The Community Radio Forum of Ireland’s annual awards is now seeking entries for the 2017 event.
Entry to the awards is open to all full and 100-day licensed community radio stations in the Republic of Ireland. Only station representatives can put forward entries for the awards. The winners will be announced on May 26th.
The purpose of the CRAOL Achievement Awards is to give community radio stations the opportunity to rise to the challenge of being the best community radio station it can be. The awards give stations an opportunity to showcase achievements and to be acknowledged by the CRAOL network of Community Radio Stations.
There are Seven Categories in 2017, three repeating Core Categories, plus four rotating categories which may not appear again for several years.
Core Categories
Talk programme
Music programme
Commissioned programmes
Rotating categories
Best Audio Dramatisation
Live Event or Outside Broadcast of the Year
Underserved Voices
Ethnic & Multicultural Engagement
Stations can submit applications to any of the selected themes, up to a maximum of two, one from each of the CORE and ROTATING Categories. e.g one from each category or two from one category. The closing date is May 12th.
Click here for more details and to enter.