POP 120mins not req) No First Nations programming (POP 30mins not req) No third language programming (POP 30mins not req) Avg 48hrs/wk broadcasting (POP 100/wk avg /w Summer Plan on file with CRTC) Spoken Word 35% actual 15.5hrs (27% req) Station-produced programming 84% actual 40.5 hrs (66.6% req) Content Category 3 44% actual 15 of 34hrs (5% req) MUSIC CATEGORY BREAKDOWN CATEGORY 2 % of music broadcast (34 hrs) 21 - Pop, rock and dance 25.0% (8.5 hrs) 22 - Country and country oriented 20.5% (7.0 hrs) 23 - Acoustic 6.0% (2.0 hrs) 24 - Easy Listening 7.0% (2.5 hrs) CATEGORY 3 31 - Concert 3.0% (1.0 hr) 32 - Folk and folk-oriented 6.0% (2.0 hrs) 33 - World beat and international 15.0% (5.0 hrs) 34 - Jazz and Blues 9.0% (3.0 hrs) 35 - Non-classic religious 3.0% (1.0 hr) 36 - Audio Art programming 6% (2.0 hrs) Balance of Programming: Cancon I made a decision to host a three-hour Canadian Content programme with three purposes: 1 - to fill in required Cancon, 2- to fill in gap in morning broadcast schedule, 3- to air some of the independent artists' works that disappear into the Trent Radio archives without ever again seeing the light of day "Hits" - foreground is usually strong enough to compensate. Aboriginal and Third Language Programming - was unable to recruit members willing to broadcast in their native languages. My second goal was to invite every Executive Producer and their programmers to collaborate on one Radio Project Day, hence encouraging the "community" aspect of Community Radio. The result was a small hardcore group of programmers who helped design, plan, organize and carry out a promotional day for the Peterborough Folk Festival that we called "SHAKEDOWN: Live music on the Lawn." The event incorporated the efforts of community and radio members, aspects of previous Live Music Days as well as the ever so popular Radio on the Lawn. I believe that this event was a success as it promoted the Folk Fest, the local talent who will be performing there and at other venues in the city, and reinforced Trent Radio's support of community ventures and local talent. Other projects: - Station ID BBQ - Sunday 8 July - approximately fourteen Trent Radio programmers gathered at Trent Radio House to collaborate on and record new station IDs and programme promos. The amazing results are to be seen and used on the Trent Radio homepage in Studio A. Not only was this day productive, but it was also a lot of fun, as participants who would not normally socialize with one another shared homemade salads, burger-flipping techniques, recording talents, and a lot of laughs. - Radio Workshops for international students - 25 July to 15 August Mirium Stucky and I instructed seven teenaged students from Italy, Japan and Mexico - with varying levels of English language abilities - on how to plan, produce and broadcast their very own radio programmes. The result was three ten to twenty minute live broadcasts that the students produced themselves entirely in English. It is my hope that the students had a good time while visiting Trent Radio, and that they were able to learn how exhilarating it is to produce one's own radio show. I really enjoyed this experience because I was able to transfer all I have learned about radio this past year over to young students who may not have had this opportunity had they been visiting elsewhere. - Dr.Who - every other Thursday during Smooth Operator, 7-7:30pm As Thursday evening Executive Producer, I decided to invite a co-host onto Smooth Op every other Thursday to discuss his favourite thing: Dr.Who. Ryan Nowe approached me as a potential programmer and after assessing his abilities, decided that he would work best with a co-producer who would also provide tech support. Ryan would come onto the show as my co-host, and would have fifteen minutes to fill with Dr.Who content, which he was entirely responsible for bringing. It was my job to coordinate this material for him, to organize the timing of it to fill in the broadcast, and to prompt him if there was ever a lag in the programme. Ryan got a lot out of this experience: he finally got to have his own show on Trent Radio, and I was happy to be able to have this become a reality for him. Regular programming went off without a hitch throughout the summer season, with all the Executive Producers and their programmers being available for their evenings. The Operators-at-Large were only called on a couple of occasions, which is really impressive. My only wish is that all the members could have been so available to get involved in projects beyond the scope of their own programmes. Nevertheless, I wish extend a congratulations to all for a very successful Summer Season, and a very special thank you to those who regularly attended scheduled meetings and helped out with the Radio Project Day. Kristine Williams (jkm) 24 August 2001