[grc] mini-GRC?

[Leo Babeu]

We at Two harbors Community Radio in northern Minnesota welcome Todd's 
idea and Ursula's follow-up. We would greatly appreciate a mini-GRC in 
the Upper Midwest,if possible. We would love an opportunity that's 
within reasonable driving distance, which for us might include the Twin 
Cities, somewhere in Wisconsin, or northern Iowa or Illinois..
Our LPFM start-up has some excellent technical volunteers, but like most 
of us station founders, they have little direct experience with the 
automation, emergency alert, and streaming systems that are needed in 
radio these days, in addition to conventional studio and transmitter 
set-up.
We'd also welcome more help with content creation and  programming 
implementation.
We would likely send several attendees depending on where and when the 
event is held.
By late spring early summer we will likely be scrambling to get on-air, 
so we hope that something happens sooner than later.
Leo Babeu

Thanks to the WDRT folks for this initiative.

On 1/20/2015 10:55 AM, Ursula Ruedenberg wrote:
> My main contact with new LPFMs is in the area of content & building a
> program schedule, strategies for programming the station and the ins and
> outs of using automation to get content on the air when you don't have a
> lot of radio producers at the beginning.
>
> I see a lot of need for help in this area. I would be interested within my
> capacity as Pacifica affiliates coordinator but also as KHOI station
> manager who just did all that, in helping out in that area. Having done it,
> I fully appreciate the need for information and support as the rubber hits
> the road for a lot of people.
>
> Ursula Ruedenberg
>
> On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 8:13 PM, dragon <tfishwall at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I am wondering if there are enough LPFM stations that are interested in
>> a mini-GRC that is geared towards a hands-on get them on the air topic
>> list.
>>
>> It is a LOT of work for a station to put together the normal GRC. What I
>> am wondering is if we can put together a mini version that is built with
>> "hands-on" workshops geared toward getting LPFMs on the air! This would
>> be only one or one and a half days. David Klann and I are willing to put
>> together the presenters and schedule. What we would need is for a host
>> station to line up 'classroom' space and a list of resources for food,
>> lodging, etc. This would remove most of the work for the host station
>> especially since they will not have to line up food and entertainment
>> for attendees.
>>
>> If there is interest and the presenters are capable of the travel we
>> could do this in several locations (east coast, midwest, west coast) to
>> reach the greatest number of LPFMs.
>>
>> I see the presentations, being specific, on-topic, and mostly technical
>> and regulation oriented. Some examples might be...
>>
>> - Audio wiring - the spaghetti from microphone to transmitter
>> - Emergency Alert System (EAS) - legal requirements and setup
>> - Building and maintaining the public file and other required documents
>> - Transmitter installation and monitoring
>> - webstreaming
>> - Audio production and editing
>>
>> By limiting the scope and the resources that the host station needs to
>> put in, I hope that we can keep the cost for attendees very low as well.
>> If the only substantial cost that needs to be recouped by the group is
>> the 'classroom' space fees, that should help.
>>
>> Another idea is that we could ideally do these *AT* an LPFM that's
>> working toward getting on the air so that the demonstrations and
>> workshops end with the switch being thrown on the xmitter! A good, old
>> fashioned barn raising.
>>
>> What say you?
>> Is anyone interested in attending?
>> Is anyone interested in presenting?
>> Is anyone interested in hosting?
>>
>> Todd Fisher Wallin
>> Phantom Machine Works
>>
>>
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