Conference tallis::celt

Subj:	Campaign for Irish Radio station in London

All,
    I was at a meeting of the London branch of the Celtic league last 
night and there I found out about a campaign to get an Irish radio
station going in London. Clearly, this is provides an opportunity for
Irish language to be broadcast in the area, and may also be a forum
for other Celtic communities to get airtime. 

There's a 2/3 page article on this campaign on P8 of "Irish in
Britain news", 19-Jul-91.

The aim is to give the temporary "Irish Festival Radio" station a
full licence, and to extend it's broadcasting area to the whole
of London, perhaps beyond.

A follow up article in the paper on 26th July said:

"1,000 plus sign media petition

Over 1,300 people signed the Irish media group's petition at the 
Southwark (London) Irish festival calling for a fair share of media
time for the transmission of Irish music, sport, culture and current
affairs in the UK. 

With 74 MP's and 29 MEP's having already signed, this brings the 
total to more than 21,000 signatures"

    
    Does anyone know of/have information about the Irish-only TV
    station now available in Boston.  I don't have much information
    on it.  I was told it's only available by cable in Boston and
    Brookline.  Apparently, they air some RTE programs.  I'm not sure
    what else.
    
    Jackie
    

    Apparently, you're talking about Celticvision (and they want you to
    pronounce it with a hard 'C' !?!?!) which was started by some ex-rock
    and roll guy.
    
    It's only in Boston and Brookline now but they hope (hope is the key
    word here) that other cable systems will offer it in the coming year.
    
    They have 2 6 hour slots of programming from 12 noon to 12 midnight and
    include programming from BBC, RTE, & Ulster.
    
    I guess if you want it on your cable system, you would have to lobby
    your local provider, which is not a trivial matter in these
    home-shopping network days of the blue zirconian diamond.
    
    Ciao!
    
    /g

    Well, IMHO it should be pronounced Keltik.
    
    If it's pronounced "Seltik" it's a soccer team from Glasgow   :-)
    
    Actually, there's no letter "k" in Irish or Welsh so the "c" is ALWAYS
    pronounced "k" ("ch" is a different letter).
    

    Hi Dave,
    
    True, I've noticed that all imported English words starting with soft
    "c" immediately get changed to "s" in Irish.
    
    In my American dictionary "celtic" pronunciation is listed with both
    hard and soft "c", though the hard "c" is listed first, and hence
    probably preferred.  The age old "celtic" debate... :v)
    
    /g
                   
    p.s. As an aside - I was talking to a friend the other day about the 
    "Troubles", no not of Northern Ireland, but instead of the Gay and
    Lesbian parade problems in Boston. It's nice to know that maybe someday
    that T word will go away, or at least migrate somewhere else ...
    not that we want it here in Boston ... ;v)
                                              

    Rathole:
    
    Does my memoty play me false or is the Italian for "cigarettes"
    actually "sigaretti" ?
    
    (Sorry, I meant memory!!!)
    

    Has anyone been watching this station?  Any idea what shows from RTE
    they actually air?
    
    The Keltic Krust people mentioned that it was basically the Late Late
    and Glenroe!  I wanted to see if there is any current affairs kind of
    stuff.
    
    Anyone out there got it at the moment and could tape something if
    needed.
    
    Bernard

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Subject: CelticVision launches Celtic cable programming
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CelticVision launched its cable television channel on St. Patrick's day in 
Boston.  Celtic Vision--The Irish Channel, will provide a widely varied 
programming schedule 24 hours per day, which will include Irish news, culture, 
history, entertainment, education, drama, and sports.  The majority of the 
company�s programming will be drawn from the regular daily schedules and 
archives of the national networks, RTE (Radio Telefis Eireann), UTV (Ulster 
Television), and BBC (British Broadcasting Company) of Northern Ireland, which 
together produce a substantial majority of all television programming 
available in Ireland.  CelticVision will also promote the most highly rated 
titles among a library of films and programming produced by English, Scottish, 
Canadian, and Australian production companies.  Once proven in the Boston 
launch market, the roll-out plan will be initiated to cover all the major 
markets in the United States.

To learn more about CelticVision, visit the CelticVision WWW home page at: 

http://www.shore.net/~lcs/CelticVision.html
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    Re .5:
    
    If "T"roubles means gays in Parades in the SHtates, what will Mr.
    Holoran do for a living?  Eh, Mark? (-;
    
    Kit (Citeog) von (O') S�ck (S�ck) (of the River Suck Suck's
    

.0>Another sort of pirate is Radio Dublin in Ireland. They are illegal as
.0>far as the government in Ireland is concerned. However they still operate
.0>almost 24 hrs a day, seven days a week (unlike other pirates who are on
.0>for a few hours and vanish). 
.0>They do verify reports with a QSL card and sticker. Best time is evenings
.0>in Eastern USA. Frequency is 6910 khz. 

Is Radio Dublin still broadcasting ? (still with a 'pirate status' ?)
On which frequence(s)/schedule (for Europe) ?
I listened at 6910 khz but was some disappointed by hearing the BBC sign...

thanks,
mauro