SHOWBIZ RADIO ... A LICENSE TO THRILL!!!
Wed, 25 July 2001, 11:03 amWalter Plinge1 post in thread
SHOWBIZ RADIO ... A LICENSE TO THRILL!!!
Wed, 25 July 2001, 11:03 amDear Friend,
Hope you don't mind me writing to you here, but I'm trying to get a really big snowball rolling down the hill quickly and I think we'll need your help.
I'm part of the Committee organising an application for a radio license under the name of Showbiz Radio Inc.
This movement has been led by show biz authority Jim Murphy and a number of others over 18 months in an effort to secure one of three radio licenses being made available in Melbourne (2FM, 1AM) for community purposes.
There are 20 groups vying for these licenses ... religious groups, niche pop music interests, youth groups, community groups. The licenses are being granted by a tribunal in what amounts to a "trial."
In three weeks time, we have to appear before this tribunal and make our case. We think it is a strong one. We only have one hour, so it has to be hot! We also need to prove we represent a community need.
Everyone in the wider community consumes entertainment in some way, shape or form several times a day ... TV, film, theatre, opera, light opera, music theatre, live, variety, cabaret, comedy, entertainment current affairs, fringe theatre, community theatre, youth choirs, children's entertainment ... Yet we feel strongly that this community is very poorly served by commercial or publicly funded radio stations and increasingly so.
Showbiz Radio will be a non-profit public station that will serve the entertainment community, both practitioners and consumers, amateur and professional, with the music, spoken word, news, reviews, interviews, information, special interests and announcements.
In order for the Australian Broadcasting Authority tribunal to realise that there truly is a community-wide desire for such a station, they need to hear the "voice" of the people through a groundswell of support for the idea.
To do this, we want to create a cascade of e-mails, faxes and letters of support from all quarters of the entertainment community. Some license applicants already have hundreds of letters and some petitions in their favour.
I'm asking you, and through you any contacts you might have, to spread the word and marshal support for this movement. Kind of like the movie "Pay It Forward" ... if everyone you contact gets a minimum of three more people to write in and so on down the line, we could have thousands!
I think e-mail or word of mouth is the only way we can do this quickly ... we only have until August 12th.
I'm going to e-mail a letter like this to everyone I can and ask them to action it by e-mailing, faxing or writing a letter of support to the Showbiz Radio Inc. Committee to in turn be lodged with our application for the license.
The Showbiz Radio e-mail address is: showbizradio@netscape.net
The Postal Address is:
Showbiz Radio Inc.
P.O. Box 48
Hampton VIC 3188
Faxes can be sent to: (03) 9499 7854
I'd like to ask you to do the same, either in some official capacity or as a passionate theatre-loving individual. Be sure to focus your message of support on the COMMUNITY NEED and WHY THIS NEED ISN'T BEING SERVED BY EXISTING SERVICES. What do you think?
You can also learn more about the ABA license application process and our application on www.aba.gov.au
If you would like to discuss this, please don't hesitate to contact me directly.
Here's to Showbiz Radio ... It'll Put Your Arts On The Air!
Chookas,
Randall Berger
e-ddress: randall.berger@bigpond.com
Hope you don't mind me writing to you here, but I'm trying to get a really big snowball rolling down the hill quickly and I think we'll need your help.
I'm part of the Committee organising an application for a radio license under the name of Showbiz Radio Inc.
This movement has been led by show biz authority Jim Murphy and a number of others over 18 months in an effort to secure one of three radio licenses being made available in Melbourne (2FM, 1AM) for community purposes.
There are 20 groups vying for these licenses ... religious groups, niche pop music interests, youth groups, community groups. The licenses are being granted by a tribunal in what amounts to a "trial."
In three weeks time, we have to appear before this tribunal and make our case. We think it is a strong one. We only have one hour, so it has to be hot! We also need to prove we represent a community need.
