02/12/2023
Hi everyone, sorry about not posting for so long, will try & keep you more up to date from now on!
Firstly, we have a new presenter about to join us, Rashad Khan who will be presenting a 90's dance show, have just sent him an invite to Inner Sanctum.
Out Of The Hat - if you would like to contribute to this months 'Out Of The Hat' newsletter you still have a bit of time.
It would be great if all presenters could put together a small piece either about themselves, shows or what's coming up during the next month that would be great... be a good to have this as a regular feature if possible - please don't feel obligated to do this every month though.
There have been a few questions about a 'listen again' facility:
The web hosting package I took out some months ago didn't have enough bandwidth/storage space to offer this, however the hosting company were offering an upgrade as a very cheap 'Black Friday' deal so I have just taken advantage of it.
As this will mean building a complete new website using Wordpress it'll take a bit of work so will keep you up to date.
Walk A Mile In My Shoes - I was recently approached Shipley Carers Resource with the idea of doing a show about Young Carers. The show has been recorded & is now on a new 'Podcast' page on the website.
I am thinking about doing other shows of this kind on a regular basis as they should help the station as a whole reach a wider audience. If any of you would like to record an episode let me know - or should you have any other ideas please say.
At present Walk A Mile In My Shows is hosted on Mixcloud to allow listeners to tune in whenever they like. If this takes off I'll look into taking out an actual podcasting package for these types of shows.
Something else I have been thinking about is a way for us all to 'meet' each other, due to distance & time differences this will be physically impossible but we could hold monthly/bi-monthly Zoom meetings... anyone interested?
Competitions - I have already spoken to a couple of you about holding competitions as a way to hook in listeners. As far as the legalities of competitions UK law states that, as long as we don't charge an fee we don't have to sign up for a licence.
I have done a couple on Hat Tracks & Jukebox offering albums as prizes (physical albums to those on mainland Britain, digital for those outside - to cut cost on postage).
Lastly, if you all could approach bars in your areas which host live music, local companies, cafe's, community organisations etc to ask if they would stream the station on their premises I would be grateful.
The idea behind this - venues would be offering customers something different than the usual put out by national stations.
They'll be supporting a not for profit station, plus, as far as bars are concerned, they will get the chance to discover local more artists worthy of being booked.
In return for streaming the station companies/organisations will be acknowledged as a 'Friend Of Daz In The Hat Radio' - Get their venue/logo added to the website, have details included in the newsletter & get credited on shows. Any thoughts/views on this or other ideas to boost listener numbers either comment below or DM/Email me.
Daz