Everyone in the wider community consumes entertainment in some way, shape or form several times a day ... TV, film, theatre, opera, light opera, music theatre, live, variety, cabaret, comedy, entertainment current affairs, fringe theatre, community theatre, youth choirs, children's entertainment ... Yet we feel strongly that this community is very poorly served by commercial or publicly funded radio stations and increasingly so.
Showbiz Radio will be a non-profit public station that will serve the entertainment community, both practitioners and consumers, amateur and professional, with the music, spoken word, news, reviews, interviews, information, special interests and announcements.
In order for the Australian Broadcasting Authority tribunal to realise that there truly is a community-wide desire for such a station, they need to hear the "voice" of the people through a groundswell of support for the idea.
To do this, we want to create a cascade of e-mails, faxes and letters of support from all quarters of the entertainment community. Some license applicants already have hundreds of letters and some petitions in their favour.
I'm asking you, and through you any contacts you might have, to spread the word and marshal support for this movement. Kind of like the movie "Pay It Forward" ... if everyone you contact gets a minimum of three more people to write in and so on down the line, we could have thousands!
I think e-mail or word of mouth is the only way we can do this quickly ... we only have until August 12th.
I'm going to e-mail a letter like this to everyone I can and ask them to action it by e-mailing, faxing or writing a letter of support to the Showbiz Radio Inc. Committee to in turn be lodged with our application for the license.
The Showbiz Radio e-mail address is: showbizradio@netscape.net
The Postal Address is:
Showbiz Radio Inc.
P.O. Box 48
Hampton VIC 3188
Faxes can be sent to: (03) 9499 7854
I'd like to ask you to do the same, either in some official capacity or as a passionate theatre-loving individual. Be sure to focus your message of support on the COMMUNITY NEED and WHY THIS NEED ISN'T BEING SERVED BY EXISTING SERVICES. What do you think?
You can also learn more about the ABA license application process and our application on www.aba.gov.au
If you would like to discuss this, please don't hesitate to contact me directly.
Here's to Showbiz Radio ... It'll Put Your Arts On The Air!
Chookas,
Randall Berger
e-ddress: randall.berger@bigpond.com
Walter PlingeWed, 25 July 2001, 11:03 am
Dear Friend,
Hope you don't mind me writing to you here, but I'm trying to get a really big snowball rolling down the hill quickly and I think we'll need your help.
I'm part of the Committee organising an application for a radio license under the name of Showbiz Radio Inc.
This movement has been led by show biz authority Jim Murphy and a number of others over 18 months in an effort to secure one of three radio licenses being made available in Melbourne (2FM, 1AM) for community purposes.
There are 20 groups vying for these licenses ... religious groups, niche pop music interests, youth groups, community groups. The licenses are being granted by a tribunal in what amounts to a "trial."
In three weeks time, we have to appear before this tribunal and make our case. We think it is a strong one. We only have one hour, so it has to be hot! We also need to prove we represent a community need.
Everyone in the wider community consumes entertainment in some way, shape or form several times a day ... TV, film, theatre, opera, light opera, music theatre, live, variety, cabaret, comedy, entertainment current affairs, fringe theatre, community theatre, youth choirs, children's entertainment ... Yet we feel strongly that this community is very poorly served by commercial or publicly funded radio stations and increasingly so.
Showbiz Radio will be a non-profit public station that will serve the entertainment community, both practitioners and consumers, amateur and professional, with the music, spoken word, news, reviews, interviews, information, special interests and announcements.
In order for the Australian Broadcasting Authority tribunal to realise that there truly is a community-wide desire for such a station, they need to hear the "voice" of the people through a groundswell of support for the idea.
To do this, we want to create a cascade of e-mails, faxes and letters of support from all quarters of the entertainment community. Some license applicants already have hundreds of letters and some petitions in their favour.
I'm asking you, and through you any contacts you might have, to spread the word and marshal support for this movement. Kind of like the movie "Pay It Forward" ... if everyone you contact gets a minimum of three more people to write in and so on down the line, we could have thousands!
I think e-mail or word of mouth is the only way we can do this quickly ... we only have until August 12th.
I'm going to e-mail a letter like this to everyone I can and ask them to action it by e-mailing, faxing or writing a letter of support to the Showbiz Radio Inc. Committee to in turn be lodged with our application for the license.
The Showbiz Radio e-mail address is: showbizradio@netscape.net
The Postal Address is:
Showbiz Radio Inc.
P.O. Box 48
Hampton VIC 3188
Faxes can be sent to: (03) 9499 7854
I'd like to ask you to do the same, either in some official capacity or as a passionate theatre-loving individual. Be sure to focus your message of support on the COMMUNITY NEED and WHY THIS NEED ISN'T BEING SERVED BY EXISTING SERVICES. What do you think?
You can also learn more about the ABA license application process and our application on www.aba.gov.au
If you would like to discuss this, please don't hesitate to contact me directly.
Here's to Showbiz Radio ... It'll Put Your Arts On The Air!
Chookas,
Randall Berger
e-ddress: randall.berger@bigpond.com
Hope you don't mind me writing to you here, but I'm trying to get a really big snowball rolling down the hill quickly and I think we'll need your help.
I'm part of the Committee organising an application for a radio license under the name of Showbiz Radio Inc.
This movement has been led by show biz authority Jim Murphy and a number of others over 18 months in an effort to secure one of three radio licenses being made available in Melbourne (2FM, 1AM) for community purposes.
There are 20 groups vying for these licenses ... religious groups, niche pop music interests, youth groups, community groups. The licenses are being granted by a tribunal in what amounts to a "trial."
In three weeks time, we have to appear before this tribunal and make our case. We think it is a strong one. We only have one hour, so it has to be hot! We also need to prove we represent a community need.
Everyone in the wider community consumes entertainment in some way, shape or form several times a day ... TV, film, theatre, opera, light opera, music theatre, live, variety, cabaret, comedy, entertainment current affairs, fringe theatre, community theatre, youth choirs, children's entertainment ... Yet we feel strongly that this community is very poorly served by commercial or publicly funded radio stations and increasingly so.
Showbiz Radio will be a non-profit public station that will serve the entertainment community, both practitioners and consumers, amateur and professional, with the music, spoken word, news, reviews, interviews, information, special interests and announcements.
In order for the Australian Broadcasting Authority tribunal to realise that there truly is a community-wide desire for such a station, they need to hear the "voice" of the people through a groundswell of support for the idea.
To do this, we want to create a cascade of e-mails, faxes and letters of support from all quarters of the entertainment community. Some license applicants already have hundreds of letters and some petitions in their favour.
I'm asking you, and through you any contacts you might have, to spread the word and marshal support for this movement. Kind of like the movie "Pay It Forward" ... if everyone you contact gets a minimum of three more people to write in and so on down the line, we could have thousands!
I think e-mail or word of mouth is the only way we can do this quickly ... we only have until August 12th.
I'm going to e-mail a letter like this to everyone I can and ask them to action it by e-mailing, faxing or writing a letter of support to the Showbiz Radio Inc. Committee to in turn be lodged with our application for the license.
The Showbiz Radio e-mail address is: showbizradio@netscape.net
The Postal Address is:
Showbiz Radio Inc.
P.O. Box 48
Hampton VIC 3188
Faxes can be sent to: (03) 9499 7854
I'd like to ask you to do the same, either in some official capacity or as a passionate theatre-loving individual. Be sure to focus your message of support on the COMMUNITY NEED and WHY THIS NEED ISN'T BEING SERVED BY EXISTING SERVICES. What do you think?
You can also learn more about the ABA license application process and our application on www.aba.gov.au
If you would like to discuss this, please don't hesitate to contact me directly.
Here's to Showbiz Radio ... It'll Put Your Arts On The Air!
Chookas,
Randall Berger
e-ddress: randall.berger@bigpond.com